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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3246 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film Reply #15 - Apr 13^th, 2013 at 6:31am Gnomes? Tolkien is spinning in his grave!
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monoid Junior Member Offline Slinging Really Rocks! Posts: 98 Novosibirsk region, Russia Gender:	Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film Reply #16 - Apr 13^th, 2013 at 6:34am Yes, they are dwarves, but Russian translation uses same word as "gnome"
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Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film
Reply #17 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:44am

Tomas wrote on Apr 11^th, 2013 at 8:48am:

I didn't like the hobbit near as much as lotr. It was too much Disney fluff for a devoted fan like myself!
Hopefully there is more slinging footage in the upcoming movies!!

I, for one, expected this. If you compare the books of the Hobbit with LOTR it seems pretty obvious that even Tolkien was writing for a less devoted or sophisticated audience. I kinda think of the Hobbit as Tolkien's version of a Tween - Teen Book...
The thing that got under my skin with this movie was the Goblin King's last words... Almost killed the rest of the movie for me actually...

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Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film
Reply #18 - Apr 16^th, 2013 at 3:07am

Mick wrote on Apr 11^th, 2013 at 1:45am:

Nor I. I'll wait 'til all three movies are made, and on DVD. Much cheaper to do that, than pay for three trips to the cinema. And what I don't get, is why "the Hobbit" takes three movies when it's just two skinny, little books, but LOTR is three thick books and only warrants one DVD/movie per book?!?!

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Money aside, it's because 3 hours is hardly enough time to do each book justice

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Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film
Reply #19 - Apr 18^th, 2013 at 11:12am

Watched it again last night, I found it interesting that the oldest dwarf was the one to use the sling while the youngest was using a slingshot. I wonder if the age vs which type of weapon used was a conscious decision by Hollywood? Since they had both, at least they would have realized they aren't the same thing; sling vs. sling shot. I wonder if Tolkien as boy would have had a sling?

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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3520 UK	Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film Reply #20 - Apr 18^th, 2013 at 2:45pm The sling isnt mentioned at all in anything by Tolkien, to the best of my knowledge.
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film Reply #21 - Apr 18^th, 2013 at 3:11pm I think Tolkien threw rocks by hand as a kid. He mentions Bilbo having a good throwing arm and chucking stones at birds but no sling. Elven bowmen were the snipers in his books. I bet they would have been great slingers having all the ages of the world to hone their skills
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SchlrFtrRkMystc Junior Member Offline I want what all men want... I just want it more Posts: 65 Southern California Gender:	Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film Reply #22 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 3:35am It's never mentioned or shown anywhere else... and we never see a stone or bullet shot. Not sure its actually a sling... could be a weight on a chain or cord... you know... a flexible weapon of some sort. Hopefully we'll get some clarification when the extended version and appendices comes out.
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6thMichCav Tiro Offline Posts: 41 USA Gender:	Re: Sling in "The Hobbit" film Reply #23 - Nov 26^th, 2013 at 7:13pm I am sad to confirm that the weapon used by Dori is not a sling. The extended version "making" cut shows they are a bola-type weapon, not a sling. Sad, because a sling would have been cooler, and because I was convinced it was a sling.
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Reply #24 - Nov 29^th, 2013 at 9:58pm

2 movies would have been perfect with the way they are now. I'm deferring judgment until Smaug makes his appearance. It does feel kind of "fluffy" compared to the LOTR movies which I don't like. But then again, the Hobbit as a book had a different feel than the LOTR's books. Also, the music, which added so much to the LOTR movies, is not up to par IMO.

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