<B>GreatWarg</B> - Fangirls are indeed interested in dwarves. But only those fangirls with beards.<P><B>Imladris</B> - Was the joke "Dwarves are natural sprinters" in the book? I didn't think so...<P>I am conflicted about the movies' treatment of Gimli. I see the comic sidekick element as okay if not taken over the top. Which I think it is. <P>But PJ also does away with some of the richness of Gimli's character. Like the Khazad-Dum poem he recites in Moria. And how much his ability to keep up with the Man and the Elf over such a long hunt in Rohan impresses Eomer. He says it will be sung about in the future. That is not conveyed. (I understand we may see some of his gallantry in the FotR-EE in asking for a lock of Galadriel's hair.)
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For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. -Gandalf, The Two Towers
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