Damn You, High Fantasy Virus

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Nothing like watching all the appendix bullshit on the Lord of the Rings DVDs to get one motivated to do some worldbuilding. When Richard Taylor's declaiming* about the backgrounds of different varieties of Orc helmets, or how they tried to advance armor to make it look like things changed over centuries, you can't help but want to put more detail into your own world's culture and customs. Quite useful to have on as background noise, really.

Why yes I AM on a Tolkien kick lately; thanks for noticing!


*As far as I can tell, Sir Richard Taylor, KNZM, has "declaim" as his ONLY setting. Everything he says sounds like he's practicing a dramatic reading of some epic medieval saga.

Comments

[beccastareyes]

Yes. That and reading art and writing sites gets me excited about art and writing.

[sofish-sasha.livejournal.com]

I spent the weekend with my mates watching the appendix stuff on FotR, which I (shock! horror!) somehow haven't managed to see before now*. I just wanted to jump straight into Weta Workshop and get fiddling; it was via an interest in becoming a prop maker that I got into making films in the first place. I can't remember her name, but there was a lady who was bashing away at the Argonath "bigatures", and I would happily move to New Zealand be her assistant/apprentice/slave in a heartbeat!

We're going to watch the appendices of TTT and RotK too, but I'm not sure when. I'm spending the upcoming weekend away from the school, making comics (and watching The Hobbit) with my best friends, and the weekend after that will be spent watching all kinds of films at the Gothenburg International Film Festival, so there isn't much time for nerdery of a Tolkienesque flavour. Plus I've ordered another couple of series of Doctor Who, and I have a couple of mates here who have gone into full-on marathon mode after I introduced them to the good Doctor, so there's that to watch, too. :)



*Although I've just ordered the extended dvd box set for myself, so once that arrives I'll be able to watch it whenever I like.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Maybe Sir Richard Taylor is part BRIAN BLESSED.