My fellow Tolkien dorks!

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The Iron Hills Dwarf army has arrived. Armored, mounted and filthy.

TO VICTORY! :cheers:

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Corbin said:
I love the Hobbit but always felt this was more breath taking and heart stopping..
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Agreed.

As the series went on, seemed like the fight scenes became more and more overwrought and fantastical.. (i.e., a dwarf doing a double 360 in the air, then a pirouette, then splits 4 arrows in midair, then lands on his feet).

IMHO, the fight scenes are more exciting when they are plausibly realistic. Sure, give me dwarves and elves and giant armored ram-beasts... but have them move in semi-normal ways, ok?
 
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To demonstrate the level of my LOTR dorkery:
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fearsomefour said:
Our shortest guy is Natson....but he seems more like an elf.
Beware the necrmancer.
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Dude, Natson would be a pretty scrawny elf. Tolkien elves were taller than men, at least the High Elves anyway. Yeah LOL I'm a Tolkien nerd. And yeah the Battle of Five Armies was a little over the top, they took way too much creative license.
 
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JonRam99 said:
Dude, Natson would be a pretty scrawny elf. Tolkien elves were taller than men, at least the High Elves anyway. Yeah LOL I'm a Tolkien nerd. And yeah the Battle of Five Armies was a little over the top, they took way too much creative license.
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So, not a dwarf and not an elf. Just a small man.
I loved the movies over all but I agree with the battle scene comment.
 
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I read Tolkien for the first time when I was about 12, and I reread the entire series every few years. When I saw The Fellowship of the Ring in the theater, the opening scenes of Hobbiton literally brought tears to my eyes; it was EXACTLY how it appeared in my minds eye. Years ago, I told my son the Hobbit from memory, while we were on a long drive. Ya, I'm a Tolkien geek :)
 
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