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(...) Well, Elijaw Wood the actor is normal size. He'll be cgi'ed down to hobbit size for the film, tho. Too bad Sean Connery isn't going to be Gandalf. (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) minifigs, (...) Years ago in several ongoing discussions a friend and I had, we agreed that Patrick Stewart would make a good Gandalf, and Connery would make a good Theoden. I don't think we came up with a good Aragorn protrayed by any working (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Pete Postlethwaite. He was the cliche hunter guy in the Lost World. Good actor, terrible movie. (...) Leonardo DiCaprio? :-P Or perhaps Gene Wilder... (...) Glenn Close as Galadriel and Uma Thurman as Eowyn. (...) That does it. I'm OUTTA UTAH (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ~~~...~~~ ??? Wow. I loved it. 'Course, I read Jurassic Park years before it became a movie, and Lost World. Movies can't do justice to the books on which they are based [1], but they do a good job of graphically portraying the characters, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I kinda liked the book (loved JP), but I saw the movie first, and what a bad first impression. The good guys were making mistakes no sane person would make, half the movie was obviously filmed to sell the toys, the physics were all bad, what (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You mean the guy who wanted to waive his fee and instead take a trophy T-Rex? That guy most definately is *not* my impression of Aragorn. Wrong look, attitude, and age. (...) They need a small, weasely type. Maybe the guy who played 'little (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, put hair on his head. :-, He's got the look of someone who's being driven by something in his past, something haunting him... I dunno how he'd do with a sword in hand though. Aragorn needs to be able to handle a sword. And Aragorn's (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That guy just seems to old. Did Aragorn have a beard? I always seem to picture him with a beard. (...) Weasely yes, but too large. Besides, we wouldn't want all the teenage girls to be falling in love with Gollum. (...) Oh please! That's just (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Rumors as well as confirmed reports can be found at: (URL) would also recommend the Rolozo Tolkien site for a good all-around Tolkien site: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu Webpage: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Rex? (...) bids (...) He needs to be tall too. And he also needs to look kingly in a pinch. Sounds like this is all a tall order for an actor. Anyone want to nomiate Liam Neeson (again? :-) I nominate Steven Segal for Boromir. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Who'd the guy who played the cannibal on ConAir? Put him on a serious diet, and he'd make a great Gollum. -John Van (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Mel Gibson? He can carry that "tragic knight" character he's been typecast into. John Malkovich? (...) Nonononono, I'll enjoy watching him die too much. Plus, Segal is too slinky (and a wimp :-) How about that guy from Home Improvement, with (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) how (...) Neeson (...) Mmm, yeah I could see that, except for the height. And he'd probably soak up too much $$. Like he did in Braveheart as William Wallet. We'd probably have to get someone "undiscovered" for this role. (...) Which movies (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Mary Reilley, Empire of the Sun, Dangerous Liasons (...) I was watching Futurama, eating watermelon, when one of Bender's lines caused me to inhale a chunk. (...) Uma's voice can get pretty dang husky if you pay her enough. (...) Who's this (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Liam is not bad, but he lacks a certain regality. (...) Big, kind of dumb. Maybe... but no. (...) Umm... let me revise that a little. Not a 'beard' in the sense of those characters, but rather a short, tough-looking beard. That is the way I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) YES! Big, dumb, likable! Perfect! -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) !?! Get a clue, man! She was in "Zorro" with Antonio Banderas, and that recent heist-caper flick with Sean Connery. Competent actor, great bod and face. (...) Maybe. He is pretty good at capering about. (...) Now that I could see. Lloyd would (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <snolk!> (...) Galadriel (...) Let's not go there. Family newsgroup, yada yada.. (...) See Entrapment with Sean Connery. It came out about a week or two after The Matrix. (...) Aragorn's betrothed, daughter of Elrond, the Evenstar of her (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Neeson (...) Hard to cast this character, it is.. (...) usually (...) Okay, yeah. I could live with that. (...) Okay, Jar Jar as Gollum ;-) (...) happy... (...) ACK! He did it! :P -Tom McD. when replying, no spamcake line till my headache goes (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ooooh, *that* Jones. She was good in Zorro. I've started to avoid Sean Connery flicks, ever since the Rock, so I haven't seen her except in Zorro. (...) I always thought Saruman needed to be a little more...psychotic. And the role of Rasputen (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Rowan Atkinson. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey not bad! At first I didn't connect the name with the face, but with one quick search I'm inclined to agree. He's definitely got that licking and blinking bit down. -Tom McD. when replying, this summer send your kids to Camp Spamcakawaka. (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I had to rack my brain over where I'd seen him before--I've only seen Home Improvement a few times in my life, so it took me awhile to figure it out when he appeared in the movie _Sling_Blade_. It's a very slow movie, which sets the tone (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yep, *that* Jones. :-) Connery star has dimmed a bit of late. I think one of my fave roles he was in was in "Hunt For Red October". (...) Yeah. And he looks pretty good in white too. Makes a good mad scientist and/or secretly evil wizard. -- (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My turn to say ACK! (...) Yep. And without resorting to listening to the song. What can I say, I like that song. Now tell me what I've won. And it better not be a years supply of...... -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Anyone know who did the voice of Gollum in the animated movies? It fit what I thought his voice sounded like very well. (...) Who is Bridgette Neilson? (...) Isn't Galadriel supposed to be the most beautiful woman in Middle-Earth? No offense (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Good call. (...) Easy. Gene Hackman. And DeNiro as Denethor. Hmm. Rutger Hauer as Bromir, anyone? He certainly does obsessed captains of guards well :) (Ladyhawk) Although he's getting a little old for it, now. James (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, the movie did have one advantage over the book: It didn't have to start the very first scene with the apalling retcon of how Ian (?) the mathemagician really _isn't_ dead. Other than that... both the book and the movie, even compared to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:08:45 GMT, "Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote: <aragorn> (...) They're going to be doing much CG stretching and shrinking for actors anyway (dwarves and orcs will be portrayed this way), so tallness is not a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) How about oral sex? Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) W[1]|N>K. [1] Water. Explanation? Water Through Nose To Keyboard. Letters obvious, other symbols are unix pipe commands. (...) I believe the Tom Bombadil scene is going to be absent from the movie, as it should be given that we're dealing with (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Vassily, confirm their position. One ping, and one ping only" "But sir -" "Just do it man!" "Just be careful, many thingsh in there don't react at all well to bulletsh." Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm. We talk about it a lot. Does that count? I was watching my neighbors do that just the other day -- talking about it. You'd think they could at least close their window. I was so shocked I almost dropped my binoculars. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) in (...) oh bulletsh, they do too. :-) (BTW Jasper, you've been away too long :-) Yeah, I've seen a coupla sites and been kinda keeping up on the casting. I am sorta concerned about a lot of CGI though: while it's very good now, stretching (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks. That warms my heart, it does.. (or is that the scotch?) (...) This is true, but using it for armies of orcs and dwarves shouldn't have those problems. Then again, on-set representation (preferably by a live actor, bodypainted (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Somebody else to take some of the heat. Now does that then mean half as much heat or TWICE as much? (...) Something along the lines of an X-year contract with renewal options. That way if the marriage fades you don't renew. The End. But don't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Twice as much heat plus half as much. Plus, you'll have to share your power tools. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Even worse, you'll have to share your Lego bricks... (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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