tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post7238555231499254100..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Give-Peter-Jackson-Money DayJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-3123525435037879762013-11-11T16:32:29.872-08:002013-11-11T16:32:29.872-08:00Dear Timrod
By 'ancillary material' I me...Dear Timrod <br /><br />By 'ancillary material' I meant the movie tie-in books by Weta Workshop, Brian Sibley, and Jude Fisher released about the same time as the first HOBBIT movie, about a year ago now. <br /><br />In particular I was thinking of the passage in Sibley's OFFICIAL MOVIE GUIDE where Jed Brophy, who plays Nori, describes his character as "a kleptomaniac -- well, let's not mince words, a thief!" (p. 102). Later he expands upon this:<br /><br />". . . as far as Bilbo Baggins is concerned, he [Nori] cannot understand why he [Bilbo] has been chosen for the job of burglar. Nori is a thief and there is a saying: set a thief to catch a thief, meaning that one thief can always identify another. Nori is not convinced that Bilbo's particularly good as a thief -- especially since he's managed to take some stuff from Bag End that Bilbo hasn't even noticed has gone missing! Apart from which, why employ a thief at all when there's already one in the company?" (p. 103)<br /><br />Despite being told (offscreen) this was part of the character's background, there's no actual evidence for it in onscreen in the theatrical relaease. But now there is, in the extended edition, twice: once at Rivendell (when Nori nicks a salt-cellar) and once at Goblin-town when their captors empty out his sack of loot, including a 'Second Age' Rivendell candle holder, which the Goblin-King austentatiously tosses aside ('couldn't give it away').<br /><br />Hope this helps<br /><br />--JDR<br /><br />John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-88103647544002016772013-11-08T13:55:04.286-08:002013-11-08T13:55:04.286-08:00Thanks for posting this and saving me the trouble ...Thanks for posting this and saving me the trouble of acquiring it myself. Curious though, you mention something about ancillary material wherein it is insinuated that Nori is a thief; what is this ancillary material to which you refer? Something in the book? Timrod https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308269015770538709noreply@blogger.com