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  1. Barnald
    Are you really that bothered by a brief shot of Gimli treading on bones and blowing spirits away? I wouldn't be, but the Gimli scenes seemed interminable to me. That was part of the problem, they went passed 'mildly humourous' into the 'please end this scene now, it was never funny in the first place and now I actually hate Gimli' stage. If there was a whole scene of Dwarves being naked and playing in the fountain I could definitely sympathize with you. It would certainly achieve the prize of being the most homoerotic scene in these films to date.
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    Bloodboal I don't think that Star Wars thing will happen. For one, LOTR will always remain the more popular trilogy, and I suspect people will always go to it first, given that they don't share the same name and episode numbers. Also, and I know it's subjective, but AUJ really isn't as bad as any of the Star Wars prequels - it has good acting for one thing.
  3. Barnald
    Doug has confirmed on twitter that the samples were the first 30 seconds of each track.
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    Are you really that bothered by a brief shot of naked Dwarves? We already have enough hints with the painting Bilbo sees, the tracked History Of The Ring statement when he finds the Rings, etc. We don't need another obvious callback to LOTR like that. It's like PJ is taking the audience for idiots who can't connect the dots. I just wish it was all told in a subtlier way... Yep. Enjoyed it. A couple of bare-arsed Dwarves seen very briefly didn't bother me. Because at least that and the Goblin-king song (alright it's pretty bad) fit with the tone of the film. Gimli treading on bones and blowing spirits away is terribly cringeworthy. There's no real place for comic relief at this stage of the story. It hints at bad things for the whole Army of the Dead arc, which is badly handled. Their arrival at the battle and its conclusion is just awful. It's the only bit of the 4 films to date I really object to. This may change with the next two films however. Infact, I'd be rather surprised if it didn't. Uhmm, nothing in LotR, including the moments you mentioned, that are even close to being as cringeworthy as the naked dwarves and the Goblin King song. Those really were awful moments.Look I can't deny the Goblin King song is bad, but I can't stress to you how much I hated the conclusion of the battle of the Pelennor Fields. Given how great ROTK was apart from that, it stung far more. The one real blight on that trilogy for me. My expectations were adjusted for The Hobbit films - I never expected something of the same calibre, and I appreciate that it was always going to be different in style and stone. But I was very happy with AUJ nonetheless
  5. Barnald
    Well you must have had some big issues with parts of Jackson's LOTR films as well then?
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    We already have enough hints with the painting Bilbo sees, the tracked History Of The Ring statement when he finds the Rings, etc. We don't need another obvious callback to LOTR like that. It's like PJ is taking the audience for idiots who can't connect the dots. I just wish it was all told in a subtlier way... Yep. Enjoyed it. A couple of bare-arsed Dwarves seen very briefly didn't bother me. Because at least that and the Goblin-king song (alright it's pretty bad) fit with the tone of the film. Gimli treading on bones and blowing spirits away is terribly cringeworthy. There's no real place for comic relief at this stage of the story. It hints at bad things for the whole Army of the Dead arc, which is badly handled. Their arrival at the battle and its conclusion is just awful. It's the only bit of the 4 films to date I really object to. This may change with the next two films however. Infact, I'd be rather surprised if it didn't.
  7. Barnald
    The low point for me remains the Army of the Dead at Pelennor. Or Gimli's antics in the Paths of the Dead. I haven't seen anything yet in The Hobbit films that pissed me off/caused me to cringe as much as those parts.
  8. Barnald
    So Doug confirms an important new theme in 'In the Shadow of the Mountain', which is rather reminiscent of the Dwarrowdelf theme/moment. I'm guessing it will be when they look upon Erebor first-hand, or perhaps when they're walking up the huge statue. Can't wait.
  9. Barnald
    That first 11 seconds of 'A Spell of Concealment' is interesting. I was wondering if it might have something to do with Thrain, since it reminded me a little (just a little) of The Dwarf Lords.
  10. Barnald
    Oddly enough, parts of Quest for Erebor, particularly that last few seconds, remind me somewhat of some of the music heard in Bree during FOTR (especially the bits just prior to the Strider reveal). Which obviously makes sense if the film is beginning there.
  11. Barnald
    I'm guessing they were careful about the 30 seconds so as not to give us anything too spectacular. Ending 'In the Shadow of the Mountain' there is again just cruel, it's clearly building up to something special.
  12. Barnald
    Do we think that's the Lake-town theme in Thrice Welcome then?
  13. Barnald
    I really can't wait to hear the whole of 'In the Shadow of the Mountain'. It sounds like it's tinged with a lot of sadness and longing, and if it does indeed feature a new rendition of the Dwarrowdelf theme it might all be too much.
  14. Barnald
    Is 'In The Shadow of the Mountain' going into the Dwarrowdelf theme?!? Chills isn't the word!
  15. Barnald
    That was just plain cruel...Everytime I see this thread bumped I get momentarily excited. In related matters, there's no word of Wellington Town Hall being closed off for extra sessions, nothing from the NZSO, no tweets about last-minute work from the London Voices (yet)...the signs appear to be good. Unless of course new music is needed but Jackson has decided not to bother with last-minute recording sessions and has just plundered music from earlier soundtracks instead.
  16. Barnald
    We may not have all the necessary High Fells footage. Seeing as the Chronicles book contains an image of the exterior of the High Fells, I'm wondering if there is a scene initially showing Gandalf's arrival there.
  17. Barnald
    The first part of Edge of the Wild up to the end of the Misty Mountains theme fits the scene pretty much perfectly. Obviously the original intent then was to transition to Gandalf at the High Fells, and the track reflects that. So the rest of it has no place in AUJ.
  18. Barnald
    That pic's been going around a while, but this heartens me since it suggests it will actually be in the film.
  19. Barnald
    Where do we think these precious samples will appear first? Qobuz, Amazon, ITunes, or some other magical source? Would be interesting if Empire streamed the whole thing before we got any, though at this stage I can't see that happening again this year.
  20. Barnald
    Unless Grint's had a sex change I don't think you needed to tell us which one you were referring to
  21. Barnald
    I might have seen it called 'The Company B-Theme', though that seems a little insulting, if ultimately correct
  22. Barnald
    I wonder if it's worth asking Doug if this beautiful 'Edge of the Wild' motif will return? I guess we'll find out soon enough though.
  23. Barnald
    'Heroic return to form' suggests he wasn't on form with AUJ...
  24. Barnald
    I guess things like that now become themes through multiple usage, rather like the 'fireworks' and 'pipe-smoking' motifs. It would be great if Doug's proposed Hobbit book including an appendix citing every place the themes appear across LOTR and The Hobbit soundtracks (we'd probably need additional material released from the latter first).
  25. Barnald
    Well the interesting thing about Bilbo's 'Baggins' theme is that PJ would have heard it very early indeed, since it was in the first trailer.
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