The Hobbit.

Spexxvet · 12-14-2012, 11:15 AM

OK. Here's the bird's eye low-down on this caper. Yesterday I heard an interview with a "Tolkien Scholar". He was asked if the movie seemed "stretched", in order to fill out three movies. He said that Jackson has incorporated goings-on in Middle Earth that happened during the time that The Hobbit takes place, but were not included in the story. He got them from the LOTR appendices (probably The Tale Of Years). Off hand, I remember that Gandalf's reason for leaving the company at Mirkwood was that he met with The White Council, who subsequently drove The Necromancer out of Dol Guldor. This would explain Galadriel's and Saruman's inclusion in the movies.

Having learned this, I'm all in for 3 movies.

12-14-2012, 11:15 AM	#11
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	OK. Here's the bird's eye low-down on this caper. Yesterday I heard an interview with a "Tolkien Scholar". He was asked if the movie seemed "stretched", in order to fill out three movies. He said that Jackson has incorporated goings-on in Middle Earth that happened during the time that The Hobbit takes place, but were not included in the story. He got them from the LOTR appendices (probably The Tale Of Years). Off hand, I remember that Gandalf's reason for leaving the company at Mirkwood was that he met with The White Council, who subsequently drove The Necromancer out of Dol Guldor. This would explain Galadriel's and Saruman's inclusion in the movies. Having learned this, I'm all in for 3 movies. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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