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Jan. 8th, 2004
The Lord of the Rings - Commentaries
Jan. 8th, 2004 05:16 pmI'm currently listening to the Production team's commentary on the extended Two Towers. Last night, I listened to theirs on Fellowship of the Rings.
Have there ever been such great sets of dvds? There's so much information on them, so much to hear and see and know. And all the passion and the love that just radiates from everyone involved... it takes the breath away.
I just have so much love for Peter Jackson for bringing all this together. Because it's a beautiful story and one well worth retelling. And I'm glad that I can watch it - that I can get all the great things that pour out of the pages without feeling crippled by actually reading the prose (and perhaps, someday, I will be able to pick up the books, and with fresh mind and eye, will truly enjoy the words of the telling - but if that day does come, it will be in great part due to the movies and the love I bear them).
And now, back I go to continue listening.
Have there ever been such great sets of dvds? There's so much information on them, so much to hear and see and know. And all the passion and the love that just radiates from everyone involved... it takes the breath away.
I just have so much love for Peter Jackson for bringing all this together. Because it's a beautiful story and one well worth retelling. And I'm glad that I can watch it - that I can get all the great things that pour out of the pages without feeling crippled by actually reading the prose (and perhaps, someday, I will be able to pick up the books, and with fresh mind and eye, will truly enjoy the words of the telling - but if that day does come, it will be in great part due to the movies and the love I bear them).
And now, back I go to continue listening.
Sex and Friendship
Jan. 8th, 2004 06:01 pmThis is applies to friend-based slash or het.
A sexual relationship doesn't have to cheapen a deep love-based friendship, but it can if you let the sex overwhelm the friendship.
The important thing to remember is that a sexual relationship doesn't replace friendship. It's about adding the sexual dimension to the already existing relationship. You keep all the layers that are already there, but add this new one.
I love the Buffy/Xander relationship as it's illustrated on the show. Why would I want to mess with a good thing? I don't, which is why I try to keep in mind all the history (good and bad) that they share. Now, how successful at it I am, only my readers can say, but I always try to keep them friends first.
People are complicated. Every single person is incredibly complicated and there is no way to catch all of that in the confines of a single story. All any of us can do is try. All we can do is to do our best to find moments and passages that we can capture and bring to life. Find moments of truth and clarity and passion. Find ourselves in the characters and find the characters in ourselves.
The reason that Buffy and Xander fall in love in my mind is because I love them both, and my mind can see to lighting the way for them to see in each other what I see in them.
That's what relationship-based writing is for me.
A sexual relationship doesn't have to cheapen a deep love-based friendship, but it can if you let the sex overwhelm the friendship.
The important thing to remember is that a sexual relationship doesn't replace friendship. It's about adding the sexual dimension to the already existing relationship. You keep all the layers that are already there, but add this new one.
I love the Buffy/Xander relationship as it's illustrated on the show. Why would I want to mess with a good thing? I don't, which is why I try to keep in mind all the history (good and bad) that they share. Now, how successful at it I am, only my readers can say, but I always try to keep them friends first.
People are complicated. Every single person is incredibly complicated and there is no way to catch all of that in the confines of a single story. All any of us can do is try. All we can do is to do our best to find moments and passages that we can capture and bring to life. Find moments of truth and clarity and passion. Find ourselves in the characters and find the characters in ourselves.
The reason that Buffy and Xander fall in love in my mind is because I love them both, and my mind can see to lighting the way for them to see in each other what I see in them.
That's what relationship-based writing is for me.
Some background: I've decided to write a play by play reaction piece to the films (God help me). Just to let you know how insane I am, I'll give you some figures. Not quite eight minutes are in the prologue. It took me nearly two hours to write this while watching (obviously, a lot of pausing was going on). It covers five and a half pages longhand.
So, here it is, my reaction to the prologue. And it's here on my website.
( Contains spoilers up to Return of the King )
And now, I am so many kinds of tired. And that was just from seven-eight minutes! Dense film. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to do Concerning Hobbits.
So, here it is, my reaction to the prologue. And it's here on my website.
( Contains spoilers up to Return of the King )
And now, I am so many kinds of tired. And that was just from seven-eight minutes! Dense film. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to do Concerning Hobbits.
This section's actually a lot shorter than the prologue, so, why not?
Appears here on my website.
( Spoilers up to Return of the King )
Appears here on my website.
( Spoilers up to Return of the King )