Sunday, January 23, 2005

LOTR marathon

Two days in a row. Not bad for neoblogging.

Lower Greenville Baptist Community is having a Lord of the Rings marathon. Pretty fun. Supposedly, the LOTR director told the composer that he should think of this as an opera, since he'd write more music than Wagner did for the Ring cycle. Gripe how you will, pick at this or that, it's still an amazing achievement and a better grasp of more of the themes and perspective of Tolkien than I could imagine being put together in one rendition.

We all agreed that Jackson and New Line were nuts for not saving all those sets and props and costumes and stuff. An LOTR 'theme park,' as offensive as the phrase sounds, would be a monster money maker. People would come from all over the world to it--as they are doing to New Zealand anyway, even though there's nothing of the movie set left.

More soon.

mark

Saturday, January 22, 2005

Have fun storming the castle!

Thanks to all who participated in my 'name that blog' contest. Winner of a genuine (clean) Mark Thames tee shirt is Lauren. Way to go!

Since I'm a freshly-scrubbed newbie, expect disappointment from me. Nevertheless, I'm in. More soon. Must set up page.

mark