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Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11349 Posts
July 31 2012 00:08 GMT
#41
@sewergoat
Really? Is it any good? I watched the LotR's animated film and was apalled.
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Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
July 31 2012 00:19 GMT
#42
I'm sorry Nazgul, but when was the last time you read The Hobbit? I agree with your points on LotR and aSoIaF, but The Hobbit is a very different beast. It's much more condensed since it was more of a children's book than anything else. Jackson has already said he's considering using materials from the appendices of the RotK, which tells you he doesn't have enough material from The Hobbit alone, to make 3 films.

I guess it's just down to what people wanted from this. If you wanted a full-blown prequel to the LotR that covers much more than just Bilbo's adventure, you will be happy. If you, like me, just wanted Bilbo's story told, you will be concerned and skeptical of what Jackson's doing.
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
reincremate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China2213 Posts
July 31 2012 00:39 GMT
#43
On July 31 2012 08:29 BerserKr wrote:
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On July 31 2012 08:27 Vulture174 wrote:
This looks like overall it is going to be a lot more relaxed and slower paced than the lord of the rings. Not a bad thing I think, but I am guessing that if people go into it expecting something very simmilar they will be dissapointed.


Well why would they expect the same lol. Lets not forget The Hobbit =/= LoTR, I'd imagine people that didnt read The Hobbit getting dissapointed it's not similar to LoTR, but even on the most basic things they are completley different types of writting, lets not forget Tolkien wrote The Hobbit for his sons as a night read book.

I thought The Hobbit was more entertaining. LotR was some silly white nationalist fantasy where they broke into song every 10 pages.
Peqqz
Profile Joined December 2011
Germany201 Posts
July 31 2012 00:47 GMT
#44
AWWWWWWWESOME !!

Waited so long... since... forever!
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RCMDVA
Profile Joined July 2011
United States708 Posts
July 31 2012 14:44 GMT
#45
Alot of todays articles are linking Peter Jackson's facebook page post


We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.


Apolo
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal1259 Posts
July 31 2012 15:40 GMT
#46
Actually, the Lotr was so rushed in order to fit a book per movie, it really left a lot of the story of middle earth, and characters aside. I think this 3rd movie is more than welcomed.
EAGER-beaver
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada2799 Posts
July 31 2012 15:42 GMT
#47
Aw man, 3 movies? This just means I have to wait longer to see the dragon part.
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b0mBerMan
Profile Joined April 2012
Japan271 Posts
July 31 2012 16:15 GMT
#48
wtf trilogy???
Beorning
Profile Joined June 2011
United States243 Posts
July 31 2012 16:25 GMT
#49
I'm sure Peter, Fran, and Phillipa know what they're doing making this a trilogy, so excited for December. Maybe I should make a costume or something for the midnight thing, hmmmmmmmm.

Also very interested in how they cut the story.

oh oh oh, and some people found newly registered domain names today : "The Desolation of Smaug" and "The Battle of Five Armies." So I guess those would be for the second movie? Whichever they decide on, "An Unexpected Journey" is the name of the first one. And I can't see them not using "There and Back Again" for the final movie.
danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
July 31 2012 16:28 GMT
#50
On July 31 2012 06:02 Falling wrote:
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On July 31 2012 05:59 epoc wrote:
How can this be 3 films when the entire lotr trilogy is like at least 3 times longer?


Well from the previous thread (my one regret about locking the other one is losing the other conversations.)

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On July 31 2012 02:41 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I honestly think that you could have made 10 movies out of LotR easily, so I don't see why three would be too much for the Hobbit. So much incredible stuff was still missing from LotR. Not sure about the storylines and arcs I'm not too concerned with those. If the arc is missing I will just treat it like a series in the cinema, but honestly these people are too good to have arcs missing so I'll just take it as it comes.

If you look at Game of Thrones as a comparison even a full season of broadcasting is not enough to accurately describe the books, storylines, and scenery. Basically, if done well, I think you can almost created unlimited TV/movie content out of books this good. I have no issue with three movies at all, it's just a matter of being good enough to do it. They have proven their skills so I will give them the benefit of the doubt until I see them.


Uhh, +10 Nazgul?

For all you haters saying they're milking it, get out! You have got to be kidding me. You can't milk Lord of the Rings, or even The Hobbit (I include the hobbit when I think of LOTR). It's the book(s) that keeps on giving. Almost all of the lore you guys think is new and innovative in these video games and movies now-a-days is just a rip off of Tolkien. So, don't even!
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Daniri
Profile Joined May 2007
387 Posts
July 31 2012 17:48 GMT
#51
I remember people arguing if The Hobbit had enough content for even one movie.
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Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
July 31 2012 19:56 GMT
#52
I'm super excited for these three movies :D
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NuttyFudgesicle
Profile Joined December 2010
United States29 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 20:24:49
July 31 2012 20:10 GMT
#53
I don't understand.. A trilogy? Maybe two movies at most. There was only ONE book. Everyone in film knows that a page of a book usually equates to about one minute of film. For the other three books, there was not enough time in the movies for every little part of all the books. Not having enough material means only one thing, they are going to add in what was not in the book to fill gaps. Something like this will please some and absolutely ruin it for other hardcore fans.
Kaien
Profile Joined August 2011
Belgium178 Posts
July 31 2012 20:54 GMT
#54
On August 01 2012 05:10 NuttyFudgesicle wrote:
I don't understand.. A trilogy? Maybe two movies at most. There was only ONE book. Everyone in film knows that a page of a book usually equates to about one minute of film. For the other three books, there was not enough time in the movies for every little part of all the books. Not having enough material means only one thing, they are going to add in what was not in the book to fill gaps. Something like this will please some and absolutely ruin it for other hardcore fans.

