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08-06-2013, 05:57 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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Don't you worry Elyna, you've done alright. It maybe the movie Legolas' captain obvious statements have received quite a lot of ridicule around different threads but you're probably quite right in there not being a special thread for them...
So like all threads this will either gather a host of posting if people feel like picking on it or will wane into oblivion - and no one can kind of foresee which thread goes where...  But to your point... well yes. Let me make an absurd and yet plausible proposition: maybe PJ and / or the gang at the studio thought this story is so hard for the average 21st century teen-age audience to catch (and we need their money anyway), so let's pick one of the characters that a) looks cool for the teens, b) does all the cool stuff like skateboarding on shields, and c) explains the dummies what's going on? 
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08-06-2013, 06:35 PM
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Seriously, though, I completely agree with your proposition. PS: I can finally see the Merisu smiley! Horray! It was showing up blank ever since the deprecation! 
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08-08-2013, 05:18 PM
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Woman of Secret Shadow
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I've heard the term 'Exposition Elf' used of characters that state the obvious. I don't know how it came into existence, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had originated with movie!Legolas.
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08-08-2013, 05:28 PM
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 When they can't rely on prose, they have to pick somebody to explain things to the viewers. To echo what Nog said, I would think the Captain Obvious moments of Legolas are right in line with modern film-making, which seems to have the idea that the average movie-goer has the attention span and intellect of a drunken ferret.
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08-08-2013, 05:44 PM
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08-08-2013, 07:32 PM
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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Nice thread, Elyna.
Captain Obvious must be a revered rank in Middle Earth, as many characters seemed to be fighting for the title. Think that blondy Legolas just made his bid for the role more...uh...obvious.
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08-08-2013, 07:49 PM
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I haven't watched TTT or ROTK in a long time, but last time viewing FOTR, I did mentally take note of Legolas' lines...I seriously think all of his lines are either something obvious, or something already established by another character moments before:
"He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn" "Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond just said...the Ring must be destroyed!" "You have my bow!" "Crebain!" "Orcs!" Goblins!" "The horn of Gondor!" "Frodo and Sam have reached the Eastern Shore!" The extended edition might be a little more kind to Legolas, but not much. (and yes I imagine all of these captain obvious statements as having exclamation marks. 
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