IT WILL BE A TOOK-PROOF SIGN THAT FINALLY EVERYBODY HAS HEARD OF "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" WHEN ... |
... the # 1 of the British Top Ten will be "A Elbereth Gilthoniel", performed by Robbie Williams and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ... |
... Victoria and David Beckham will have twins and call them Elladan and Elrohir ... (For non-book-readers: Elladan and Elrohir are the sons of Elrond - and if ya think we're kiddin', we're not! Only recently, a french couple called their twin sons Elladan Alexandre and Elrohir Andre!) |
... George W. Bush will desperately try to find the Kingdom of Gondor on his map of Europe ... |
... Orlando Bloom will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and must now be addressed as "Sir Orli" ... |
... SciFi channel will launch a new fantasy serie: "The Adventures of Legolas the Elf and Gimli the Dwarf" (featuring Kevin Sorbo as King Thranduil) ... |
... Tinkerbell will sue Galadriel for copyright infringement ... |
... Time Magazine will comment that Liv Tyler looks really sharp considered she's 3500 years old (compared to Cher, who must be at least 5200) ... |
... and when Tom Jones will braid his hair. |
Picture waaaaaay too scary to show! |
... Haldir will replace Dobby the House Elf in the upcoming Harry Potter movies ... |
I've written this article originally for the "Lord of the Rings" special in issue #5 of "PK Webzine", March 2003. Our LOTR-specialist Delaese had a field-day with this one ... ten years from now, we'll go through this list, and will find at least 60 % of these things have really happened ... I accept bets now ... Edited to ask: the howl! A japanese online news service took the Beckham-story serious... aww, mummy would be so proud, we created a dead duck! |
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