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Roheryn
Gondor
Feb 7, 7:35am
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And welcome to TORn. 
I think PJ's most brilliant stroke of genius with this trilogy was the decision to make each dwarf unique. Not only do they all have very distinctive looks and personalities, but most of them have unique backstories too (ok, so we don't actually see anyone's backstory in the movie but Thorin's, with a bit of Balin's and Dwalin's thrown in, but the backstories for most of the others are described in various "official" sources like Weta's Chronicles book). This makes the movie, to me at least, so much more interesting than if we had 12 more or less interchangeable dwarves, plus Thorin.
And don't even get me started on how great I think Thorin's characterization is in the movie, relative to the book. Movie-Thorin is a lot more like the Thorin in The Quest of Erebor (especially in the full-length version, published in the 2nd edition of The Annotated Hobbit) -- as seen through Gandalf's point of view -- rather than like the Thorin in the book -- as told from Bilbo's point of view. PJ and co did a fantastic job of extrapolating and reading between the lines, and giving us a fully and deeply characterized Thorin, something that is quite lacking in the book. Of course, Thorin's hair is pretty well characterized too...but I digress. 
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Dwarf personalities
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1415dr
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Feb 6, 12:04pm
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I feel the same way.
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Eowyn3
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Feb 6, 12:31pm
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Bifur or Bofur
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joec_34
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Feb 6, 4:29pm
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Welcome to tORN, 1415dr!
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Owain
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Feb 6, 5:58pm
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I couldn't remember all their names until I saw the movie!
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Kimtc
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Feb 7, 7:44pm
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Hi & welcome!
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Loresilme
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Feb 6, 6:34pm
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Welcome! And I love the Dwarf designs.
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Lio
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Feb 7, 3:30am
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I can't wait for Mirkwood (mild book spoilers)
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Nunilo
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Feb 7, 4:56am
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I'll join the small chorus and say, "I agree! and welcome to TORn!"//
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Arandiel
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Feb 7, 6:00am
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Nice first post, 1415dr!
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Roheryn
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Feb 7, 7:35am
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Welcome, welcome!
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Old Toby
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Feb 7, 3:52pm
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I wonder what makes an individuals facial structure not lend itself to prosthetics.//
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Kirly
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Feb 7, 7:08pm
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Maybe prosthetics were too distorting
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iduna
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Feb 13, 2:47pm
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I'm reading the Weta Chronicles, too!
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Angharad73
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Feb 7, 7:40pm
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good point
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Brethil
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Feb 7, 9:29pm
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