It’s due to women ape over the lead actor. They completely miss the deeper meaning of Thorin’s descent into greed, and his redemption although it cost him his life.
IOW, they aren’t looking at Thorin Oakinshield, warrior and fallen king, they are looking at #ThorinHot.
The irony is he gets only in death what he desired in life
As a woman and a fan, I would hate to see any more departures from the book. I just finished watching “The Desolation of Smaug” and I think Jackson is ruining this story. Over two hours, full of CGI special effects fight scenes that are not in the book. Where did the Tauriel and Kili thing come from? Not the book.
I don’t really follow this stuff, but I did enjoy watching the LOTR series on DVD. Have not really paid attention to who the actors are, and, generally, I have almost no knowledge of current actors and actresses. So I had to look up a picture of the actor of which you speak.
This woman is not thinking “hottie” when I look at that metrosexual looking fellow.
So Jackson is going to have Thorin live because women think he’s hot?
These women are probably not ones I’d take home to meet the folks, anyhow.