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Originally Posted by Sauron the White
With all due respect Matt, it looks like it took you over five years to figure that one out so its obviously not a huge issue that prevented the films from being a success.
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With due respect to the board, I will not say the word that I would love to say right now, directly to you, "
Sauron the White" (that makes sense, BTW...) Rest assured it would be insulting. Anyway, NO, it did not take me over five years to figure that one out, so how about you stop jumping to conclusions. I have been well aware of the fact that Théoden's age was changed.
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Originally Posted by Sauron the White
Where does it say that the actor portraying Theoden has to be the same age as the character listed in the book? They were both older men. A movie and a book are two very different things.
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And where does it say that the actor should not be portrayed like he was in the books? A movie and a book- two different things? Oh my, shock shock!
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Originally Posted by Sauron the White
So much of this is nitpicking at its worse. The more I read this type of stuff I want to see a SNL sketch like the ones they used to do about Trekkies at a a Star trek convention.
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I did not see anything comical about your post. In fact, I believe it was corny at its best.
And to clear things up - I think Bernard Hill did a brilliant job as Théoden. I wasn't commenting on his portrayal only his outward appearance which I do not have much of a problem with, only a little one - and I was wondering if anybody thought the same or had something
interesting to say.
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Originally Posted by Elladan and Elrohir
Why not just take the question at face value and try to sincerely answer it? There's no need to launch into ad hominem and straw man. The guy doesn't like the movies as much as you and I do; give him a fair shake anyway and discuss his question.
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Agreed. However you have it wrong - I do love the movies, they are my favorite films of all time. I just have problems with a lot of changes that PJ made. People who sleep with the films such as Sauron the White seems to do could tell me until they are blue in the face the reason for the changes made, but I do not buy most of them.