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Originally Posted by Thinlómien
Does this mean we'll have only eight dwarves in total? Dislike.  |
Of course there will be only eight. People can't count above ten these days, y'know.
And I have a sneaky feeling that Jackson or one of his writers thinks that it's a brilliant idea to have Bilbo as the ninth member of the company, making it a parallel Fellowship, thereby "improving" upon Tolkien himself (and incidentally cutting the budget by reducing the number of actors who need to be hired). The incidental reason would be the real one, but I'd take bets that it will be disguised by the other, thus making it appear a maneuver motivated by "literary" concerns.
I wish I were being sarcastic. Alas, I'm not.