It sucks that the timing for this didn’t line up, because I always felt that Jim Carrey would have made a perfect Joker during his heyday (as opposed to The Riddler... blech).

I knew about colourism here too, obviously. I honestly had no idea about the calf thing though, and thanks for taking the time to correct me.

No, you know what? It’s good that you have big arms. It means you’re strong. Strong women are great. Good for you.

Wow, dude can sing. Terrible German pronunciation — and that’s coming from a francophone — but dude can sing.

[John Woo has entered the chat]

Heh, you just now clued me into the fact that Galadriel drives Númenór’s... uh... outcome forward. Obsession leading to consequences — God the writers are so fucking good at their jobs.

Imagine if Saruman really did kick it with the Harfoots for a while, had some adventures, but then had a heel turn which cemented his dismissive attitude towards them (and by extension Hobbits).

It’s unreal how many jokes they used to fit into just a 90 second scene.

Totally agree — I just feel that fleshing out Saruman’s relation to Hobbits would be much more interesting (because as things stand it’s not addressed in canon).

Casting’s the easy part for this kind of material. Writing’s the obscenely difficult part.

Not really. Relative to its past glory? Sure.

Appreciate the intel — this is some good analysis.

I’ve only heard second-hand accounts. I filter that shit out.

-1 MeowMeowBeanz

Real talk: I was disappointed that his cookbook wasn’t prominently featured in his eulogies.

That would be so obvious, though.  Plus given Adar being a huge misdirect, I do hope that it’s not Gandalf?  It would be so much more interesting if it was Saruman.

I hadn’t even considered the details beyond them having a broad canvas to paint. Like I figured they could do just about anything with the Blue Wizards, but sounds like you’re saying Amazon doesn’t have the rights?

Sony’s always... uh... present when it comes to notes. I feel like he was given free rein here, and it shows.

Mmmmmmmaybe? There’s like 5 Istari.