The Few, The Proud....The Gimli fans! - Page 3 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lanniae of the Axe · 05-29-2003, 04:53 PM

Galadriel- one quick note and we call it a truce. Legolas could probably do 500 pull-ups, Gimli does 500 push-ups. Those are the muscles, more or less. I think. *shrugs* That's all.

Oh, and yes. Gimli fans are everywhere... We are the serial axe-murderers in your alley-ways. We are the hikers in your mountain ranges. We are the spelunkers under your mountains. We are the people who go see Imax films titled "CAVES". We are the jewelry store robbers. We are the biker dudes with forked beards. We are the people wearing shirts that say "Gold Digger", and mean it in different context. We are the people so busy *reading* LOTR we have no time to go to the BDs and...wait, crap. I screwed it up! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Look out behind you! We're always there!

--Lanniae the Axe [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Leona · 05-29-2003, 09:32 PM

A note on that comic releif thing, actualy, when you go back to look at it, in my opinion at least, Legolas does a lot of the wises cracking. Example: "Do you want me to describe it for you, or would you like me to find you a box" (or something like that). I agree Gimli really shouldn't have done any of the joking at all, but don't you people get how difficult it is to direct a movie? You can't please everyone. Besides, I agree with GaladrienoftheOlden, at least in the sense that there is someone out there who liked the movies just the way they are. I'm not saying I'm one of them, but until you get together and do a LOTR film with live actors, I don't think you have much of a right to complain about the job PJ did.

GaladrieloftheOlden · 05-29-2003, 10:21 PM

Oh, this is going a bit of topic, but I believe we have every right to criticize him, as long as it's constructive criticism. If I just said "I don't like how PJ did Gimli" without giving any reasons, that would just be annoying. We can always keep criticizing, as long as we appreciate that PJ really put how he imagined it into the movie, and despite its shortcomings, it is still amazing. But this doesn't seem like a mayhem topic anymore, if this is what we're discussing...

~Menelien

Lanniae of the Axe · 05-30-2003, 09:39 PM

Leona- sure Legolas DOES some of the wise-cracking, but it's all directed AT Gimli. Like Lego is being some sort of cynical bastard and Gimli is some clumsy fool. That's not it at all.

And just because it would make it funny, I STILL dont' think PJ has the right to change it. Oh, I know he has the legal rights and all that... But, well, he says he's a Tolkien fan himself. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. You guys are right, much of the movies are good. But then there is a lot that is wrong. I can deal with that. Just cuz I read the books before I was out of gradeschool, and many times after, I guess I'm a stickler about details. I guess I'm old-fashioned. I really think that things should be left the way they are--the original way. (i.e. I *ALWAYS* like the original versions of songs better than the re-makes, or punk covers, or whatever, just because--but that could be just me)

And, though I do not know how hard it really is to direct a movie, I still think that making it so different from the books just so other uncultured pigs (AKA the UnTolkienated AKA People who haven't read LOTR) could understand the complexity of such a marvelous work with thier teenie tiny brains, and so he could help spawn many worthless "fans" of LOTR who really jsut like Legolas and can't even spell John Ronald Reuel Tolkien right IS NO EXCUSE. *huffs and puffs about long speech*

That's basically why I started this thread. I know there's plenty of good Legolas-lovers out there! I know many, and love them to death! But I thought a Gimli-thread would at least be exempt of attracting people like those I mentioned above.

Also, Gimli's just a cool character and I love him! There's no one better than the G-man! Woohoo!

--Lanniae the Axe

PS: Sorry about my above heated rant. Perhaps I will go find an "Anti TTT movie" thread that is still hot... if any of you know of one, please idrect me to it, and we can keep this one on the subject of Gimli. He gets jealous quite easily, see, and hates sharing his threads... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

GaladrieloftheOlden · 05-30-2003, 09:53 PM

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Like Lego is being some sort of cynical bastard and Gimli is some clumsy fool. That's not it at all.

You're right. Though I have an intense liking of cynical bastards, often acting like one myself [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Gimli was a clumsy fool in the movies, and now people who never read the books or only read them after the movies will have that mental image of him stuck there... it shouldn't be that way.

~Menelien

Lanniae of the Axe · 06-01-2003, 07:26 AM

You're right, Menelien. That's NOT how it should be. Then again, we don't want anyone who HASN'T read the books (heck, even some people who read the books AFTER they saw the movies) to even be joining our ranks as Tolkienites anyway, right?

And yes, I'll have to agree that I, too, am often a cynical bastard. Or just a mean one. One of the two... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

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and now people who never read the books or only read them after the movies will have that mental image of him stuck there

You're right! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] It's all about the image! So even if you DO have people who HAVE read the books, if they read 'em AFTER seeing the movies, they can't POSSIBLY EVER be CONSIDERED Tolkienites because...well, they just can't! They have a warped perception to begin with! Ah! That's SCARY!

OMG! Must go tell ALL my friends to READ THE BOOKS FIRST. I mean, it wasn't like I never let them go about it before, but, well, I'm gonna be more insistant from now on.

