Guest Low Roller Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) So Peter Jackson is making an adaptation of The Hobbit for those who have not heard. The prequel to the Lord of the Rings was a single small book, about half of the size of each of the trilogy tomes. Yet somehow enough story is being extracted from the book to justify a two part story arc ($$$!). The two movies have now received their titles:The Hobbit pt.1: An Unexpected JourneyThe Hobbit pt.2: There and Back AgainA lot of the cast from the first three movies will be back in this movie, which is a little worrying since only Bilbo, Gandalf, and Gollum should be back. Edited May 31, 2011 by Low Roller edited for correct title. Going from memory is dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaimoe Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 There are several really cool sub-plots in the Hobbit that I would have liked expanded upon such as the Dwarves vs Orcs battle, Smaug and Elrond. Anyway, should be interesting to see if Jackson can pull this expanded re-imagining off (too bad that del Toro dropped out as director):THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, to be released December 14, 2012, and THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN, to be released December 13, 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Jaimoe wishes his wife would join him in cosplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 A lot of the cast from the first three movies will be back in this movie, which is a little worrying since only Bilbo, Gandalf, and Gollum should be back. Elrond was in The Hobbit, wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 A lot of the cast from the first three movies will be back in this movie' date=' which is a little worrying since only Bilbo, Gandalf, and Gollum should be back. [/quote']Elrond was in The Hobbit, wasn't he?Yup.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElrondElrond Half-elven is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is introduced in The Hobbit, and plays a supporting role in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 There's a whole lot of not getting laid happening in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelter Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 The Council of Elrond chapter in Fellowship tells a lot of backstory between The Hobbit and when Frodo leaves The Shire. That's what I'm guessing they're including, because it has a lot of Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 There's a whole lot of not getting laid happening in this thread.ahem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 There's a whole lot of not getting laid happening in this thread.I just spit out my coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Isn't it great how just deciding on a movie title is news to Lowroller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 i love the hobbit. excited to see the films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 There's a whole lot of not getting laid happening in this thread.Hey! Just because I can recite the Elvish decent of Elrond, from his Half-elven father Earendil right back to Finwe, High King of the Noldor, doesn't mean I'm a nerd!Er...nvm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 There's a whole lot of not getting laid happening in this thread.Now, if only Rush would do the soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Character pictures are up [dwarfs (dwarves?) only, so far]: Fili & Kili: Dori, Nori & Ori: Oin & Gloin: Bifur, Bofur & Bombur: Balin & Dwalin: Thorin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 You pics aren't coming through, but they should be all Dwarves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 There's a whole lot of not getting laid happening in this thread.ahaha...just this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 You pics aren't coming through, but they should be all Dwarves.Chrome spell-check kept telling me that "dwarves" was incorrect and "dwarfs" was the preferred spelling.Anyway, here's the Link for Thorin's picture. You can click links from that page to see all of the other dwarves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelter Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Dwarves is correct in this context ... read the foreword to the most recent paperback editions of LOTR. Tolkien was pissed when the publisher changed things "Elvish" to "Elfish" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Bombur looks a bit like Obelix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Thorin looks like a Klingon. Yep, still not getting laid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Resurrecting this old thread to talk about the Hobbit now becoming three movies. How Peter Jackson plans to take a 200 page book and make three epics (with the eventual Extended Edition for Blu-ray release no doubt) begs some questioning. What liberties will he take with this story this time?A lot of source material is said to come from the appendices, similar to how Arwen was added to the first trilogy despite only a small mention in the book, and a brief history in the appendix (IIRC). The titles are apparently getting a reshuffle as well. The first movie will still be called "An Unexpected Journey".The second film was meant to be called "There And Back Again", however I just saw this morning that the studio is playing around with some other ideas while officially naming the third movie. Currently the rumour has the second movie changing to "The Desolation of Smaug" while the third is called "The Battle of Five Armies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Wow. The sad thing is this isn't even the height of Hollywood greed and hubris. The blockbuster model needs a major overhaul, but as long as money rules the day (and it always will) things won't change.Boo-urns and FU Peter Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 ditto that.... two movies would've been a stretch, three smacks of pure greed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Anyone wonder why it's always a 'trilogy'? Is a trilogy of movies considered the optimal amount of films related to a single storyline before saturation point with the audience? Why won't anyone ever do a 'quadrilogy'? One too many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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