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- stevensj2, on 08/20/2008, -4/+134Woot! That's what I'm Tolkien about!!
- Lynx34, on 08/20/2008, -1/+78They should call the first part "There" and the second part "Back Again."
- AndrewDB, on 08/20/2008, -3/+43I think the thing that excites me most about this is that Peter Jackson himself said that if he can he'll drag Lord of the Rings actors back into the parts they were cast in from Lord of the Rings if they had parts in The Hobbit. For example..
Hugo Weaving may be coming back as Elrond, and Ian McKellen will be coming back for Gandalf.
***** yeah for continuity!
/Excited JRR Tolkein fan here (if you can't tell). - bawpcwpn, on 08/20/2008, -2/+39And Fran and Philippa. No other people for the job in my opinion.
- DJCult, on 08/20/2008, -5/+41Jesus, I'm excited.
- DreKor, on 08/20/2008, -2/+35In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
- gcnaddict, on 08/20/2008, -0/+32Oh my ***** god, this is the seventh unique and *good* pun I've seen on Digg today.
It's like you guys collectively killed the left sides of your brains. - offthewagon, on 08/20/2008, -10/+37Spoiler: Bilbo lives.
- Tyrghast, on 08/20/2008, -1/+25Uh-oh, Bilbo is going to have his eyes on stalks and suction cups for hands...
- eliburford, on 08/20/2008, -3/+24I don't think it's possible that this could go wrong now.
- Salmar, on 08/20/2008, -0/+20Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
- chuckDontSurf, on 08/20/2008, -0/+19Ah, the waiting game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.
- baltar2008, on 08/20/2008, -5/+24Someone get on the phone and let them know that Tolkien already did this ages ago.
- iluvatar, on 08/20/2008, -3/+19"I never thought so much buzz could come from an announcement about writing"
umm... how about anything relating to Harry Potter from the past 10 years? - KyleGoetz, on 08/20/2008, -1/+16I'm guessing you never read the appendices (specifically the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen). They inserted that tale into the LotR, and I think it made it better.
For example, Gandalf and Elrond set up the flood to save Frodo in Fellowship. However, that would have been both tedious and difficult on the big screen. For one, we hadn't met Elrond yet in the film, so it would have been terrible. We meet Elrond earlier in the books because Gandalf has more time to travel Middle Earth in the books since we wait like five bajillion years between Bilbo's departure and Frodo's quest. Frodo isn't some twenty-year-old in the books.
Thus, the introduction of Arwen provides Frodo with a saviour that he wouldn't have had otherwise. Also, the film approach to Frodo was to make him change even more into a heroic character. In the books, Frodo makes his own stand against the Nazgul. I think in the context of a film, this would not have worked, as it would have made Frodo too brave too early. This sort of thing may have worked in the books, but it would not have worked on the big screen.
A lot had to be compressed to work on the big screen.
PS Liv Tyler. - mecharabbit, on 08/20/2008, -4/+19...so then they said, "***** it, we'll write it and we'll do it live!"
- Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -1/+15Nah that was mostly in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The hobbit is going to be full of very big spiders, a dragon and a war between dwarves, men, elves, orcs and eagles...among other things. (Bjorn better make it into this film).
Basically this movie is going to be full of kick ass. - adrenalmedulla9, on 08/20/2008, -0/+13It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle.
- ddesantis8, on 08/20/2008, -4/+17This better be better than the animated version.
- AndrewDB, on 08/20/2008, -0/+12There's loads of history between Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit that Jackson and del Toro have to work with.. and that's the world they'll be crafting for the second movie.
The first movie will be "The Hobbit" as we all know and love, but the second will be the history between time frames (which Tolkein did extensive work on..). - chokeaduck, on 08/20/2008, -1/+13And now, the waiting game begins...
- Daxx22, on 08/20/2008, -0/+11Have you seen Pan's Labyrinth? Jackson will make whats epic, epic, and Guillermo will keep the fairy tail present.
- S1L3NTC, on 08/20/2008, -4/+14Clerks 2 said this best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sc-gS9AqM - MoralThreat, on 08/20/2008, -0/+9They are doing it just to annoy you. No other reason really.
- vism, on 08/20/2008, -0/+8I'd say decent and imaginative. But Pan's Labyrinth is fantastic.
- dirtyfrog, on 08/20/2008, -1/+9Well Bilbo didn't age once he found the ring right? Gandalf says right at the begging of Fellowship something about Bilbo not aging a day. So couldn't they just use the same guy from LoTR?
