Shieldmaiden
Rohan warrior
Shield maiden of Rohan
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Post by Shieldmaiden on Nov 24, 2003 1:17:04 GMT
I don't really think it matters who played Glorfindel he just should have been there!
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Post by MirkwoodArcher on Nov 24, 2003 1:40:33 GMT
Well said! There's a Glorfindel shaped hole. They should have tried to fill it
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Post by River Daughter on Dec 5, 2003 17:08:22 GMT
True true. I can see the point of view of a non-lotr fan though and it might be pretty confusing with so many blond elves, oh well now we'll never know....
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Dec 8, 2003 19:32:54 GMT
Glorfindel is so cool! I freaked when they replased him with LIV TYLER!!!! No offence to anyone who likes Liv, I just wish they had Glorfindel! Jack
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Post by Marieke on Dec 8, 2003 19:37:03 GMT
I read on another site, that they left Glorfindel out, because the viewers would expect too much of him. He saves Frodo from the nazgul, but he isn't joining the Fellowship, and that would let the viewers down. But I don't see why Arwen could save him. Why shouldn't the viewers expect more of Arwen?
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Ainulindale
Friend of Rohan
May the Horse be with you.
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Post by Ainulindale on Dec 8, 2003 20:13:57 GMT
Movies are a lot about character development, more so than books sometimes. It is pointless to put in characters that do not hold a part in the actual story, or do not come out again after performing one heroic deed. That's why Bombadil, Gildor Inglorin and Gorfindel were cast aside to make way for more seemingly unnecessary development of people like Arwen and Faramir. Saving Frodo is one of the highlights of FOTR, and that part has to be taken on by someone important in the story. You could have Legolas, just like Bakshi's cartoon version of LOTR, or Arwen, which is what PJ did.
Viewers have very high expectations of Arwen- that's why so many fans are disapponted with the way things turned out. In adaptations, fans can't have everything I guess. We are very likely to be let down in more ways than one.
I wonder who they would have cast as Glorfindel, if he were in the movie. Maybe Sean Biggerstaff? A short elf with a cute accent.
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Dec 19, 2003 19:16:47 GMT
I read on another site, that they left Glorfindel out, because the viewers would expect too much of him. He saves Frodo from the nazgul, but he isn't joining the Fellowship, and that would let the viewers down. But I don't see why Arwen could save him. Why shouldn't the viewers expect more of Arwen? Ooooh! That makes me mad!! Jack
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Post by Galadeth Greenleaf on Dec 23, 2003 19:55:31 GMT
Of course! But I do not know who could be played him...
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Post by River Daughter on Dec 24, 2003 10:39:30 GMT
Probably a relatively unknown actor, I can't think of someone who could fit the character as well as the actors in the movies did.
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Dec 26, 2003 2:31:11 GMT
Yes anyone!!! Just get him in there!
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Post by River Daughter on Jan 1, 2004 17:36:00 GMT
Lol I think we've got another Glorfindel fangirl over here! ;D
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Post by Jack Sparrow on Jan 5, 2004 3:07:04 GMT
No I am officaly a Grima/ Aragorn fan. Odd combo but true...
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Post by River Daughter on Jan 9, 2004 23:04:32 GMT
Yep sounds right to me
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Post by LadyOfRohan on Feb 19, 2004 17:27:01 GMT
They really should have put him in!!! It doesn't matter who plays him, he just really should have been there!!!! He was one of my fav characters...
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Post by Mirkgirl on Feb 20, 2004 21:05:25 GMT
Well I understand why Glorfindel was waste of time as a character introduction... I understand why Arwen got some extra screen time... what I cannot understand is "A ranger caught off his guard" (or something like that)... that scene makes me want to puke more than Gimli's "humour"...
So no, I don't think that Glorfindel was all that important for the movie... and I'll be the first vote against too... go me against the popular opinion again.
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