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Does anyone else feel like Nori and Dori looked like cosplay

Thorins_apprentice
Rohan


Mar 2 2015, 5:43am

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Does anyone else feel like Nori and Dori looked like cosplay Can't Post

 

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dormouse
Half-elven


Mar 2 2015, 8:03am

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No. They're actors in costumes they wouldn't normally wear..... [In reply to] Can't Post

.... as is everyone else on screen: that goes without saying. In that sense every character in every single drama that isn't set in the present day and in ordinary life has a lot in common with cosplayers. It's the difference that matters. In the films they're characters in a story: it's their faces and expressions and what they say and do that I look at.


TheSexyBeard
Lorien


Mar 2 2015, 4:38pm

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Not to me. [In reply to] Can't Post

They look dwarves, slightly eccentric looking dwarves. They look as "real" in these movies as any of the other dwarves rather than fans dressing up as dwarves to me.

Yes, my username is terrible.


sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea


Mar 2 2015, 5:45pm

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Eh, they looked fine to me. [In reply to] Can't Post

Some of the dwarves were a tad bit on the goofy side, design-wise, but after a little getting used to i was fine with most of them. My favorites, visually, were the more "typical" looking dwarves as established in LotR (Balin, Dwalin, Bifur, Oin and Gloin). Some of the dwarves that strayed a bit from the "typical" dwarf look, like Bofur and Bombur, worked quite well i thought, giving them a bit of comedic flair. Fili made a fine looking young dwarf, and Thorin, while too young looking for the story, worked well enough. The only one i didn't like was Kili, who seemed not a dwarf at all.

The whole thing of giving all the dwarves distinct personalities seemed to me a bit of a bust, and didn't really pay off in the films all that much. I think i would have been just fine with the dwarves just being a confused rabble, apart from Balin (obviously) and maybe Dwalin, and Fili and Kili being a goofy young dwarf duo (with the spotlight being on Fili, as should have been done in the first place). It just seems like they went to a lot of time and effort and not much came of it other than a bunch of teen-age gross-out jokes.


swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Mar 2 2015, 7:02pm

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I totally loved the Dwarf designs [In reply to] Can't Post

and I am an artist who is very very Elf-centric.

So good job WETA, you made me love these characters.

I really feel that we are waiting to see the real film with the extended DVD.

Like all that character development will indeed pay off.

Even if there is not as much as we'd like, we know who these guys are by the third film, whether we see more character development there or not.

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Eruonen
Half-elven


Mar 4 2015, 7:57pm

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I had no idea what the term "cosplay" meant [In reply to] Can't Post

"...a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered on role play and a broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage."

Well, if I understand, yes, of course they are costumed actors in a film. What is the question?

 
 

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