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Escapist
Gondor
Feb 5 2013, 4:38pm
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For some people, yes. For others, no.
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I have seen comments on message boards that make me think that for some people, making elves (and so I assume dwarves as well) seem more human makes the whole story (characters, world, plot) more appealing.
It seems to me that there is a small subset of the population which is attracted to or interested in that which is not human. For those people, I think that making the dwarves less humanized would have been a treat.
Overall, I think making the dwarves seem less appealing would hurt the overall response from the general audience because the number of people who are more interested in humanized fantasy creatures probably outnumbers those that prefer getting the feeling of an encounter with a truly different kind of being.
And as far as the Oscars go, I think this is even more pronounced. In fact, I think that any movie that isn't about "something real" is likely to be taken a lot less seriously and the more so the more unreal and unlike human experience it becomes.
This is coming from a person who is of the second kind I described and who can't remember the last time she watched the oscar awards - but does remember some award show where the scripts of the award announcers were written to include and encourage mistakes ... to make it look more real and human perhaps?
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Do you think they could have still made the Dwarves appealing
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Thorins_apprentice
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Feb 2 2013, 2:45pm
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This wasn't really an "Oscar" movie...
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bborchar
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Feb 2 2013, 3:42pm
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I second the opinion that this wasn't an Oscar movie
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Old Toby
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Feb 2 2013, 6:05pm
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Oscars
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glor
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Feb 2 2013, 6:54pm
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plus the oscars are very political
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julia0925
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Feb 5 2013, 4:25pm
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Thorin is a dwarf
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Marionette
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Feb 2 2013, 7:15pm
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Of course he is!
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Kirly
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Feb 2 2013, 8:04pm
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Exactly. In LOTR, Gimli stood out.
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Kimtc
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Feb 2 2013, 8:20pm
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height difference between hobbits and dwarves
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Kirly
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Feb 2 2013, 8:33pm
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In Brian Sibley's book, the Official Movie Guide, he talks about the size
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Old Toby
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Feb 3 2013, 6:04am
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gimlii fitted in TH
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mefansmum
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Feb 3 2013, 3:41am
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Dwarves... why did it have to be Dwarves...
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swordwhale
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Feb 3 2013, 8:40pm
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Thanks! and....
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Kirly
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Feb 3 2013, 10:10pm
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it was necessary to put the audience in the Hobbit/Dwarf viewpoint...
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glor
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Feb 6 2013, 1:32am
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A-peelin' bananas, a-peelin' oranges...
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Roheryn
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Feb 2 2013, 10:36pm
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yeah
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marillaraina
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Feb 3 2013, 3:12am
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noses
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Kirly
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Feb 3 2013, 3:22am
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I love that video you linked to in another thread
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Tintallė
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Feb 3 2013, 5:30pm
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Got North and South
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Old Toby
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Feb 3 2013, 10:51pm
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Absolutely. The talent to pull it off is there, from acting and writing to design, and everything in-between.
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Macfeast
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Feb 3 2013, 12:15am
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Oh cripes... they're awesome!
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grammaboodawg
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Feb 3 2013, 8:35pm
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For some people, yes. For others, no.
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Escapist
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Feb 5 2013, 4:38pm
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POV
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swordwhale
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Feb 6 2013, 6:20am
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Easily
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aarondirebear
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Feb 12 2013, 7:53pm
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