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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8989272" data-attributes="member: 177">Define "modern".  The Hobbit was first published in 1937, and first written some years before that for his kids.The top question here is about Smaug.  Whatever the Ringwraiths are riding, they are far inferior creatures to Smaug, and are not linked to Smaug in the text.  Smaug's been dead for about 78 years before we see the Ringwraiths on those mounts.  So, I don't see how they stand as evidence of what Smaug's body shape should be, other than that their mere existence hints at possibility.Note:  I don't mind how he was depicted in the movie.  But I take it as a design liberty on the moviemaker's part, not something particularly supported by the text.</blockquote>