Nixorbo
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Originally posted by Cap'n Skusting: So Ridcully sez to the Bursar: "Detritus can take on that Balrog and five cave trolls any day of the week." To which the Librarian replied: "Oook!" Does Detritus have his crossbow and are the balrog and cave trolls standing side-by-side?
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Nixorbo
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Is dwarf bread strong enough to withstand the awesome forces of The Crossbow? (I forget its name) ecause the main danger from it was the cloud of superaccelerated splinters.
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Nurdbot
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Awww, I missed a Discworld nerd gathering?
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by Cap'n Skusting: Not that we really want to turn this into a Discworld thread BAM (except for that one line, a noticable goof, where Legolas declares that the orcs are heading "northeast". Woops!) Lurtz just got turned around is all.
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Teral
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He's suing New Line? Might make them a bit miffed.
Anyway, yeah, they definetely need Ian McKellan for that, but otherwise I think we're in good hands. I haven't read the book, but know the gist of it and it should make a good movie.
Hopefully his next project again will be filming the Silmarillion.
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Nixorbo
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I agree with the being of inconceivable horror
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Space Wasp
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The problem with a Silmarillion movie is that it would have to cover an entire age. Unless you put everything that happens between Feanor making his Oath and the Nirnaeth in a opening montage, do the battle, and make another montage from there to the final voyage of Earendil... If you'd just pick the 'cool' (filmable) segments of the story (like Waking of the Elves, the Nirnaeth, Dagorlad, Fall of Gondolin, Lay of Luthien, War of Wrath, etc.) and show them in chronologic order, every scene would have to start explaining where and (more important) when we are. It would all seem totally random, the depths of the book would be completely gone. Still, it'd be nice if they tried to do it, just to see how it works out... if it stinks we can just ignore it.
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Pikka Bird
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There are a lot of essential passages in The Hobbit that I couldn't envision as a movie. A few examples:
Under the Misty Mountains- it's pitch black for hours on end, and nothing can be seen whatsoever. This would very monotonous on the silver screen. The same goes for a large part of the Mirkwood endeavour. Also, when Bilbo is trying to free the Dwarves from the Elvenking. That's bound to be boring cinema. Then there's the whole thing about having thirteen Dwarves and one hobbit on-screen pretty much non-stop for a solid three hours. More monotony, perhaps? Sure, there are other characters, like Gollum, Beorn, Bard and so on, but a whopping 87% (not the exact figure) is just the Dwarves and Bilbo.
I'd like to see it done, and I don't deny that it might be good, but I just think there are a bunch of factors to work around first.
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I agree with the thing about the thirteen Dwarves. Gimli, especially in Two Towers and Return of the King, was used pretty much only as comic relief. John Rhys-Davies was fine in the role and his dedication is noticeable, but I thought that they just didn't really knew what to do with the character.
Now, imagine that with thirteen dwarves. Are they going to tell jokes and deliver punchlines all the way, or are they going to play it serious? They must get somewhere in the middle, but it's going to be a challenge.
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by Pikka Bird: Under the Misty Mountains- it's pitch black for hours on end, and nothing can be seen whatsoever. Kinda like the Mines of Moria that way.
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David A
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Originally posted by Mr. Potter: I agree with the thing about the thirteen Dwarves. Gimli, especially in Two Towers and Return of the King, was used pretty much only as comic relief. John Rhys-Davies was fine in the role and his dedication is noticeable, but I thought that they just didn't really knew what to do with the character. Just because Peter Jackson made the mistake of relegating Gimli to the role of comic relief, that doesn't mean that he has to do the same thing with all of the dwarves in The Hobbit. Now, imagine that with thirteen dwarves. Are they going to tell jokes and deliver punchlines all the way, or are they going to play it serious? They must get somewhere in the middle, but it's going to be a challenge. Actually, having a whole group of dwarves solves that problem. Some of the dwarves, like Bombur, can be used as comic relief, while others, like Thorin, will be quite serious. You know, kind of like the way that they were portrayed in the book.
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Nurdbot
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I'm looking forward to The Hobbit, but I expect bits will be cut out.
Also, Anyone else love saying Moria? Mooooooria?
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Nixorbo
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I like pronouncing it as "khazad-DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM"
Then I start singing the Doom Song.
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Nurdbot
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See Invader Zim.
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Bend-err
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had my yearly LotR watching with my dad ... in the home cinema... again dec 30th and 31st
so much fun
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