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I just can't believe that this was actually a class project...

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Lord of the Rings' Gollum Gets Health Check

LONDON (Reuters) - Gollum, the creepy character in "Lord of the Rings" with the dual personality and eerie voice, suffered from a schizoid personality disorder, according to a group of medical students.

Thirty students at University College London were asked to explain the odd behavior the character displayed in the films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy.

The students noted his solitary habits, spiteful behavior, odd interests, difficulty in forming friendships, emotional changeability, nervousness and paranoia.

"He fulfils seven of the nine criteria for schizoid personality disorder, and, if we must label Gollum's problems, we believe this is the most likely diagnosis," Dr Elizabeth Sampson, who headed the research team, said in the British Medical Journal on Friday.

His two personalities -- Gollum and Smeagol -- convinced some students it was a case of schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder.

But schizophrenia was ruled out because delusions were not in keeping with Gollum's culture. The interaction between the two personalities shows Gollum is aware of both Smeagol and Gollum at the same time, which is inconsistent with multiple personality disorder, in which one is usually suppressed.

His bulging eyes and weight loss also suggests a thyroid problem, they added.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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The things you can get class credit for now frighten me.

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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*looks sidelong at ROTK EE sitting on his desk*
*hears a whisper* "Watch me...watch me...watch me..."
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I'm with you, DAYV. FOTR is the one that holds up best, regardless of theatrical or EE.

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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The first part of a trilogy seems to always be the one that can stand-up the best as an individual movie.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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In many cases (not in the case of LOTR), it's intentionally planned for the first movie to be able to stand alone just in case it fails and they cannot release any further movies. In other cases, sequels may not have been intended in the first place so the first movie is really able to stand alone.

Star Wars. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Scream. Alien (okay, so it's really a quadrilogy. Sue me). Et al.

See where I'm going?
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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What a way to bump a thread.
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I always thought the EE of "Fellowship of the Ring" had the most to offer; the biggest thing we really got out of the EE of "Two Towers" were Faramir's flashbacks, and I personally think those flashbacks should have been in the theatrical versions, as they would have helped to show why Faramir's in a bad mood when he encounters Frodo & co (Eowyn's stew scene should have been burned and barred from ever being released anywhere). The EE of "Return of the King" seemed better than TTT but still didn't measure up to FOTR in terms of bonus scenery. I must say though it was nice to finally see Saruman's death (I will never forgive Peter Jackson for not including it in the theatrical edition), and I enjoyed the extra scenes of Faramir's problems with his dad and more Eowyn footage in general (I dig Miranda Otto). I even enjoyed the Legolas/Gimli drinking game, even though it wasn't necessary to the film in any way, shape or form, though it did succeed in doing something all the scenes of Gimli falling off his horse or in some way making an foolish ass of himself failed to do - it made me laugh.

JRR Tolkien once said that of all the characters in his LOTR books, the one who came out being the most like himself was Faramir. I have a feeling that Mr. Tolkien would not have liked the way Faramir was depicted in the theatrical cuts.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an Obi-Wan to go.

Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.

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I agree, he was perfect for the part.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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At the very end of ROTK after the Scouring of the Shire and his plans were thwarted by the Hobbits in Hobbiton he was stabbed in the back by Wormtongue.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I assume he likes some things about it and despises others.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."