Fw: How to get kicked out of Return of the King (fwd)

[delwynmarch at yahoo.com]

Thanks guys, for your answers !

Saitaina said :

> As a fellow arachnophobia, I can say that she didn't look much like 
> a spider from the trailers.

My husband didn't download this particular trailer, and I didn't ask 
for it... (sheepish grin)

> Unlike a certain movie associated with this list that I screamed 
> right in the middle of the theatre when they came on.

I had been preparing myself for that scene, and I was ready to bury 
my face in my husband's shoulder if they were too terrifiying. But in 
the end, I found them too unrealistic, too mechanical-looking 
somehow. Not that I didn't feel "a bit" scared, though :-)

Tammy said :

> Go see the movie, but take someone you absolutely trust with you to 
> tell you when you can open your eyes because Shelob is gone. Don't 
> let such a fear hold you back from seeing the climax of the trilogy!

Yes, I guess that's what I'll do.

> And as for 'Eight Legged Freaks' . . . yeah, the spiders are huge 
> and they hunt people, but, well, it's kinda hard to STAY afraid of 
> a spider that does a goofy Tarzan yell while sliding down a tension 
> wire and slamming into a vent cover.

LOL ! Sure, told that way, it seems more funny than anything else. 
But honestly, when I saw the trailer, I had to close my eyes after a 
minute or so and force myself to breathe deeply and slowly, while my 
husband was holding my hand and whispering soothing things in my 
ear :-) But I had been taken by surprise, I didn't know it was 
coming, so that didn't help.

Illyana said :

> Shelob is a LOT more realistic-looking than the acromantulas in 
> COS, but she does not look as much like a spider.

Hum... Not very helpful, I'm afraid, can't make up my mind whether I 
prefer it this way or not :-) But thanks anyway.

> Those of you who have read the LOTR books know that Shelob isn't 
> quite a spider, but more like a monster that resembles a spider.

Well it looks like a spider and it acts like spiders do in my 
nightmares (in my dreams, spiders are always smart, evil and out to 
get me), so for me it's a spider ! And a giant one too ! HEEEELP ! 
(Not to mention that she stinks ;-)

> If you can muster up the courage to look, though, you definitely 
> should! Shelob looks fantastic, and that scene is very dramatic.

I'll try... Maybe...

> Hope this helps! Don't miss the movie just because of a silly spider
> that's not even real!

Now that's what *you* think ! *I* know better, hee hee... ;-)

And finally Amber :

> Well...what better a way than to face your fear than in a safe
> environment, with your husband, in a theatre where obviously nothing
> bad can happen to you?

You obviously don't have my level of sick imagination when it comes 
to spiders :-)

> Could be worse...my mom had to face her arachnaphobia head on when 
> my brother brought home a tarantula as a pet last summer. I had to 
> return to Ottawa a few days too early, so I missed the reaction, 
> but apparently it was an interesting sight.

He was lucky. Had it been me, things would have been clear : "it's me 
or your spider !", lol !

> The point is, it did make her get over it...

I've been thinking about that kind of therapy. But I guess the fact 
that my heart starts racing, my blood starts pounding in my ears, my 
muscles turn to lead, and a cold sweat breaks all over my body just 
at the *idea* of such a therapy, indicates I wouldn't be too good a 
subject, huh ?

As for your friend, Jen, tell her she's got a companion in misery on 
the other side of the world ;-)

Del