Inching closer to The Hobbit film - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 10-04-2007, 07:49 PM

Aiwendil -- thank you for pointing out that error ... I fixed it ... hopefully it is now correct.

And I think you have a fan .... this was in comments from the last hour

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To Aiwendil Thu, Oct 04, 07 at 09:22 PM
Are you CRAZY?! The Hobbit isn't Peter Jackson's 'style'?! Uh, hello? Did you happen to notice that The Hobbit is the prequel to LOTR? Duh! Dumbest statement I've heard in a long time. And he's "overrated"? Ever bother to watch the LOTR films? Give me a friggin break!

Not exactly the paragon of intelligent understatement is it?

Aiwendil · 10-04-2007, 09:36 PM

I think I've been soundly refuted.

***Mister Underhill*** · 10-04-2007, 11:46 PM

Now that's worth a genuine lol. Aiwendil, you really must be CRAZY!! Hello, the average EW reader thinks so. Dumbest statement he's heard in a long time, and you know that's a high bar to get over.

Bêthberry · 10-05-2007, 05:34 AM

Perhaps the most sanguine thing that can be said about the reply to Aiwendil's comment is that it would appear that not all the comments are coming from PJ's publicist. (All praise the anonymity of the internet.)

Well, at least, I would normally surmise that a professional publicist would find that particular bar not one to stretch to, but I suppose it is possible that anyone who makes Gimli the butt of jokes could have that kind of publicist.

Quempel · 10-05-2007, 09:19 AM

It's funny to see myself quoted in one of my other identities.

I wasn't the one who refuted Aiwendil either. I don't like doing that to wizards, they tend to turn me into a fairy with frog legs, and I prefer being a fairy with wings.

William Cloud Hicklin · 10-05-2007, 11:23 AM

This is, however, the average reader of Entertainment Weekly, not Philosophical Quarterly

You gotta love this: "The Rings books were too expansive for me to get into but the movies are a work of art."

BTW, Aiwendil, that's not much a refutation, since the poster apparently detects no difference in style between Hobbit and LR! (and calls it a 'prequel.' Gaaaah.....)

Sauron the White · 10-05-2007, 11:27 AM

And even if William is correct making that statement while looking down his nose at the great unwashed , there are a whole lot more people who buy and read EW than PhQ. The movie business is about selling tickets to the masses. That is the way of the world - like it or not. I am certain that right now in the offices of New Line they have people reading the EW feedback postings and keeping track of how public opinion is going. They may be crooks and they may be greedy crooks, but they can count.

10-05-2007, 05:34 AM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Perhaps the most sanguine thing that can be said about the reply to Aiwendil's comment is that it would appear that not all the comments are coming from PJ's publicist. (All praise the anonymity of the internet.) Well, at least, I would normally surmise that a professional publicist would find that particular bar not one to stretch to, but I suppose it is possible that anyone who makes Gimli the butt of jokes could have that kind of publicist. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

10-05-2007, 09:19 AM	#5
Quempel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In a flower Posts: 97	It's funny to see myself quoted in one of my other identities. I wasn't the one who refuted Aiwendil either. I don't like doing that to wizards, they tend to turn me into a fairy with frog legs, and I prefer being a fairy with wings. __________________ Lurking behind Uncle Fester Last edited by Quempel; 10-05-2007 at 09:36 AM. Reason: Add a paragraph.

10-05-2007, 11:23 AM	#6
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	This is, however, the average reader of Entertainment Weekly, not Philosophical Quarterly You gotta love this: "The Rings books were too expansive for me to get into but the movies are a work of art." BTW, Aiwendil, that's not much a refutation, since the poster apparently detects no difference in style between Hobbit and LR! (and calls it a 'prequel.' Gaaaah.....) __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

10-04-2007, 09:36 PM	#2
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	I think I've been soundly refuted.

10-04-2007, 11:46 PM	#3
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Now that's worth a genuine lol. Aiwendil, you really must be CRAZY!! Hello, the average EW reader thinks so. Dumbest statement he's heard in a long time, and you know that's a high bar to get over.

10-05-2007, 11:27 AM	#7
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	And even if William is correct making that statement while looking down his nose at the great unwashed , there are a whole lot more people who buy and read EW than PhQ. The movie business is about selling tickets to the masses. That is the way of the world - like it or not. I am certain that right now in the offices of New Line they have people reading the EW feedback postings and keeping track of how public opinion is going. They may be crooks and they may be greedy crooks, but they can count.