Peter Jackson Writes Legolas Into The Hobbit

[InsaneOne10]

Well just I hope it's done well.

Also, does anyone else get the idea of a female vigilante when they hear Legolas?

 

[LordOfTheDance]

I wish someone who actually liked and respected the books was making these movies.

 

[To_Sirius]

Stick to whats already written you moron. Tolkien is turning in his grave.

Step 1) Read the above posts.

Step 2) Read the novels.

Step 3) place your fingers together in an open palm position and apply it to your face.

@Tom Phoenix - you're right and I didn't even know they were including Frodo. That's more of a canon-violating risk than Legolas, by far; and yet still entirely plausable. Why oh why are people complaining so much about this.

 

[chaos order]

the three movies were FANTASTIC, I LOVED THEM, BRILLIANT, so i will definitely give him the benefit of the doubt

 

[spectrenihlus]

Does anyone know who will be playing Bard the bowman?

 

[Adventurer2626]

You know, I'm tired of trying to protect the lore by going over the plot with a fine-toothed comb and nit-picking everything. I say screw it, let's go for it! I'm all for reasonable artistic license, just watch how your characterization on Bard, Smaug, Beorn and so on goes. Also I expect, no, demand that

Spoiler: If this is a spoiler for you, go read the Hobbit NOW!

the goblins do a musical number while dragging the dwarves down to Goblin-Town and while lighting the trees on fire after they escape.

If you do not concede to my demands, terrible things will happen, Mr. Jackson, terrible things.

 

[Purple Shrimp]

But to be honest, I think Jackson has been handling these "non-canon" appearances quite well so far. Frodo is being included in a way that it doesn't conflict with the canon, so I am sure Legolas will be included in the same way.

Legolas' appearance is fine, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible for Frodo to appear in The Hobbit. He's 33 at the start of Fellowship and by my reckoning the Hobbit takes place about 80 years beforehand

 

[Bek359]

Well, Legolas is a Mirkwood elf, and we haven't been told that he was anywhere else at that time, so as long as he's only a minor character, I'll be fine with it. Yeah, I know why they're putting him in it. I just save up my rage for things that truly deserve it, so that it can be all the more potent at that point.

 

[drosalion]

People who complain about this seriously need to go back and actually.. u know.. read The Hobbit, as it makes every bit of sense that legolas would be included in Mirkwood.

On top of that, we dont know how exactly the movie will play out in terms of relating & connecting back to the LOTR trilogy. Frodo is also in The Hobbit movie, which makes no sense whatsoever in terms of that book alone, but there is obviously something going on that will connect The Hobbit movies and the LOTR trilogy together that we dont yet understand - of which also could be where legolas is featured.

 

[Moriarty]

Legolas' appearance is fine, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible for Frodo to appear in The Hobbit. He's 33 at the start of Fellowship and by my reckoning the Hobbit takes place about 80 years beforehand

It's all about framing. "The Hobbit" is a book by Bilbo Baggins and the whole story of the movie will be Bilbo reading the book to Frodo, if I recall correctly.

 

[To_Sirius]

But to be honest, I think Jackson has been handling these "non-canon" appearances quite well so far. Frodo is being included in a way that it doesn't conflict with the canon, so I am sure Legolas will be included in the same way.

Legolas' appearance is fine, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible for Frodo to appear in The Hobbit. He's 33 at the start of Fellowship and by my reckoning the Hobbit takes place about 80 years beforehand

This is true, though the film makers have admitted that they'll be showing a number of events which occurred between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which is why The Hobbit will span two films.

 

[Bon_Clay]

But to be honest, I think Jackson has been handling these "non-canon" appearances quite well so far. Frodo is being included in a way that it doesn't conflict with the canon, so I am sure Legolas will be included in the same way.

Legolas' appearance is fine, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible for Frodo to appear in The Hobbit. He's 33 at the start of Fellowship and by my reckoning the Hobbit takes place about 80 years beforehand

Someone else has already brought up how a cameo of him could actually make some sense.

not if its through Bilbo telling the story to Frodo and simply used to frame the story.

remember "The Hobbit" or "There and Back Again" is written by Blibo inside the larger story itself.

If thats all they do with Frodo I wouldn't really mind, it doesn't bother the real story and lets them have their precious tie-ins.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Speaking as someone who was so pissed off by what Jackson did to Faramir in The Two Towers that he still hasn't seen The Return of the King, I'm okay with this. Legolas is the son of the Wood Elves' king -- you know, the one who figured so heavily in the original The Hobbit book? It would honestly be weird if he didn't make at least a cameo. After all, the only reason Legolas wasn't in the book is because Tolkien hadn't come up with the character yet.

 

[AvsJoe]

If this is done well then I'm all for it. Orlando Bloom was one of the shining stars of the LotR series (sometimes literally) and I wouldn't mind seeing him portray Legolas again in a small role.

 

[ninja51]

They show up at his fathers (and by extension, his) kingdom. It REALLY wont be hard to write him in in some way. Trust in Jackson people!

 

[Peteron]

Thats great! It will be interesting to see him in The Hobbit!

 

[enriquetnt]

Bilbo lived for a lot of years after the events in the trilogy, so there is no logical reason to impede legolas, gandalf and gimly to go pay a visit to theyr hobbits friends, and frame the story from that point, heck, he could even do the scene all the way after the end of the second hobbit movie as a "surprise" as he telling the story (both legolas and gimly shouldnt know it) or even after bilbos and frodo,s departure Sam reading the book or something like that, sure is tacky but we KNOW they are in the movies so they have to fit them somewhere. and you cant simply shun off anithing thats not in the books, is impossible to make a 100% accurate book-film traslation

 

[Double A]

Considering Legolas is well over 60, and Bilbo visits Thranduil's court, I'm ok with this.

Oh, and because Legolas is awesome. Thank you, Peter Jackson, for giving me so many nerdgasms over the past decade.

 

[Nouw]

Apparently he's supposed to be in the book. Even if he wasn't, it's Peter Jackson. He'll do it right.

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Faith encouraged, thank you.

 

[Veloxe]

If it's just Bloom coming back as a different elf, I can deal with that. If it's him coming back as Legolas, I think part of my childhood just died. But then again I'm a bit obsessed with The Hobbit.