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The One Ring Forums:
Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion: The Hobbit:
Hype/Quality:
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Arannir
Doriath
Aug 21 2013, 1:29pm
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It is both I guess, just as it was with LOST. But sorry, some of the fan-sites / groups / etc surrounding Mr Crumberbatch in particular is clearly fan-hype to me (and that is nothing bad, as long as it does not get fanatical). The point is that those actors were - over the last years - all more or less on the same level of fan and media attention - with Freeman and Crumberbatch breaking out and becoming "bigger names". Lilly had quite some attention during the early years of LOST... but in the UK probably just as much as in America, I'd imagine. Looking at comments such as "it's Kate from LOST", it is quite clear that people who watched that will remember her. But she will clearly have no real selling power for the movie as an actress (neither will BC).
I guess they have her on the cover because they think Tauriel might be a (younger)-fans-favourite. It is not like by putting her on the covers of the visual companion and the activity book, she will influence many adult buyers.
In general, I feel they want to emphasize the Elves. Partly because they have with Legolas an old fans-favourite, with Thranduil a character that seems to be one of the most interesting characters of all six movies, and with Tauriel their own project with the hope of increasing the appeal of the movie overall. Plus it shows that the second movie will have a lot of new stuff and not be as simialr to any of the previous movies, while still having some nostalgia going.
@ semper Fi: I agree that the "selling power" of people like BC is highly exaggerated. Though it does not really make sense and is not completely fair to compare Hidalgo and RotK numbers, I get your point. I mean, of course some people watched that movie because of "Aragorn". But there are very, very few actors who have a large enough crowd following them to really make a difference at the BO.
From "Lord of the Rings" almost nobody has that kind of appeal (for a small production or theater, yes... but not for a blockbuster with estimated BO numbers of several 100 million dollars).
“A dragon is no idle fancy. Whatever may be his origins, in fact or invention, the dragon in legend is a potent creation of men’s imagination, richer in significance than his barrow is in gold.” J.R.R. Tolkien
Words of wisdom that should be remembered - both by critics, purists and anyone in between.
(This post was edited by Arannir on Aug 21 2013, 1:39pm)
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Post edited by Arannir
(Doriath) on Aug 21 2013, 1:35pm
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(Doriath) on Aug 21 2013, 1:37pm
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