The Hobbit gets green-light and announces February start - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

skip spence · 10-28-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Leyrana Silumiel

I think this is my concern too, that PJ and Company may think they've set it into the viewer's minds that dwarf = comedic relief and so make all thirteen dwarves comic relief. If they do that, I will be less than pleased, needless to say.

Must be ten years since I last read The Hobbit, so correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the dwarves mostly function as comic relief in the book as well?

Inziladun · 11-02-2010, 01:08 PM

This claims Bofur and Ori have been cast, but McKellen has not signed a contract yet.
I like the part where it says Ori was "another Dwarf who fights the infamous dragon, Smaug".

Thinlómien · 11-09-2010, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

I like the part where it says Ori was "another Dwarf who fights the infamous dragon, Smaug".

Despair!

Tuor in Gondolin · 11-09-2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun
I like the part where it says Ori was "another Dwarf who fights the infamous dragon, Smaug".

What the h*ll!

And no doubt you can sat goodbye to nuances such as
one of Tolkien's best written bits in The Hobbit wnere Bilbo
goes alone in to confront Smaug.

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It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was
the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened
afterwards were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in
the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.

Also see Tom Shippey's analysis in J.R.R. Tolkien.

Nerwen · 11-10-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lommy

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Originally Posted by Inziladun
I like the part where it says Ori was "another Dwarf who fights the infamous dragon, Smaug".

Despair!

Despair not! That's just really lazy reporting. The article Zil's linking to regurgitates another article (posted on The One Ring.net, though I'm sure where it comes from originally) which in turn is based on statements by Jackson and the studio executives.

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Originally Posted by The first article

Newcomer, Adam Brown will play Ori, another of the Dwarf Company which sets out to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the infamous dragon, Smaug.

A bit different, no?

Nerwen · 11-10-2010, 08:54 PM

I mean, you have to remember that a lot of entertainment journalism is just one big game of "Chinese Whispers", further complicated by bluffing.

doug*platypus · 12-25-2010, 04:10 AM

Merry Christmas to you all! Browsing my favourite news website down here in Aotearoa (New Zealand), I chanced upon this...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/poli...workers-rights

It seems that this movie... sorry... these movies

are embroiled in the depths of more prolonged controversy, and may well live in infamy, at least in the minds of some, for reasons other than non-canonical travesties!

11-02-2010, 01:08 PM	#2
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	This claims Bofur and Ori have been cast, but McKellen has not signed a contract yet. I like the part where it says Ori was "another Dwarf who fights the infamous dragon, Smaug". __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

11-10-2010, 08:54 PM	#6
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	I mean, you have to remember that a lot of entertainment journalism is just one big game of "Chinese Whispers", further complicated by bluffing. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

12-25-2010, 04:10 AM	#7
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Merry Christmas to you all! Browsing my favourite news website down here in Aotearoa (New Zealand), I chanced upon this... http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/poli...workers-rights It seems that this movie... sorry... these movies are embroiled in the depths of more prolonged controversy, and may well live in infamy, at least in the minds of some, for reasons other than non-canonical travesties! __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.