Oburi
All praise Grail
Walter said:I'm not a fan of this either, but I bet Galadriel will just do narration, like in the intro for Jackson's LotR. As for Legolas ... I don't remember there being any elephants for him to dance on in The Hobbit.
Well as I said (and being a fan of the series) I'm much more opposed to Galadriel being in The Hobbit rather than Legolas. I mean, I always had a feeling that had Legolas' character been created at the time The Hobbit was written,he would have been included in there. But since he wasn't, Tolkien connected him to the Lord of the Rings by having him be the son of the King of the Wood Elves. Legolas is indeed old enough to easily have been there when Bilbo and the rest of the group arrived in Mirkwood. I can totally imagine scenes where Legolas would be invloved. For example, when Bilbo and the group sneak by a group of wood elves to make their escape, Legolas could be one of those elves (who I believe were drinking and playing games, which would be a great contrast to the scene in the Return of The King where he was drinking with Gimli). Or prehaps he could be one the elves leading the wood elves into battle during the Battle of Five Armies ( it would make sense given that he is the prince). It really wouldn't be altering the story that much at all. My only fear is if they take his character further than that and maybe replace another character (like Bard, whose one of my favorite) and make Legolas the one who defeats Smog. THat would be utterly deavasting to the story. And yea Walter, it would also be annoying if he got some major action scenes that ruin the battle. Other than that, I don't have a problem him being inlcuded, a small part is pretty interesting I think.