ugh.
― all the worlds a stage and kitty's just stepped into the spotlight (cajunsunday), Monday, 30 July 2012 17:30 (thirteen years ago)
and here I was thinking that stretching this into two films was a bad idea...
― Moodles, Monday, 30 July 2012 17:33 (thirteen years ago)
I'm sure none of the New Line or Warners execs were exactly trying to talk Jackson out of stretching things out more.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 July 2012 17:36 (thirteen years ago)
xpost -- It is a bad idea. This is worse.
See the part of me that (yes) loves the appendices, the minutiae and everything extended and sprawling about what Tolkien did perversely enjoys this huge expense to film what was essentially his retconning of his own work.
But dramatically this really could have been been a great self-contained film, a glorious if long one-off. Two films, a stretch. Three films telling this story? I just don't even.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2012 17:37 (thirteen years ago)
Warners needs to milk those cashcows (esp since there is never ever going to be another Batman film).
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 July 2012 17:40 (thirteen years ago)
I sincerely hope this turns out to be three 70-minute flicks.
― Simon H., Monday, 30 July 2012 17:40 (thirteen years ago)
(esp since there is never ever going to be another Batman film).
Yeah I'm pretty certain there will be, albeit quite possibly not another decent one.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 30 July 2012 17:43 (thirteen years ago)
As somebody who loves Peter Jackson's early movies, it's a bummer that it looks like his work is going to be centered on the Hobbit/Tolkien for the forseeable future. Not that I didn't like the first trilogy of movies, but I would like for him to do something different.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Monday, 30 July 2012 17:50 (thirteen years ago)
He's rumoured to be adapting Phillip Reeve's excellent Mortal Engines books at some point, which I would be more excited to see than more Middle Earth twaddle at this point.
http://mortalengines.wikia.com/wiki/Mortal_Engines_%28film%29
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 30 July 2012 17:55 (thirteen years ago)
I think they're already kicking around the idea of another Batman flick now with it coming out in 5 years or so under a different director
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Monday, 30 July 2012 18:26 (thirteen years ago)
no wonder Del Toro ran a mile
― Number None, Monday, 30 July 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)
This io9 photo seems apt.
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17uftph5epp2cjpg/original.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2012 18:37 (thirteen years ago)
'DEAL WITH IT'
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 30 July 2012 19:11 (thirteen years ago)
http://io9.com/5930350/some-totally-real-reasons-why-the-hobbit-had-to-be-a-trilogy
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:35 (thirteen years ago)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - December 14, 2012The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - December 13, 2013The Hobbit: There and Back Again - July 18, 2014
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/the-hobbit-third-film/8949
― StanM, Saturday, 1 September 2012 17:03 (thirteen years ago)
sigh, fine.
― "Pffft" --buddha (silby), Saturday, 1 September 2012 19:47 (thirteen years ago)
The Hobbit: Hobbity and Hobbiter - May 28, 2015
― tylerw, Saturday, 1 September 2012 19:51 (thirteen years ago)
hobbit, hobbit, for the love of god please hobbit at once
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 20:36 (thirteen years ago)
The Silmarillion VIII: the Reckoning - December 14, 2024
― StanM, Saturday, 1 September 2012 20:50 (thirteen years ago)
with charles bronson
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:19 (thirteen years ago)
The Hobbit III: There and Back, Again!
― Chris S, Sunday, 2 September 2012 00:11 (thirteen years ago)
The Ho4bit
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Sunday, 2 September 2012 00:27 (thirteen years ago)
Complaining about how it's "stretched" begs the question. With two movies, it always seemed to me that stuff would still have to be compressed or left out. Plus you know they'll expand the battle o' five armies, which was just a short summary in the book.
― B'wana Beast, Sunday, 2 September 2012 05:43 (thirteen years ago)
Oh yay cause the battle scenes were so the best thing in LOTR :/
― ledge, Sunday, 2 September 2012 09:57 (thirteen years ago)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
I so, so hope this one'll be a meditation on draconian ennui, three hours of nothing but Cumberbatch moping around.
― Tuomas, Monday, 3 September 2012 09:30 (thirteen years ago)
Go not to Dragons for ennui, for they will say "Oh I suppose so"
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 3 September 2012 10:50 (thirteen years ago)
New trailer tomorrow.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:36 (thirteen years ago)
She's Gotta Hobbit
― Broney, Pt. 1 (Pillbox), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:52 (thirteen years ago)
lol
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:36 (thirteen years ago)
Bilbo Fever
A Sam Gamgee Joint
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:37 (thirteen years ago)
Et voila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYz0JWJioOM
― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:51 (thirteen years ago)
Wargs! Trolls! Orcs! Gollums! Bears!
― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:54 (thirteen years ago)
Think I'll wait till there's an edit without Martin Freeman.
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)
Damn, even the stone giants in the Misty Mountains. Didn't think they'd actually show!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:01 (thirteen years ago)
Okay LOL at Radagast having a sled pulled by a trained team of huge attack rabbits. Night of the Lepus!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)
Rabbitgast the Brown
― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:20 (thirteen years ago)
(secretly so excited I can't stand it but will shroud excitement in detached enthusiasm)
eh, it's cool I guess
*grin*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)
See, I think he is a jackass but his acting is okay? I can overlook it anyway.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:52 (thirteen years ago)
I am going to go see this and pretend he is Arthur Dent the whole time.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)
same difference
― Number None, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:39 (thirteen years ago)
Hell yes.
Note to Hollywood: Make more movies with wizards in them!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:59 (thirteen years ago)
Eh, if you broke it down I bet the wizard to movie ratio has been relatively high the last few years.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 18:19 (thirteen years ago)
Harry Potter ruined the curve.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 18:43 (thirteen years ago)
What's that weird black blob at 0:31?
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:00 (thirteen years ago)
I don't knock his acting, I think he's great at playing Martin Freeman. I just never saw Bilbo as being very Martin Freemanish. Same for Dr Watson. Arthur Dent - could've been Freemanesque if Simon Jones hadn't got in there first. Tim from The Office, yeah he was Freemany.
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:01 (thirteen years ago)
Is the CGI finished? It seems a lot cartoonier than in LOTR.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:59 (thirteen years ago)
I'm excited for these, been rewatching the LOTR trilogy with my wife over the past few weeks (taking forever because why extended editions) and forgot how much I enjoyed 'em.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:04 (thirteen years ago)
Fellowship is the only one that's significantly improved in the extended cut iirc.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:07 (thirteen years ago)