Have you actualy read any of the above posts?
There is more then enough material written by tolkien for at least 3 movies.
NuttyFudgesicle
Profile Joined December 2010
United States29 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 21:54:52
July 31 2012 21:45 GMT
#55
On August 01 2012 05:54 Kaien wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 05:10 NuttyFudgesicle wrote:
I don't understand.. A trilogy? Maybe two movies at most. There was only ONE book. Everyone in film knows that a page of a book usually equates to about one minute of film. For the other three books, there was not enough time in the movies for every little part of all the books. Not having enough material means only one thing, they are going to add in what was not in the book to fill gaps. Something like this will please some and absolutely ruin it for other hardcore fans.

Have you actualy read any of the above posts?
There is more then enough material written by tolkien for at least 3 movies.


Yes I have. Like I said, one page of a book equates to about one minute of film. This is the major reason when books are used to create movies there is almost always material that gets cut, including the extended version of LotR. There simply is not enough time. However, The Hobbit is about three hundred pages depending on the edition so that is really about two movies. No matter how you edit the film, there is going to have to be at least some new material which gets added in that was not in the original book or expect to see many stretched scenes of traveling, etc. Don't get your hopes up if you expect a 2.5/3 hour film with an extended version for all three of them, it simply can't happen without major additions or reaching back into the other books. I am not saying it is impossible, as in the other LotR movies they had many long scenes and still did not use all of the material, the same may be true for The Hobbit. 100 pages per movie, with drawn out scenes and a couple additions could work fine, but I cannot see it being nearly as long as the other movies.
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
July 31 2012 21:51 GMT
#56
Seeing what they did with Game of Thrones (whole friggin' series, still on like what, the first book in an 8 book series?), turning the Hobbit into a 3-part movie series doesn't seem that hard.

Anyways, the audiobook for the Hobbit is ~5 hours long. The bits the are going to be added (like Dol Guldur) could easily give enough content for 3 movies I think. Watch the LOTR movies and read the books. Watch the LOTR movies extended edition and read the books. A whole shit load was still left out.
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Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
July 31 2012 21:54 GMT
#57
I'm not sure how I feel about Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, he always seems to give his characters a slightly pathetic feel and I don't know if that really suits Bilbo's character.
Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 21:58:11
July 31 2012 21:55 GMT
#58
It's not whether there's enough Tolkien material to use, but whether expanding so much from The Hobbit itself will sideline and overshadow Bilbo's story. A lot of people just wanted the focus to be on Bilbo, and his journey as it is in the book. Jackson can always prove those people wrong by pacing & editing it well, but no matter how he does it, there can be no argument that Bilbo's adventure will be very thinly spread across 3 films.


On August 01 2012 06:54 Eufouria wrote:
I'm not sure how I feel about Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, he always seems to give his characters a slightly pathetic feel and I don't know if that really suits Bilbo's character.

That's one of Bilbo's qualities throughout the book. As long as Freeman can pull of the cunning/confident(cocky) aspect as well, there should be no problems.
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
Undrass
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway381 Posts
July 31 2012 21:56 GMT
#59
On August 01 2012 06:45 NuttyFudgesicle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 05:54 Kaien wrote:
On August 01 2012 05:10 NuttyFudgesicle wrote:
I don't understand.. A trilogy? Maybe two movies at most. There was only ONE book. Everyone in film knows that a page of a book usually equates to about one minute of film. For the other three books, there was not enough time in the movies for every little part of all the books. Not having enough material means only one thing, they are going to add in what was not in the book to fill gaps. Something like this will please some and absolutely ruin it for other hardcore fans.

Have you actualy read any of the above posts?
There is more then enough material written by tolkien for at least 3 movies.


Yes I have. Like I said, one page of a book equates to about one minute of film. This is the major reason when books are used to create movies there is almost always material that gets cut, including the extended version of LotR. There simply is not enough time. However, The Hobbit is about three hundred pages depending on the edition so that is really about two movies. No matter how you edit the film, there is going to have to be at least some new material which gets added in that was not in the original book or expect to see many stretched scenes of traveling, etc. Don't get your hopes up if you expect a 2.5/3 hour film with an extended version for all three of them, it simply can't happen without major additions or reaching back into the other books.


Which is exactly what is happening. The movies will contain stuff from the appendixes of LotR, which is a lot of information. The appendix part is about 100 pages (in the Norwegian version, and a lot of it is probably not relevant to the hobbit), and about as dense as the Encyclopedia Britannica. If Peter Jackson wants to, he can make a lot more than a measly three movies out of the hobbit + LotR appendix.
TheAngelofDeath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2033 Posts
July 31 2012 22:00 GMT
#60
Hyped :D
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