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Lotrelf · 05-28-2014, 02:42 AM

I saw on Facebook that Thorin is NOT going to be killed in the third Hobbit movie. This article is what I found as a proof. If this is true, I guess it's a horrible change [although there are many]. Do any of you know if this is true or not?

Zigûr · 05-28-2014, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Lotrelf

I saw on Facebook that Thorin is NOT going to be killed in the third Hobbit movie. This article is what I found as a proof. If this is true, I guess it's a horrible change [although there are many]. Do any of you know if this is true or not?

Don't worry Lotrelf. I'm pretty sure this is just unsubstantiated rumour mongering. I believe Richard Armitage has stated in interviews that Thorin definitely still dies at the end of the story - if anyone can find a link that would be useful, I haven't got the time at hand to find one.

As for Smaug leading the armies of Orcs in the final battle, well, I pray that doesn't come true but I'm worried.

Lotrelf · 05-28-2014, 03:43 AM

I've heard about the interview too, and hopefully they don't depart from the original story as they have already done. Not that I want Thorin dead, it's just this is how Professor wrote him and no one else has right to do anything with that- especially for money.
As for Smaug thingy, I haven't finished the book yet, so I am not sure what should I say or think, but will do it soon. I hope your fear doesn't come true.

Nerwen · 05-28-2014, 05:15 AM

Lotrelf, the article you link is just paraphrasing another, which in turn makes some vague claims in the passive voice ("it has been reported" etc.) and cites as its only source an unnamed "website". I wouldn't take any of this too seriously.

-Mind you, practically every other time we've dismissed a rumour about these films as a hoax it's turned out to be true, so let's not get too complacent...

Mithalwen · 05-28-2014, 06:06 AM

Before I got fed up and unjoined, there was a screamingly funny thread on the Tolkien soc faceache group in response to someone with a petition that Thorin be spared. In it Thorin became Schrödinger's dwarf.

Nothing would surprise me as to the changes Jackson is prepared to make and even justify as respecting Tolkien, in the teeth of the evidence. And we already have Schrödinger's elf (Haldìr).

tom the eldest · 05-28-2014, 07:36 AM

No offense,but who schrödinger?

Lotrelf · 05-28-2014, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

Lotrelf, the article you link is just paraphrasing another, which in turn makes some vague claims in the passive voice ("it has been reported" etc.) and cites as its only source an unnamed "website". I wouldn't take any of this too seriously.

-Mind you, practically every other time we've dismissed a rumour about these films as a hoax it's turned out to be true, so let's not get too complacent...

Jeez! I hope what you're saying is true, and the rumour doesn't end up being true too. I think PJ has already made TS members unhappy by giving the movies "his touch". Is he really ready to take another blame on him?
Your rumour being true makes me feel there should be thread entitled "That awkward moment when..." and everyone should reply their "awkward" memories or something.
Like: "That awkward moment when Legolas got bruised fighting with the Orcs." xD
and "That awkward moment when the false news of Thorin's life [being spared] became true."
Mithalwen, are you talking about the scientist Schr0‹2dinger? Please let me know.

Mithalwen · 05-28-2014, 09:58 AM

Yes, and his paradox of the cat being both alive and dead ... and I am aware it is. A lot more complicated than that but ....

05-28-2014, 02:42 AM	#1
Lotrelf Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 265	Is Thorin to remain alive? I saw on Facebook that Thorin is NOT going to be killed in the third Hobbit movie. This article is what I found as a proof. If this is true, I guess it's a horrible change [although there are many]. Do any of you know if this is true or not? __________________ A short saying oft contains much wisdom. ~Sophocles

05-28-2014, 03:43 AM	#3
Lotrelf Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 265	I've heard about the interview too, and hopefully they don't depart from the original story as they have already done. Not that I want Thorin dead, it's just this is how Professor wrote him and no one else has right to do anything with that- especially for money. As for Smaug thingy, I haven't finished the book yet, so I am not sure what should I say or think, but will do it soon. I hope your fear doesn't come true. __________________ A short saying oft contains much wisdom. ~Sophocles

05-28-2014, 05:15 AM	#4
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Lotrelf, the article you link is just paraphrasing another, which in turn makes some vague claims in the passive voice ("it has been reported" etc.) and cites as its only source an unnamed "website". I wouldn't take any of this too seriously. -Mind you, practically every other time we've dismissed a rumour about these films as a hoax it's turned out to be true, so let's not get too complacent... __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

05-28-2014, 06:06 AM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Before I got fed up and unjoined, there was a screamingly funny thread on the Tolkien soc faceache group in response to someone with a petition that Thorin be spared. In it Thorin became Schrödinger's dwarf. Nothing would surprise me as to the changes Jackson is prepared to make and even justify as respecting Tolkien, in the teeth of the evidence. And we already have Schrödinger's elf (Haldìr). __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-28-2014, 07:36 AM	#6
tom the eldest Wight Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: far away,in the southern arda Posts: 153	No offense,but who schrödinger? __________________ Fly,you fools!-gandalf,the bridge of khazad dûm

05-28-2014, 09:58 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Yes, and his paradox of the cat being both alive and dead ... and I am aware it is. A lot more complicated than that but .... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace