How will PJ adapt the Hobbit?

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Ever mindful of the maxim that brevity is the soul of wit, axordil sums up the Sil:


"Too many Fingolfins, not enough Sams."

Yes.
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That's one thing I have to say I dread: a Legolas cameo. Sooooo pandery, since he has nothing to do with the story (or even in the "bridge" period the second movie is supposed to cover—unless that's when he discovers how to put blond highlights in blond hair).
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Well having him as the drunken guard would make a perfect connection to the drinking game. Oh wait.
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Teremia wrote: (A Delve of Dwarves?)
A Delf of Dwarrows

Dwarrowdelf

Darned Elf

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Primula Baggins wrote:That's one thing I have to say I dread: a Legolas cameo. Sooooo pandery, since he has nothing to do with the story (or even in the "bridge" period the second movie is supposed to cover—unless that's when he discovers how to put blond highlights in blond hair).
I've always thought they might give him Bard's part and have him kill the dragon. We know Thranduil sent some Elves to Laketown when Bilbo got there, so it's not THAT much of the stretch, and of course Dale doesn't have anything to do with LOTR movie.
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Holbytla wrote:Well having him as the drunken guard would make a perfect connection to the drinking game. Oh wait.
Yeah, he could get drunk, then as the dwarves disappear down the trapdoor, he could say "Man I really need to learn to handle my drink" and then wink right at the camera. :twisted:

Actually, I've said it before, "The Hobbit" exactly as written would make a fab Pantomime.
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Unless PJ introduces Elrond's Elf-trash cousins, the ones he never talks about and gets all stuffy when they're mentioned.
The ones that have carriages up on blocks below their flets?
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Actually, I've said it before, "The Hobbit" exactly as written would make a fab Pantomime.



Gandalf as the dame? :D Which character would we have for principal boy? She has to have good legs, mind.
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Alatar wrote:[Actually, I've said it before, "The Hobbit" exactly as written would make a fab Pantomime.
Oh no it wouldn't
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Oh yes it would...
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Oh no it wouldn't
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Oh yes it would so shut up yerself. Yer a booby!
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Oh no it wouldn't!

And he's behind you!!!




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axordil wrote:
Unless PJ introduces Elrond's Elf-trash cousins, the ones he never talks about and gets all stuffy when they're mentioned.
The ones that have carriages up on blocks below their flets?
Didja know:
If your CB antenna is a danger to low-flying eagles, you might be a redneck elf;
If you have a painting of Taur-nu-Fuin on black velvet, you might be a redneck elf;
If you can't take a bubblebath because beer is iced down in your tub, you might be a redneck elf...

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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My mom calls Legolas a "trailer park" elf. :)
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yovargas wrote:
Lalaith wrote:
Sassafras wrote: The Dead swarming over Pelannor and into Minis Tirith looked a lot like a TV commercial for the toilet cleaner .... 'scrubbing bubbles'.

:D
:D :doh: :rotfl:

Well, that's all I'll be thinking from now on!


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You seriously hadn't heard that one before!? That one's been around for ages! :P
I hadn't heard it either!
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