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McKellen back as Gandalf

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Diabeetus, Apr 30, 2008.

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  1. Diabeetus

    Diabeetus Active Member

    This makes me very happy, precious.

    http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jDm2h941Mut970anGoTNr2b5WMuAD90CCM180
     
    Diabeetus, Apr 30, 2008
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  2. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Good news, McKellen was fantastic as Gandalf.
     
    Beaker, Apr 30, 2008
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  3. Diabeetus

    Diabeetus Active Member

    I'll pose another question before taking off for a bit.

    What do you LOTR fans think of the second story?
     
    Diabeetus, Apr 30, 2008
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  4. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    The Hobbit is a much better book than the trilogy.
     
    Chi City 81, Apr 30, 2008
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  5. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    From what I understand, they're going to make two new movies, filmed simultaneously ... The Hobbit and a kind of interlude between that and The Fellowship of the Ring. Not sure what the second part is called.
     
    bigpern23, Apr 30, 2008
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  6. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    I'm not sure I'm down with that, but as long as they don't a Silmarilion movie, everything's good.
     
    sportschick, Apr 30, 2008
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  7. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Agreed. I couldn't even imagine how you would do a Silmarillion movie.
     
    Beaker, Apr 30, 2008
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  8. Diabeetus

    Diabeetus Active Member

    What, you guys wouldn't go see the creation story of elves? ;)
     
    Diabeetus, Apr 30, 2008
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  9. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    I wouldn't mind if they'd leave well enough alone.

    The Hobbit, before it was recast as "the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings," was a nice children's story with what has become standard cliche fare about a dragon (with the awesome name of "Smaug") and a treasure hunt in which the wimpiest midget grows a lot as a person and finds a ring.

    It's Apples and Oranges with Lord of the Rings, to be honest. LOTR was a story of epic scope that cribbed a lot from old tales and added its own doses of originality. As long as you got past the early parts of the first book, in which Frodo realizes the ring is so dangerous, he takes months to actually get off his duff and leave the Shire. Then they stop for tea about 50 times until the story really begins in Bree.

    I do think "Thorin Oakenshield" is one of the best hero names in the nistory of fantasy stories. Maybe THE best.

    But yeah, I'll see it. I just wouldn't have missed it had they never gotten around to making it.

    SC: My thoughts exactly on the Simarrillion. Great that they incorporated aspects into the LOTR films.
     
    Piotr Rasputin, Apr 30, 2008
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  10. DemoChristian

    DemoChristian Guest

    You shut your fucking mouth.
     
    DemoChristian, Apr 30, 2008
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  11. Tripp McNeely

    Tripp McNeely Member

    Yeah! *hiding behind DemoChristian*
     
    Tripp McNeely, Apr 30, 2008
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  12. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    I especially liked the way they used Beren and Luthien's story to fill out the Arwen-Aragorn love story.
     
    sportschick, Apr 30, 2008
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