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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] My point, Rev, is that that "creepiness" is an artifact of the last few hundred years of Western European culture alone, and not even all of that. The upper class knew they made it up to keep the peasants in line, and have happily ignored it. The only people on th eplanet for whom it's creepy are those who come from a tradition of adhering to the precepts of the Catholic Church and its decendents on secular matters (i.e., those decended from the middle and lower classes in the Middle Ages). It's important to examine all of our beliefs from time to time, especially the ones we don't think to question. ;) But it's okay that you can't think of your step-neice in those terms (that's a closer degree of relationship than cousins, though, and genetically dodgy). I don't like the thought of eating grasshoppers, even though there are lots of cultures where it's perfectly ordinary. *track change* Only problem with that is that most of the party were at least mildly significant characters and would warrant casting probably on the level of Merry and Pippin and Samwise. Not necessarily local talent. But also not excluding local talent. I [i]do[/i] think Brian Blessed would be great as Beorn, though. For the Dwarves, appearance almost doesn't matter, so maybe we should look to the pool of voice actors. John Rhys-Davis sort of straddles that line himself... Have I seen anyone suggest Geoffrey Rush as Thorin? I think he's got a good face for it, as well as his voice. And for some reason I have no trouble seeing/hearing Patrick Warburton as Bard. o_O *lol* --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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