XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien
From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net
In rec.arts.books.tolkien Taemon wrote:
> On 21-1-2015 16:16, Wayne Brown wrote:
>> In alt.fan.tolkien Taemon wrote:
>>> On 21-1-2015 8:27, Sandman wrote:
>>>> In article , Taemon
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 20-1-2015 18:48, Sandman wrote:
>>>>>> These are the main things removed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. The entire Dol Goldur subplot, including everything with Radagast
>>>>>> 2. The Tauriel/Kili "love", indeed, Tauriel is entirely removed, as is
most
>>>>>> of Legolas scenes.
>>>>>> 3. Azog's scenes are greatly minimized
>>>>>> 4. A lot of superflous scenes from Lake Town, including the orc attack
>>>>>> 5. The parts with Ian Holm in the beginning and end
>>>>>> 6. A lot of orc encounters removed
>>>>>> 7. A lot of action scene trimming, like the barrel ride, and no more
molten
>>>>>> gold
>>>>>> 8. And a lot of "filler" scenes.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I liked the molten gold. I liked everything with that dragon. I was
>>>>> deeply disappointed when he died (yes, of course I knew that was
>>>>> coming). I liked Tauriel too.
>>>>
>>>> I think you're the only person I ever heard of that claims to have liked
>>>> the molten gold scene... :)
>>>
>>> A huge golden dragon. What's not to like?
>>
>> A huge golden dragon and a bunch of dwarves acting like they're on a
>> Disney theme park ride, doing ludicrous things that bear no resemblance
>> to anything in the book which the film supposedly represents. What's to
>> like?
>
> What dwarves? I didn't see any dwarves. There was a huge golden dragon
> on the screen.
Well, *someone* tricked him into getting all that gold dumped on him
and they looked like dwarves (and a hobbit) to me.
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F. Wayne Brown
Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg. ("That passed away, this also can.")
from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)
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