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Old 06-13-2007, 05:54 PM   #1
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Tolkien Hobbit Hair!

What's your take on it?

Many artists depict it extremely short and curly like little cherubs with Hobbit features...others like Jackson (in which I prefer) depict it long and curly.

How do you see Hobbit hair?
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Old 06-13-2007, 06:08 PM   #2
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The Hobbit describes the hair on their feet as similar to "the stuff on their heads (which is curly)". I would expect your first description to be accurate.
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Old 06-15-2007, 09:42 AM   #3
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Old 06-15-2007, 12:34 PM   #4
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I just see it as messy hair - neither dead curly nor straight.

I absolutely HATE these depictions of Hobbits of useless, dumpy, ugly little cabbage patch kids. They make me yak. Not only are they supremely unattractive but they demean the Hobbits. Yeah, we know they are little people, so why lay it on with a trowel? I'm thinking of those grotesque Hildegard Brothers drawings - or however you spell their name. Vile.

One of the things Jackson did get right was to simply show them as smaller and more eccentric Men.
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Old 06-15-2007, 02:03 PM   #5
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I agree with Lal. Hobbits aren't teddybears.

As to their hair's length, I guess it depends on the hobbit...
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Old 06-17-2007, 08:54 PM   #6
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I absolutely HATE these depictions of Hobbits of useless, dumpy, ugly little cabbage patch kids. They make me yak. Not only are they supremely unattractive but they demean the Hobbits. Yeah, we know they are little people, so why lay it on with a trowel? I'm thinking of those grotesque Hildegard Brothers drawings - or however you spell their name. Vile.

One of the things Jackson did get right was to simply show them as smaller and more eccentric Men.
Agreed! I especially dislike Ingrid something's depictions of them.
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Old 06-18-2007, 09:24 PM   #7
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I think Jackson's representation was great. It was made out of Yak hair, and neither too messy nor too kempt. Not too dirty, but not some glossy girly mop either.
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