Comments on: When universes collide...

When universes collide...

Orange Goblin — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:20:53 -0800

Once More With Hobbits - the Lord of the Rings meets Once More With Feeling, the Buffy the Vampire musical episode. There are only lyrics at the moment, but mp3s are promised soon. Until then, you'll have to sing along yourselves!

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:29:56 -0800

Buffy could kick Sauron's ass.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:37:33 -0800

Buffy meets musical theatre meets Tolkien.. wow, that's a whole mess of nerd!

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:03:57 -0800

Ackkkk!! "E" for effort. Shows imagination, but scans horribly. Polish the meter; it reads like Pauley Shore on 'ludes doing Gilbert & Sullivan.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:07:58 -0800

What can't we face if we don't keep putting random things together? Or are we just going through the motions? I mean, where does it all go from here? Combining Firefly with Beethoven's unfinished symphony? Angel with a dialysis machine? ..I'll never tell!

By: knutmo

knutmo — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:27:52 -0800

I don't get it.

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:04:09 -0800

I have died and went to nerdcore heaven. (although you're right, RavinDave -- the scan is a bit iffy. Maybe if they got the sk8er elf people to help out...)

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:46:25 -0800

It's wonderful! They did a great job with the internal rhymes and meter--it fits with the Buffy lyrics nearly perfectly. And "I'll Never Tell" as a duet for Gimli and Legolas is just peachy: GIMLI: Could he learn to live beneath the ground? LEGOLAS: Would my people run me out of town? GIMLI: Will he think that I'm disgusting When my armor gets to rusting? LEGOLAS: When I go to the Grey Havens Will he grieve like he's been shaven? As one of the commenters on the site said, this is right up there on the list of all-time best LOTR parodies, along with the infamous Very Secret Diaries.

By: Prospero

Prospero — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:25:09 -0800

This is proof positive of the power of the decentralized nature of the Internet. There is no other way that a parody like this, that requires intimate knowledge of The Lord of the Rings, the culture of slash fiction, and a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, could find its audience. (I've only seen the musical Buffy episode once, so I'm not wired to "get this", but it warms my heart to see that others do.)

By: JJBotter

JJBotter — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:11:55 -0800

That is absolutely excellent. I'm not even a Buffy fan and I enjoyed that immensely.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:10:16 -0800

There is no other way that a parody like this, that requires intimate knowledge of The Lord of the Rings, the culture of slash fiction, and a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, could find its audience. You make it sound like that's three different audiences...