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Schmobutzen
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany284 Posts
September 21 2012 09:50 GMT
#141
Who is the one with the hedgehogs?
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
September 21 2012 09:56 GMT
#142
^ My guess is that it's Radagast, as he's talking to the animals..and that was one of his specialities.
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Schmobutzen
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany284 Posts
September 21 2012 10:01 GMT
#143
Yeah, you are right! Thank You!
shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
September 23 2012 01:11 GMT
#144
The movie definitely looks great. It's great too see everyone back: Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel. (mostly just Gandalf though) The last trailer looks top-notch as well. I really hope they found a good balance between the lightheartedness of The Hobbit book and the more serious tone to follow suit with the LotR movies and in the trailer I could catch glimpses of both.

The only thing that worries me is how "cartoony" some of the dwarves look. Not bad really, but just out of place for the LotR universe that was build up in Trilogy movies. I think they would have done better to go with a more traditional look that Thorin has. The huge noses and weird haircuts are a tad weird I think.
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Kaien
Profile Joined August 2011
Belgium178 Posts
September 23 2012 02:19 GMT
#145
^ If they did that, the dwarves would mosly all look the same and it would be impossible for the casual viewer to know who is who.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24673 Posts
September 23 2012 02:30 GMT
#146
On September 23 2012 11:19 Kaien wrote:
^ If they did that, the dwarves would mosly all look the same and it would be impossible for the casual viewer to know who is who.

In the book, where you don't need to identify the dwarves by their appearance, I still couldn't tell who was who, so I don't think it really matters either way.
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phyren
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1067 Posts
September 23 2012 02:35 GMT
#147
It almost never mattered who was who among the dwarves. They basically did everything together and shared the same greediness and sense of wounded honor.
Figgy
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1788 Posts
September 23 2012 02:43 GMT
#148
On August 01 2012 01:28 danl9rm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 06:02 Falling wrote:
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.)

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!


Ahem? Eternal Darkness had a beautiful unique and scary storyline that took nothing from Tolkien
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XythOs
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
Germany520 Posts
September 23 2012 02:44 GMT
#149
I don't think most/alot of the people who will watch the movies also have read the book. Simply because LotR was so successful and people watch it because of that. So they kinda have to make them identifiable by their appearance so people will remember them after first time watching.
Morgoth
Profile Joined July 2011
United States42 Posts
September 23 2012 02:54 GMT
#150
meh peter jackson so overated imo.
I'm a LOTR fiend
Xanatoss
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany539 Posts
September 23 2012 03:15 GMT
#151
Cant wait for this. Hopefully these movies will break the line of me regreting the money I paid visiting the theater.
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Fyrewolf
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1533 Posts
September 23 2012 03:49 GMT
#152
I'm not sure if I like the idea of reaching into sources beyond the book itself for material. I enjoy the hobbit more than lotr because of how well it works as a self-contained adventure story. Bilbo is thrust into a strange situation and only reluctantly decides to go on the adventure, encounters a lot more than he bargained for with the many trials and tribulations, but ends up being the unlikely hero who defeats the big bad guy smaug, saves the day for everyone, and wins his golden treasure. Having plotlines relating to things like thorin's father thrain are just unnecessary padding and take away from the actual story. Sometimes it's better not to show/know everything and leave some mystery up to the viewers/readers imagination.
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MajuGarzett
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Canada635 Posts
September 23 2012 05:54 GMT
#153
On September 23 2012 12:49 Fyrewolf wrote:
I'm not sure if I like the idea of reaching into sources beyond the book itself for material. I enjoy the hobbit more than lotr because of how well it works as a self-contained adventure story. Bilbo is thrust into a strange situation and only reluctantly decides to go on the adventure, encounters a lot more than he bargained for with the many trials and tribulations, but ends up being the unlikely hero who defeats the big bad guy smaug, saves the day for everyone, and wins his golden treasure. Having plotlines relating to things like thorin's father thrain are just unnecessary padding and take away from the actual story. Sometimes it's better not to show/know everything and leave some mystery up to the viewers/readers imagination.

Thrain is mentioned in the Hobbit anyways though so having some background on who he is and how he got locked in Dol Goldur isn't too far removed from the story itself. I do hope the plot with Gandalf and the White council doesn't overshadow Bilbo though.
Halcyondaze
Profile Joined January 2011
United States509 Posts
September 23 2012 06:08 GMT
#154
really looking forward to this
ContrailNZ
Profile Joined January 2007
New Zealand306 Posts
September 23 2012 06:08 GMT
#155
Should be a great series.

Can't wait to see what they do with the 3D / higher frame rate.
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11349 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 06:17:45
September 23 2012 06:15 GMT
#156
On September 21 2012 18:25 Thorakh wrote:
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On September 21 2012 11:47 Falling wrote:
On September 21 2012 06:55 Thorakh wrote:
Does anyone else feel like some of the dwarves (Thorin for example) don't exactly look... dwarven?

I don't mind so much. I think they're trying hard to really differentiate the Dwarves more than even Tolkien did. (Oin and Gloin get so few lines- they fight over lighting a fire early on.) Movies are such a visual medium that it would be difficult to have 13 Dwarves all with the same beards style as Gimili.

Besides of which Tolkien, Lewis, and a couple others were re-imagining how dwarves were portrayed so the movie might as well do the same. (Typically dwarves were the villains in stories.)
Some of the dwarves just look... too clean. It's hard to put a finger on it but they just don't feel right, they look like miniature humans.

Well I think they feel the need to have some sexy men like Legolas. So I suspect they're going the eye candy route with Fili and Kili. Thorin was actually the oldest of the dwarves originally, but they seem to be making him younger, which does give a different character arc. But they did the same thing with Frodo in LotR's- he was 50 in the books and the eldest of the dwarves. Making him younger gives a different spin on it semi- coming of age story if you will.

Most of the others are pretty normal with the exception of some really zany ones like the tri-corner hairdo and the Axe in the Head.
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Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States9292 Posts
September 23 2012 06:16 GMT
#157
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?

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SuperYo1000
Profile Joined July 2008
United States880 Posts
September 23 2012 06:21 GMT
#158
3 films is a bit much. Last LOTR movie was dragging on....I thought it was over, then it ended 45 minutes later
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
September 23 2012 06:24 GMT
#159
Uhhhhhhh, wow, a trilogy. Well, Jackson's always had a problem with keeping things short ... (see: not only RotK, but also King Kong).
acker
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2958 Posts
September 23 2012 06:34 GMT
#160
On September 23 2012 15:21 SuperYo1000 wrote:
3 films is a bit much. Last LOTR movie was dragging on....I thought it was over, then it ended 45 minutes later

It should have been at least an hour longer for the Scouring of the Shire...but that was cut out.
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