From: Flame of the West Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Times Interviews Blanchett,Epstein Seethes Anew!!! Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:38:10 -0400 Lines: 39 Message-ID: <397EF7D1.57EC9314@erols.com> References: <397E781E.D62B55A3@erols.com> <20000726031929.24154.00000265@ng-mf1.aol.com> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: 2fgn46/xVe3UcaUJ3bobg6d0oGLmJ5wMTjjm1RxGZJY= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Jul 2000 17:18:27 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:24568 The Times of London wrote: > >> For the uninitiated, Galadriel is the good sister of > >> the evil but beautiful Queen Beruthiel, who > >> imprisons the Fellowship of the Ring in the forest > >> of Lothlorien. In the book, Galadriel frees them > >> from her sister's clutches. It's a small but > >> memorable part, and Blanchett lobbied hard for it. Kkkawana wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this comes from the Tolkien Sarcasm page, no? By Jove! Right you are: > On the way, their path is repeatedly beset by evil forces. First they are > attacked by evil Orcs in the woods; next they are driven into the dark > forest of Lothlorien, where they are imprisoned by the beautiful but evil > Queen Beruthiel. They make their escape when Beruthiel's good sister, > Galadriel, frees them from their prison-cell and floats them down the river > in barrels. Obviously it's been too long since I read the excellent Tolkien Sarcasm Page. Also, I'd best stick to responsible papers and disregard those silly London tabloids! ;-) > This guy must've been on some tight deadline and desperate for filler material > if he was taken in by those synopses. OR...he hasn't read the books. or both. The interview part wasn't even new. Could this have been an elaborate hacker at work? -- -- FotW Reality is for those who cannot cope with Middle-Earth. ###### From: "Daniel Roseman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Times Interviews Blanchett,Epstein Seethes Anew!!! Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:48:36 +0100 Message-ID: <964691324.11515.0.nnrp-09.c2d93896@news.demon.co.uk> References: <397E781E.D62B55A3@erols.com> <20000726031929.24154.00000265@ng-mf1.aol.com> <397EF7D1.57EC9314@erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: [194.217.56.150] X-NNTP-Posting-Host: [194.217.56.150]:194.217.56.150 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 964691324 nnrp-09:11515 NO-IDENT [194.217.56.150]:194.217.56.150 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Lines: 25 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.icl.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon![194.217.56.150]!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:24660 > The Times of London wrote: > > > >> For the uninitiated, Galadriel is the good sister of > > >> the evil but beautiful Queen Beruthiel, who > > >> imprisons the Fellowship of the Ring in the forest > > >> of Lothlorien. In the book, Galadriel frees them > > >> from her sister's clutches. It's a small but > > >> memorable part, and Blanchett lobbied hard for it. > "Flame of the West" wrote in message news:397EF7D1.57EC9314@erols.com... > The interview part wasn't even new. Could this have been > an elaborate hacker at work? > Unlikely. I occasionally do sub-editing shifts at The Times on their Web site, so I know the people who'll have edited this piece. Don't know the reporter though. I'll try and find out what happened. -- Daniel. ###### From: the softrat Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Times Interviews Blanchett,Epstein Seethes Anew!!! Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:35:18 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4u11os4qofvo47v4f2saqccfp65dr49ktt@4ax.com> References: <397E781E.D62B55A3@erols.com> <20000726031929.24154.00000265@ng-mf1.aol.com> <397EF7D1.57EC9314@erols.com> <964691324.11515.0.nnrp-09.c2d93896@news.demon.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!feeder.qis.net!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:24756 On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:48:36 +0100, "Daniel Roseman" wrote: >> The Times of London wrote: <> >> > >> memorable part, and Blanchett lobbied hard for it. >> >Unlikely. I occasionally do sub-editing shifts at The Times on their Web >site, so I know the people who'll have edited this piece. Don't know the >reporter though. I'll try and find out what happened. > Go for him! Advise The Times editors that he is incompetent and his incompetence has been noted and spread across the global, sullying the name of The Times. Let us know when he is scheduled to be shot. the softrat mailto:softrat@pobox.com -- "A new study shows that licking a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." --Jay Leno ###### X-Originating-Host: 168.191.103.72 Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here Subject: Re: Times Interviews Blanchett,Epstein Seethes Anew!!! Lines: 23 From: Prembone Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Message-ID: <2270bd8e.5e3f1e59@usw-ex0105-035.remarq.com> References: <397E781E.D62B55A3@erols.com> <20000726031929.24154.00000265@ng-mf1.aol.com> <397EF7D1.57EC9314@erols.com> <964691324.11515.0.nnrp-09.c2d93896@news.demon.co.uk> <4u11os4qofvo47v4f2saqccfp65dr49ktt@4ax.com> Bytes: 637 X-Wren-Trace: eIypgYCZ3pTf3IqBhM6Ci5u/noyInMGbgIzNjIqV1Z3V0oLc253X09Dext7Q Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:05:20 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.0.2.35 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon3 965103611 10.0.2.35 (Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:20:11 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:20:11 PDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!telocity-west!TELOCITY!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!WReNclone!WReNphoon3.POSTED!WReN!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:24975 the softrat wrote: >Let us know when he is scheduled to be shot. A bit extreme. I would prefer to sentence him to forty-eight hours of contiguous viewings of the Rankin-Bass "Return of the King," until he is reduced to a mass of blubbering contrition. Prembone ..and doesn't that sound even tastier than licking frogs. "Jesus was made of crackers?" - Eric Cartman MythTakes: Tolkien Parody http://mythtakes.prembone.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com