The 'comic relief' bit that I remember most clearly from the Hobbit is also a bit of holy-shit-bad-ass -- the whole bit with the juggling of plates while making up a song about said juggling and how it impacts on poor Bilbo's sensibilities.
(Okay, Maybe I'm the only one who sees that as pure skill, but hey, can YOU juggle crockery and ad lib rhyming verse at the same time?)
From the little bit of that scene included in the trailer, I'm hopeful that it stays that Bilbo is the butt of that joke, not the dwarves.
I expect/hope that because there are so many dwarves they'll use comic relief vs. serious to differentiate *between* then, and humor will become a personality trait, rather than a racial one. If so, it could end up being a pretty good thing.
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(Okay, Maybe I'm the only one who sees that as pure skill, but hey, can YOU juggle crockery and ad lib rhyming verse at the same time?)
From the little bit of that scene included in the trailer, I'm hopeful that it stays that Bilbo is the butt of that joke, not the dwarves.
I expect/hope that because there are so many dwarves they'll use comic relief vs. serious to differentiate *between* then, and humor will become a personality trait, rather than a racial one. If so, it could end up being a pretty good thing.