Explanation about my comments yesterday -- the Elijah Radio 1 interview

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

After some comments and questions following my entry yesterday about Elijah's Radio 1 interview with Jo Whiley, I felt that some explanation (and perhaps something of an apology!) was warranted.

I was really pleased, on a personal level, about some of the things I heard Elijah say during the interview -- I felt others would probably be similarly pleased. But I think my enthusiasm might have inadvertently given the impression that some kind of "big announcement" was forthcoming!



First off, I've sometimes felt that Elijah was perhaps trying to distance himself too much (for my liking) from the LOTR movies and his role as Frodo. But when he said he was particularly proud of LOTR, it became obvious that the movies are still very important to him. Of course I loved hearing that.

As someone who really misses the whole LOTR boys thing, I was almost ecstatic when Jo Whiley asked if he was still in touch with the other LOTR cast members and, without hesitation, Elijah confirmed straight off that he speaks to Dom regularly -- yay!! He mentioned Billy & Viggo too, and I was hoping he would mention Sean of course, but the conversation kind of moved on a little.

Then the subject of Lost came up, and Elijah stated that he loves the show and then, "Initially of course I was interested in the show because of Dom & I wanted to support him." More squeeing from me!

There followed a question about how he feels regarding being over here in the UK and Elijah replied, "I love pub culture -- I love it, it's great!" More yay!! :-) He mentioned that he's a huge fan of Stella (Artois). I'm not a beer-drinker myself, but that's my son's favourite too! It's just great to know that he feels so at home over here -- that means that perhaps he'll be spending a lot of time in the UK in future, and of course that has to be good news for us!

Finally, when I met Elijah at ORC 2005, I congratulated him on the wonderful way he played Frodo (of course!), and then I told him I felt that he, and Sean too, should be made honorary Brits for their portrayal of the lead characters in what's perhaps our greatest story. His reply was: "I wish!"

I was so glad to hear that maybe, just maybe, what I said influenced him a little. And even if it didn't, according to what he said yesterday, he now *does* feel that he's sort of an honorary Brit. Of course I was over the moon to hear that! :-)

So this is what I meant by my comments yesterday. I didn't want to give out any spoilers for those who hadn't yet heard the interview at that stage. But I apologise if I misleadingly gave the impression that there was some kind of "big news" in the interview that we weren't already familiar with!

~Lyra

Comments

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments. Firstly, although some people had posted to say the interview was forthcoming, no-one had actually posted to say they'd listened to it. I think it's enjoyable to exchange opinions about the interview itself, and my post yesterday served as a kind of forum for that.

I don't think this post (or the one I previously made) were particularly long -- except of course that quite a few people chose to join in with the discussion. I have to admit I do sometimes miss the "chit-chat" that used to surround news items about Elijah on certain people's LJs, as that function has now been more or less taken over by elijah_finds. I dunno, maybe some others miss that too.

Lastly, my LJ is usually f-locked, and many of the readers here aren't friended to me. So even if I'd created an open post to explain more about my post yesterday, most people here wouldn't have know it existed.

If other people think there's anything wrong with this kind of more "personalised" post, they're welcome to speak up & say so. If the consensus of opinion is against it, then I wouldn't post similar items in future.

I don't object to you expressing an opinion about this, but it would have been nice if you'd posted with your normal username.

~Lyra

[westmoon.livejournal.com]

I certainly didn't have a problem with your post. Of course people are going to have an opinion on anything they find and share, and I can't imagine why it would be inappropriate to include it. That's part of the fun here, after all!

[sssneaking.livejournal.com]

I agree. I didn't see it as being any different to the multiple posts we routinely get for different sets of screen caps or the different Oxford Murders extras reports. We quite often get a flurry of reports around particular finds or topics. I think virtually all cases, all the different posts add something to the whole (the extras reports are a classic example of that) and it would not be the same without out them. Your post was no different to somebody squeeing to emphasise a particular photo in a new set and that's happened often enough.

Some of the interviews that happen are very samey and I wasn't sure I was going to bother downloading the Jo Whiley one (I find her a bit irritating) until I read your post so I certainly found is useful. I may not have completely shared your enthusiasm on the same bits of the interview but there were some poarts of the interview I found fascinating and different (the lines and the bits about PR being the real work) so I'm glad I downloaded it. I didn't have problem at all with what you said; it was perfectly clear it would depend on personal reactions how you took the interview.

Although this is a finds community, it would be very boring if nothing was allowed but the absolute bare bones of the finds. It would be devoid of all personality. I do understand your point about the lack of chit-chat. Maybe we need to make a little bit more effort to comment with thoughts (within the rules of the community) rather than just to thank people for posting. Thanking is very nice but it's hard for it to develop into further discussion as it's kind of closed (e.g. thank you! You're welcome! End of discussion).

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

We quite often get a flurry of reports around particular finds or topics. ....... Your post was no different to somebody squeeing to emphasise a particular photo in a new set and that's happened often enough.

Thanks for contributing your opinion here.

I may not have completely shared your enthusiasm on the same bits of the interview but ........ I'm glad I downloaded it.

Yes, of course there were other interesting points raised too, such as how Elijah is almost in awe of John Hurt (which some of us already thought anyway). It's good to have Elijah over here for a change so I'm sure other Brits will understand my squeeing about it!

it would be very boring if nothing was allowed but the absolute bare bones of the finds. It would be devoid of all personality.

I would tend to agree with you there. Maybe we should mark all posts so that it's clear whether they are "new news", "old news" (people do often re-post things from the past), or "squee" then readers can click or ignore as they please! ;-) Oh well, at least I (re-)posted the front cover from an old mag & a link to the article!

~Lyra

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Hi westmoon, and thanks for joining in to say my post wasn't a problem for you. I agree with you that people squeeing & expressing opinions is part of the fun! :-)

~Lyra

[oldbabayaga.livejournal.com]

"That's part of the fun here, after all!"

Sometimes we just need to squee!

I think he just got sidetracked before he could mention Sean.

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, let's hear it for good old squee! :-)

And I'm sure he would've mentioned Sean eventually ....

~Lyra

*mod hat on*

[bunniewabbit.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a problem with this sort of entry being posted here, but I wouldn't want to see it become a frequent thing. I think the focus should stay on Elijah rather than our opinions about what he says/does, though, obviously that can always be part of an entry or comments to an entry.[/mod hat off]

That said, I was disappointed that he didn't mention Sean or Orlando, myself. I know he's in infrequent touch with Sean (Dom and Billy much more frequently, I would guess), but I can't help but wonder about his relationship with the Elf.

Re: *mod hat on*

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a problem with this sort of entry being posted here, but I wouldn't want to see it become a frequent thing.

Thanks for the opinion. It isn't something I've done or I'm likely to do on a regular basis -- I just wanted to let people know that the interview had gone ahead & was definitely worth listening to IMHO, then in my excitement I added some views of my own.

Yeah, I think Elijah got distracted talking about Viggo & Argentina in his interview, otherwise he might've mentioned the others too. I was a bit surprised when (and I hope my memory serves me correctly) there was the POTC2 premiere in London just after LFCC finished last summer, but it appears he didn't attend that :-(

~Lyra

[ninaeatspie.livejournal.com]

I agree with you.