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Post by laitorni on Aug 31, 2004 16:45:57 GMT -5
My fav was Legolas ;D. Not only because of his looks. I don't really like the actor though....... Laitorni
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Post by xkamelx on Aug 31, 2004 17:51:38 GMT -5
Hey there Laitorni, welcome to Temporal Reality!! The only two things I've seen Orlando Bloom in is LOTR and Pirates of the Carriebean.
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Post by Musicbunny on Sept 1, 2004 9:03:22 GMT -5
my favorite was Sam.. and he's not on the list
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Post by laitorni on Sept 4, 2004 21:50:55 GMT -5
Hey there Laitorni, welcome to Temporal Reality!! The only two things I've seen Orlando Bloom in is LOTR and Pirates of the Carriebean. Thanks for the welcome and me too. I have only seen him in Pirates of the Carribean and LOTR. He is also in Black Hawk Down and Troy. I have never seen him die though. Strangely odd....
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Post by xkamelx on Sept 4, 2004 22:25:06 GMT -5
I haven't seen Troy, but I do own Black Hawk Down on DVD. I had no idea he was in that movie.
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Post by laitorni on Sept 6, 2004 14:19:56 GMT -5
I was just looking through some pictures of some other movies he's been in and I saw Black Hawk Down. I didn't see the movie though. He is supposed to be the guy that nearly broke his neck and he has hair only on top of his head. (he is shaved on the sides). Here is a pic:
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Post by xkamelx on Sept 6, 2004 16:26:37 GMT -5
The pic isn't working. He wasn't the cook who wanted to see action was he?
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Post by Musicbunny on Sept 14, 2004 13:59:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcome and me too. I have only seen him in Pirates of the Carribean and LOTR. He is also in Black Hawk Down and Troy. I have never seen him die though. Strangely odd.... www.orlandocentral.net/pics/film/bhd/bhd05.jpgactually he did die in Black Hawk Down... he was the guy who was bleeding on the table and they were trying to save his live.. they had to hold his artery in his leg..and they lost it.... it's one of my favorites movies... here is a pic of him "dead"... www.orlandocentral.net/pics/film/bhd/bhd09.jpg
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Post by xkamelx on Sept 15, 2004 1:19:59 GMT -5
Ahh yes, ok, I remember now, that was when they were pinned down in that buidling, and they only had the one medic, who eventually pumped him full of moraphine. And I made the images into text links as they were not being hosted by you, and the last one stretched the thred, no harm done.
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Post by laitorni on Oct 9, 2004 10:58:34 GMT -5
Ok, so he did die in Black Hawk Down but he kinda bled to death or something. He didn't die like in war being shot or whatever, like for example Haldir or any of those orcs or even Boromir.
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Post by ConqueringWolf on Oct 10, 2004 8:56:09 GMT -5
He should have died in Troy except he was a little wussy and went and hid behind his brother Hector after he got wounded.
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Post by Quasar on Oct 11, 2004 3:52:21 GMT -5
My favorite character, actually, happens to be Treebeard.
He and I share the same personality almost exactly and he and I share the same love and honor of nature.
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Post by laitorni on Oct 11, 2004 16:30:14 GMT -5
He should have died in Troy except he was a little wussy and went and hid behind his brother Hector after he got wounded. In the actual story doesn't Paris die? Isn't he supposed to die? I haven't read the story in a long time...I'm not 100% sure.
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Post by oblivion on Nov 20, 2004 1:52:11 GMT -5
I voted for Gandalf but I can't possibly pick one. It's like picking one ST series.
I am still "processing" the movies. I've read the 4 books about 8 times. And I've read Silmarrilioin twice (much harder going, at least for me). So I base my choices on the books, not the movies.
-- Gandalf was a curmudgeon with a sense of humor and a sense of his own limitations (and his strengths). I'm not sure WHY I picked him, but I think it was because he was human, but had seen and experienced the sweep of Middle Earth history from beginning to end. Yet, he remained human. He had a temper, he made sentimental choices, and he didn't sacrifice the needs of the few for the sake of the many (to borrow a Star Trek simile).
