Corner readers watch Charlie Rose. See what people are driven to when there are not enough Corner postings?! See what we have done?!

Anyway, here’s what one reader reports, of interest to all your Lord of the Rings dorks:

I happened to catch part of Charlie Rose’s show last night when his guests were Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, and Viggo Mortensen. Check out Rose’s website for a picture of Rose and the 3 members from the LotR crew. They wasted at least 15 minutes of the interview discussing Mortensen’s homemade “No More Blood For Oil” shirt that he wore on the program and which is shown in the photo on the site. Mortensen stated he was tired of hearing people make comparisons between the events in the film and the current world political situation. (He actually may be the first person I’ve heard make this comparison.) He went on to say that if a comparison is to be made, the US would definitely not be the good guys. Also raised the tired line that there has been no discussion about why we are going to war. Went on ad naseum. Almost enough to make me not want to see the film.