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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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Seems like every time I turn around, the TV's showing Dwarves and a Hobbit running from a dragon in a landscape littered with glittery coins. There are so many coins in DoS that Smaug can hide, undetected, beneath them. As the movie continues, we see multiple halls and rooms of Tolkien's fantasy filled with the same tokens.
The number and disposition of these coins is staggering, and each time I see the piles, I can't help but think about:
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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It's to prove a point, that money can accomplish anything...
...with CGI at its disposal. ![]() Or that.
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The Hobbit used up all the gold paint in New Zealand I thought that was a rather interesting tidbit of information when I first heard it. ![]()
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Nothing is good enough for some people! The piles of gold is the only thing where PJ stayed true to Tolkien's original vision - even if, typically, he got a little carried away.
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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Too true. Not sure what I'd do if there wasn't anything to complain about.
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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Complaining for complaining's sake is a basic human right.
NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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Is your lawn littered with gold coins?
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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No. Unfortunately, I have not subscribed to PJ's Lawn & Landscape Services.
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Or the New Zealand paint supply.
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Somehow the Appendices as published erroneously omit the entry 2952-2985: The Great Depression. Dwarven gold released from Smaug's horde causes hyperinflation and economic crashes across Middle-earth.
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