Good day all. In light of recent posts, I submit a poll. What do we think about different shades of Hobbit (multi-ethnic representation) in the film presently in development?
Poll: Hobbits, Colour and Your Vote
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I have absolutely no problem with it. As long as the actors pull their own weight and have some real interest in their roles, I couldn't care less about colour in my movies.
I judge the acting, not the face.
I judge the acting, not the face.
The Hobbits should be blue with white hats and breeches, and stand no taller than three apples high.
The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy was supposed a fiction based loosely around Europe, traditionally Europe consisted of mostly White Anglo Saxton people. So no, I do not believe they should have a diverse cast of hobbits.
Also in the 3 movies they had mostly white hobbits so they should keep that if only for consistencies sake.
Also in the 3 movies they had mostly white hobbits so they should keep that if only for consistencies sake.
I don't have a problem with different races but it does take away from the original picture of the hobbits to make them anything other than pale white. I also don't think it's racism but instead just acting.
I don't consider it to be a big deal if there were darker hobbits. It's not particularly important within the mythos, nor is it canonically explained why hobbits are pale. If the color of the hobbits ever really impacted the story then I might take issue. It's a bigger break from story telling every time I see a supposed "homeless" or "poor" person with a Hollywood smile. Because there's a reason why homeless and poor people don't have Hollywood smiles.
If anything, skinny hobbits make less sense than darker hobbits. Within the cannon anyway, as hobbits are sorta portrayed as being fat due to their fondness for eating. Word of God even says that hobbits are supposed to large in the stomach and round in the face. Elijah Wood is neither of these, but a fantastic hobbit nonetheless.
If anything, skinny hobbits make less sense than darker hobbits. Within the cannon anyway, as hobbits are sorta portrayed as being fat due to their fondness for eating. Word of God even says that hobbits are supposed to large in the stomach and round in the face. Elijah Wood is neither of these, but a fantastic hobbit nonetheless.
The fact there is ANY controversy over this whole thing is fucking ridiculous, Hobbits are light skinned are they not? It's not a racial issue when the story is written as the people being a certain race or look, other races shouldn't be considered just because someone made a big deal over the fact that someone was casting the characters as they should be casted.
The only hobbits in the Hobbit are in the Shire.
And the Shire has been pretty much showcased in Lord of the Rings, and there weren't really any dark skinned hobbits shown.
So if they add dark skinned hobbits, either they're adding hobbits that were never in the book (from other places), or we are left to assume in the years between the movies, all of the black hobbits were killed.
And the Shire has been pretty much showcased in Lord of the Rings, and there weren't really any dark skinned hobbits shown.
So if they add dark skinned hobbits, either they're adding hobbits that were never in the book (from other places), or we are left to assume in the years between the movies, all of the black hobbits were killed.
A chap over in another forum claimed in Tolkien there is a clan of Hobbits (Harfoots) that are brown. How brown? Well it isn't really specified apparently. Perhaps we need hairy Bulgarian or Turkish actors to represent the Harfoots.
I am personally in agreement with Easy Street and Antonidious, but, other opinions are possible; and it sure is a contested topic given it blurs into race and possible racism. Then again, what fate has befallen stories and films if they cannot have fair-skinned actors representing a small, isolated northern people in a cool, temperate climate. The creed of PC always finds a way to barge in.
I am personally in agreement with Easy Street and Antonidious, but, other opinions are possible; and it sure is a contested topic given it blurs into race and possible racism. Then again, what fate has befallen stories and films if they cannot have fair-skinned actors representing a small, isolated northern people in a cool, temperate climate. The creed of PC always finds a way to barge in.
As sure as Elves can have blue, black, grey, brown, white, yellow, & peach skin. Why not Hobbits too?
Attention World:
HOBBITS ARE MYTHICAL CREATURES.
If Tolkien decided that they were all pale skin then why break from canon? They don't exist. By the same question I could ask "why there are no black unicorns"? The answer; because whoever made up unicorns made them white. Deal with it.
Imagine if say, the Chinese movie Assembly (which was quite good by the way) which depicts the Chinese civil war was chastised by the people for not having black and white characters in it. That would be ridiculous, and this is a war that actually god damn happened.
When we're fighting that made up shit from 1937 (that's 73 years) isn't politically diverse enough I think we're officially just picking fights for no other reason than to have one. I mean, fuck why not just re-write H.G. Well's The Time Machine to include an ethic rainbow of people from all over the world?
HOBBITS ARE MYTHICAL CREATURES.
If Tolkien decided that they were all pale skin then why break from canon? They don't exist. By the same question I could ask "why there are no black unicorns"? The answer; because whoever made up unicorns made them white. Deal with it.
Imagine if say, the Chinese movie Assembly (which was quite good by the way) which depicts the Chinese civil war was chastised by the people for not having black and white characters in it. That would be ridiculous, and this is a war that actually god damn happened.
When we're fighting that made up shit from 1937 (that's 73 years) isn't politically diverse enough I think we're officially just picking fights for no other reason than to have one. I mean, fuck why not just re-write H.G. Well's The Time Machine to include an ethic rainbow of people from all over the world?