One elf that doesnt make toys...

[Meggers]

Merry Christmas eve!

[madmacs]

Well I guess Santa will be firing him in the new year when he figures who met their quota and who didnt... Still, never know he might manage to get a part in the remake of the hobbit...

[Kilted Karl]

Very Funny!

I do know he will have a part of some kind in the Hobbit. The trailer looks GOOD!

Now we just need to get him in a kilt like the actor that played Pippin (I do not remember how to spell his name )

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl

[Nighthawk]

Very Funny!

I do know he will have a part of some kind in the Hobbit. The trailer looks GOOD!

Now we just need to get him in a kilt like the actor that played Pippin (I do not remember how to spell his name )

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl

What the heck are you talking about?!?! Gimli was in the trailer! It looks horrible! I don't recall either Legolas or Gimli being in the book. Jackson took some liberties with the Lord Of The Rings movies, but at least he left the stories intact. It looks The Hobbit is going to be a butchery! I'm gonna go see it, anyway, though...

[Bugbear]

What the heck are you talking about?!?! Gimli was in the trailer! It looks horrible! I don't recall either Legolas or Gimli being in the book. Jackson took some liberties with the Lord Of The Rings movies, but at least he left the stories intact. It looks The Hobbit is going to be a butchery! I'm gonna go see it, anyway, though...

Looks like I'm going to have to make time to reread the Tolkien books; references keep coming up and it's been a long time.

[Kilted Karl]

What the heck are you talking about?!?! Gimli was in the trailer! It looks horrible! I don't recall either Legolas or Gimli being in the book. Jackson took some liberties with the Lord Of The Rings movies, but at least he left the stories intact. It looks The Hobbit is going to be a butchery! I'm gonna go see it, anyway, though...

Dear Nighthawk,

I did not see Gimli! Please tell me where he is. I do believe that John Rhys-Davies swore off acting dwarves because of the discomfort of the prosthetics

Regardless, Gimli is the son of Gloin so it is not unlikely that there could be a strong family resemblance. Also, Gimli was most likely alive at that time and left in the iron hills when the 13 Dwarves set out for the Lonely Mountain.


Legolas, on the other hand, is the son of Thranduil, the Elvenking who imprisoned the dwarves in Mirkwood. It is, therefore, the most likely thing in the world for him to be there in mirkwood and even in the Battle of Five Armies.

I have only seen the LOTR and Tintin of all of Mr. Jackson's films but I respect him as a filmmaker and hope he will do a good job with the Hobbit.

All the other shots in the trailer could have happened in the book except for the elf cavalry surrounding the dwarves. As an aspiring filmmaker myself, I have found that it is impossible to adapt a book word for word and scene for scene to a Film. A book is not a film and a film is not a book.

Nevertheless, I hope and that Mr Jackson and Weta do a GOOD job on the Hobbit. If not... there will be a lot of outraged fans, some in kilts....

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl

[Kilted Karl]

Dear Rabble!

We should start a social group about Mr. Tolkien's world and works!!!

Does "the Clan of the Kilted Hobbits" or "The Middle Earth Kilties" sound good to you?

I think that would be fun.

What Say You?!?

Your Obedient Overgrown Hobbit,

Karl

[Bugbear]

Yep, it's been twenty years; time to reread the books. I'm tired and stupid.

[madmacs]

Yep, it's been twenty years; time to reread the books. I'm tired and stupid.

I'll save you thr trouble with my 30 second review...

The hobbit... Well this is a fun little boys own adventure...

Fellowship of the ring... Well looks to be a good start to a sequel...
Two towers... Are we there yet? I'm really having doubts about why I started reading this...
Return of the king... Huh? What? Eh? Ok I understand you have some loose ends to tie up, but cmon...

Now I will say that I think I only fell asleep a couple of times while watching them on the big screen, and I do really appreciate a lot of the old time cinematic tricks that were used in them...

[Kilted Karl]

I'll save you thr trouble with my 30 second review...

The hobbit... Well this is a fun little boys own adventure...

Fellowship of the ring... Well looks to be a good start to a sequel...
Two towers... Are we there yet? I'm really having doubts about why I started reading this...
Return of the king... Huh? What? Eh? Ok I understand you have some loose ends to tie up, but cmon...

Now I will say that I think I only fell asleep a couple of times while watching them on the big screen, and I do really appreciate a lot of the old time cinematic tricks that were used in them...

SACRILEGE!!!!!!



I found the books an absorbing read. But each to his own.

Here it is. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/g...-middle-earth/

The name was the best I could come up with and can be changed.

If nobody likes it... the social group can die without a large struggle.

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl