Hobbit film sets and such
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Well, the Romans did. Maybe they got the idea from the men of Dale.
“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.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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You and your tedious focus on the fantasy aspects. Nobody ever writes about plumbing.
“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.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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These are some pretty amazing "HDR" photos of Hobbiton, taken by a new TORN poster, Logic 8482:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanchanat ... 086037006/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanchanat ... 086037006/
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Oh, I was hoping that wasn't true. . . .
“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.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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I know you haven't asked, but I am going to tell you anyway.Impenitent wrote:I don't know to what you refer, but am afraid to ask.
According to the Hobbit Visual Companion, the Great Goblin's throne doubles as a toilet. He is so lazy and overweight that he prefers to relieve himself without getting up...
What we don't know, however, is if PJ explicitly shows this "in action" so to speak...I will certainly be "relieved" if he doesn't...
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The sad irony here is that some people addicted to slot machines have been known to do the same thing. I knew a guy whose upholstery business thrived for a time because of this. In the end the Casino installed chairs that could be cleaned rather than needing to be re-covered.Shelob'sAppetite wrote:According to the Hobbit Visual Companion, the Great Goblin's throne doubles as a toilet. He is so lazy and overweight that he prefers to relieve himself without getting up...Impenitent wrote:I don't know to what you refer, but am afraid to ask.
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I have heard of such things. So, one could say that this is not inconsistent with reality.SirDennis wrote:The sad irony here is that some people addicted to slot machines have been known to do the same thing. I knew a guy whose upholstery business thrived for a time because of this. In the end the Casino installed chairs that could be cleaned rather than needing to be re-covered.Shelob'sAppetite wrote:According to the Hobbit Visual Companion, the Great Goblin's throne doubles as a toilet. He is so lazy and overweight that he prefers to relieve himself without getting up...Impenitent wrote:I don't know to what you refer, but am afraid to ask.
However, there's a world of difference between a guy at a Casino in the 21st century, and Tolkien's quietly humorous book, the Hobbit. In no universe should an adaptation of Tolkien include a character crapping into a custom-made throne-toilet. It is about as far from Tolkien as anything I can imagine.
Even moreso than this:
Agree and disagree.Shelob'sAppetite wrote:I have heard of such things. So, one could say that this is not inconsistent with reality.SirDennis wrote:The sad irony here is that some people addicted to slot machines have been known to do the same thing. I knew a guy whose upholstery business thrived for a time because of this. In the end the Casino installed chairs that could be cleaned rather than needing to be re-covered.Shelob'sAppetite wrote: According to the Hobbit Visual Companion, the Great Goblin's throne doubles as a toilet. He is so lazy and overweight that he prefers to relieve himself without getting up...
However, there's a world of difference between a guy at a Casino in the 21st century, and Tolkien's quietly humorous book, the Hobbit. In no universe should an adaptation of Tolkien include a character crapping into a custom-made throne-toilet. It is about as far from Tolkien as anything I can imagine.
Even moreso than this:
Modernization notwithstanding, You could draw similarities between Shelob's Lair and its accumulated years of filth and a Goblin throne immersed in self made piles of excrement. Sure that was from a darker Tolkien story, and the language was benign, but it was most certainly Tolkien.
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IMO, those are two very different things.Holbytla wrote:Agree and disagree.Shelob'sAppetite wrote:I have heard of such things. So, one could say that this is not inconsistent with reality.SirDennis wrote: The sad irony here is that some people addicted to slot machines have been known to do the same thing. I knew a guy whose upholstery business thrived for a time because of this. In the end the Casino installed chairs that could be cleaned rather than needing to be re-covered.
However, there's a world of difference between a guy at a Casino in the 21st century, and Tolkien's quietly humorous book, the Hobbit. In no universe should an adaptation of Tolkien include a character crapping into a custom-made throne-toilet. It is about as far from Tolkien as anything I can imagine.
Even moreso than this:
Modernization notwithstanding, You could draw similarities between Shelob's Lair and its accumulated years of filth and a Goblin throne immersed in self made piles of excrement. Sure that was from a darker Tolkien story, and the language was benign, but it was most certainly Tolkien.
Shelob's lair is described as having accumulated layers of filth, but Tolkien doesn't dwell on it, or elaborate. No scenes of Frodo stepping in poodoo or anything. Nor does Tolkien talk about Shelob's gastrointestinal and bathroom-going habits.
The Goblin King toilet-throne, if featured, is unlike anything Tolkien would ever write about. It is gratuitous grotesquery, which Tolkien never engaged in, in neither the Hobbit, LOTR or any of his other writings.
It would be a PJism, plain and simple.
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Also, you say "the language was benign" in Tolkien's version. That is a crucial difference. Tolkien did not use language lightly. When interpreting his work, I believe getting the tone right is probably the most important - far moreso than maintaining characters and places exactly as they are in the book. And that involves capturing the essence of Tolkien's language. Peter fails on interpreting "tone" quite often, IMO, and a toilet-throne would put another notch in that belt...Holbytla wrote:Agree and disagree.Shelob'sAppetite wrote:I have heard of such things. So, one could say that this is not inconsistent with reality.SirDennis wrote: The sad irony here is that some people addicted to slot machines have been known to do the same thing. I knew a guy whose upholstery business thrived for a time because of this. In the end the Casino installed chairs that could be cleaned rather than needing to be re-covered.
However, there's a world of difference between a guy at a Casino in the 21st century, and Tolkien's quietly humorous book, the Hobbit. In no universe should an adaptation of Tolkien include a character crapping into a custom-made throne-toilet. It is about as far from Tolkien as anything I can imagine.
Even moreso than this:
Modernization notwithstanding, You could draw similarities between Shelob's Lair and its accumulated years of filth and a Goblin throne immersed in self made piles of excrement. Sure that was from a darker Tolkien story, and the language was benign, but it was most certainly Tolkien.
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Such a simple statement, and yet it may well be the single most important thing that can be said in these discussions.SA wrote:Tolkien did not use language lightly.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."