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Which alternative casting,be it The hobbit or The lord of the rings would you have preferred over the original.?
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Aerin
Grey Havens


Aug 24 2014, 3:54pm

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Thanks! [In reply to] Can't Post

I don't expect I'll be around as much as in the past, though. I found the boards too addictive, and I have so many other things I need/want to spend time on. It's good and reassuring to see familiar names after all this time -- I love knowing that TORn is always there if I want to visit.

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sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea


Aug 25 2014, 5:52am

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He made a great Nixon, too. // [In reply to] Can't Post

 


moreorless
Gondor

Aug 25 2014, 4:15pm

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Could certainly have played up the characters uncertainy [In reply to] Can't Post


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as Aragorn, the part he auditioned for in the first place. But after a rough start, Viggo won me over.

I can't see anyone else as Frodo, Gandalf, Bilbo, Galadriel, or Elrond. I'd entertain alternatives for Arwen (who to me is not classically beautiful enough) and Eowyn (who does not look athletic enough), though I don't have any suggestions myself.


I see a Bean Aragorn not quite having the gravitas of Viggo but potentially being more effective at playing up the uncertainy in the character that the films hinted more strongly at than the books.

If Bean had been Aragorn I could have imagined Ralph Fiennes as Boromir.


Darkstone
Immortal


Aug 25 2014, 4:33pm

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Hmmmmm..... [In reply to] Can't Post

Frodo: Robin

Gandalf: Fozzie Bear ("Hello, Steward of Gondor! Wacka-wacka-wacka!!")

Aragorn: Kermit

Sam: Sweetums

Merry: Bert

Pippin: Ernie

Legolas: Big Bird

Gimli: Hoggle

Boromir: Cookie Monster

Bill the Pony: Mr. Snuffleupagus

Bilbo: Gonzo

The One Ring: Camilla the Chicken

Gollum: Elmo

Farmer Maggot: Rowlf the Dog

Bombadil: Doctor Teeth

Butterbur: The Swedish Chef

Bill Ferny: Rizzo the Rat

Arwen: Miss Piggy

Galadriel: Janice

Celeborn: Floyd

Saruman: Dr. Bunsen Honeydew

Lurtz: Beaker

Balrog: Ludo

Elrond: The Mighty Favog

Elladan: Sully

Elrohir: Biff

Theoden: Telly Monster

Eomer: Sir Didymus

Firefoot: Ambrosius

Eowyn: Betty Lou (if Miranda Otto is not available)

Wormtongue: Screed

Faramir: Grover

Denethor: Oscar the Grouch

Treebeard: Alfie the Christmas Tree

Fimbrethil: Marjory the Trash Heap

The Ents: The Muppet Vegetable Choir

Radagast: Wembley the Fraggle

Ghan-Buri-Ghan: Bobo the Bear

Gwaihir: Sam the Eagle

Halbarad: Zoot

Rosie: Cotterpin

Lobelia: Augra

Shelob: Tessie Twiddlebug

Mumak: Seymour the Elephant

WiKi: skekSo

Khamul: skekSil

Nazgul #3: skekTek

Nazgul #4: skekZok

Nazgyl #5: skekUng

Nazgul #6: skekAyuk

Nazgul #7: skekNa

Nazgul #8: skekShod

Nazgul #9: skekOk

Barad-dur: The Fraggle Rock Lighthouse

Sauron: Count von Count

(One, two, three! Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, ha-ha-ha!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven! Seven rings for the Dwarf lords, in their halls of stone, ha-ha-ha!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine! Nine rings for mortal men, doomed to die, ha-ha-ha!
One! One ring for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, ha-ha-ha!)

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Aragorn and Legolas went now with Éomer in the van.
-Helm’s Deep, Chapter 7, Book III, The Two Towers



"Rorth Rorlingas!!"

Sauron: "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling hobbits!"

(Thanks to Brethil for image and battlecry.)


Aerin
Grey Havens


Aug 25 2014, 5:50pm

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I think both Viggo and Sean [In reply to] Can't Post

are strong enough actors to have portrayed whatever degree of gravitas or uncertainty was asked of them. My problem was more with appearance — Viggo initially struck me as too "pretty" and not rugged enough for the part. It also didn't help that he was a late addition to the cast and took a while to find his feet during filming of FOTR. But I thought he grew into the role, and his total commitment paid off. My image of Sean Bean was formed mostly from "Sharpe," so it was very easy to envision him as Aragorn, though, of course, he did a fantastic job as Boromir. (Hmmm, I think it might be about time for me to rewatch "Sharpe"!)

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davearchibald
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Aug 25 2014, 8:17pm

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Gandalf and Theoden [In reply to] Can't Post

I feel with Sean Connery you would not see Gandalf but you would simply see Sean Connery.
Also much as I think Bernard Hill is a great actor I imagined Théoden to be a little less harsh -if that is the right word- more as he was portrayed by Jack May in the BBC audio dramatisation.

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