• Goodbye Gandalf: Ian McKellan has a sad last day with Peter Jackson
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[QUOTE]Ian McKellen has spent fifteen years playing Gandalf the Grey (and then the White) – one of the major character links between the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit. Today, he filmed his last scenes in the role. Peter Jackson, the director of all 6 of the Tolkien film adaptations, posted a photo with McKellen on his official Facebook page with this caption: “Seconds ago we finished our last shot with Gandalf. The end of an incredible adventure that began in 1999. I’m feeling very sad right now.”[/QUOTE] [url]http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/06/28/ian-mckellen-gandalf-hobbit/[/url] [IMG]http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2013/06/28/JACKSON-MCKELLAN-GANDALF.jpg[/IMG] The edit thread thing won't let me edit the title for some reason. It stays the same when I try to edit it
Dude, watch that headline. For a moment I thought he died.
Is he not going to be in the third part of the Hobbit then?
Tha hell OP, you trying to make a quarter of FP depressed?
[QUOTE=tinhead50;41853038]Is he not going to be in the third part of the Hobbit then?[/QUOTE] thats probably what they were filming
Fuck you OP.
[QUOTE=tinhead50;41853038]Is he not going to be in the third part of the Hobbit then?[/QUOTE] I thought it was only two parts?
ive literally seen this similar article about 6 months back
[QUOTE=tinhead50;41853038]Is he not going to be in the third part of the Hobbit then?[/QUOTE] I think they just finished filming the third part, since the second part is coming out in like 4 months.
My heart skipped a beat. Fix title, OP.
you almost made me feel emotion op ur gonna pay
I panicked for a second there
[QUOTE=tinhead50;41853038]Is he not going to be in the third part of the Hobbit then?[/QUOTE] They already filmed it.
Nah, if he died, the title would have had Magneto
ok we can all agree the title could be construed as misleading. can we move past that now?
Jesus christ, I almost had a heart attack! Must be weird to finally play Gandalf for the last time. First time he played him was, what, 2000? We're talking 13 years!
this was 2 months ago. orlando bloom also had his last day of filming: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NGguk8VXYc[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pDTfCKjiA[/media]
Yeah this pretty old news
Fuck, he looks so old
[QUOTE=Asd.;41853896]Fuck, he looks so old[/QUOTE] Well if I remember correctly Gandalf is a casual few thousand years old and he'd be in all his make up (also he looks really old anyway, probably a side effect of being old)
[QUOTE=LeonS;41853081]ive literally seen this similar article about 6 months back[/QUOTE] sure it was 6 months ago? They wrapped up filming before the first movie came out, then they changed their minds about it being a two parter and made it a three parter, so they started filming again.
[QUOTE=Sir M;41853937]Well if I remember correctly Gandalf is a casual few thousand years old and he'd be in all his make up (also he looks really old anyway, probably a side effect of being old)[/QUOTE] Gandalf is almost literally an Angel in LoTR.
Don't worry guys. When he ACTUALLY dies he'll just turn white.
Ian, you're not done yet, you magnificent bastard. They still haven't filmed The Silmarillion, and they'll need you to play Gandalf again, as Olorin of the Maiar.
[QUOTE=Sir M;41853937] (also he looks really old anyway, probably a side effect of being old)[/QUOTE] For fucks sake, this is funnier than it should be.
[QUOTE=archangel125;41856027]Ian, you're not done yet, you magnificent bastard. They still haven't filmed The Silmarillion, and they'll need you to play Gandalf again, as Olorin of the Maiar.[/QUOTE] I haven't read The Silmarillion, where does it link in with LoTR?
[QUOTE=Kyle902;41854395]Gandalf is almost literally an Angel in LoTR.[/QUOTE] I googled Gandalf's age, and it blew my mind. He is like 2000 years old!
[QUOTE=Alec W;41856632]I haven't read The Silmarillion, where does it link in with LoTR?[/QUOTE] Let's say that LOTR spans a year or two and the Silmarillion spans the millenia that came before. It covers everything from the creation and formation of Middle Earth to the sundering of the Elves to the creation of Balrogs to the rise of the evil demi-god Morgoth (To whom Sauron was but a servant) and the story of the Silmarils, gems created by Feanor the elf, of which Earendil bears one, (As is alluded to in LOTR) All of the songs, all of the poems, all of the obscure references in LOTR suddenly make sense. And it's beautiful. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] The Maiar, by the way, are essentially lesser gods, of which Gandalf and Saruman are a pair. The Maiar who fell to evil early in Morgoth's reign became the Balrogs. Most were destroyed when Morgoth was overthrown by the Valar (The 'good' gods) but some, like Durin's Bane, survived by hiding deep in the earth. Gandalf's true name is Olorin, and Saruman is Curunir. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] Tom Bombadil is also one of the Maiar, but staying and making the Old Forest his domain, he has absolute power over it. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] Basically, if you haven't read the Silmarillion, do. Tolkien's lore has depths you've never imagined. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] Here's a fact you'll learn. Elrond's brother, who was also half-elven, became the founder of the Numenorean race, that Aragorn is a part of. So when Aragorn marries Arwen, it could be said he's marrying a distant relative about a hundred generations removed. Aragorn himself is eighty years old at the start of the LOTR story, but has the outward appearance and vigor of a twenty-year-old due to his Numenorean blood.
[QUOTE=archangel125;41856668]Let's say that LOTR spans a year or two and the Silmarillion spans the millenia that came before. It covers everything from the creation and formation of Middle Earth to the sundering of the Elves to the creation of Balrogs to the rise of the evil demi-god Morgoth (To whom Sauron was but a servant) and the story of the Silmarils, gems created by Feanor the elf, of which Earendil bears one, (As is alluded to in LOTR) All of the songs, all of the poems, all of the obscure references in LOTR suddenly make sense. And it's beautiful. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] The Maiar, by the way, are essentially lesser gods, of which Gandalf and Saruman are a pair. The Maiar who fell to evil early in Morgoth's reign became the Balrogs. Most were destroyed when Morgoth was overthrown by the Valar (The 'good' gods) but some, like Durin's Bane, survived by hiding deep in the earth. Gandalf's true name is Olorin, and Saruman is Curunir. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] Tom Bombadil is also one of the Maiar, but staying and making the Old Forest his domain, he has absolute power over it. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] Basically, if you haven't read the Silmarillion, do. Tolkien's lore has depths you've never imagined. [editline]16th August 2013[/editline] Here's a fact you'll learn. Elrond's brother, who was also half-elven, became the founder of the Numenorean race, that Aragorn is a part of. So when Aragorn marries Arwen, it could be said he's marrying a distant relative about a hundred generations removed. Aragorn himself is eighty years old at the start of the LOTR story, but has the outward appearance and vigor of a twenty-year-old due to his Numenorean blood.[/QUOTE] It's also all grey-area canon, because a lot of it's Tolkein's scribblings composed into a book by his son. Take it as you will. Also, I was really worried his cancer got to him... Watch your headlines.
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