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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    Stan Brown  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:41:56 -0800 (PST), calvin wrote:   
   > >   
   > > On Dec 13, 8:56 pm, Stan Brown  wrote:   
   > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:09:55 -0000, Tahiri wrote:   
   > > > > Kili is far too good looking for a dwarf.   
   > > >   
   > > > Too tall also. :-)   
   > > >   
   > > > He played the sexy vampire Mitchell in the first three seasons of   
   > > > /Being Human/.   
   > >   
   > > In a preview, Thorin looks like a man.  I don't believe Tolkien's   
   > > conception of dwarves was of them looking like men.   
   >   
   > Shorter and thicker, I think.  I picture them as kind of at the   
   > extreme "stocky" end of the spectrum, maybe not recognizably non-   
   > human to you or me but definitely not typical human.   
   >   
   > I haven't seen Jackson's version of /The Hobbit/ (and I don't intend   
   > to), but I will say that in Jackson's LotR part 1 he did make Rhys-   
   > Davies look like a believable dwarf.   
      
   There are several dwarves in the Thorin company that looks nothing   
   like Gimli, and more man-like. Fili and Kili for certain, and Thorin   
   as well. Shorter, maybe a bit wider and a larger nose, but most   
   certainly man-like. Presumably, this makes him look more hero-like   
   rather than funny-dwarf-like.   
      
      
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