The Hobbit gets green-light and announces February start

[Glirdan]

I'm just rather leery about a 3D version of The Hobbit. It's just a massive cash grab and really, I don't really see many points in the movie where 3D could actually be used (with the exception of Smaug) in the film and look good.

On a separate note, any word on who the actors will be? As a Theater geek, that tends to be the part that I'm most interested in. If the acting sucks (coughORLANDOBLOOMcough....sorry, I have a hate on for him lol) then it will ruin the movie for me

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Ah the thing is finally on... Is that a scheduled Christmas 2011 première than?

Now we can look forwards to reading sarcastic high-brow put-downs of Peter Jackson here on the downs for years to come...

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

So hopefully filmmakers these days have learnt that that kind of thing tends to look absurd on a flat screen.

I hope so too. But we're talking about Peter Jackson.

Originally Posted by Glirdan

I don't really see many points in the movie where 3D could actually be used (with the exception of Smaug) in the film and look good.

The Black Arrow? They even tried it in FotR...

[Tuor in Gondolin]

Now we can look forwards to reading sarcastic high-brow put-downs of Peter Jackson here on the downs for years to come...

Yesss, yess. We likes to attack nassty changes tricksey PJ favors,
don't we preciouss! We hates them, we hates them forever!
(especially in TTT and RoTK).

Oh yess, PJ will have 3-d smoke rings and bumping barrelses,
won'ts he! Scary black arrowses coming at nice dragons
and Thief Baggins jumping over poor Smeagol, who
only wants to help.

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

Oh yess, PJ will have 3-d smoke rings and bumping barrelses,

I feel my stomach bumping at the thought of a 3-D Hobbit movie. Though to be honest I'm not surprised they'd want to do it in 3-D. It's all the rage...or something.