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🧝Galadriel in the Amazon Series

Strange (to me) that the films and the show give Hobbits unusually large feet [this is not based on Tolkien, as far as I read the descriptions],
Looks like the movies contaminated my memory. Prior to your post, I would have sworn the Hobbits of the books had large feet. The only reference I could find was particular to only one family of Hobbits:

"His name, of course, was Proudfoot, and well merited; his feet were large, exceptionally furry, and both were on the table."

In this case, I guess it's safe to assume that large feet "ran in the family".
 
Hobbit feet citations in blue

" . . . wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly); . . ." The Hobbit, An Unexpected Party

" . . . clad in a thick curling hair, much like the hair of their heads, which was commonly brown." Prologue, The Fellowship of the Ring. Also from the Prologue:

The Hobbits of the East-farthing [known to be Stoors in a large part of their blood] "were rather large and heavy-legged" and wore Dwarf-boots in muddy weather.

The Harfoots were: " . . . the most normal representative variety of Hobbits, and far the most numerous" -- they were also "browner of skin, smaller, and shorter (. . .) beardless and bootless; their hands and feet were neat and nimble"

Keeping in mind that the Stoors were generally larger anyway, and [another reference] "broader, heavier in build" -- their "feet and hands were larger."

Makes sense: rather large, heavy-legged, broader, heavier in build -- that they also had [generally] larger feet and hands than the Harfoots, for example.

Are any actors given large, fake hands too

And as noted, Proudfoot had large, exceptionally furry feet. And not that anyone said otherwise, but of course, that not only doesn't mean that all Hobbits had notably large feet, but if the same sentence were written about a Man . . . well some Men have "large" feet too, but . . .

. . . something
 
I think it was the lack of shoes and the leathery soles that there was a projection of being larger. I assumed as much as well and I read The Hobbit before seeing the films.
 
Does anyone know the series "Disenchantment" by Matt Groening?



Bean has bright, long hair, a two-handed sword and is also constantly angry and grumpy.
She even has buck teeth as well:




Okay, Bean is somehow way more sympathetic than Guyladriel, but still she seems to me to be the true source of inspiration.

Conclusion: RoP-Galadriel is a bad parody of a parody of the fantasy genre.
Well, it's all pretty conflicted. - Conflicted!?!

 
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I have two primary complaints about Galadriel in Amazon's show. First, she seems to be a teen-angsty version of the Galadriel I know and love. She has the knowledge and will power of "my" Galadriel, but not the presence. "My" Galadriel says "I am right, you should listen to me" and people do. This Galadriel whines "I am right... Why aren't you listening to me?!" It is as if she hasn't grown-up yet. And my 2nd complaint, speaking of growing up, is why is this Galadriel 5'4"? Not only are the other actors looking down to her, there is one shot where you can tell the camera itself is looking down on her. Isn't she supposed to be over 6' tall? There is a shot when she is walking next to the 13-14 year old Theo and they are the same height. No wonder she has problems commanding respect in this show.
 

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...[W]hy is this Galadriel 5'4"? ...Isn't she supposed to be over 6' tall? There is a shot when she is walking next to the 13-14 year old Theo and they are the same height.
It's because Daenerys Targaryen is only about 5'3" or so 😉
 
Daenerys Targaryen is only about 5'3"
True. But I think friend Taters' question was more on the lines of "why would they cast such a seemingly inappropriate and inadequate person into such a key role as Galadriel. Couldn't they have picked an actress of more suitable stature and bearing (and skill) to handle the part."

In which case the answer might be: "Oh well. It's not the only casting mistake in the show. Just one of the more glaring ones."
 
My reply was ironic, and also not meant to be serious.
 
My reply was ironic
Yeah. His question might well have been one of irony as well..! Another thing Ent isn't always so quick to pick up on.
 
Well, since I think no actor can really measure up (pun intended) to how I imagine the great Nerwende Artanis Galadriel . . .

. . . all I'm saying is that the woman on the right [Elizabeth Debicki] is currently playing Diana Spencer
in The Crown. And the second picture is the same person with . . . you guessed it . . . longerer hair.



Now, if Kristen Stewart . . . oh never mind.
 
And my 2nd complaint, speaking of growing up, is why is this Galadriel 5'4"?

Is that the actor though? Maybe in the show, the character Galadriel is over 6 feet tall . . .

. . . and Theo too, if this character is of equal height to Galadriel
 
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Elthir, if she is 6' tall in the show, every other elf and human is taller than she is...she is the shortest person in the show, save the Harfoots (Harfeet?) It pains me that Galadriel is that short...no one should be looking down on her (literally or figuratively.)

If that is the actress the showrunners just had to go with, couldn't they have used some of that reported astronomical sum of $$ the show cost to make her look taller, a la the cinema magic Peter Jackson used in the LotR films?

Or at least go the cheap route and have her stand on boxes like Ton Cruise does in all his movies.
 
Elthir, if she is 6' tall in the show, every other elf and human is taller than she is...

Ahh, but she would still be 6 feet tall in the show!

And if one wants her to be taller than everyone else, then why not cast everyone else shorter?

 
I totally dislike Amazons Galadriel....she acts like a teenage girl with aggression-problems, she is a cold, heartless warrior, and her eyes are always cold and hateful. For me that is not Tolkiens Galadriel, it is Amazons own, horrible composition. I prefer to read the books again and watch Peter Jacksons movies again. Rings of Power is nothing for me, i will not watch it, because that would be wasted lifetime. I am totally annoyed, how the money-greedy Amazon ruins Tolkiens books totally in the serie. Amazons ROP has nothing to do with Tolkiens books.
And: Amazon even didnt read the Silmarillion. If they read it, they would have seen, that Galadriels Brother, Finrod Felagund, had died in Saurons dungeon, when he trys to protect Beren. Another totally blame for Amazon...they dont care about Tolkiens work, they only want to use his name to make money.
 
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