Radagast the Brown - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 06-12-2004, 12:09 PM

I've looked at this "Glorfindel" trading card picture and was dismayed!

He looks like a kid and weak and silly. Nothing at all like the powerful beautiful elflord that Tolkien describes in "many meetings" . If given a choice, I'd rather have the Elf standing behind Elrond at the wedding !!
In any case I prefer my own imagination...

Noxomanus · 07-05-2004, 12:03 PM

Just a thought...could there be a Radagast if The Hobbit is made into a movie? I'm almost sure it'll include scenes of The White Council attacking Dol Guldur and Radagast's likely to have been there,is he? Also,they could then include the line where Gandalf asks Beorn: 'Perhaps you know my cousin Radagast who lives on the southern edges of Mirkwood?'

Essex · 07-06-2004, 05:36 AM

that's a good point about the white council and the attack on Sauron being in the hobbit film.

this will be the only way they could explain the contstant toing and froing of gandalf from the book.

I remember at school when we read the Hobbit, we were always taking the mick out of Gandalf constantly leaving the dwarves to their own devices. "Where's he *$%!ing off to now?" This wouldn't work in the movie, so we will hopefully be shown the reason why.......

The confrontations between Gandalf and Saruman (mentioned in unfinished tales, etc) would be fantastic. Just imagine the scene where Gandalf blows the smoke rings infront of Saruman's face, grasps for them and they vanish......

06-12-2004, 12:09 PM	#1
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I've looked at this "Glorfindel" trading card picture and was dismayed! He looks like a kid and weak and silly. Nothing at all like the powerful beautiful elflord that Tolkien describes in "many meetings" . If given a choice, I'd rather have the Elf standing behind Elrond at the wedding !! In any case I prefer my own imagination... __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-05-2004, 12:03 PM	#2
Noxomanus Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 233	Just a thought...could there be a Radagast if The Hobbit is made into a movie? I'm almost sure it'll include scenes of The White Council attacking Dol Guldur and Radagast's likely to have been there,is he? Also,they could then include the line where Gandalf asks Beorn: 'Perhaps you know my cousin Radagast who lives on the southern edges of Mirkwood?' __________________ Nothing is evil in the beginning,even Sauron wasn't

07-06-2004, 05:36 AM	#3
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	that's a good point about the white council and the attack on Sauron being in the hobbit film. this will be the only way they could explain the contstant toing and froing of gandalf from the book. I remember at school when we read the Hobbit, we were always taking the mick out of Gandalf constantly leaving the dwarves to their own devices. "Where's he *$%!ing off to now?" This wouldn't work in the movie, so we will hopefully be shown the reason why....... The confrontations between Gandalf and Saruman (mentioned in unfinished tales, etc) would be fantastic. Just imagine the scene where Gandalf blows the smoke rings infront of Saruman's face, grasps for them and they vanish......