Speaking of Legolas...
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» Cat19 - Re: Legolas's age
i think he is 21000 yrs cos in lotr the ist film hes there at the very start 300 yrs ago (when Sauron gets blown up) and i reckon he looks about 18 there + 21 3000 years later so if elves age like 1 yr to evry thousand + he looks about 21 he would actually be about 21000, see?-- posted by Cat19
» sharay18 - Re: Re: Legolas's age
i swear i saw Legolas at the beginning of the movie too! But, it is just a movie and what does peter Jackson know anyway if he cut out someone like tom Bombadil! He was the only real person (or whatever he is) that was truly immune to the rings power!~-- posted by sharay18
» Eldalos - Re: Re: Re: Legolas's age
In response to message posted by sharay18:The Elf seen in the Last Alliance (in the movie) was not really clear: his hair was blowing all around, obscuring his face. It could have been anyone with long blonde hair. ^^;
I have even heard rumors that it may have been Thranduil, but of course this cannot be confirmed either. (Though I'm inclined to hope it was Thranduil.)
-- posted by Eldalos
» Michael_Martinez - Re: Re: Re: Re: Legolas's age
In response to message posted by Eldalos:The history established for the movie makes Legolas too young to have participated in the Last Alliance. If the blond elf isn't just a blond elf, then he is presumably Thranduil. But keep in mind that all the Wood Elves are blond in the movie.
-- posted by Michael_Martinez
» BandwagonNewbie - Re: Re: Legolas's age
In response to message posted by Cat19:I have been asking around for clues to his age. It seems that Legolas could be anywhere from 500 to 5,000 years old. Personally, I lean towards a low estimate for his age. You can dispute me on this, but I have this feeling that the occasionally naive attitude he displays in the book seems more like that of a centuries-old elf than a millennia-old elf.
-- posted by BandwagonNewbie
» BandwagonNewbie - Re: Re: Re: Re: Legolas's age
In response to message posted by Laitoste:My guess is that the film crew wanted to come up with some plausible number rather than leave his age blank. 2,931 years is simply an educated guess, and I'm sure Orlando and co. were serious about it.
-- posted by BandwagonNewbie
» Michael_Martinez - Re: Re: Re: Re: Legolas's age
In response to message posted by Laitoste:So far as I know, the 2,931 year age for movie-Legolas is intended to be the definitive age for that character. However, there is no basis for saying that is how old Tolkien intended book-Legolas to be in any published writing of which I am aware.
People should be careful to distinguish between the cinematic 'facts' and the literary 'facts'. I have studied the books for years, but am still relatively new to Peter Jackson's Middle-earth. It will be some time before I feel I am proficiently versed in the cinematic Middle-earth.
-- posted by Michael_Martinez
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