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Richie Rich
Rivendell
Jul 15 2011, 9:29pm
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Group Photo (Yeah I realize I'm a little late to the party)
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I was hoping to get the hi-res version of the new fellas before I put this together, but it'll have to do for now: http://i55.tinypic.com/2jepy8p.jpg. Once I'm ambitious enough to add Mr. Baggins to the picture, I'll change the title, but right now it's all about the bearded fellows! I matched up all the backgrounds the best I could, and I did try to tame Kili's hair a bit.
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Mooseboy018
Grey Havens
Jul 15 2011, 9:37pm
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But Dori was the one who got stuck carrying Bilbo a lot, and even Bombur had to once.
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Mad Hatter of Middle-Earth
Lorien
Jul 15 2011, 9:42pm
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Great Job!
All you have to decide is what to do with the time that has been given to you...
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TheWhiteRider
Bree
Jul 15 2011, 9:48pm
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how different bifur and bofur look in the empire pic as compared to the promo image !
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Dalgalad
The Shire
Jul 15 2011, 9:49pm
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This one really brings out the colours..
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and shows the similarity between the styling of Gloin and Gimli in LotR.
Great work
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Bladerunner
Gondor
Jul 15 2011, 10:07pm
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if this group photo had been released as the first promotional image?
Very nicely combined! nice job.
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rings7
Rohan
Jul 15 2011, 10:16pm
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Thorin's face looks young almost intact
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So get your comments ready for a young looking Thorin.
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Patty
Immortal
Jul 15 2011, 10:17pm
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Another awesome composition. For me, though,
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it does tend to make Kili stick out even more--NOT your fault.
I know I'm the only one, but I need to print out a picture and put their names on top. Kili, Bombur and Balin are the only only ones I don't have to think a few minutes, or look back into other posts about.
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Radagast_the_Brown
Rivendell
Jul 15 2011, 10:18pm
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and really makes you appreciate each individual Dwarf in comparison to each other. Balin especially stands out, and I imagine Thorin will too, which is for the best.
As for this ongoing purist debate... We have 13 Dwarves as written in the book with the same names and alot of the same traits while others have been expanded on their almost negligible descriptions and a total lack of illustration. I really think people need to use some perspective. As far as adapting goes, PJ is quite a remarkable purist. When I think of how both these movies and the LOTR series COULD have gone.... I'll take what I'm given. There are plenty of things I didn't like in the LOTR movies but in no instance was it because they didn't match my view of the books, rather because they didn't work for me on screen. As much pleasure as I glean from seeing certain things brought to life, that's really what concerns me.
All you have to decide, is what to do with the time that is given to you...
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Muireadhaigh
Rivendell
Jul 15 2011, 10:28pm
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I think Kili and Fili both look out of place.
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duats
Grey Havens
Jul 15 2011, 10:31pm
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Here are my favorites in order:
1) Balin
2) Dwalin
3) Gloin
4) Oin
5) Bombur
6) Dori
7) Bifur
8) Bofur
9) Ori
10) Nori (NOTE: I like his look for the most part. But that hair drags him down a few points. If it looks better in context (i.e. isn't so perfectly shaped and wig-like), he may move up a few spots)
11) Fili
12) Kili (HATE HATE HATE HATE HAAAAATE)
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namarie
Rohan
Jul 15 2011, 10:37pm
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glad to see Balin is the white-haired one
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and that his costume is red :)
So, will be Thorin revealed over the weekend?
There is always hope
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Macfeast
Rohan
Jul 15 2011, 10:42pm
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Would Ori be carrying the Book of Mazarbul at the time of the Hobbit? I always had the impression that that book was specifically about the recolonization of Moria (Gandalf says that "It seems to be a record of the fortunes of Balin's folk"), and if so, why would Ori carry around an empty book during the Hobbit that he never writes in?
My guess is that the book will serve a similar purpose as the Book of Mazarbul; To keep a record on the quest that they are currently undertaking. It's meta-purpose will also be to establish a link between Ori and the Book of Mazarbul, make people go "oh, he's a book-worm, could he have been the one who wrote the Book we see in Moria during the Trilogy?"
As for a Moria-segment during an epilogue, I would love to see. Do we know how much of an epilogue/bridge to the Trilogy there will be, if any?
