[peony_foxburr]

hi, all--I was directed over here after I registered earlier today--well, yesterday, but I'm working nights...how fun to be with some other Elders! My first LoTR reading was in 1969, age 15, Ballantine paperbacks of which I still own 2 out of 3 (I lent one to a boyfriend who has passed into myth). I did a little D&D during the 80s but then got too old to stay up so late [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Count me as one who has also enjoyed the films--yes, Peter Jackson leaves lots of stuff out, but that's the difference between a novel and a film. And I adore all the actors, young and old. What a shock, though, to read that Elijah Wood was born 3 DAYS before my own son(1/28/81 was his original due date, in fact--THAT cut short a few flights of fantasy, let me tell you, LOL! Skimming some of the past posts, I see a few mentions of EW's past film work. For fun I've been looking around on eBay for videos of some of them, & now have The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, with Radio Flyer en route. I leave in a week for Washington state to help out my parents while my dad has radiation for (localized) prostate cancer--gotta load up on viewing material. (Oops, I'd better delete that "EW Now&Forever" bookmark before the 24 yo daughter sees it on my computer and is totally mortified!!!)