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One-Man Lord of The Rings Comes to Chicago

Posted by timothy on from the smeagol-and-gollum-in-the-same-body dept.

nomadicpuma writes "In tandem with the return of the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy to Chicago (covered on Slashdot) is a new show giving the Lord of the Rings trilogy the same treatment. The One-Man Lord of the Rings, a performance of all three books by one actor in 60 minutes, will also be showing at the Apollo Theater through February 14, and by all indications looks to be similarly excellent."

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  1. Geek Fest by Teclis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, this has got to be a true role model for movie geeks out there. I remember in elementary school that reciting The Grinch Who Stole Christmas was impressive. I could actually recite the whole thing word for word at 10 years old. If he could do that for LOTR, that is, word for word. I'll be impressed.

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    1. Re:Geek Fest by jeblucas · · Score: 2, Funny
      ... some japanese guy called Hirouki Goto, iirc, which ...
      ... memory of 3 seconds, or whatever the myth is ...
      ... on it. I can't remmeber the name of it, ...
      ... feats, as well as pseudowhatever, remembering stuff ...
      You don't seem to remember too much. Maybe we shouldn't value your opinion overly in this discussion.
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    2. Re:Geek Fest by EvilBuu · · Score: 2, Funny

      the disorder that makes people see colours

      No kidding, this is a condition which affects millions, including myself! More research into possible treatments is really needed.

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  2. Extended director cut by GrAfFiT · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's see if we will also get the one man non-stop 10 hours extended director's cut with one actor..

  3. If I could by CodeWanker · · Score: 5, Funny

    turn MY mental illness into a crowd-pleasing source of income, I'd do it, too.

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  4. The next step by OO7david · · Score: 4, Funny

    With all the geeks making one man shows, it seems that the next logical step will be the one-man premeir of "self-love:. Heck, there're probably enough "actors" for a simultaneous nation-wide release

  5. Pundits say... by dotslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Potential Reviews by the Pundits (apologies in advance): "His one man show is the one ring to rule them all!" "The acting dwarfs any other performance of LOTRs" "This one man does the work of elven!" "Mordor, She Wrote!" "His performance was so good, I could write an entire Gollum about it!"

  6. Abridged by mapinguari · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet he leaves out Tom Bombadil too.

  7. Joke by suso · · Score: 3, Funny

    If its only one man, then who is going to carry Frodo?

  8. Re:Hmm How does.. by djward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Peter: "I will now recite all fifty states in a quarter of a second: YELP!"

    Lois: "Peter, that was just a loud barking noise!"

  9. So how fast does he talk ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The One-Man Lord of the Rings, a performance of all three books by one actor in 60 minutes

    Reminds me of the improv game "Countdown."

    You have a scene, and you progressivly reduce the time for that scene. Usually it's something like 5 min, 2 min, etc. where each time it gets shorter and more frantic, all the way down to one second, where it's basically one actor saying a single word.

    So, you have 9+ hours of movies condenced to one hour.
    Then it's Lord of the Rings in 15 min.
    Lord of the Rings in 5 min.
    Lord of the Rings in 1 min.
    Lord of the Rings in 30 s.
    Lord of the Rings in 10 s.
    And finally, Lord of the Rings in 1 second.

    MY PRECIOUS!!!

  10. Final Scene by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 2, Funny

    You see him grab a scrubbing brush and start feaverishly brushing a toilet.

    You see, his version of the book had a typo. The "cleansing of the shite" scene was taken literally.

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  11. Re:Hmm How does.. by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try 12 hours. You're missing the "Extended-Super-Duper-I-Have-No-Life" DVD edition.

    Well, for some people it's the "Extended-Super-Duper-Just-Scored-A-Quarter-Ounce" edition.

  12. Re:Easy... by kg_o.O · · Score: 2, Funny

    birthday...ring...war..destroy...mordor..gollum... finger. The End.

  13. Check out the video clips... by borgheron · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've seen few things which suck as bad as this in my life.

    GJC

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    1. Re:Check out the video clips... by subl33t · · Score: 2, Funny

      You don't watch any FOX TV do you?

  14. Um by CGP314 · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the smeagol-and-gollum-in-the-same-body dept


    Err... they are in the same body anyway.


    Colin

  15. Re:Looks awesome! by -kertrats- · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hardly think Matrix should go anywhere near the same level as Star Wars and LOTR. It doesnt have a Decipher-produced CCG.

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