Hi gang, it's been a while for me, so I'll just jump in right here for a sec. About a year ago I became very discouraged by simple rumors that Miramax was considering making Sam a female to try to balance out the very "maleness" of the book. At that point I didn't want to even read another rumor, but I got sucked back in about two months ago and I must say I'm somewhat pleased with the way things are going so far, in terms of casting and some of PJ's words from interviews.

With all this in mind, the idea of Arwen doing a tarantella on some upsuspecting Nazgul brings me back to that same Sam fear. I understand the need for filmmakers to provide their audience with certain elements that attract people to films. Although Eowyn is one of my favorite characters, and Galadriel is something out of a dream, you can see, just from this (hopefully) bogus rumor that a female character may end up being more significant in terms of screen time and role than what would naturally come out of the Masterpiece. Thoughts on this? BTW, I hope that my comments did not come across as MCPish, that's far from it, I just meant in the context of accuracy for the most part.