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Sir Ian McKellen returns [as Gandalf] to the big screen in The Hobbit film
Telegraph.uk ^
| 25/05/2008
| Nick Squires
Posted on 05/25/2008 6:32:45 AM PDT by yankeedame
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To: yankeedame
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posted on
05/25/2008 6:36:50 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
To: yankeedame
"I bet you'd like to have a nose like that full of nickel wouldn't you Tommy?"
quote from an old WC Fields movie.
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posted on
05/25/2008 6:38:59 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: ecurbh
Good on McKellen, < shrug > on Serkis. Didn’t completely love his Gollum and, as I’ve said, he (or the writers) completely botched what the name “gollum” is about.
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posted on
05/25/2008 6:48:50 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: BibChr
Golem and Gollum are not at all the same word, and have nothing to do with each other, if that’s what you mean. Otherwise, I don’t know what you’re getting at. It’s been suggested that Tolkien borrowed from Old Norse language, where the first syllable of his name refers to precious jewelry (like the One Ring would be), and Tolkien wrote that it was a name given to him because of the awful way he constantly swallowed. Gollum was written to be a disgusting wormy character, and he was depicted that way in the movies.
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:22:57 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: BibChr
Can you briefly explain what bothered you? I don’t claim to have any great insight, but my husband thought it was pretty good, so I’d appreciate your comments.
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:23:39 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
To: yankeedame
Excellent.
Del Toro's work in "Pan's Labyrinth" and the "Orphanage" was masterful, "Hellboy"-not so much.
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:27:42 AM PDT
by
MattinNJ
(I can't sit this election out. Hillbama must be stopped.)
To: yankeedame
Sequel? What sequel???
Neal
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:32:03 AM PDT
by
HossB86
To: HossB86
I’m pretty sure their splitting The Hobbit up in two films.
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:36:16 AM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: randomhero97
their = they’re. It’s early.
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:36:49 AM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: randomhero97
I’m pretty sure they're splitting The Hobbit up in two films. It would probably take two films to really do the book justice. They had to take a LOT out to make the LotR films of reasonable length
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:41:22 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
To: PapaBear3625; randomhero97; ecurbh
I’m pretty sure they're splitting The Hobbit up in two films.I believe that tbe usual theory is that the 2nd movie would be based on events offstage of The Hobbit, such as the Meeting of the White Council, and events subsequent to that, such as the arrival of Sauron into Mordor, leading up to the LOTR.
Ecurbh, I think we need a Ring Ping!
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posted on
05/25/2008 7:58:16 AM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(All of this has happened before, and will happen again!)
To: TR Jeffersonian
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posted on
05/25/2008 8:02:08 AM PDT
by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
To: yankeedame; 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Alkhin; Alouette; ambrose; Anitius Severinus Boethius; artios; ...
Ring Ping!! |
Anyone wishing to be added to or removed from the Ring-Ping list, please don't hesitate to let me know.
To: HairOfTheDog
Excellent! Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
05/25/2008 9:21:20 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.")
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
such as the arrival of Sauron into Mordor, leading up to the LOTR. That would make some sense. By making it more of a prequel to LotR, they could then put out a 5-movie boxed set in Blu-Ray
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05/25/2008 9:41:50 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
To: HairOfTheDog
To: randomhero97
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posted on
05/25/2008 10:09:43 AM PDT
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HossB86
To: yankeedame
Isn't this the nut job who vandalizes bibles in hotels worldwide?
Good luck with any new movies for this loser.
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posted on
05/25/2008 10:37:55 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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