General Hobbit Movie Info (AVOID IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS)

Post by **Dave_LF** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:42 am

Hi-res version:
http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image ... 341600.jpg

Is it just me (and someone at TORN), or does Bifur have an axehead embedded in his forehead?

Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:44 am

There even seems to be some blood! What is with that?

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:52 am

I honestly can't tell what's going on with his forehead. It's very odd looking.

In a more positive note, I love Bofur's facial hair and hair necklace and will now endeavor to match his style.

Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:55 am

I think you mean Bombur. I'm sure we will be getting a lot of that type of thing over the next few years.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:57 am

Voronwë the Faithful wrote:There even seems to be some blood! What is with that?

Apparently he got whomped with a throwing axe and they couldn't get it out, so they just broke the handle off and left it there.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:59 am

The folly of youth! Although it would take 20 or 30 years even for a Dwarf to grow something like that. (You do mean Bombur, right?)

But that is very odd, that forehead thing.

I've decided I kind of like Bofur's roguish smile.

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:01 am

Oops, yes, I meant Bombur. I like him. I'm kinda chuckling just looking at him, but in a good way.

Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:26 am

Here's the gang so far (thanks to Pipe Dream at TORN):

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170 ... egang2.jpg

If that is accurate, Kili is a head taller than some of the others. Not liking that at all.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:45 am

Kili's less than a head taller than the shortest other Dwarf in the picture, Bofur. That much variation, and more, is common in humans, even in any ordinary group of human men or women; why would it be wrong for Dwarves? My grandmother didn't even stand as tall as my shoulder; I'm not as tall as the shoulder of my best friend's son.

The range of height of adult Hobbits, 2 to 4 feet according to Tolkien, is even more extreme. Why should Dwarves all be the same height?

Post by **Elentári** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:56 am

Now that's more like it - working-class dwarves!!!

We can see where the humour's going to come from with ths lot...and that ladle DEFINITELY looks like it's been photoshopped in! I wonder if someone's having a joke on us with these staged shots?

ETA: here's another, even better group photo courtesy of RichieRich on TORn. He's lightened it so the colours show up better, and the figures are in a different arrangement so that actually Kili blends in a bit better. Still think his look is wrong, though...

http://i51.tinypic.com/v63zfk.jpg

Post by **axordil** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:35 pm

Now see, Bombur's cast-iron ladle/spoon thing worries me much more than Kili's appearance. It has "cringe-worthy slapstick humor" written all over it.

"Spoon!"

Post by **kzer_za** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:27 pm

Humor like "Bombur had grown so fat that he couldn't walk to the kitchen table and had to be carried by six dwarves"?

Honestly, that bit in LotR is as low as any Gimli joke in the movies.

Perhaps Bombur will be the group's cook? It would make sense...

Post by **Dave_LF** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:54 pm

Voronwë the Faithful wrote:If that is accurate, Kili is a head taller than some of the others. Not liking that at all.

Is the actor a head taller than the others? If not, they just Photoshopped it wrong.

Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:57 pm

Elentári wrote:ETA: here's another, even better group photo courtesy of RichieRich on TORn. He's lightened it so the colours show up better, and the figures are in a different arrangement so that actually Kili blends in a bit better. Still think his look is wrong, though...

http://i51.tinypic.com/v63zfk.jpg

That's much better!

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:32 pm

So who's left to be revealed? It's terribly lazy of me not to figure it out for myself, but I have no shame.

Post by **kzer_za** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:37 pm

Dwalin, Balin, and Thorin. I'm guessing it'll be the first two today and Thorin tomorrow. They might start on the non-dwarves after that, but probably not immediately.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:40 pm

Makes sense. I knew Thorin was still to come and figured him for the last big reveal.

I think they were smart to start with the Dwarves, two or three at a time. We gee— uhh, extremely interested people have been able to really absorb the differences among them.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:57 pm

Hopefully they will also release a good group photo once all 13 have been revealed.

Post by **Elentári** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:17 pm

Well, we finally have a hi-res photo of Fili and Kili...

Fili looks great but we can clearly see that Kili has no beard, merely the Aragorn designer stubble, I'm afraid.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:22 pm

Does Fili have the right half of his mustache stuck in his coat or something? That looks painful!