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We watched The Hobbit last night. Mal had a map of Middle-Earth spread out on his lap for most of it, except when he needed to hide from trolls. He thought the wargs looked like dinosaurs, which made me think megafauna, and a little Google later it appears that the wargs are a mix of megafauna, while Thranduil's war moose is an Irish elk (which is apparently neither Irish nor an elk).
This time I was even more blown away by Martin Freeman's performance.
Why was Benedict Cumberbatch credited?
Why was Benedict Cumberbatch credited?
He is Smaug.
He is Smaug.
And the Necromancer.
And the Necromancer.
This one! I knew he was the voice of Smaug, but Smaug doesn't really say anything in this movie.
Smaug doesn't really say anything in this movie.
Neither does the Necromancer! Either he's being credited for the trilogy, or he did 3 seconds of mocap for that shadow in the doorway.
Neither does the Necromancer! Either he's being credited for the trilogy, or he did 3 seconds of mocap for that shadow in the doorway.
This has been in debate on Tumblr recently, actually. Err, if the shadow is mocap Cumberbatch, that is.
The Necromancer does make some sort of vocalization thing. I could pull the disc out of my pocket and check (don't ask) to make sure I'm not misremembering, but I'm lazy.
Or Jackson likes instigating games of "Who is that under all that makeup? I saw his name in the credits, he has to be there somewhere."
Or Jackson likes instigating games of "Who is that under all that makeup? I saw his name in the credits, he has to be there somewhere."
For reasons that make perfect sense to me, there are those who claim his outline is recognizable as a CGIed shadow figure.
Which... yeah, okay. It did kind of look like him.
(Due to Frankenstein, large portions of the fandom are quite familiar with the outline.)
After the first time I saw it, I had a very strong memory of the shadow being distinctly Cumberbatch shaped, but subsequent viewings have proven me wrong.
(Not saying it's definitely not him either, but it's a pretty generic blurry human coming out of the smoke.)
After the first time I saw it, I had a very strong memory of the shadow being distinctly Cumberbatch shaped, but subsequent viewings have proven me wrong.
Yeah, it seemed more distinct on first view, but the mind's a suggestible thing and all.