Okay, crap, Gimli thread, Gimli thread. *repeat to self* Gimli thread, Gimli thread.

There is only one Gimli son of Gloin, and he does not share his threads!

--Lanniae

polices · 08-07-2003, 11:25 PM

OK, I'm all cooled down now I don't really have much to say and I am just returning this to the top. BYE! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Eowyn Skywalker · 03-12-2004, 10:02 PM

Goody! I've found other Gimli fans...
Jeez, I can't believe that me and a friend are not the only people who write in dwarf runes... I've wrote over fifty pages, actually... we have a binder full of runes.
Gimli rocks! I can't believe that I'm not the only person out there who likes him... hey, I even can imitate him... and not to badly either...
Gimli rocks, and so do runes...
-Eowyn Skywalker

04-03-2004, 03:07 AM

By the way, before we get onto dwarves, I also think that Bloom and Wood are TOTALLY gorgeous! Anyway, about dwarves, me and my friend love Gimli! He is so funny and brave and is always ready to rush to the aid of his friends! Loved him in the movie and I love his character in the books. I do think that dwarves have been ignored because in LOTR there's only 1 dwarf (Gimli) whereas in the hobbit (which I read before LOTR) there are hundreds of 'em, which for me

makes them more important in LOTR! Sorry this turned out longer than I expected! To sum up, Dwarves are COOL!

Saraphim · 04-07-2004, 12:48 PM

DWARVES ROCK! (no pun intended.) Gimli is so cool. He's my favorite character (after Faramir, but he's a totally different type of guy) and makes me smile every time I see him. He's just the coolest ever! JRD was a really good Gimli, and made his character real for me. He was one of the few who didn't ruin my mental image.

Lindolirian · 04-20-2004, 08:01 PM

Well folks, they've made a spiffy White Tree of Gondor. Now, who here (who doesn't have a job or AP tests to study for) will take up the challenge for an axe icon? The Dwarves must be represented!

Yeah, yeah... whateva.

Eowyn Skywalker · 04-21-2004, 09:49 PM

Hey, maybe I'll try to make an axe icon! Dwarves rule, and must be represented on the Barrow-downs with their own icon!

Besides, icons are fun to make.

I like the dwarves, and they need something to represent them here, though there are so few people who like the dwarven kind.

LONG LIVE GIMLI!

-Eowyn Skywalker

Eowyn Skywalker · 04-22-2004, 08:34 PM

Gimli rules, and I have made him an icon to rule them all... erk, I mean represent the dwarves.

What do you think?

One axe icon to rule them all...

-Eowyn Skywalker

05-29-2003, 04:53 PM	#1
Lanniae of the Axe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Erebor, Middle earth :) Posts: 68	Galadriel- one quick note and we call it a truce. Legolas could probably do 500 pull-ups, Gimli does 500 push-ups. Those are the muscles, more or less. I think. shrugs That's all. Oh, and yes. Gimli fans are everywhere... We are the serial axe-murderers in your alley-ways. We are the hikers in your mountain ranges. We are the spelunkers under your mountains. We are the people who go see Imax films titled "CAVES". We are the jewelry store robbers. We are the biker dudes with forked beards. We are the people wearing shirts that say "Gold Digger", and mean it in different context. We are the people so busy reading LOTR we have no time to go to the BDs and...wait, crap. I screwed it up! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Look out behind you! We're always there! --Lanniae the Axe [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ Oh! Ooh! Join my yahoogroup: True to Tolkien!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/true2tolkien/

05-29-2003, 09:32 PM	#2
Leona Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: Somewhere in Ithilen Posts: 28	A note on that comic releif thing, actualy, when you go back to look at it, in my opinion at least, Legolas does a lot of the wises cracking. Example: "Do you want me to describe it for you, or would you like me to find you a box" (or something like that). I agree Gimli really shouldn't have done any of the joking at all, but don't you people get how difficult it is to direct a movie? You can't please everyone. Besides, I agree with GaladrienoftheOlden, at least in the sense that there is someone out there who liked the movies just the way they are. I'm not saying I'm one of them, but until you get together and do a LOTR film with live actors, I don't think you have much of a right to complain about the job PJ did. __________________ You don't really see me, just the cloak of shadows and lies I've drawn around me. -Arina

05-29-2003, 10:21 PM	#3
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	Oh, this is going a bit of topic, but I believe we have every right to criticize him, as long as it's constructive criticism. If I just said "I don't like how PJ did Gimli" without giving any reasons, that would just be annoying. We can always keep criticizing, as long as we appreciate that PJ really put how he imagined it into the movie, and despite its shortcomings, it is still amazing. But this doesn't seem like a mayhem topic anymore, if this is what we're discussing... ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

