theacefes Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Wait for it.....The Hobbit and The Hobbit Revisited starring hot, young, things with shiny hair. Marvel at the gritty realism(hand-held camera work), stunning special effects(animated sequences) and engrossing story (black and white flashbacks). Link to comment
Gabrielle Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 That is weird. That is not Hobbiton. Link to comment
Miloch Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 The Hobbit would make a great movie if done properly. Talking trolls, giant spiders, a werebear, drunk elves, a dragon and a massive battle to finish it off - what's not to like? Hopefully they can pull all that off without too much cheesy-looking CGI. And maybe they can do it without half-orcs that hatch out of pods and the obligatory but totally not plot-related hot elven chick, as tempting as that might be. Though I don't understand this "Hobbit sequel" bit - or are they just splitting it into two movies? Probably for the best, given the length of the previous movies. Link to comment
Domi Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've kind of wondered too, but came to the conclusion that they will split the book in half, because atually for such a small book it is very event-packed, and does have 15 main charcaters.... Boy, there will be a big demand for 'dwarven' actors out there soon. Link to comment
Miloch Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Boy, there will be a big demand for 'dwarven' actors out there soon.Nah, they'll just dwarf regular actors via CGI, like they did for John Rhys-Davies (who played both one of the shortest and one of the largest characters in LotR as Gimli and Treebeard - go figure). I always wondered why they didn't just get dwarf actors instead, especially for the hobbits. Link to comment
Guest Tameon the Guest Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 The Hobbit > Lord of the Rings, IMO. This is good news. Link to comment
Fyorl Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 not plot-related hot elven chick No fantasy novel is complete without a hot elven chick... Link to comment
Miloch Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 No fantasy novel is complete without a hot elven chick...Well, I guess The Hobbit is incomplete then. Maybe they'll smuggle a hottie into Thranduil's palace somewhere, which is plausible enough (hey, they can't all be blokes), but smuggling in Arwen to play Glorfindel's part in the LotR movies was a bit much. Link to comment
Lord Ernie Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 What about a dwarf woman? I mean, there's lots of dwarves in the story. Why not go for political correctness and angry fans, and turn one of them into a hawt chick? Link to comment
Fyorl Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 smuggling in Arwen to play Glorfindel's part in the LotR movies was a bit much. I'm not complaining. If I'd been directing, the whole film would just be Arwen. Link to comment
the bigg Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 but smuggling in Arwen to play Glorfindel's part in the LotR movies was a bit much. Well, it reduced the number of characters in the movie, which helps for people who don't remember the book by heart. Besides, far worse had been done (E.G. Faramir trying to extort the Ring from Frodo, or the Army of Elves running to the rescue of Helm's Deep). Link to comment
Miloch Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 What about a dwarf woman? I mean, there's lots of dwarves in the story. Why not go for political correctness and angry fans, and turn one of them into a hawt chick?If you follow Terry Pratchett's reasoning, some of them are chicks - we just don't know it. Link to comment
Fyorl Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 or the Army of Elves running to the rescue of Helm's Deep Well I'm not too sure as to the reasoning behind that either. Was it to help with audience perception of 'elves are good guys' or, 'elves kick ass and can ride skateboards just like all you trendy teenagers in the audience' (I am of course referring to that bit where Legolas just slides down the stairs on a shield)? Maybe it was to make the battle a bit more realistic. I mean seriously, I know Tolkien was going for something epic but the number of men he had defending Helm's Deep against those tens of thousands of Saruman's lackeys was just ridiculous (I can't remember what the actual figures were but I remember thinking they were stupid). Link to comment
BigRob Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I think the idea of Helm's Deep was supposed to be like the Battle of Thermopylae, where due to a superior defensive position and training, and determination allowed a very small army to take on one that was something like 100 times its size (old historians say a thousand times its size) and inflict ten times their own weight in casualties. Really good fortifications can let tiny forces hold back massive hordes. What about a dwarf woman? I mean, there's lots of dwarves in the story. Why not go for political correctness and angry fans, and turn one of them into a hawt chick?If you follow Terry Pratchett's reasoning, some of them are chicks - we just don't know it. Gimli said much the same thing in the movie (though I don't think in the book, I can't remember). Link to comment
theacefes Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Yeah and Eowyn laughed at a very inappropriate volume. I remember that part quite well. Link to comment
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