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Re: Lord of the Rings
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Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:52:05 GMT
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On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:39:34 GMT, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote:

> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Terry Keller writes:
> > On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 03:44:28 GMT, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
> > > In lugnet.general, Tom McDonald writes:
> > > > I don't think we came up with a good Aragorn protrayed by any
> > > > working actor, though we tossed around a few ideas.
> > > Pete Postlethwaite.  He was the cliche hunter guy in the Lost World.  Good
> > > actor, terrible movie.
> > 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.
> 
> 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 actor absolutely needs to carry that scene where he bids
> farewell to Boromir.  This scene will make or break the character.

That guy just seems to old.  Did Aragorn have a beard?  I always seem to
picture him with a beard.

> > > > We completely drew a blank with Gollum.
> > > Leonardo DiCaprio?  :-P  Or perhaps Gene Wilder...
> > They need a small, weasely type.
> 
> Aren't either of these weasly enough?  How about that first one?  :-D

Weasely yes, but too large.  Besides, we wouldn't want all the teenage girls to
be falling in love with Gollum.

> Seriously, I think Gene would give gobs of good (for the audience) character
> to Gollum.  Ooh!  Ooh!  Mel Brooks!

Oh please!  That's just what we need, give Mel 190 mil and see what happens.

> > > Glenn Close as Galadriel and Uma Thurman as Eowyn.
> > But please, no Uma.  I never saw what made her so popular.
> 
> For me, it's always been Penn Jilette ooh-ing and ahh-ing over her in the back
> of PC Computing.

Lol!  I remember those!  I still have a big stack of them.  He did have
something pretty bad over her.  Why escapes me.

> > > That does it.  I'm OUTTA UTAH come 2002!  :-,
> > The Committee will probably be glad to hear that.  Might even add it to the
> > promotional literature.  :-P
> 
> ouch!  :-,

It will be interesting to see how a zillion thirsty tourists and Utahs liquor
laws coexist.  Very interesting.

-- Terry K --



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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. (...) (...) (27 years ago, 19-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 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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