05-30-2003, 09:39 PM	#4
Lanniae of the Axe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Erebor, Middle earth :) Posts: 68	Leona- sure Legolas DOES some of the wise-cracking, but it's all directed AT Gimli. Like Lego is being some sort of cynical bastard and Gimli is some clumsy fool. That's not it at all. And just because it would make it funny, I STILL dont' think PJ has the right to change it. Oh, I know he has the legal rights and all that... But, well, he says he's a Tolkien fan himself. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. You guys are right, much of the movies are good. But then there is a lot that is wrong. I can deal with that. Just cuz I read the books before I was out of gradeschool, and many times after, I guess I'm a stickler about details. I guess I'm old-fashioned. I really think that things should be left the way they are--the original way. (i.e. I ALWAYS like the original versions of songs better than the re-makes, or punk covers, or whatever, just because--but that could be just me) And, though I do not know how hard it really is to direct a movie, I still think that making it so different from the books just so other uncultured pigs (AKA the UnTolkienated AKA People who haven't read LOTR) could understand the complexity of such a marvelous work with thier teenie tiny brains, and so he could help spawn many worthless "fans" of LOTR who really jsut like Legolas and can't even spell John Ronald Reuel Tolkien right IS NO EXCUSE. huffs and puffs about long speech That's basically why I started this thread. I know there's plenty of good Legolas-lovers out there! I know many, and love them to death! But I thought a Gimli-thread would at least be exempt of attracting people like those I mentioned above. Also, Gimli's just a cool character and I love him! There's no one better than the G-man! Woohoo! --Lanniae the Axe PS: Sorry about my above heated rant. Perhaps I will go find an "Anti TTT movie" thread that is still hot... if any of you know of one, please idrect me to it, and we can keep this one on the subject of Gimli. He gets jealous quite easily, see, and hates sharing his threads... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Oh! Ooh! Join my yahoogroup: True to Tolkien!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/true2tolkien/

08-07-2003, 11:25 PM	#7
polices Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: a little place called "Stuck in a pot" Posts: 48	OK, I'm all cooled down now I don't really have much to say and I am just returning this to the top. BYE! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ "The time of the elfs has ended."Elrond "It is also the end of the men..."ME! "It is the time of the... SUPER-ROBOTIC-FLYING-GENETICALLY-MODIFIED-SUPER-DARVES!"

03-12-2004, 10:02 PM	#8
Eowyn Skywalker Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere far, far away. Eh. Posts: 402	Goody! I've found other Gimli fans... Jeez, I can't believe that me and a friend are not the only people who write in dwarf runes... I've wrote over fifty pages, actually... we have a binder full of runes. Gimli rocks! I can't believe that I'm not the only person out there who likes him... hey, I even can imitate him... and not to badly either... Gimli rocks, and so do runes... -Eowyn Skywalker __________________ Sometimes worlds collide. This time, they got their own webpage. Join Middle-earth: Insanity forums today.

04-03-2004, 03:07 AM	#9
Eriathiel Guest Posts: n/a	I agree! By the way, before we get onto dwarves, I also think that Bloom and Wood are TOTALLY gorgeous! Anyway, about dwarves, me and my friend love Gimli! He is so funny and brave and is always ready to rush to the aid of his friends! Loved him in the movie and I love his character in the books. I do think that dwarves have been ignored because in LOTR there's only 1 dwarf (Gimli) whereas in the hobbit (which I read before LOTR) there are hundreds of 'em, which for me makes them more important in LOTR! Sorry this turned out longer than I expected! To sum up, Dwarves are COOL!

04-07-2004, 12:48 PM	#10
Saraphim Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The other side of freezing. Posts: 404	DWARVES ROCK! (no pun intended.) Gimli is so cool. He's my favorite character (after Faramir, but he's a totally different type of guy) and makes me smile every time I see him. He's just the coolest ever! JRD was a really good Gimli, and made his character real for me. He was one of the few who didn't ruin my mental image. __________________ I drink Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters! ~ Always remember: pillage BEFORE you burn.

04-20-2004, 08:01 PM	#11
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Well folks, they've made a spiffy White Tree of Gondor. Now, who here (who doesn't have a job or AP tests to study for) will take up the challenge for an axe icon? The Dwarves must be represented! Yeah, yeah... whateva. __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

04-21-2004, 09:49 PM	#12
Eowyn Skywalker Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere far, far away. Eh. Posts: 402	Hey, maybe I'll try to make an axe icon! Dwarves rule, and must be represented on the Barrow-downs with their own icon! Besides, icons are fun to make. I like the dwarves, and they need something to represent them here, though there are so few people who like the dwarven kind. LONG LIVE GIMLI! -Eowyn Skywalker __________________ Sometimes worlds collide. This time, they got their own webpage. Join Middle-earth: Insanity forums today.

04-22-2004, 08:34 PM	#13
Eowyn Skywalker Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere far, far away. Eh. Posts: 402	Gimli rules, and I have made him an icon to rule them all... erk, I mean represent the dwarves. What do you think? One axe icon to rule them all... -Eowyn Skywalker __________________ Sometimes worlds collide. This time, they got their own webpage. Join Middle-earth: Insanity forums today.