Hi Jan, thanks for this. It's late here and I only have time to respond in brief. I do get what you mean by the hero/sidekick aspect, and agree. Frodo/Sam balance each other out so very well as a pairing. (I don't mean just as a slash pairing, I mean in general.) Both become indispensable to the other. Frodo would not have survived Mordor without Sam ... but Frodo is also the making of Sam. Frodo is the mind, Sam is the heart. Frodo is moonlight, Sam is the sunny earth-child. Etc etc etc.
I'm just back from my third viewing of Desolation of Smaug. I do enjoy the film very much, despite all of PJ's unnecessary padding.
Martin is such a great Bilbo. But his Bilbo is so gloriously (and canonically) kick-ass that it make me wonder how the hell Film Frodo could ever have been his nephew ... I love the films but that was such an opportunity lost.
And you're right about dating John. It would be a threesome. ;) And Irene and Sherlock together are a bit terrifying. :p
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Re: part deux
Date: 2014-01-12 12:27 am (UTC)I'm just back from my third viewing of Desolation of Smaug. I do enjoy the film very much, despite all of PJ's unnecessary padding.
Martin is such a great Bilbo. But his Bilbo is so gloriously (and canonically) kick-ass that it make me wonder how the hell Film Frodo could ever have been his nephew ... I love the films but that was such an opportunity lost.
And you're right about dating John. It would be a threesome. ;) And Irene and Sherlock together are a bit terrifying. :p