gollum's appearance - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

King of the North · 02-05-2005, 11:38 PM

I was recently re-watching the commentary on the Two Towers EE and Dominic Monaghan said something that got me thinking. He said that sometimes gollum looks old, young, like a cat, like a frog, like a dog, and sometimes like a bus. How many of you think he looks like a bus, cuz I do.

Boromir88 · 02-06-2005, 06:40 AM

I don't see how he looks like a bus...I don't see how somebody can connect the physical appearance of a person to that of an object. I've never done that..."Wow you look like a fork this morning," but I guess people have.

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How many of you think he looks like a bus, cuz I do.

Perhaps you should try to explain why you think he looks like a bus, and in what instances he does?

Lord Melkor · 02-06-2005, 09:59 AM

Lads, I think Dominic was joking when he said that Gollum sometimes looked like a bus.

Otherwise one might also truly believe him when he said that "Buckleberry Ferry!" was the best line in the entire movie.

Encaitare · 02-06-2005, 11:11 AM

He looks like a bus because he has big shiny eyes like headlights.

Perhaps this is a thread better suited to Mirth?

Mithalwen · 02-06-2005, 12:47 PM

Wouldn't say bus about gollum cos the phrase is usually "looks like the back end of a...." and he is a bit scrawny...... but as for other inanimate objects ... hour-glass and pear shaped are in common use....

King of the North · 02-06-2005, 01:55 PM

lol, i was joking, i just thought what Dominic said was soooooo funny

Avie · 02-06-2005, 04:15 PM

Bus, toad, cat or lizard. All made possible by Apple's "Shake" and Pixar's "Renderman" I grovel at the feet of the amazing computer wizardry! Gollum is just astonishing and kudos to that pair of compoanies (same CEO).

Milord Aldagrim · 02-18-2005, 04:22 PM

I think Gollum sometimes looks like a lizard.

Milady Revenwyn · 02-18-2005, 04:33 PM

I think they made Gollum way too cute. In that one scene where he's on all fours, he looks up at Frodo in that same adoring way a dog looks at its master.

Milord Aldagrim · 02-18-2005, 04:54 PM

Well, he did act like a little puppy sometimes to get what he wanted. I think they made him look like that because Jackson wanted people to feel sorry for him a little bit. It might have worked a little too well.

The Only Real Estel · 02-20-2005, 09:29 AM

Hmm, I never really saw a bus in Gollum. I saw a sports car on occasion, sometimes a stretch limo but never really a bus.

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Otherwise one might also truly believe him when he said that "Buckleberry Ferry!" was the best line in the entire movie

And that he really did have his foot pierced by a 'splinter made of titanium' while filming the dock scene in the Shire.

Ruoutorin · 02-20-2005, 09:42 AM

I would avoid taking anthing that Dominic Monaghan says about Gollum seriously. He's an actor, and not a Tolkien scholar. He's just trying to say that Gollum is a character with different personalities.

Beanamir of Gondor · 02-23-2005, 12:37 PM

I agree that Gollum was waaaaaay too cute. He made me angrier as a cute little grovelling lizard (with the same fingernails as Elijah Wood) than in the book, where I imagined him to be a little creepier.

And tho Dom might just be an actor... he was right about the cat/frog/dog part. If not the bus.

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radagastly · 02-23-2005, 06:06 PM

Maybe Dom meant 'buss,' an old-fashioned word for 'kiss,' though I can't see a mouth that eats worms, raw fish (probably raw orc) and ring-fingers being very kissable. Especially before the invention of the toothbrush.

He might have meant 'bus' as in bus-boy, the guy who cleans up the mess off the tables in a restaurant after a meal. Gollum certainly qualifies as a mess, as do most bus-boys. I don't think Gollum would leave food spatters all over him, though, even if they were from other peoples meals. I don't think he'd be that picky.

Actually, there is a single shot of Gollum in Moria peering over the top of a ladder rung (or something like that) during "Fellowship" where his eyes sort of glow like the headlights of a bus.

Encaitare:

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He looks like a bus because he has big shiny eyes like headlights.

This may actually be the reason.

Letty · 05-26-2006, 09:11 PM

In the book Tolkien describes Gollum as "a black creature",not as a grey one.
And he says Gollum`s hair is rare, but not five hairs altogether!!!!

02-05-2005, 11:38 PM	#1
King of the North Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 60	gollum's appearance I was recently re-watching the commentary on the Two Towers EE and Dominic Monaghan said something that got me thinking. He said that sometimes gollum looks old, young, like a cat, like a frog, like a dog, and sometimes like a bus. How many of you think he looks like a bus, cuz I do. __________________ Ask for everything, recieve nothing

02-06-2005, 12:47 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Wouldn't say bus about gollum cos the phrase is usually "looks like the back end of a...." and he is a bit scrawny...... but as for other inanimate objects ... hour-glass and pear shaped are in common use.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-06-2005, 01:55 PM	#6
King of the North Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 60	lol, i was joking, i just thought what Dominic said was soooooo funny __________________ Ask for everything, recieve nothing

02-06-2005, 04:15 PM	#7
Avie Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 20	Bus, toad, cat or lizard. All made possible by Apple's "Shake" and Pixar's "Renderman" I grovel at the feet of the amazing computer wizardry! Gollum is just astonishing and kudos to that pair of compoanies (same CEO). __________________ And my trusted servant Patsy

02-18-2005, 04:54 PM	#10
Milord Aldagrim Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Merrimac, MA Posts: 14	Well, he did act like a little puppy sometimes to get what he wanted. I think they made him look like that because Jackson wanted people to feel sorry for him a little bit. It might have worked a little too well. Last edited by Milord Aldagrim; 02-18-2005 at 04:59 PM. Reason: too short.

02-06-2005, 09:59 AM	#3
Lord Melkor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 78	Lads, I think Dominic was joking when he said that Gollum sometimes looked like a bus. Otherwise one might also truly believe him when he said that "Buckleberry Ferry!" was the best line in the entire movie.

02-06-2005, 11:11 AM	#4
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	He looks like a bus because he has big shiny eyes like headlights. Perhaps this is a thread better suited to Mirth?

02-18-2005, 04:22 PM	#8
Milord Aldagrim Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Merrimac, MA Posts: 14	I think Gollum sometimes looks like a lizard.

02-18-2005, 04:33 PM	#9
Milady Revenwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 29	I think they made Gollum way too cute. In that one scene where he's on all fours, he looks up at Frodo in that same adoring way a dog looks at its master.

02-20-2005, 09:42 AM	#12
Ruoutorin Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16	I would avoid taking anthing that Dominic Monaghan says about Gollum seriously. He's an actor, and not a Tolkien scholar. He's just trying to say that Gollum is a character with different personalities.

02-23-2005, 12:37 PM	#13
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	I agree that Gollum was waaaaaay too cute. He made me angrier as a cute little grovelling lizard (with the same fingernails as Elijah Wood) than in the book, where I imagined him to be a little creepier. And tho Dom might just be an actor... he was right about the cat/frog/dog part. If not the bus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joseph Buquet, hold your tongue--and keep your hand at the level of your eyes! __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

05-26-2006, 09:11 PM	#15
Letty Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 48	In the book Tolkien describes Gollum as "a black creature",not as a grey one. And he says Gollum`s hair is rare, but not five hairs altogether!!!!