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Rostron2
Gondor
Jan 10, 12:23am
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BB and Ave neatly summarized that nearly all of the alterations to the story are building blocks to things we haven't seen, or are for adding necessary tension, as you say.
If I wanted to see a travelogue of Middle Earth, I'd hire Rick Steves.
(This post was edited by Rostron2 on Jan 10, 12:24am)
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"All Good Stories Deserve A Little Embellishment"
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Black Breathalizer
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Jan 9, 4:06am
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Brilliant post
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Ave Moria
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Jan 9, 5:47am
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What about the trolls?
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Fredeghar Wayfarer
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Jan 9, 8:33am
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That's a good point about the Trolls...
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Eleniel
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Jan 9, 10:41am
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Backstory in a film
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arithmancer
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Jan 9, 1:26pm
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What you say about Azog is a really good point
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BoromirOfWinterfell
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Jan 9, 10:43am
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This is my main problem with the film...
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jtarkey
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Jan 9, 11:22am
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Slow moving?
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pulpfiction16
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Jan 9, 12:58pm
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Which characters?
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arithmancer
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Jan 9, 1:31pm
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When we see the Ring fall
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Loresilme
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Jan 9, 3:57pm
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Also excellent points
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Rostron2
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Jan 10, 12:23am
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If they had kept it to two films
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imin
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Jan 10, 12:56am
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Padding
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Ave Moria
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Jan 10, 1:24am
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200 pages?
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imin
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Jan 10, 1:40am
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I don't want to bicker
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Ave Moria
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Jan 10, 2:03am
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lots of that is not related to the hobbit
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imin
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Jan 10, 2:17am
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Time to flesh out Tolkien's themes
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Black Breathalizer
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Jan 10, 6:22pm
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I think those scenes could have survived in a two film series
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imin
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Jan 10, 10:25pm
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Neat thoughts!
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Roheryn
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Jan 9, 9:59am
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Are you the Tolkien Professor??
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nobofthepony
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Jan 9, 2:06pm
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The Arkenstone
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Black Breathalizer
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Jan 9, 2:22pm
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All excellent observations
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Loresilme
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Jan 9, 4:02pm
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Book themes lost in the film adaptation
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burrahobbit
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Jan 9, 3:16pm
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Enchantment
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Black Breathalizer
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Jan 9, 6:36pm
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Agreed on all points
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Rostron2
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Jan 9, 4:57pm
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Great post. Thanks. //
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Compa_Mighty
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Jan 9, 6:38pm
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Great points focusing on the positive
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percy
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Jan 10, 12:12am
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This is
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Ave Moria
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Jan 10, 1:31am
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Most EXCELLENT post!!!!!! //
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Tintallė
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Jan 10, 5:06am
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Gollum suggests riddles first in movie and book
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Nira
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Jan 10, 1:17am
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Good post
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imin
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Jan 10, 1:55am
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Wouldn't Azog have been in it with two movies, anyway?
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Kimtc
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Jan 10, 3:31am
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Yeah he most likely would have been in it anyway
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imin
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Jan 10, 3:34am
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A beautiful positioning
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Michelle Johnston
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Jan 11, 2:37am
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Radagast represents Tolkien's conservation theme.
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Black Breathalizer
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Jan 11, 3:48pm
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Wonderful post
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willowing
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Jan 11, 11:19pm
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And to Gandalf's "He's here."
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Yva
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Jan 11, 11:36pm
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Sound effects
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willowing
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Jan 14, 8:03am
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**I've Gathered Geeky List Info from this post :) THANKS ALL! //
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grammaboodawg
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Jan 18, 1:27pm
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