Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social

Counterpoint - Martin Freeman was a bit flat and too earnest as Bilbo and is miscast as the parochial English everyman archetype (cf Arthur Dent)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 20, 2024 at 17:08 UTC

Agree on Bilbo and on the text of Hitchhiker’s. I think he’s good casting for the film, which for good and for ill sands off Arthur’s edges to make him a more straightforward protagonist.

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Alan Pennie @telston.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 20, 2024 at 17:12 UTC

He's a perfect Bilbo. Never seen the film version of Hitchhiker's. I've heard it wasn't very good.

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