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At least the last production video is coming soon.

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What Elijah Wood had to say at Comic Con:

It's not much. We know his role is book-end material and he has a small part, all of this we already assumed though.

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Seems both unlikely and very likely - if we bear in mind the desires of the studio execs.

I won't be surprised.

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cool but its ironic they make 3 films for a short book, and LOTR with 5 times or more lenght was also three movies...

I suppose that's because they are adding a lot of things from other tolkien stories :)

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ha, they are just trying to cash in. PUKE

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I doubt it'll happen, especially if fans protest against it (which I hope they do). I think we'll just end up with extended editions.

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cool but its ironic they make 3 films for a short book, and LOTR with 5 times or more lenght was also three movies...

I suppose that's because they are adding a lot of things from other tolkien stories :)

I can't see 3 films happening, but 2 probably makes sense. On the one hand, as you said, they're putting in a lot of back story that was hinted at in the novel but never explained (partly because much of it wasn't even written at that time). But on the other hand, much of the journey part of the book is very straightforward - mostly the narrator telling in broad strokes what's going on, plenty of inner monologue snippets by Bilbo wishing to be back home, and very little actual dialogue. Turning that into a self-sustaining movie (as opposed to a montage sequence) probably requires a lot of fleshing out, new dialogue etc.

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And Morgoth's design will be controversial with Incanus and BloodBoal.

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Tiesto!!!!!!!!!!

BB you are my hero, going to listen now

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This guy was a good interviewer, clearly a fan. Notice how Jackson stares admiringly at his assistant director when he talks about reprising his role as Gollum. There's definitely a great friendship been forged between the two. Jackson trusts Serkis and respects his views very much. It's nice to see.

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It's very understandable after the uproar last time, Jackson is right.

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In what conditions was the first preview done? Maybe 48 fps did look odd and digital video like in a convention hall.

He did it in 24 fps so that people don't focus on the technical aspects. He wants people to view 48 fps with the film as a whole.

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Oh yes, I misread that. No I think the conditions were fine, but most of the footage from the first preview was unfinished (with green screens and all that). And theres the fact that because of the rapid, abrupt changes in scenes, one can't really get used to the 48 fps in as short as a time as 10 min. 48 fps just takes time to get used to and by the time you watched the whole film with the natural progression from scene to scene, I'm sure people will love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HselkQMNXKM

I didn't bother watching the whole thing, just the first few minutes. I love how much cheering there was at the mention of Shore having his recording sessions in five weeks. Its clear that Shore's work is as endearing to fans as the films are.

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I know it probably won't have much impact on the finished result, but I was kind of disappointed to see Jackson dismiss miniatures so much in that interview and to see him confirm that there have been no miniatures built or shot for The Hobbit. Part of what appealed to me with The Lord of the Rings was that it was a massive production using old and new techniques together - whichever was best for a particular shot or scene.

I guess they just found that they had reached a point where CG was as good or better than miniatures for them.

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Yeah. It seems to be the way we are heading

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That was a very good read! They managed to get me excited for 48fps 3D again.

Still, I'll probably see it opening night in 2D, and then catch a 3D showing later

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I love camera trickery for miniatures.

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Anyway, while I love them, I can't see what miniatures they could have built for The Hobbit. There are no big structures or buildings as in LOTR (such as Barad-Dûr or Minas Tirith). Perhaps they could have built the Lonely Mountain and Laketown, and reuse Rivendell, but that's about it.

Just what I was about to say

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Anyway, while I love them, I can't see what miniatures they could have built for The Hobbit. There are no big structures or buildings as in LOTR (such as Barad-Dûr or Minas Tirith). Perhaps they could have built the Lonely Mountain and Laketown, and reuse Rivendell, but that's about it.

And what, pray tell, does The Necromancer live in, a teepee?

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That's no miniature, that's a real set!

Anyway, while I love them, I can't see what miniatures they could have built for The Hobbit. There are no big structures or buildings as in LOTR (such as Barad-Dûr or Minas Tirith). Perhaps they could have built the Lonely Mountain and Laketown, and reuse Rivendell, but that's about it.

I do agree with what alan said, though, about the mix of old and new techniques.

Yes I know. Hence camera trickery....

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My digital camera can also add that horizontal stripe of clarity in two fields of blur to suggest a miniature landscape.

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Oooo how? I figured I need to edit it

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Anyway, while I love them, I can't see what miniatures they could have built for The Hobbit. There are no big structures or buildings as in LOTR (such as Barad-Dûr or Minas Tirith). Perhaps they could have built the Lonely Mountain and Laketown, and reuse Rivendell, but that's about it.

Just what I was about to say

They can work with miniatures of interiors as well. The inside of the Lonely Mountain comes to mind.

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I know it probably won't have much impact on the finished result, but I was kind of disappointed to see Jackson dismiss miniatures so much in that interview and to see him confirm that there have been no miniatures built or shot for The Hobbit. Part of what appealed to me with The Lord of the Rings was that it was a massive production using old and new techniques together - whichever was best for a particular shot or scene.

I guess they just found that they had reached a point where CG was as good or better than miniatures for them.

So the man we knew has been consumed by the dark side of the force and become George Lucas :P finally

No miniatures? better. In the LOTR films they stick like a sore thumb when there is live action put on miniature sets.

(miniature sets in a landscape shot look great).

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I am gone for 10 days and hey presto Gandalf avatar madness begins. I have to try to learn who is who these days with half of the MB as Gandalf and other half switching to each other's avatars. Preposterous! Ridiculous! Harrumph!

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