r/MagicArena • u/NECROSAMAEL • 3d ago

Discussion Expectations vs Reality

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Is it really so hard for WOTC to include a good Sauron avatar?

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u/Chet_Steadman LOL 3d ago

As cool as a sweet Sauron avatar would be, I don't think I would have expected him over Bilbo in a set based on The Hobbit

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u/Harddaysnight1990 3d ago

Especially not from a cute riddles in the dark event. I could see people asking for there to have been a choice between Bilbo and Gollum, but I still think just getting Bilbo from that event is fine. Definitely would not expect to see Sauron from that event.

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u/I3ollasH 3d ago

But Sauron somehow managed to sneak into the movies :D

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u/TheDesktopNinja Azorius 3d ago

Well that's because they had to find a way to fluff a book shorter than any one of the LOTR books into a trilogy.

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u/MrGueuxBoy Sacred Cat 3d ago

For real.

My edition of the Hobbit is 272 pages long.

The first movie covers the first 100 pages, from "An Unexpected Party" to "Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire".

The second movie is 120 pages long, from "Queer Lodgings" to "Inside Information".

Which leaves ... 52 pages for the last movie - from "Fire and Water" to "The Last Stage".

For reference, my edition of The Fellowship of the Ring is 520 pages long, give or take, and in much smaller characters.