tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post3964061755125519700..comments2024-03-28T02:54:01.244-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: Thoughts on The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyAkrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-32310786875461954642013-01-25T06:52:53.859-05:002013-01-25T06:52:53.859-05:00Only thing I'll say about the tone, is that To...Only thing I'll say about the tone, is that Tolkien hanged the Hobbit to fit LoTR, and delayed RoYtK to get material linking the two ino the appendices. Having read the Unfinished Tales versions Thorin does stand on his pride and kepping him out of the meeting until the silliness is finished (a change) helps form that image in the film.<br /><br />Radagast. Don't mind the Rabbits, could live without the bird droppings or stick insect, but when it came to it in a fight, he handled it, and he made the wee kids laugh, so no Jar JarSpoonbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680044634371035348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-85535844127873301372013-01-25T04:22:45.244-05:002013-01-25T04:22:45.244-05:00yet the portrait of Radagast made me remember some...yet the portrait of Radagast made me remember something read a long time ago, I tought it was from some of the various appendices... now you make me doubt my memory (read it more than 20 years ago). I found more disturbing Gandalf breaking the stone in the troll scene.Fabio Milito Pagliarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043436735116048822noreply@blogger.com