tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5853244259372784847..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What did the Ents look like? Tree-ish Men (but Not Man-like trees) Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-83025363621801535652022-08-05T21:47:14.142+01:002022-08-05T21:47:14.142+01:00I really like the face they had for Treebeard in P...I really like the face they had for Treebeard in Peter Jackson's film. The noblest of noses!Epimetheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-55604903418893661422022-08-05T16:55:12.228+01:002022-08-05T16:55:12.228+01:00@L - I find the Lobeck picture is too cartoonish t...@L - I find the Lobeck picture is too cartoonish to represent a Man - after all, the depictions of Merry and Pippin look extremely grotesque. What I would like to see is a 'realistic' depiction of an Ent that gets across the necessary resemblances. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-84409820993254536472022-08-05T15:48:34.344+01:002022-08-05T15:48:34.344+01:00@Bruce
Yes, that's the one. I could have linke...@Bruce<br />Yes, that's the one. I could have linked it, my bad. Really? Do you imagine Ents as being more alike to plain giants then? Lukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-26674517688421151702022-08-05T13:48:40.007+01:002022-08-05T13:48:40.007+01:00@Luke - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TR...@Luke - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TREEBEARD.jpg I presume? <br /><br />"very much a man with tree qualities" I would quibble with that 'very', and replace it with 'a bit like' - but it is perhaps *just* on the right side of the line...<br />Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53722797872467516642022-08-05T13:39:11.769+01:002022-08-05T13:39:11.769+01:00I like the idea of man like trees more, although I...I like the idea of man like trees more, although I have never been able to place the face. <br />Have you seen the illustration by Tom Lobeck that is featured on the wikipedia page? Treebeard is very much a man with tree qualities in that image. Lukenoreply@blogger.com