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Old 06-04-2006, 11:24 AM   #1
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And do non Brits have a clue as to who most of them are?
Well of course I know who the Governator is, who can not know him?

And Roy Kinnear was Planchet in several Musketeer movies...don't know exactly which ones there are so many of them and all these spinoffs.

Everyone else I really have no clue, but the Aragorn guy looks familiar...so far can't pin him down.
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Old 06-04-2006, 10:15 PM   #2
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How about Sean Connery as Saruman and Gandalf? "We should join with him my freind." "When did Sharuman the wise abandon reson for madness?"- Freaking hilarious. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
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Old 06-05-2006, 06:23 AM   #3
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How about Sean Connery as Saruman and Gandalf? "We should join with him my freind." "When did Sharuman the wise abandon reson for madness?"- Freaking hilarious. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
Yes - and then Gandalf would make jokes about Sharuman's mother, and then say "The day ish mine, Shauron! Haw haw haw haw!" That would be funny.
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Brinniel - I would have far preferred Toby Mcguire as Frodo to the quivering saucer-eyed puppy who was given the role.
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Well of course I know who the Governator is, who can not know him?

And Roy Kinnear was Planchet in several Musketeer movies...don't know exactly which ones there are so many of them and all these spinoffs.

Everyone else I really have no clue, but the Aragorn guy looks familiar...so far can't pin him down.

Well done .... Roy Kinnear was such a wonderful actor that I feel a bit mean using him but he is very un-Sarumany. He would have been a perfect Ted Sandyman type - shifty but not exactly evil ....


Thanks Lal : I do seem to have revealed my affection for the "Carry on Films" ... just wih I had fitted Sid James in somewhere ... Guess he should be Celeborn to Babs's Galadriel.... I would point out that no particular affection attaches to the Chuckle Brothers...


As a side note, Richard O'Callaghan, who played Merry, in the Radio series, had roles in a couple of Carry Ons!!!! I do try not to think of that when I listen, since he ain't at all bad with a much more "bookish" approach to the role, but it may have caused this linkage...
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Old 06-05-2006, 01:20 PM   #6
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just wih I had fitted Sid James in somewhere ...
But surely the eternal Carry On triangle has a place in LotR, with Sid James at the centre:

Sid James: Aragorn
Joan Sims: Arwen
Barbara Windsor: Eowyn

In this scenario, Hattie Jacques would be Galadriel, and Kenneth Williams Celeborn.
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"In this scenario, Hattie Jacques would be Galadriel, and Kenneth Williams Celeborn. "

Only one answer to that Sauce, "Oooooooooooooooh Elf Queen......"
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And... I'm amazed that I got to it first:

Grima Wormtongue!
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Old 06-06-2006, 12:35 PM   #9
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Brinniel - I would have far preferred Toby Mcguire as Frodo to the quivering saucer-eyed puppy who was given the role.
meh...I could never see the guy who plays Spider-man as Frodo. Besides, there's something about Tobey that annoys me.

Actually, Verne Troyer aka Mini-Me would make a perfect Frodo.
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Merry and Pippin: the twins from Good Charlotte

Sam: Arnold Schwartzenager...(oh man I can't spell that name)

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But surely the eternal Carry On triangle has a place in LotR, with Sid James at the centre:

Sid James: Aragorn
Joan Sims: Arwen
Barbara Windsor: Eowyn

In this scenario, Hattie Jacques would be Galadriel, and Kenneth Williams Celeborn.
Celeborn: 'I was once a weak Elf!'
Galadriel: 'Well, once a week is enough for any Elf...'

How about:

Bernard Bresslaw as Treebeard.
Charles Hawtrey as Gollum.
Frankie Howard as Gandalf (Uncloaked).
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I really think you should rewrite the whole book as a carry on film now davem...
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Saruman: May the benevolence of the Valar bring blessings on your house.
Gandalf: And on yours.
Saruman: And may their wisdom bring success in all your undertakings.
Gandalf: And in yours.
Saruman: And may their radiance light up your life.
Gandalf: And up yours. ..

Theoden: [addressing Ghan-buri-ghan] How! Me-um heap big paleface chief from-um Edoras City. Me-um salute-um big chief. Me-um want-um pow-wow.
Ghan: [speaking perfect English] I say, you do talk funny. You must be foreigners.

You see you are a natural......
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