Talk:Men of Dale

Jackson
Jackson did not at all follow what Tolkien provided in the books. The Bardings and Lake-men in no way resemble Slavs, neither in location nor especially not in language. Everything the Professor left behind regarding the Men of Dale (especially names: Dale, Gandalf, Gimli, Thorin, Durin, Bard, Brand, Dain, Smaug, etc.) points to them being firmly Scandinavian, meaning that Jackson made a grave error in giving them Turco-Slavic attributes.50.158.229.206