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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoYes, elves in the books are a lot more… human. They feast, they sing, they dance, they do stupid things, they prank each other. If anything they seem the most playful race. Shit, in The Hobbit, a soldier on duty gets so drunk that he passes out, allowing Bilbo and the Dwarves are able to escape in barrels. PJ very much took the Elves and said “let’s make them into Star Trek Vulcans!”
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-213 hours agoI’d say Tolkien is a bit inconsistent in how he portrays elves. In The Hobbit, they are more like frolicking, dancing and singing pixies and in LotR they are more ethereal and aloof like fey. Jackson chose to stick to the fey aspect.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoAren’t the elves from The Hobbit also a different group? It could just be that they are frolicking weirdos compared to Elrond’s and Galadriel’s elves.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoIt’s literally Elrond in The Hobbit as far as I recall.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI think they’re referring to the Wood Elves they encounter on their way through Mirkwood.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoWell, Elrond was there in the beginning. Bilbo and the dwarves passed through Rivendel.
Yes, elves in the books are a lot more… human.
They feast, they sing, they dance, they do stupid things, they prank each other. If anything they seem the most playful race.
Shit, in The Hobbit, a soldier on duty gets so drunk that he passes out, allowing Bilbo and the Dwarves are able to escape in barrels.
PJ very much took the Elves and said “let’s make them into Star Trek Vulcans!”
I’d say Tolkien is a bit inconsistent in how he portrays elves. In The Hobbit, they are more like frolicking, dancing and singing pixies and in LotR they are more ethereal and aloof like fey.
Jackson chose to stick to the fey aspect.
Aren’t the elves from The Hobbit also a different group? It could just be that they are frolicking weirdos compared to Elrond’s and Galadriel’s elves.
It’s literally Elrond in The Hobbit as far as I recall.
I think they’re referring to the Wood Elves they encounter on their way through Mirkwood.
Well, Elrond was there in the beginning. Bilbo and the dwarves passed through Rivendel.