- dalittle, on 08/20/2008, -3/+11Saw Hellboy 2 and it was terrific. Was worried when I heard Jackson would not be directing, but Del Toro clearly holds his own. I am hoping this is every bit as good as LoTR, Pan's Labrinth, Hellboy ... Yeah for good movies!
- fuzed, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7Well think about it. Its the middle of '08 now, they still have to cast, shoot the thing, post production, etc. 2-3 years out isn't bad. Especially if the two films come out a year or so apart. Patience is a virtue...
- dafragsta, on 08/20/2008, -1/+8No *****. It really will make everything feel complete and uncompromising. I wonder who'll play the younger Bilbo.
- DemonWasp, on 08/20/2008, -1/+7Hobbit vs Predator would be ***** short.
- OpaqueMurdock, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6Adaptation is an art in itself and worthy of respect. It takes a lot of skill when you think about it.
- xxgracefallenxx, on 08/20/2008, -1/+7what the hell does this even mean?
- freshyill, on 08/20/2008, -1/+7"I never thought so much buzz could come from an announcement about writing, but that's what happens when it's The Hobbit!"
Seriously? The retards on this site vote up posters for The Transporter 27. - HoratioHellpop, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6A lowercase elven alphabet?
- Stormwern, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6Really? All there's written in between are short stories and the appendixes, you'd have to invent two thirds to make a movie out of that.
- KyleGoetz, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5Sir Ian McKellen said back in the day he'd like to reprise his role if Jackson were involved. As Jackson is involved, McKellen should be involved. /goes to check on theonering.net for the first time in a year or so.
- lintmonkey, on 08/20/2008, -1/+6Give me my preeeciousss...
...movies. - urgeigh, on 08/20/2008, -3/+8From what I've gathered, the second Hobbit movie is actually going to take place between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, it's going to be *****. /nerdgasm
- gymbrall, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5I didn't have a problem with Arwen's modification in general. What bothered me was how much of a wuss they turned Aragorn into... By the third film, Elrond has to ride cross-country with a reforged Narsil to *beg* Aragorn to go to Gondor and do what needs to be done, and in the end, when he finally does it, it's so Arwen won't die?!?! What's up with that?
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with a love story, and I'm sure Arwen was in Aragorn's thoughts as he did what he did, but in the book Aragorn was a ranger because he was biding his time before going back and taking the throne. I don't ever remember getting the impression that he was afraid or trying to avoid the things that were set before him. It just seems like such a commentary on our times that they didn't think they could sell the idea of a man who knew what he was supposed to do, and did it. Not because his girlfriend might die, but because it was his duty.
That's what disappointed me in the films (that, and the green frosting of death that spiraled up Gondor) - inactive, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5A book isn't a script any more than a script is a movie.
- Stormwern, on 08/20/2008, -1/+6My only worry is that they'll make it too LotR-like and loose the fairytale feel, it's written very differently. Narnia didn't make a great epic, and I don't think Bilbo would either. It couldn't have been left in better hands though, so I'm looking forward to be proven wrong.
- LogicBomB, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Tolkien wrote a novel. Novels would not make good movies, scene-for-scene (and they would not adhere to anything close to normal viewing times either).
That's why it's best to look at movies as adaptations rather than recreations. No movie adheres to the book because it simply wouldn't work - they need to compress it for time, remove/add scenes to make it make sense to the viewer (we can't keep hearing internal dialog on how the feel ever other action after all...).
Now, some people stay true to the author's world while others need to "make it their own" hopefully you end up in the middle some place like they did with LOTR. - krakkinem, on 08/20/2008, -6/+10There's not a thing to worry about here, except..... hug orgies. Oh, and lots of crying.
- IphtashuFitz, on 08/20/2008, -3/+7I just hope it doesn't take them 10 years to get it up on the big screen. I can't wait that long!
- Stormwern, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4I haven't, I take it I should?
- cubicledrone, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5Peter Jackson get paid for Lord of the Rings yet?
- dafragsta, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5Those movies turned into a letdown at the 4th one. Even if books 6 and 7 are done total justice, it doesn't change the fact that 4 and 5 sucked, and 4 should've been one of the best ones.
- VigRoco, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Tom Bombadil
- buddha1822, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Agreed there! Can't wait for this to finally start!!
- Yeyui, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4I hope they make it longer. I love week long epics - more movie for your money at the theater!
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