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librarygirl
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Jun 25 2011, 10:26pm
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I think I fixed my link now?
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taekotemple
Grey Havens
Jun 25 2011, 10:41pm
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Nice looking site, btw!
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Jun 26 2011, 2:43am
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I got in the Site, the second Time TOO!
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I Zoomed in to read to sidebar copyand the article....Way cool to know PJ kept BagEnd! and turned into a GuestHouse on a farm he & Fran own! "So someone could sleep in BagEnd...Wowie!!!I I'd so love BagEnd I'd pay much to sleep over there!
Also, PJ's line about how "he would be talking Sir Ian and turn away and look back and SEE Gandalf! How wonderful is that?"
Thanks so much for the Link
Great fun....Library...
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titanium_hobbit
Rohan
Jun 26 2011, 4:05am
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Welcome!
I'd just like to warn you that some around here aren't keen on the term "prequel movies" - as The Hobbit was written first. :) Call them "the hobbit movies" or something instead. :)
Hobbit firster, Book firster.
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titanium_hobbit
Rohan
Jun 26 2011, 4:08am
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Lifted from Wikipedia, but it's an actual Tolkein quote:
I picture a fairly human figure, not a kind of 'fairy' rabbit as some of my British reviewers seem to fancy: fattish in the stomach, shortish in the leg. A round, jovial face; ears only slightly pointed and 'elvish'; hair short and curling (brown). The feet from the ankles down, covered with brown hairy fur. Clothing: green velvet breeches; red or yellow waistcoat; brown or green jacket; gold (or brass) buttons; a dark green hood and cloak (belonging to a dwarf).
Hobbit firster, Book firster.
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titanium_hobbit
Rohan
Jun 26 2011, 4:35am
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there's some more good reading here
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http://www.minastirith.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=3;t=000197
has some quotes from Tolkein's letters about hobbits and rabbits,
how "descendent of rats" and "rabbit" are insults by Thorin and the trolls, and how Beorn calls Bilbo "little bunny".
Hobbit firster, Book firster.
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Mooseboy018
Grey Havens
Jun 26 2011, 5:19am
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Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. beat him to it.
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kiwifan
Rohan
Jun 26 2011, 11:08am
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i was just kidding you, Dr Death
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couldn't resist pulling your leg a little as your posts on the whole are so well written that this little slip was rather noticeable. Thanks for adding a new word to my vocabulary! 
Actually, you might make that two words --- what does 'feh' mean? I haven't been back in England for a visit for almost eight years now and am absolutely not up to date on colloquialisms, abbreviations, etc. --- if you would be so kind as to explain that to poor ignorant little me. Or is it TORn speak? Although after six weeks or so I feel I've been among you all forever, there's still a lot to learn...
'Goodness gracious, you really are a messie!' 'Oh no, I'm not, these are all just mathoms...'
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DrDeath153
Lorien
Jun 26 2011, 11:23am
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Expression of indifference. I'm not sure if it's proper jewish like Oy Vey (not being Jewish myself i'm not in a position to answer that with any accuracy), but i kind of like the slightly offensive sound to it- it does have a whiff of a disgruntled 'f*** it' that you don't get with 'meh' or 'heh'.
Dr Death
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QuackingTroll
Valinor
Jun 26 2011, 3:34pm
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The Dark Crystal had a big effect on me as a kid. :) //
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Jun 26 2011, 5:01pm
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The short squat bodies in R&B Hobbit de-emphasize the feet of the characters. The slimmer bodies of Bakshi's Hobbits really makes the feet pop out. I think this might have been influenced by the cartooning of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine in 1968. By the way I doubt that R&B Hobbit (1977) had any influence on Bakshi's Lord of the Rings (1978) as Bakshis film had been in extended production.
Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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namarie
Rohan
Jun 27 2011, 1:57pm
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Thank you so much for the scans :)
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The look on Martin's face reading that contract is precious. Every time I see it, it makes me laugh :)
There is always hope
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Jun 27 2011, 2:50pm
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the length does seems curious, but I guess that depend on how much back-story, build-up, execution and follow-up they do to the White Council/Dol Guldur expansion. I get the feeling we'll see more of Lake-town and Thranduil'ls caves, too.
 
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Jun 27 2011, 2:58pm
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I think you're right about the staff... and I like that there's another one just for The Hobbit... but I hope it's also a pipe-holder ;) I can also tell that it's his bag/pouch laying against his legs where he's nestled into a tree root. You can see the seam along the edge of the material.
GREAT pics, stormcrow20! Thanks for putting this together! :D
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Jun 27 2011, 4:54pm
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Now that we have some official pics
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I'm going to really start working on The Hobbit Geeky Observation List based on these pics!
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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trol
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Jun 27 2011, 8:25pm
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The first dwarve I recognised apart from Thorin was ''nr7'': this is clearly the head shape of Graham McTvish, Dwalin,.......am I the only one?
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Nazger
The Shire
Jun 28 2011, 1:54am
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No major complaints about Bilbo, though he is nothing like how I pictured him (not fat enough).
What's up with the ears and feet? Look pretty absurd in these pictures. But we'll see how they look in the finished film.
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