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kore mo te kore
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Jul 15 2011, 10:42pm
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I'm happy, to varying degrees, with what we've seen so far. Only the two youngsters seemed slightly out of kilter, but that diminished with the group shot - they do fit in there!
Balin is almost exactly as I imagined him and alongside Bombur he's the closest match to how I always saw the group. Dwalin's hammer - damn, that's an evil thing! I can see how these guys will fight as a group. Dwalin smacking things up good and hard, if a little slowly given the weight of a great hammer, with the smaller weapons cutting faster to let him get at the big bad foes.
I smile!
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namarie
Rohan
Jul 15 2011, 10:44pm
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So, they did a good job establishing an identity for every dwarf.
Kili seems the only one a out of place though :)
There is always hope
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kore mo te kore
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Jul 15 2011, 10:52pm
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Nice work. My GODS Kili sticks out like a saw thumb.... pity.
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duats
Grey Havens
Jul 15 2011, 10:59pm
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I am quite satisfied. Sure, there are some things I would have liked different, but right now I only genuinely dislike one of them (Kili). As much as I harp on Nori's hair, I really do like his design for the most part. The hair is just a stubborn nitpick. And while I probably won't ever fall in love with it, I'm hoping it looks better in the context of the film. I think the photoshop job can be blamed for the hair's unnaturally perfect shape (seriously, no stray hairs or anything).
Kili's appearance just put major pressure on Turner's performance and how the character was written. Because if he ends up being nothing more than comic relief and eye candy, then my face and palm are going to get well acquainted with one another by the end.
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Macfeast
Rohan
Jul 15 2011, 11:01pm
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1. Gloin
2. Balin
3. Dwalin
4. Oin
5. Dori
6. Bifur
7. Bombur
8. Bofur
9. Ori
10. Nori
11. Fili
12. Kili
That said, from 1 to 10, it is a really close list, it is really only Fili and Kili that I dislike (and Kili moreso than Fili). In my mind, they could have made those two distinguishable (which I'm fully in favour of) and handsome, while still maintaining the expected dwarven look; As it stands, I think they nailed two out of the three aspects they (probably) wanted to display with Fili and Kil; Distinguishable and handsome, but not dwarf-like enough.
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Patty
Immortal
Jul 15 2011, 11:05pm
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As of now, my favorites in order..
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1. Balin
2. Gloin
3. Bombur
The others I have to check who is who.. Love the one in the burgundy coat
7.Bofur
8. Nori (I don't really mind the hairstyle)
9. Dwalin (looks too much like something out of the road warrior)
10. Fili (But really, he's okay)
11. The one with the metal in his head (Bifur?) I don't like that touch..
12. Kili ( I don't hate. But I don't like, either. I would definitely not have gone in this direction, but it is what it is, I guess.)
Please, please put some gray in Thorin's hair. Just to please Patty 
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redgiraffe
Rohan
Jul 15 2011, 11:15pm
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Dwalin and Bofur are definitely my favorites. Kili is my least favorite but i'm starting to get used to him and I'm less worried about him now that the others have been revealed. As someone pointed out, his performance is really gonna have to sell it. And if AT makes us fall in love with his character then I don't think I will have any complaints.
-Sir are you classified as human
-Negative, I am a meat-popsicle
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bookgirl13
Lorien
Jul 15 2011, 11:17pm
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Looking at the high res photos
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It does not look that Thorin will have any grey hair. I think it is increasingly likely that Thorin and Kili will be very similar - tall and slender, with long dark hair. I hope that this works within the context of the whole film. As a set of isolated publicity shots, it appears a 'brave' move on the part of PJ.
Perhaps there is a Middle-earth equivalent of Grecian 2000 which would account for the unnaturally dark hair on a dwarf of mature (some would say over-mature) years
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sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea
Jul 15 2011, 11:18pm
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... that's the pommel of his sword, i think.
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QuackingTroll
Valinor
Jul 15 2011, 11:22pm
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Mine's the general purist list...
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1) Gloin
2) Oin
3) Balin
4) Dori
5) Dwalin
6) Bifur
7) Ori
8) Bofur
9) Nori
10) Bombur
11) Fili
12) Kili
Nori would be higher if he didn't have a star for a head... All the costumes are incredible despite the lack of colour. Love Nori's belt
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