Furry Lord of the Rings

[Olgar Shiverstone]

No, no -- hear me out.

Imagine Middle Earth along the lines of Redwall. Disney has acquired the LotR License gasp horror -- FOCUS HERE PEOPLE! -- and you need to cast the various characters and races with appropriate anthropomorphic animals. What do you choose and why?

Here's one: Elves are squirrels. It explains all the tree-hugging.

 

[MarkB]

Hobbits are voles, and dwarves are moles. Humans are rabbits. Gandalf is a fox.

 

[Corinnguard]

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Hobbits are voles, and dwarves are moles. Humans are rabbits. Gandalf is a fox.

Is Saruman a fox? Or a weasel?

I was thinking Gimli might make a great badger, but then I can't quite imagine the 13 dwarves of the Hobbit as a party of badgers.

 

[MarkB]

Is Saruman a fox? Or a weasel?

Gandalf's a grey fox, Saruman is an arctic fox. Then later Gandalf comes back with white fur.

I was thinking Gimli might make a great badger, but then I can't quite imagine the 13 dwarves of the Hobbit as a party of badgers.

Yeah, and I initially thought mole for hobbits (like Mole from The Wind in the Willows), but they seemed a better fit for dwarves.

 

[Umbran]

No, no -- hear me out.

Imagine Middle Earth along the lines of Redwall. Disney has acquired the LotR License gasp horror -- FOCUS HERE PEOPLE! -- and you need to cast the various characters and races with appropriate anthropomorphic animals. What do you choose and why?

Here's one: Elves are squirrels. It explains all the tree-hugging.

Disney's Robin Hood doesn't answer most of these questions?

 

[BookTenTiger]

Humans = Dogs, a new breed of domestic folk ready to follow commands.

Elves = Lemurs, an isolated species that loves trees and acts a little odd.

Dwarves = Naked Mole Rats. A society with strict social roles, they prefer to live underground and can mine through almost anything.

Orcs = Beavers. Industrious and unstoppable. They dam the rivers and topple trees.

Hobbits = Chinchillas. Inbred and adorable.

Gandalf & Other Wizards = Giant Ground Sloths. Ancient species of powerful, mysterious beings that can sometimes act slow and then suddenly have devastating strength.

 

[BookTenTiger]

"You... shall... not... pass!"

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I'm a big fan of the Mouse Guard comic. Too bad they didn't push forward with this movie. Ah well. I expect that it will happen some day.

 

[Ryujin]

Instead could we get Muppet Lord of the Rings? Gonzo is Frodo. Sam Eagle is Gandalf.