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Re: Lord of the Rings
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:18:04 GMT
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:08:45 GMT, "Tom McDonald"
<radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Terry Keller writes:
> > 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.
>
> 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? :-)
Liam is not bad, but he lacks a certain regality.
> I nominate Steven Segal for Boromir.
Big, kind of dumb. Maybe... but no.
> > That guy just seems to old.
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> 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.
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> For Aragorn, no beard. It's never mentioned. The only characters IIRC that had
> beards mentioned were Gandalf, Saruman and Denethor.
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 usually
picture him in my minds eye. Especially since he spends so much time on the
road or in the wilds. Being clean-shaven does not seem right.
> > > > > > 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.
>
> Willam Dafoe (sp?) what about him? He also needs to be capable of treachery
> and be willing to bite off a finger ;-)
Lol. Kind of a moot point, I think, as by most accounts Gollum will be
entirely CG.
> > > > > 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.
> when replying, sing it with me now: spamcake on my shoulders makes me happy...
"Spamcake in my eyes can make me cry. Spamcake on the water looks so
loooovely, Spamcake almost all the time makes me high."
-- Terry K --
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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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| (...) 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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