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Re: Lord of the Rings
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Date: 
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:40:52 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Terry Keller writes:
> > On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:39:34 GMT, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
> > > 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? :-)

Mel Gibson?  He can carry that "tragic knight" character he's been typecast
into.

John Malkovich?

> I nominate Steven Segal for Boromir.

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 the beard?

> > 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.

Them, and all the Dwarven women.  :-,

> > > > > > We completely drew a blank with Gollum.
> > > > > Leonardo DiCaprio?  :-P  Or perhaps Gene Wilder...
> Willam Dafoe (sp?) what about him? He also needs to be capable of treachery
> and be willing to bite off a finger ;-)

Woody Allen?  How about Christopher Lloyd?

> > > > > 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.

Eowyn had blonde hair, neh?  But yes, she needs to be able to handle a sword
well.  Someone athletic, then.  Bridgette Neilsen, if she could lose about
twelve inches in height?

Ya know, Glenn Close would be to stocky for Galadriel; we'd need someone
really tall and skinny-but-not-anorexic looking.  Perhaps Uma Thurman would
be better in this role.

> > > > 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.)

Venus envy, Tom?  :-D  She was good in that flick.

> 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?

Prohibition?  No, the state of Utah acepts alcohol consumption; now we're
working on polygamy...

We've already had our Beer Olympics scandals.  The local Olympic Committe
marketing put a couple sample bottles from local microbreweries into the
press kits.  Nothing else -- just paper and beer.  The news articles on this
were quite amusing.

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) YES! Big, dumb, likable! Perfect! -- Terry K -- (27 years ago, 19-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. (...) (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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