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• 26 - Victor Plenty

  Mar 20, 2005 at 2:20 pm

  Does Peter Jackson speak French? I can't imagine they'd let him be their president if he doesn't.
  
  Then again, he could learn it easily enough. He seems to be a quick learner. Unlike certain other presidents we could name.
  
  So let's see, that's two of the five permanent members of the Security Council that might be able to benefit from a Peter Jackson presidency.
  
  The UK has no president, so they're out. The US could use his help, but not without a constitutional amendment first. And China has a president, but not an elected one, and I'm not sure how much real power they give to that office anyway. Many observers seem to think the head of the Communist Party is still the de facto leader of the People's Republic, last time I checked.
  
  But hey, France and Russia, that's a start.
  
  Peter Jackson for President!

• 27 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 20, 2005 at 4:07 pm

  I don't know about French, but rumor has it that Jackson does indeed speak sheep

• 28 - Eric Berlin

  Mar 20, 2005 at 4:12 pm

  I was amused to learn that Jackson owns Bilbo/Frodo's hobbit home (round door and all) and is planning on living in it in New Zealand one day. Kind of cool, kind of oddball, just like Jackson.

• 29 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 20, 2005 at 4:16 pm

  that's cool - I love that house. Speaking of underground homes - right near where we live there is a cult, I mean "religious community" whose main building is built into the side of a hill - supposedly very energy efficient. Fucking Utne Reader readers

• 30 - Victor Plenty

  Mar 20, 2005 at 4:24 pm

  Well, Asimov predicted everyone will live underground in the future, and our descendants will all develop a severe phobia of the open sky. Except the ones who leave Earth, of course.
  
  As for Jackson speaking sheep, that rumor may be even more controversial than the one about Frodo and Sam being gay.

• 31 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 20, 2005 at 4:43 pm

  almost all New Zealanders are bilingual that way

• 32 - Tom Donelson

  Mar 21, 2005 at 12:52 am

  Your take on Sam and Frodo is entirely wrong. Is a Sam a mere servant or good friend? Frodo is given the task of essentially saving mankind or should I say human kind by delievering the ring. Sam volunteers to go with Frodo on his quest.
  
  As for rising, if you read the back of the book, you will find that Sam does indeed go beyond just being a servant. As for the homosexual angle, can't any man just be a friend to another without some sexual context put in?

• 33 - Eric Berlin

  Mar 21, 2005 at 1:47 am

  You bring up a good point, Tom, in that Sam was aiding the ring bearer, so in a sense all the "good guys" were Frodo's servants.
  
  And really, all were a slave to the ring, which plays in kind of nicely.

• 34 - Ayu

  Mar 21, 2005 at 3:50 am

  Sam was quite an unsung hero on the movie, but in the book it was well told that indeed in the Shire he (along with Pippn and Mery) was more famous than Mr. Frodo though he knew nothing about it. And in the end Frodo left Bag-end for Sam, which made him no longer servant; but Sam felt he was torn to two: a half of him wanted to come with Frodo, and the rest wanted to stay with his family...and he made the right choice, as he always did. Faithful as he had been, there's always time to meet and there's always time to part for everyone.

• 35 - Big Time Patriot

  Mar 21, 2005 at 4:58 am

  I don't know about Sam being unsung in the movie. I think he comes off as much braver and with much deeper convictions and emotional strength than Frodo does. I really thought that Sean Astin should have gotten an Oscar, really a great acting job.

• 36 - Ayu

  Mar 21, 2005 at 5:15 am

  I agree with you, and I wouldn't surprise if it'd be every movie goer's impression upon Sam on the movie, but what I meant is on the way he was treated. In the end, others seemed only to glorify Frodo's valor for succeeding the quest and forgetting that Sam had been there all the time to help him..that was as far as I could catch, since I watched the movie which was dubbed in Hungarian (a foreign language to me). Sadly it's difficult to get English movies here where I live.

• 37 - Ayu

  Mar 21, 2005 at 5:30 am

  Just wanted to add, despite my criticism toward the movie, I'm a big fan of LOTR and I think so far it (represents both movie and novel)is a work in which I felt a constant reluctance upon reaching the end.
  
  
  

• 38 - Eric Berlin

  Mar 21, 2005 at 9:18 am

  I thought the third film really showcased Sam as the hero. That said, I don't think anyone cared who was the hero after the ring was destroyed -- they had accomplished their mission. And, really, all the principles were equally heroic (even Boromir, who is kind of resurrected and bolstered in flashback scenes throughout TTT and RoTK).

• 39 - Evan

  Jul 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm

  im gonna read the Lord of the Rings books after im done with the Hobbit

• 40 - Evan

  Aug 11, 2009 at 1:08 am

  im already on the Fellowship of the Ring