And your point?yovargas wrote:The Rule of Cool just sounds like the rule of "If I like it enough, I can probably find a rationalization for most anything".
Did Smaug come off as dumb or less intelligent?
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I loved that. And when they looked up at his belly stretching across the chasm, I couldn't help but think of Túrin Tarambar lurking beneath Glaurung.axordil wrote:I think he still smelled them--but as I said before, pinpointing the source of the smell is harder when there's more than one and they're moving. Plus, The Rule of Cool applies to the coins dropping from above.
IMO, I bet Lee and Howe helped sneak some Silmarillionisms into the visuals.
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I have little love (never mind blind love) for PJ as a filmmaker, and even I thought most of the dragon confrontation was kewl!yovargas wrote:That my name is more accurate, if slightly less catchy.
(I think this could also be called the "Love is Blind" rule, a very, very common stance in the worlds of fandom.)
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