It's gonna be alot of Lord of the Rings here for a while

Just a quick collection of Lord of the Rings links that are making me happy. First, Ain't It Cool News has some spoilers about the Return of the King Extended Edition DVD (need I warn you that you will be spoiled if you visit?). TheOneRing.net is disputing the WETA part of the AICN spoilers, but hopefully the rest is correct because I want to see all those scenes described within.

Second there's a nice set of interviews on Inside Reel (careful on dialups - this is a 59MB file). Bernard Hill made me happy by saying that Howard Shore has scored 5 hours of film for Return of the King. That'll make a dandy length for the EE DVD.

The NY Times has a piece today by a woman who just doesn't get the trilogy and who claims that the movies are really only for nerds and not women (women are not nerds I guess?). She sees no real emotion in the movies, just battles and monsters and such. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, no matter how wrong and boy is she wrong. I felt profound emotions, particularly in RotK, as did many non-nerd people that I know. My reaction is a hearty rolling of my eyes.