Tolkien's Opinion - Page 2

captain carrot · 12-22-2006, 07:29 AM

well, there's a whole debate right there: which character would JRR have gone most nuts about ...and why? (in the film portrayals?)

(btw ...i'll reserve the right to change my mind on this ...)

but i think overall Gandalf would be, on balance, the main one that would have mild mannered jovial ol JRR frothing at the mouth and sharpening morgul knives this chiristmas!

Faramir of course stands out like BIg red X for the full be-slippered Oxford bezerker treatment - but for overall mangling, above and beyond the call of duty,for me, it has to be overall - Gandalf.

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-22-2006, 04:10 PM

Gandalf was certainly changed, but I don't think he was as bad as Aragorn or Arwen.

smeagle · 02-20-2007, 06:42 PM

so would i what would he think??

12-22-2006, 07:29 AM	#1
captain carrot Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 138	well, there's a whole debate right there: which character would JRR have gone most nuts about ...and why? (in the film portrayals?) (btw ...i'll reserve the right to change my mind on this ...) but i think overall Gandalf would be, on balance, the main one that would have mild mannered jovial ol JRR frothing at the mouth and sharpening morgul knives this chiristmas! Faramir of course stands out like BIg red X for the full be-slippered Oxford bezerker treatment - but for overall mangling, above and beyond the call of duty,for me, it has to be overall - Gandalf. Last edited by captain carrot : 12-22-2006 at 09:42 AM.

12-22-2006, 04:10 PM	#2
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Gandalf was certainly changed, but I don't think he was as bad as Aragorn or Arwen. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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02-20-2007, 06:42 PM	#3
smeagle Sapling Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 5	so would i what would he think??