-- Aragorn was an incredibly conflicted character. I think the movie expressed this better than Tolkein's own writings did. Aragorn was a descendant of the man who left a job unfinished and put all of Middle Earth at risk of complete enslavement and degradation. Aragorn had it within him to right that wrong. But he also had it within him to re-do that wrong. Arwen, and his years with the elves of Lothlorien no doubt were his saving grace.
-- Legolas, an elf, but not a high elf. A prince, but nowhere near as unearthly as the likes of Elrond and Galadriel. He and Gimli were diversity in action, and it was wonderful to watch that friendship grow through the trilogy. I would have loved to read about the renaissance of the friendship between elves and dwarves that no doubt resulted from their friendship and respect.
-- Sam, the other pole that attracted Frodo who was equally drawn to Smeagol and slowly warped by the workings of the Ring. Frodo was a tragic character. Sam was his strength, his reminder of home, his anchor. Without Sam, Frodo (and Middle Earth) would have been lost.
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Post by Dillson on Nov 20, 2004 11:34:21 GMT -5
-- Aragorn was an incredibly conflicted character. I think the movie expressed this better than Tolkein's own writings did. Aragorn was a descendant of the man who left a job unfinished and put all of Middle Earth at risk of complete enslavement and degradation. Aragorn had it within him to right that wrong. But he also had it within him to re-do that wrong. Arwen, and his years with the elves of Lothlorien no doubt were his saving grace. To be honest, I dislike the representation of the conflict within Aragorn in the films. I think that his character was portrayed as too hesitant and too fearful of his future. In the books, his individual adventure revolved around making his journey to Minas Tirith to reclaim the throne. Being a very clever man, he decided it to be unwise to rush into it, and preffered to wait until the time was right to announce that he was the lost heir of Númenor. In the films, I get the impression that he was reluctant to take the throne, whether the time was right or not. Up to the point when he recieved Andúril at Dunharrow from Elrond (which is completely made up by Peter Jackson, anyway), he had no intention of reclaiming the throne. I think it was a crime to simply let Aragorn set off on his adventure within the primary tool symbolising his kinship - The Shards of Narsil. Tolkien fans will know that he recieved the (reforged) sword after the Council of Elrond, and kept it ever since at his side. This signals Aragorn's intent that the journey to Mordor will not only be to destroy the ring, but to finally re-unite the Men of Gondor and Arnor together, by reclaiming the throne. -- Legolas, an elf, but not a high elf. A prince, but nowhere near as unearthly as the likes of Elrond and Galadriel. He and Gimli were diversity in action, and it was wonderful to watch that friendship grow through the trilogy. I would have loved to read about the renaissance of the friendship between elves and dwarves that no doubt resulted from their friendship and respect. I've always though it curious that Tolkien decided to choose Legolas as the representative of the Elves in the fellowship. Obviously, he was important as an Elf, being the son of the King of the Elves of Greenwood the Great, and he was young (as an Elf) and fit and an able fighter. However, there are so many more suitable choices. Firstly, the woodland Elves are probably the most hostile to the Dwarves (the woodland Elves are the Teleri, not of Noldorin origin), and only the High-Elves can claim to have a friendship with the Dwarves in the past (the most famous example is Celebrimbor and his Noldorin Elves in Eregion and their friendship with the descendants of Durin the Deathless, father of all Dwarves). Elrond's sons, Elladan and Elrohir have protected the borders of Imladris, and Aragorn for many years, and they were of Noldorin origin. The High-Elves (the Noldor) are what you would call the Kings of the Elves in Middle-Earth, just like the Dúnedain, and before them the Númenoreans are considered the Kings of Men. Therefore, I find the decision to choose Legolas as one of the Fellowship very .. er, interesting.
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