You Shall Be The Fellowship Of The Ring...

Last night I got to visit Middle Earth for the first time this year (this year) with some people I hadn't seen it before, and some I had and still would. We had pizza, and fizzy drinks, and chips and dips, with garlic bread and some flat bread (carb on carb on carb). I think we all regret that lack of balance. 

I am probably one of the worst people to watch the Lord of the Rings with because I quote, I sing, and I expend knowledge of Middle Earth, the general plot, and boring trivia, that I doubt anyone wanted to hear (sorry guys). I think I even amazed Red at certain points as she turned to me in the questioning manner and simply said 'and you haven't read the books?'

I suppose it is weird being so passionate and knowledgeable about something without foreknowledge of the base text everything is based on (everything!).

It was a brilliant evening, despite my Middle Earth lessons, Cherry and I spoke about Immortality and Elves and Prophecies, Tag got to know a lot more about Balrogs and Fatty Bolger, and Red and I secretly mouthed along to most of the movie (I saw you!). 

It is easily my favourite film of ever. And I look forward to including the Hobbit in it's watching schedule. Could you imagine the length on that? It would go on so long, we could commission a cinema to show them all extended for some sort of charity event. Oh my God, I'm getting tingles just thinking about the prospect. 

I think my favourite part of last night was when Sam found Frodo trying to leave without any of them and he nearly drowned himself. I made a promise, Mr Frodo, a promise. Don't you leave him Samwise. And I don't mean to, I don't mean to. We were all quiet and emotional at that point. Well definitely quiet. But it was a nice gesture towards the movie, that it's still so powerful it can make us shut up and nut up. 

If you want to know more about the History of Aragon's hertiage or what happened to Gollum between the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings then Born of Hope and The Hunt for Gollum is certainly for you. A pair of well paid, low budget, fan filmed, short movies for your viewing pleasure...

I will take it!

Carpe diem, mellon...

Friday Night Pub Quiz Birthday...

My Friday night consisted of a Pub Quiz Birthday, which is a nice idea in itself. You invite your friends, ask them to write up 20 questions or 1 Round of a quiz. Lots of good rounds, like a Lord of the Rings one, that believe it or not, I got full marks for. A Who's That Pokemon (the round I would have done it I wasn't beaten to writing it), and a Disney round. However, for comedic value there were a few other's that were a bit unorthodox. There were a pair of rounds (mine included) about the people who wrote them, and from those questions one stuck out about me, and made everyone fall about laughing. Jim asked:

If I were to hit someone, what race would they be?

And I think you'll agree, that's a pretty funny question. And we, knowing Jim, knew the answer. And because I don't have very much else to say here now, I'll leave you with my round to do. See how well you know me. And I'll leave you with the knowledge that I'm going to the Cardiff Bay Food Festival today!

Carpe diem...

1. Everyone has a favourite Film Genre, the same can be said for Big Tom. What is Big Tom's Favourite Film Genre? (1 point)

2. Baring in mind his favourite genre, what is Big Tom's guilty pleasure when it comes to films? (1 point)

3. Who is Big Tom's role model in the Film World? (1 point)

4. With all the lovely stars of the silver screen, name one actress Big Tom fancies. (1 point)

5. And because he's greedy, name an actor Big Tom has a man crush on. (1 point)

6. Back in time, Big Tom was inspired to write when he was read a bedtime story, what was that bedtime story? (1 point)

7. Since growing up his tastes have developed and matured. What does Big Tom claim to be his favourite book? (1 point)

8. Growing up, Big Tom's Uncle bought him a comic book every Christmas. What was it? (1 point)

9. As he claims to be a writer, he should have read a lot of books - has he read:

i. Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (1 point)

ii. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (1 point)

iii. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1 point)

iv. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly (1 point)

10. Completely stolen from Never Mind the Buzzcocks, whose line is it anyway? I'm going to give you the first line of a song from Big Tom's iPod and you're going to give me the next line. For an extra point name the Artist and Song.

i. What if I wanted to break...

ii. I walked across an empty land...

iii. Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air...

11. What does Big Tom occasionally shout at passing Cyclists and Runners? (1 point)

12. When is Big Tom's Birthday? (1 point)