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[Stefancos]

You already knew he was going to play Smaug when series 2 aired....

[Faleel]

Think, Cosman, think!

Helloooo anybody home?

[Stefancos]

Damn, that just made me wish season 3 of Sherlock was around the corner

Series, Jason. Not season.

[BloodBoal]

You already knew he was going to play Smaug when series 2 aired....

And...? That doesn't mean I have seen series 2!

Think, Cosman, think!

[Stefancos]

If you haven't seen series 2, what are you doing in this thread?

D'UH!

[BloodBoal]

Hey, I'm looking for the exit, but I can't find it...



On other news... Stephen Fry wraps up filming for The Hobbit

[gkgyver]

its just a "redirect" back to Musicoflotr.com

Fool of a Took!

It's a hint! Don't you see that the link reads "themusicofthehobbitfilms.com"?

[BloodBoal]

Luke Evans Talks THE HOBBIT and What It’s Like to Shoot at 48 Frames Per Second on the RED EPIC

[KK.]

I know this has been posted before (either here or somewhere else..I can't remember) because I've seen this stills before. But I noticed it only came on the blog recently, so might as well put up a link anyways.

http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=4773

[BloodBoal]

CinemaCon 2012: Warner Bros. to Preview 'The Hobbit'

[Quint]

The Hobbit lambasted after preview event: http://badassdigest....ames-per-secon/

[BloodBoal]

I don't care if 48ps is disappointing. All I care about is the content of the film, and from what that guy says, it's good, so that's OK for me. But...

There were also some quick shots - the company floating down a river in barrels, Gandalf running through a dungeon, being jumped on by a wild man of some sort, Legolas sliding in front of spider-webbed dwarves and knocking an arrow, warning he would kill them.

WHAT THE...???

[Incanus]

So they absolutely had to have Legolas intruding on the scenes in Mirkwood. I guess no mere cameo appearance in the background was enough for Bloom. He had to babble something as well.

[Fozmo]

So many chumps complaining about the 48fps preview across the net, 99% of whom have not actually seen it of course.

I don't get why people seem always so adverse to any sort of change or advancement. If we all had this mentality, whe'd still be watching black and white at 18fps. Apparently The Hobbit will be showing at 24fps at certain theatres that are unable to upgrade in time so I guess they'll get their way anyhoo.

Personally, I'll be embracing the future on opening night, 48fps, 3D. Gimmicks? pffff.

[BloodBoal]

So they absolutely had to have Legolas intruding on the scenes in Mirkwood. I guess no mere cameo appearance in the background was enough for Bloom. He had to babble something as well.

Better him than Tauriel, though (although, I won't be surprised if she is in that scene as well. oh, Jackson, why did you have to do this??)

[Jason LeBlanc]

The Hobbit lambasted after preview event: http://badassdigest....ames-per-secon/

Wow. Wasn't expecting that.

[Pasi Tiitinen]

Well, it's An Unexpected Journey...

[Incanus]

The Hobbit lambasted after preview event: http://badassdigest....ames-per-secon/

Wow. Wasn't expecting that.

Well it is more to do with the 48fps than the content but when you read something like this you start to wonder what the hell is going to happen with the plot of the film:

We also saw Gandalf investigating the rising darkness. In one scene he is at a table with Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman, talking about ancient tombs that have been opened - ancient tombs with such strong binding spells no one should have been able to get in. Then there's a scene of Gandalf investigating the open tomb, where he runs into a very silly Radagast the Brown, who has some birds under his hat (we also saw a shot of his sled being pulled by bunnies). It turns out the opened tombs belong the nine Ring Wraiths.

Sled pulled by bunnies? Tombs of the Ringwraiths? WTF???!!! PETER! You got a lot of explaining to do!

[BloodBoal]

I'm way more worried about the sled being pulled by bunnies... WHAT IN THE NAME OF HOLY FUCK IS THAT?!?!

[Incanus]

I am worried in general that in trying to make sense of everything and explaining things they have taken curious liberties with the source material. And I for one am worried about the Tombs of the Ringwraiths since it just against everything Tolkien wrote on the matter, a contrivance so bizarre I simply don't stomach it. No such things are ever mentioned in LotR or the Hobbit.

