: : Well, I'm a bit angry that they gave Legolas blond hair, when he was probably Sindarin and Avarin in descent (assuming Thranduil married one of the local girls). As for Mr. Shou, I've never heard of him, but you're description makes him sound good for the part.

: A lot of "ordinary" people will be more likely to equate blond hair and pointed ears to the "other" earthliness of elves, which otherwise may be hard to distinguish on-screen. Robin Shou would have made an interesting Legolas (his biggest role to date has been in Mortal Kombat (the first one, not the terrible sequel) playing Lu Kang.

Well, the ears don't really bother me. Since I know so many people who support both schools of thought, I don't want to offend anyone by opening my big mouth.

: : And what about Gimli? They made into comic stinkin' relief! A real waste of Mister Rhys-Davies' talent, I think.

: Wow! Hadn't heard that yet. Although, I do recall some scenes with Gimli and Legolas that were rather humorous, and his oh-sp famous line of, "I can not run all the way to Isengard." probably opened the door for some "director-required" levity, in an otherwise somber and at times dark story.

: -Rob

Here's a snip from theonering.net...

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Conclusion Xoanon's Script Review

I do have a few fears. And I am like the rest of you, I hope that these 2 film scripts were doctored and altered in the process of making them into 3 film scripts to add all our favorite scenes. But I certainly hope they take OUT a few things that PJ placed in there for no apparent reason.

One is the Eddie Murphy/White Cops relationship between Gimli and Legolas. In the beginning of the Fellowship they did not like each other. But not in the way Tolkien subtly used the past, and short little references to things in the past, but in more blatant comical terms. It always seems like one is insulting another, and the result is always someone has to hold Gimli back from killing Legolas. And of course in the end, when they are both blood stained in battle and the fighting is over, they are good mates, counting how many orcs they killed. This is NOT how it should be. The depth of the relationship/hatred between Elves and Dwarves is a deep-rooted thing that should not be treated lightly. Tolkien was certainly making analogies to the things in the real world. The deep-rooted hatred between Israelis and Muslims perhaps? And it is true that Legolas and Gimli eventually form a bond of trust and friendship. But not in this way, I'm hoping this gets reworked.

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It's a little old, though.