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Mithalwen · 05-02-2011, 05:33 AM

Oh Lovely Hugo is returning ..I thought that was in the article... must havebeen another.

Oddwen · 05-02-2011, 09:45 PM

I thought we had Stuart Townsend as Bard.

Mithalwen · 05-03-2011, 01:29 AM

Wasn't that TORN's April Fool? I might have to check with Herald of Mandos though.

Oddwen · 05-03-2011, 11:14 AM

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Wasn't that TORN's April Fool? I might have to check with Herald of Mandos though.

Ah, they got me then. For a month. Drat it all.

Mithalwen · 05-03-2011, 01:12 PM

I shouldn't fret - it is plausible. PJ has been on a "jobs for the boys" programme bringing back the old guard. And he might feel it was some compensation for Aragorn not working out. Wouldn't be disastrous casting even if not my first choice. But a million times rather have him than the bug eyed Mary Sue.

Mithalwen · 05-23-2011, 10:56 AM

Martin Freeman let slip backstage at the Bafta's (where he won best supporting actor for his role as John Watson) that his Sherlock co star, Benedict Cumberbatch has a role in The Hobbit.

Some theories have him as Voice of Smaug but he is lanky enough to play an elf ( - Galion or the Gaoler perhaps? Presuambly not Itaril....! Can't see him as Bard and since Stephen Fry (whose acting gets worse with time - wonderful as Jeeves dreadful in Gosford Park) is Master of Lake Town, I am struggling to think of many other options.. .

Anguirel · 05-23-2011, 11:18 AM

Stephen Fry? That's it these people are out to poison my (specific) existence

The only man on earth who can make Evelyn Waugh cosy (not a compliment)

Kuruharan · 05-25-2011, 07:14 AM

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Stephen Fry (whose acting gets worse with time

Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks this.

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if it is in 3D

That's the fad right now and it allows them to charge more money to pad their box office results, so...

I am in complete agreement with Ang that The Hobbit(s) is seeming more and more like somebody's out of control ego project that is going to be utterly ghastly in every way.

While I probably still will go see it when it comes out, I will probably go only looking forward to the prospect of deriding it and ripping it to shreds at every opportunity.

I am in complete disagreement with Ang regarding the literary starting points as I think the Song of Ice and Fire series is quite good and well-written. I am looking forward to the next book in the series coming out later this year. So there!

05-02-2011, 05:33 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Oh Lovely Hugo is returning ..I thought that was in the article... must havebeen another. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-02-2011, 09:45 PM	#2
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	I thought we had Stuart Townsend as Bard. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

05-03-2011, 01:29 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Wasn't that TORN's April Fool? I might have to check with Herald of Mandos though. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-03-2011, 01:12 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I shouldn't fret - it is plausible. PJ has been on a "jobs for the boys" programme bringing back the old guard. And he might feel it was some compensation for Aragorn not working out. Wouldn't be disastrous casting even if not my first choice. But a million times rather have him than the bug eyed Mary Sue. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-23-2011, 10:56 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Martin Freeman let slip backstage at the Bafta's (where he won best supporting actor for his role as John Watson) that his Sherlock co star, Benedict Cumberbatch has a role in The Hobbit. Some theories have him as Voice of Smaug but he is lanky enough to play an elf ( - Galion or the Gaoler perhaps? Presuambly not Itaril....! Can't see him as Bard and since Stephen Fry (whose acting gets worse with time - wonderful as Jeeves dreadful in Gosford Park) is Master of Lake Town, I am struggling to think of many other options.. . __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-23-2011, 11:18 AM	#7
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Stephen Fry? That's it these people are out to poison my (specific) existence The only man on earth who can make Evelyn Waugh cosy (not a compliment) __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso