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Trippo The Hippo · 06-12-2003, 08:45 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Personally I hope that The Hobbit movie will be made. Ian McKellen and Holm plus seven dwarves, Smaug and the Battle of the Five Armies- movie heaven no? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>11 Dwarves I believe. I think the company was 13 in all 11 dwarves 1 wizard 1 hobbit/burglar. I think I would remember if the company was only 9. That would be too odd people would say Tolkien had a fascination for the number 9.<P>Anyway I have wondered how he would fit the end of the characters (For example Gimli's final resting place.)into RotK, without skipping many decades, but certainly small facts like the one in my example are not even close to the amount of material you need to base a movie on.

06-12-2003, 08:45 PM	#22
Trippo The Hippo Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: somewhere with hippos that say jolly o and wear spectacles Posts: 195	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Personally I hope that The Hobbit movie will be made. Ian McKellen and Holm plus seven dwarves, Smaug and the Battle of the Five Armies- movie heaven no? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>11 Dwarves I believe. I think the company was 13 in all 11 dwarves 1 wizard 1 hobbit/burglar. I think I would remember if the company was only 9. That would be too odd people would say Tolkien had a fascination for the number 9.<P>Anyway I have wondered how he would fit the end of the characters (For example Gimli's final resting place.)into RotK, without skipping many decades, but certainly small facts like the one in my example are not even close to the amount of material you need to base a movie on. __________________ Shouldn't he be the disco steward?