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Intergalactic Lawman
Nargothrond
Sep 20 2012, 11:14am
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Thoughts on The Great Goblin?
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So... That's the Great Goblin at the end of the trailer falling on the dwarves  I thought it was a troll... After looking at the hi res pictures it's pretty obvious it's him (crown and all)
The look of him? I hate it. HATE it. The guy is the size of a troll! Have a look at him compared to the dwarves...Dwalin is barely the size of his hand!!
The orcs in Rings actually looked real (if that makes any sense what-so-ever) ...well maybe believable is a better word. And what is with that chin?? Probably the worst design of any creature I have seen in any of these films... Sad.
Does anyone like the look??
Can't believe it -that was the one orc I was really looking forward to seeing. I guess Azog and Bolg will be just as exaggerated... I mean how are we supposed to believe that he is of the same species as characters like Lurtz, Gothmog etc
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Carne
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Sep 20 2012, 11:16am
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He's a big, fat goblin after all.
Is it the design itself you don't like or the size?
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Intergalactic Lawman
Nargothrond
Sep 20 2012, 11:18am
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The size bothers me more than the design though... They may as well just say he is a troll!
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Vangalad
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Sep 20 2012, 11:28am
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that this is the great goblin but if he is, looking at drawings from J.Howe and A.Lee, yes he looks the part... he really is BIG.
After enough viewings he does look like the other goblinsin the trailer,same colours,flesh,etc but is rather gigantic, I like the design.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost,
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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Lost Hobbit
Ossiriand
Sep 20 2012, 11:32am
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This is what is says in the book
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"There in the shadows on a large flat stone sat a tremendous goblin with a huge head"
Chapter 4 - Over Hill and Under Hill
Additionally, we've got this old drawing by Howe
and I tried to put some lines to calculate an approximate height of GK, compared to tallest dwarf, Dwalin.
Anyway, I don't think it was mistake or anything else, the decision is intentional and certainly has justifications, based on principal designers' visions.
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Carne
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Sep 20 2012, 11:36am
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And he probably won't look that huge next to Gandalf
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Who is quite taller than Dwalin.
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stoutfiles
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Sep 20 2012, 11:43am
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But I'm not fond of Boss Nass in the second picture. Having his dead body not be comic relief that breaks the laws of physics would be nice, too.
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Sep 20 2012, 11:48am
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At first I also thought it was a kind of troll
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but the goblin king will feel to the audience a lot different when he's alive, that's gotta be sure. And why not being a fat wabbly goblin with a doublechin with the size of another head? :D I want to see him talking and behave orcish, I think then the design will be alright.
Here's Alan Lee's great goblin:
http://fantasy.mrugala.net/Alan%20Lee%20-%20The%20Hobbit/Alan%20Lee%20-%20The%20Hobbit%20-%2023%20-%20The%20great%20goblin.jpg
Kinda looks alike.
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Elenorflower
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Sep 20 2012, 11:48am
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he is much too big and I didnt like they way he flops down, it looked like sausage meat rather than a creature. Dont like the obvious 'funny' moment either, I knew Bofur would end up the funny one.
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Sep 20 2012, 11:58am
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the king will be a stupid, but angry type of guy and before the "fall down" scene he might be pretty mean. So this might be the scene where PJ takes the pressure and darkness out of it. You have to remember that they are chased for a quite a time, don't think that there are a lot of jokes coming.
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Steerpike
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Sep 20 2012, 12:27pm
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I'm detecting a slight hint of Barry Humphries in the design...
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Lucky Luke
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Sep 20 2012, 12:43pm
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The stuff over the dwarves looks like a broken goblin bridge. I'm thinking the fall of the Goblin King will follow the fall of the company on a bridge in a scene similar to the bridge scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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Elutherian
Nargothrond
Sep 20 2012, 1:12pm
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That's pretty much how the Great Goblin was described in the book...
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...He's not supposed to be as menacing as Lurtz or Gothmog. He's like the Jabba the Hut of Middle-Earth villains.
The Grey Pilgrim, they once called me. Three hundred lives of men I walked this earth, and now I have no time...
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Elutherian
Nargothrond
Sep 20 2012, 1:18pm
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The Hobbit had a lot of humor thrown in with the serious scenes, especially early on in the book.
Remember, we're not dealing with the Dark Lord Sauron covering Middle-Earth in darkness. We're dealing with a group of 13 dwarves, a reluctant hobbit, and a pushy wizard on an adventure to kill a dragon and take treasure out of a mountain.
Seriousness level - 50.
The Grey Pilgrim, they once called me. Three hundred lives of men I walked this earth, and now I have no time...
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stoutfiles
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Sep 20 2012, 1:31pm
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But when the party was all on the skiff about to fly away from the sail barge, Jabba's dead body didn't fall on them so we could all have a laugh at their expense.
Perhaps if this was in the book I could understand and ignore the joke, but the fact remains that Gandalf slayed the Great Goblin in his hall. The escape should not have his dead body landing on them as they escape. Of course, PJ will likely declare this kill too easy and there will be a Goblin King fight scene where he dies on the edge of something high, only to fall on them later as they escape.
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Elutherian
Nargothrond
Sep 20 2012, 1:33pm
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...that this gag occurs a while after Gandalf kills the GG.
I think it will fit better in the film.
The Grey Pilgrim, they once called me. Three hundred lives of men I walked this earth, and now I have no time...
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Estel78
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Sep 20 2012, 1:38pm
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I dunno, a dragon is pretty serious business. ;) //
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dave_lf
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Sep 20 2012, 2:31pm
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It looks to me like the entire company has just fallen from above, probably as part of their escape right after Gandalf kills the GG. Their fall was broken by the wooden ramps/scaffolding they landed on. They've just realized they're alive and relatively unharmed, Bofur makes his relieved comment, and then...well, you know.
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Valandil ed Imladris
Menegroth
Sep 20 2012, 2:39pm
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I don't want it to be all serious
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it has to have a lighter tone. You'll get your dark passages anyway, and in the trailer you also see gollum all mean just before the title hits the screen. Gollum has his cute smeagol joky side and also the side of gollum. I think this stands for the whole movie: One side rather funny and one quite dark. That's a nice ambivalence!
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Kangi Ska
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Sep 20 2012, 2:42pm
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I really cannot discern "The Crown"
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in the images of the fallen what ever it is. Maybe I am just looking wrong but...
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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dave_lf
Mithlond
Sep 20 2012, 2:57pm
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...is that actually a crown, and is it actually on his head? There are similar-looking rivets (or something) on the boards near his feet.
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