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Re: Lord of the Rings
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:08:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Terry Keller writes:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:39:34 GMT, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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.
> That guy just seems to old.
Numerically, Aragorn is supposed to be old, but he ages more slowly because of
his heritage.
> Did Aragorn have a beard? I always seem to
> picture him with a beard.
For Aragorn, no beard. It's never mentioned. The only characters IIRC that had
beards mentioned were Gandalf, Saruman and Denethor.
> > > > > 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
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> Weasely yes, but too large. Besides, we wouldn't want all the teenage girls • to
> be falling in love with Gollum.
Willam Dafoe (sp?) what about him? He also needs to be capable of treachery
and be willing to bite off a finger ;-)
> > > > Glenn Close as Galadriel and Uma Thurman as Eowyn.
That's just it: I wouldn't pick either one. I find blondes hard to pick for
this. The Eowyn character has to look good with a sword too.
> > > But please, no Uma. I never saw what made her so popular.
Uma's eyes have a certain something. I first noticed her in the movie Baron
Munchausen. (Kinda hard not to.)
> > For me, it's always been Penn Jilette ooh-ing and ahh-ing over her in the • back
> > of PC Computing.
Her or Penn? :-)
> > > > 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.
BYOB buddy, unless you guys are still in prohibition :-). And where $ exists,
they'll coexist quite nicely thank you. Just don't wait until Saturday night
to buy it, right?
-Tom McD.
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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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| (...) 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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| 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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| (...) 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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