[Jason LeBlanc]

I just wish they were adapting The Hobbit in a straightforward manner without all this made-up (or from appendixes) stuff connecting it all to LOTR

I suppose in the future there will be fan edits that are exactly that

[Incanus]

And Sauron summoning the spirits of the Nazgûl at his side once he took physical form in Middle Earth takes place nearly 1700 years before. It has nothing to do with the Hobbit.

But I hope PJ will limit his excursions to some personal fancies and completely irrelevant explanations and keeps to the original plot of the novel.

[BloodBoal]

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SLED BEING PULLED BY BUNNIES? NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT, SERIOUSLY??? WHAT THE FUCK???!!!

[Incanus]

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SLED BEING PULLED BY BUNNIES? NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT, SERIOUSLY??? WHAT THE FUCK???!!!

Oh I do care. Believe me, I DO CARE. I think it is pretty sick stuff PJ and the other writers have come up with. Sick I tell you.

He must have been smoking something else than pipeweed when he created that nice detail there. I wonder if the bunnies fly or are they perhaps surrounded by a rainbow halo and have rainbows trailing after them.

Also there is the possibility that the person reporting this was completely wasted and on heavy drug induced trip and didn't know what he was talking about. It would explain his grumbling about the 48fps as well.

[BloodBoal]

We're going from this :



to a sled being pulled by bunnies?!?!???

Jackson didn't pull a Lucas. He pulled a Lucas^250000000!!!!!!!!


P.S.: I'm sure the Englishman will love it!

[Incanus]

Well let's us see how things will turn out before completely lambasting the film(s).

But yes bunny sled sounds awful and trippy in comparison to the deviations from the actual plot in LotR movies.

[BloodBoal]

And we were worried about starfish hairdos!! Obviously, this is the least of my concerns, now.

[Faleel]

I don't have a problem with a sled pulled by bunnies

or problems with the nine "Barrow-wraiths".

[BloodBoal]

Well, you should!

[Faleel]

http://www.facebook....366960950006183

why do torture us so?

[Charlie Brigden]

Maybe if the books were written in a form better-suited for adaptation he wouldn't have to put bunnies or ringwraiths or Orlando Bloom in them.

BTW, every report I've read complains about the 48FPS.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Maybe if the books were written in a form better-suited for adaptation he wouldn't have to put bunnies or ringwraiths or Orlando Bloom in them.

What? The Hobbit is PERFECTLY suited for adaptation! It's like it's are already a script, it has everything you need (with some room for your own creative tweaks)

[Charlie Brigden]

I beg to differ. There is no scene in the book where Legolas heroically swings on spider-web like Tarzan to save Evangeline Lilly from being the lunch of a monstrous spider, with Thorin (now renamed Giimli) shouting "That pointy-eared *****!".

(also, someone should really screencap that Wrath of Khan "humour is difficult concept" subtitle...)

[BloodBoal]

I'd rather have Legolas heroically swings on bunnies pulling a sled with Radagast on it, kissing Tauriel, and with Gandalf (now renamed Gandy-O) shouting: "When did Jackson the Wise abandon reason for madness?"

[Faleel]

[Chaac]

General summary of the footage

I'm happy with everything so far. And curious about the framerate.

[gkgyver]

I'd rather have Legolas heroically swings on bunnies pulling a sled with Radagast on it, kissing Tauriel, and with Gandalf (now renamed Gandy-O) shouting: "When did Jackson the Wise abandon reason for madness?"

Why not have Legolas swing on vines with a herd of bunnies to chase the spiders, while Bilbo, on Gandalf's wagon, fights Tauriel on Radagast's wagon? She could say something like "So young, and so foolish!"

That would be mindblowing!

But seriously, I intentionally stayed away from any, and I mean any, spoilers or reports, and when I accidentally do hear something from the film, it is something like Ringwraith tombs and bunny sleds.
Why do wraiths even need tombs, what is this, Dracula?

Bunny sled reminds me of the rather silly "Father Christmas" scene in the first Narnia movie. What a sight this must be, Radagast with birds on his head sitting on a sled with bunnies.
Oh how I wish Del Toro back right now.

Looks like Jackson picked up right where he left with Return Of The King as far as design and deviations are concerned. But that didn't have fucking bunnies. What the fuck?

[Chaac]

I guess you people would also dislike animals serving tea?

[gkgyver]

Yes, it's silly.

BUT, the big question wasn't asked: any new Howard Shore music in there?

[Faleel]

Beorn is gonna kill the fans.