Peter Jackson Writes Legolas Into The Hobbit

[Jumwa]

Yes, Orlando Bloom created Legolas.

I know what he was trying to say, but the actual statement Jackson made just rankles regardless.

 

[Ashcrexl]

goddammit, he's so pretty. he made the rest of the movies look ugly. what are you up to, jackson? what is your game?

 

[dstreet121]

Part of the Hobbit takes place in Mirkwood. Legolas is the Prince of Mirkwood. As long as Legolas only shows up in Mirkwood I see no problem here. (Although I fear that he may be thrown in at the final battle of the Hobbit fighting with the elves).

Why would you fear that? His sons (or at least one of them) accompany Thranduil and his army of elves during those last scenes.

Your right, never mind. I forgot about that, proves what I know.

 

[sunburst]

This isn't a good idea but it won't have any impact on the quality of the film. Just pointless marketing to excite the average fans of the movies.

 

[Puzzlenaut]

Wonder if he will have pimples and braces...guess he was a rather young elf in lotr? so 60 years ago he should be teenagerish? ;P

By the time of LotR, Legolas is 700 years old so unless he spent the other 650 years as an infant, I doubt it
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Also, I think it would be really cool if he appeared just as an extra -- no camera to zoom in on him or anything, no lines and no badassery -- he should just stand about in a couple of moments and that should be it.

That would be cool.

 

[koroem]

Orlando Bloomin Onion makes movies bad.....

On the bright side, Mark Walburg might not be in the Uncharted movie with the director backing out, so maybe this is the universe balancing itself out?

 

[OhSnap]

...The reason I liked Jackson's LotR movies was because he was fairly faithful to the books. Understandably he had to cut some scenes (and completely ruined the character of Faramir, which I will never forgive him for -_-), but overall he stayed faithful.

I don't get why he would want to write in Legolas when he wasn't in the Hobbit. Don't get me wrong, I liked Bloom in the trilogy, but he has no place in the Hobbit. Unless it's like a 5 minute kind of hanging out in the background thing.

I'm just a stickler for details like that though.

 

[To_Sirius]

I am a pretty hardcore fan of Tolkien's original works - and I have to say - writing Legolas in isn't that huge of a departure or that infeasible in the continuity of the events of the Hobbit. Bilbo goes to the halls of Thranduil for goodness sake.

Several of Peter Jackson's alterations to The Lord of the Rings (e.g. Arwen, Osgiliath, Gandalf's confrontation with the Witch King, the ridiculousness that Treebeard wouldn't know what Saruman was up to in his own forest, etc., etc.) were much more inflammatory than this and, even so, I'll be the first to argue that Mr. Jackson has handled enough of the content from the books with deference and respect to warrant a few liberties like this here and there.

Still, all will be forgiven if he includes Beorn

Beorn is confirmed and will be played by Mikael Persbrandt.
*nerdgasm*

 

[Gladiateher]

Sigh... I am disappoint after busting out such a great trilogy who'd a thunk Pete would sink so low.

 

[iblis666]

This whole article is pointless. While he's not mentioned by name, he is infact mentioned in the book; as he is a Prince of Mirkwood and his father plays a MASSIVE part in the third act. I recall the book mentioning Thranduil's sons specifically. In fact, I even recall a quote where Thranduil says something along the lines of Bilbo being more deserving of the title of "Prince" than his sons, who happen to be standing next to him.
Call me a hardcore hobbit nerd, but those idiots on facebook don't know what they are talking about.

was thinking the exact same thing, people need to read the damn book before they go off on a character being where they think he shouldnt be. Hell i think the only knowledge of the hobbit is what they hear from others and maybe seeing the cartoon years ago.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

An 'iconic character'? Bloom, without a doubt one of the worst overactors out there right now, came to a character in the books who comes across as a mild mannered, articulate ponce, who largely fights from a distance, and with the aid of gratuitous special effects turned him into a brooding, unsubtle lout who pulls off all kinds of ridiculous ninja moves in battle. It was without a doubt the single worst part of the trilogy for me, in an adaptation that I overall enjoyed.

Knowing Jackson, he'll find a way to shoehorn some more Shaolin monk style combat with Bloom into the films, probably during the Battle of the Five Armies, and it will stick out like a rhinoceros in drag.

 

[coheedswicked]

Wonder if he will have pimples and braces...guess he was a rather young elf in lotr? so 60 years ago he should be teenagerish? ;P

Um... no. Legolas is stated as being far older than Gimli, who was 139 in LOTR.

 

[EvilPicnic]

What's wrong with this? Legolas is a prince of Mirkwood, and Mirkwood featrures very heavilky in The Hobbit. No, Legolas is not mentioned by name, but it is almost sillier to assume that he wasn't there. he could be any one of many unnamed characters who appear. As a Tolkein fan I think this is a very good thing, thankyouverymuch.

 

[Giest4life]

This could be interesting. BUT WHY?

 

[To_Sirius]

An 'iconic character'? Bloom, without a doubt one of the worst overactors out there right now, came to a character in the books who comes across as a mild mannered, articulate ponce, who largely fights from a distance, and with the aid of gratuitous special effects turned him into a brooding, unsubtle lout who pulls off all kinds of ridiculous ninja moves in battle. It was without a doubt the single worst part of the trilogy for me, in an adaptation that I overall enjoyed.

Knowing Jackson, he'll find a way to shoehorn some more Shaolin monk style combat with Bloom into the films, probably during the Battle of the Five Armies, and it will stick out like a rhinoceros in drag.

Stick out over the GIANT BEAR?

@iblis666 /agree. It seems the media as a whole are trying to find little flaws in a film that only just begun shooting.

 

[Bon_Clay]

I've read the Hobbit twice but both times were over a decade ago so I can't remember it very well. As far as movie meddling goes, this isn't too bad. Its actually plausible to the story, he could've been in some scenes of the book without anyone knowing who he is since it takes place before LOTR. He's a bloody elf, he's old as hell but still gets to keep his pretty boy face, that's the point of being an elf.

So I'm not worried. I'm still looking forward to it, and I think I will enjoy the Hobbit adaptations even more than the LOTR trilogy.

 

[Futurenerd]

wasnt the hobbit originally its own story that was retconned into the LOTR universe? i suppose (hope) that legolas is part of jackson trying to add more connectivity to the LOTR movies, though im wary that its just pointless fanservice because orlando/legolas is popular.

The opposite. The Hobbit was written first, and then LOTR was kind of a follow up. That's why there's no ring-wraiths in The Hobbit; He hadn't come up with them yet.

 

[omicron1]

In other news, Paul the Apostle has been added to the movie rendition of the book of Matthew.

Yeah, not a big fan of this. Of course, if they're keeping the "two movies, one of which focuses on Gandalf's off-screen adventures" approach, it's nothing new, but... seriously, Peter, didn't you learn from the Trilogy? Don't mess with the book more than you have to, and people will love you for it!

 

[icame]

In perter jackson I trust. Just make it good.

 

[Giest4life]

wasnt the hobbit originally its own story that was retconned into the LOTR universe? i suppose (hope) that legolas is part of jackson trying to add more connectivity to the LOTR movies, though im wary that its just pointless fanservice because orlando/legolas is popular.

The opposite. The Hobbit was written first, and then LOTR was kind of a follow up. That's why there's no ring-wraiths in The Hobbit; He hadn't come up with them yet.

Both of you are correct. After the success of the LotR, Mr. Tolkien did change (some) chronology of events, added dialogue, and edited some passages from the original publication of the Hobbit.