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I agree with Saucy, and I extend that to illustrations as well.
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Very few of the Hildebrant pictures did my imagination any favors. But I have not retained a single Hildebrant image of a character as my own. Galadriel's mirror was almost okay, and for a while, I imagined Galadriel to look (a little) like that. But now the Hildebrant Galadriel has been happily tossed in favor of Kate Blanchett. Dominic Moynahan has not replaced my Merry; Billy Boyd is encroaching on my Pippin but only partway; Elijah Wood is a separate and distinct Frodo from my book Frodo (but I enjoy both.) My Boromir tends to morph, occasionally taking on Sean-Bean-like qualities, but more often my own picture entirely. My Aragorn and Viggo's Aragorn are two separate entities, although (as Frodo) I enjoy both. Likewise, Arwen; I enjoy both Movie-Arwen and Book-Arwen, but they are separate. For Eowyn I have happily and almost entirely adapted Miranda Otto-- and am content. My Legolas is fuzzy and indstinct, and morphs quite a bit. PJ's Minas Tirith was magnificent and is now "mine." Likewise the beacons, although I still see them being lit as Gandalf and Pippin ride eastward. Anyway, I could go on ad infinitum but you get the idea. I expect this progressive adaptation will continue as long as my interest in Tolkien remains. <font size=1 color=339966>[ 10:40 AM February 03, 2004: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]
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