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11-20-2012, 06:53 PM
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The Hobbit.
I just saw the trailer for the Hobbit. And I thought that I knew the Hobbit And I saw a character that I did not recognize.
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11-20-2012, 06:55 PM
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huh. Tolkein's books just came out on Audible. I just bought the Hobbit and started re reading it. The narrator is awesome. like a kids story reader. so comfy.
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11-21-2012, 01:37 PM
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He brought me home The Lord of the Rings because I loved reading and it was the largest book he'd ever seen. I was 9-10, he worked as a printer (yes, it was half-inched from the re-pulp bin). Then for my twelth birthday (well, just an excuse really) I got a Commodore 64 and The Hobbit as a game. My 8 year old bro was obsessed with it, but simply couldn't fathom it out. So his bedtime reading became The Hobbit - my dyslexic father making up the names he couldn't work out. He read me fairy stories in the same way. I was hugely jealous at the time because Tolkien (and Daddy) were MINE. But I got over it very quickly and Ste now works in IT in London on a very healthy wage, so it all worked out okay. Haven't read The Hobbit in years. Spose I should get prepared - Mum won't want to see it and Dad will. Yay - I get Dads all to myself again!
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11-20-2012, 08:44 PM
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Watched these two trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGsB9dORBg http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen If you mean "a dark power has found a way back into the world" that's Radagast the Brown. On IMDB, it looks like Dain (Thorin's cousin), Beorn (the bear guy), Tom (I assume Tom Bombadil), Bolg (leader of the goblins in the Battle of the Five Armies) are cast. You might mean "Net Mender" or "Alfrid" --two inhabitants of Laketown apparently created for the film: the guy who sees Smaug coming, and a "conniving civil servant, " respectively. Could it have been any of these? Or, do you have a link to the trailer? I must see this character.
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11-21-2012, 09:47 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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11-20-2012, 09:50 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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There's a new female elf character. I don't know if she's in the trailer.
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11-21-2012, 07:09 AM
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11-21-2012, 07:37 AM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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Yes, they've created some brand new characters. The Necromancer was named in the book, but never appeared. They've put in Galadriel, Saruman, and it looks like they've expanded King Thranduil's role, if his high place in the cast listing is any indication. They list the character Elros, I don't believe he was even mentioned in the book.
Splitting The Hobbit into 3 parts is just a money grab.
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11-21-2012, 01:00 PM
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11-21-2012, 07:06 AM
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OMG- Flint!
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11-21-2012, 01:09 PM
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15 minutes would suffice, really.
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11-21-2012, 01:17 PM
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Yeah, but with no trolls, no Tom Bombadil, no Beorn, etc.
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11-21-2012, 01:54 PM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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Anyways my point was, everybody I know who is a Tolkien fan, when we heard it was being done in 3 movies, we all had the same reaction-- "Awesome, they are taking the time to do it right!" We were all very excited, and this was seen as nothing but a positive. You're actually the first person I've heard saying it is a "money grab" and it took me by surprise, as the idea had never even begun to cross my mind. Is this because you are jaded to the industry in general, or do you have a problem with Peter Jackson specifically?
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12-07-2012, 02:27 PM
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I've read The Hobbit and LOTR probably 7 or 8 times. I don't like it when a movie is different from a book. My feeling is that in order to extend the story to fill out three movies, they added stuff. I know they added characters, and put Galadriel in. The Hobbit is complete as written.
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