WeirdRaptor's Lord of the Rings Adapt. Face-Off:

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #260 on:** January 25, 2011, 07:16:00 PM

They started charging money to sign up at IMDb?! Alright, now that's a rip-off, right there. It was free back when I first joined, so I don't get their deal.

Yeah, I can't stand mods like Eddie. So I will forget him. I still can't figure why they left my ability to create and alter articles intact, though.

Nick22 · **Reply #261 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:45:31 PM

basically you have to have an active amazon .com account to post on thier boards, which i tried to join in order to comment on the latest scooby doo series and the Hobbit films. but Since i don't have an Amazon.com account (need a cedit card) no dice on the posting. which is a pain in the butt..

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #262 on:** January 25, 2011, 10:48:34 PM

Wow. They got greedy since I joined You're not missing much, anyway, believe me. It's full of trolls and hate and I'm downright masochistic for still going back.

Nick22 · **Reply #263 on:** January 25, 2011, 10:51:23 PM

i really don't care what other people say, and anyway i'm clearly only focusing on a very narrow subsert of tv shows and films..but I'm not missing much..by your comments..

Nick22 · **Reply #264 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:01:52 AM

well Christopher Lee is officially back as saruman..I'm excited to see him again on screen. hes is getting up there though he'll be in his 90s by the time the film is finished.

Kor · **Reply #265 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:59:17 AM

It'll be nice to have him back in that role. He's a great actor.

Nick22 · **Reply #266 on:** February 01, 2011, 04:58:35 PM

yes he is, not sure i like the idea of bringing Elijah Wood back but since the timeline in the films is different i guess bringing him in is ok.

Kor · **Reply #267 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:14:37 PM

They may have had Elijah Wood return partially since that may bring his fans to the movies also. Though I'm not sure if he was even born yet during the events of the hobbit. Unless the time line will be heavily altered or they do a framing device where they are gathered together.

Nick22 · **Reply #268 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:20:46 PM

frodo was born after the events in the hobbit if i recall correctly from the book. his role is going to be very very small from what I understand..

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #269 on:** February 04, 2011, 09:35:19 PM

I guess it makes sense to have Frodo narrating The Hobbit, but I'd rather Sean Astin as Sam doing it.

Update time: I'm going back to work on the paper now I have time. I have no idea when it will be done, though.

Nick22 · **Reply #270 on:** February 04, 2011, 09:56:53 PM

good to hear WR. take your time, no rush..

Kor · **Reply #271 on:** February 04, 2011, 10:09:13 PM

Yea, no rush.

I guess he may be used as a framing device. I guess to try to get as many folks back as they can from the first movie.

Though to me it would have made more sense to have an older Bilbo as the person doing the narrator, or Sam to some of his kids.

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #272 on:** February 04, 2011, 10:21:19 PM

Yep yep. I think Ian Holm doing the narrating would be best, since it's Bilbo's story. But Sam reading to his kids would be a decent substitute, since the Red Book was passed onto him by Frodo. However, I know for sure the latter won't happen since relations between Astin and Jackson have been strained by the former becoming a big spokesman for the SAG and his advacating for usage of American shooting locations over New Zealand ones.

Nick22 · **Reply #273 on:** February 04, 2011, 10:34:50 PM

Sam wasn't going to be in the films anyway..

Kor · **Reply #274 on:** February 04, 2011, 10:57:14 PM

Or one of Sam's daughters. I forgot which one, but he did pass the book on to one of them before he got on one of the white ships to sail to undying west. Never can remember what that place is called.

Nick22 · **Reply #275 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:04:05 PM

that was many decades afterward though kor.

Kor · **Reply #276 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:11:16 PM

Yes, after Sam's wife died I think. Not sure of the year. I'd have to look it up. I'd have an older Bilbo telling the story as the framing device, either have him in Hobbiton or in Elrond's land, whatever that's called.

Nick22 · **Reply #277 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:14:51 PM

Rivendell..or Imilandris, in the Elvish tongue..

Kor · **Reply #278 on:** February 05, 2011, 11:49:06 AM

Yes, those are the names, thanks.

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #279 on:** February 06, 2011, 09:40:29 PM

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/01/27...-saoirse-ronan/Check this out. She's playing some elf chick named Itaril or something like that. Now they've stooped to adding token females to the narrative. Well, all hope I had for this just died.