A new view of Smaug?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

I am appalled by this April 1st prank played on PJ. Let me set
the record straight. PJ has never suggested making a
travesty of The Hobbit by having Bard behead Smaug with a
sword, that's just silly. He's going to stick with canon and show
Thranduil's son lopping his head off (that's Smaug, not Legolas, although...)
with a light saber (thereby
avenging the tragic slaying of his Laketown girlfriend by Smaug).

I must protest your snide insinuation that PJ will have Legolas slay Smaug over his girlfriend. That is simply preposterous. Everyone knows he will have an army of Rohirrim show up at Laketown to repay the Elves for showing up at Helm's Deep, even though there were no Elves at Laketown, nor had the events at Helm's Deep yet occurred. But this is The Sequel to Lord of the Rings, after all, and we must tie the films together. Therefore, for continuity's sake, the events of The Hobbit will be recast after the events of The Lord of the Rings to ensure that imbeclic filmgoers will not get confused by going backwards in time.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Because they will need to cut out certain characters from the Hobbit-book due to time restrictions, such as Tom Bombadil and Farmer Giles, I think it would be sweet if they incorporated their traits into the character of Smaug. This would really add to the projected post-modern rendition of the dragon and give the story a much needed injection of relevance.

Maybe he could wear big yellow boots and have a pet dog - why not?

[Kuruharan]

I trust that if Smaug and Tom Bombadil are to be combined the Smaugadil hybrid will still get to keep Goldberry...with a few tweaks, obviously...she will now be a "misunderstood" necromantic-pyromancer called Deathberry, probably played by Megan Fox.

(Lends a whole new meaning to the concept of a smokin' hot wife...)

[Archaic Elf]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

Because they will need to cut out certain characters from the Hobbit-book due to time restrictions, such as Tom Bombadil and Farmer Giles, I think it would be sweet if they incorporated their traits into the character of Smaug. This would really add to the projected post-modern rendition of the dragon and give the story a much needed injection of relevance.

Maybe he could wear big yellow boots and have a pet dog - why not?

That's hilarious.

If Smaug is going to be like Tom Bombadill, then maybe Bilbo will accidentally kill Goldberry, and that's what causes Smaug to snap and attack those murderous Lake Men of Laketown.

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

I trust that if Smaug and Tom Bombadil are to be combined the Smaugadil hybrid will still get to keep Goldberry...with a few tweaks, obviously...she will now be a "misunderstood" necromantic-pyromancer called Deathberry, probably played by Megan Fox.

(Lends a whole new meaning to the concept of a smokin' hot wife...)

Well if Goldberry is going to be evil, then she can fake her own death to get Smaug to leave the cave. When Smaug leaves in a frenzy, she can then try to force Bilbo to give her the ring so that she can conquer Middle Earth.


And to really make this movie contemporary, Peter Jackson will add a few musical sequences. Singing and dancing ad nauseam is so in vogue now for some reason.