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Re: Lord of the Rings
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:22:15 GMT
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:08:45 GMT, "Tom McDonald"
<radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote:

<aragorn>

> 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? :-)

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 big issue.

Also, Gollum is almost definitely going to be CG, according to the
scuttlebut.

> Numerically, Aragorn is supposed to be old, but he ages more slowly because of
> his heritage.

Some.. 400 years IIRthe SilmarillionC?
> 
> > 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.

I've always pictured Stepper as a beard, with him losing it somewhere
during the meeting at Elrond's place.

> > > > > 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.

Galadriel was a blonde, and Eowyn is supposed to be.. a lightcoloured
redhead, IIRC?

> 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?

Lagavulin 16yr... Very good for the price. Only $35 for a 7 cl bottle.

Jasper



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  Re: Lord of the Rings
 
(...) 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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