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Araréiel · 12-27-2011, 12:57 AM

Almost three years after my last visit and here I am lamenting having to wait a year! It's like the good ol' days all over again, waiting for December!

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-27-2011, 06:06 PM

Kuruharan above is correct on the LotR movies (parts 2 and 3). On balance FotR was fine, it's the only one I can rewatch through. It's hard to say what the worst PJ screw up was, messing with my favorite characater (Faramir), Gandalf ignoring the specific ban on wizards physically assaulting M-E people, the Green Slime, etc.

As to the preview, so far the movies seem to be better then I had thought they'd be. PJ does have the difficult task of making TH movie more attuned to LotR then the book Hobbit and LotR. As noted above, the music and scenery seem still the best part of the project.Little touches, lots of the dwarves piling in at once seems a necessary alteration going from book to movie. The problem with a troll fight is not its existence (there was one between Thorin and Bilbo with them, but rather the way PJ will almost certainly go over the top.

An under control PJ (a rather unlikely scenario) would confine each movie to one BIG battle each---at the end of Part I Dol Guldur, and Part II the Battle of Five Armies,
with a minor scuffle with the wolves and goblins with the Eagles swooping in in Part I.

As for Bombur, reread The Hobbit and you'll see he was very much comic relief constantly.

Kuruharan · 12-29-2011, 11:17 AM

I have found something brilliant on the Interwebz that sums up Jackson's dwarves perfectly.

Dwarves

Galadriel55 · 12-29-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuruharan

I have found something brilliant on the Interwebz that sums up Jackson's dwarves perfectly.

Dwarves

THIS.

Kuruharan · 12-29-2011, 10:03 PM

In light of the Klingo-dwarf revelation, I think its obvious that Leonard Nimoy must play the Elvenking and William Shatner should play Bard.

Oddwen · 12-29-2011, 10:05 PM

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In light of the Klingo-dwarf revelation, I think its obvious that Leonard Nimoy must play the Elvenking and William Shatner should play Bard.

The resulting scene in which Thranduil and Bard negotiate with Bilbo for the Arkenstone would go rather like this.

While Bard's defeat of Smaug will probably end up resembling this.

The Might · 12-30-2011, 07:03 AM

Attempting to change the subject from sexual confusion between Elves and Maiar - thank you, davem, for posting the fan trailer, in my opinion it's much better than the original.
Especially Gandalf's pretty much pointless recital of the Dwarves' names bothered me.

Inziladun · 12-30-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuruharan

In light of the Klingo-dwarf revelation, I think its obvious that Leonard Nimoy must play the Elvenking and William Shatner should play Bard.

The Dwarves still make me think of this.

John Travolta ought to get an eagle costume in this and be CGI'd carrying Bilbo in his talons.

Morthoron · 01-06-2012, 09:26 PM

So, I was thinking (as I often do), the movie Bifur has a bit of an axe embedded in his head -- were you aware that the word "bifurcate" means the splitting of a main body into two parts? I wonder if the splitting of Bifur's skull is a subtle allusion to the like word?

Taken one step further, can PJ even be that subtle?

Legolas · 12-29-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Araréiel

Almost three years after my last visit and here I am lamenting having to wait a year! It's like the good ol' days all over again, waiting for December!

As for the latter statement, isn't that great though? Puts the world as it should be.

There ought to be a Tolkien-based film released every December for us to anticipate.

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Are we going to get more trailers given it's still a year away?!

As memory serves, we weren't given much more in the year leading up to each of the first three films. That was a decade ago, mind.

If more was given, I avoided them like the plague.

I loved first 'teaser' trailer for The Fellowship Of The Ring which was mainly landscape shots, particularly the pan along the Anduin, but as for actual book scenes and such, I prefer to see the film in its entirety without any spoiling. Anyone with me on that?

Inziladun · 12-29-2011, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Legolas

There ought to be a Tolkien-based film released every December for us to anticipate.

Thy tongue. Bite upon it.

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Originally Posted by Legolas

I loved first 'teaser' trailer for The Fellowship Of The Ring which was mainly landscape shots, particularly the pan along the Anduin, but as for actual book scenes and such, I prefer to see the film in its entirety without any spoiling. Anyone with me on that?

PJ's already done the spoiling.

Honestly though, I probably won't see it in the theater unless my daughter expresses interest.

12-27-2011, 06:06 PM	#2
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	Kuruharan above is correct on the LotR movies (parts 2 and 3). On balance FotR was fine, it's the only one I can rewatch through. It's hard to say what the worst PJ screw up was, messing with my favorite characater (Faramir), Gandalf ignoring the specific ban on wizards physically assaulting M-E people, the Green Slime, etc. As to the preview, so far the movies seem to be better then I had thought they'd be. PJ does have the difficult task of making TH movie more attuned to LotR then the book Hobbit and LotR. As noted above, the music and scenery seem still the best part of the project.Little touches, lots of the dwarves piling in at once seems a necessary alteration going from book to movie. The problem with a troll fight is not its existence (there was one between Thorin and Bilbo with them, but rather the way PJ will almost certainly go over the top. An under control PJ (a rather unlikely scenario) would confine each movie to one BIG battle each---at the end of Part I Dol Guldur, and Part II the Battle of Five Armies, with a minor scuffle with the wolves and goblins with the Eagles swooping in in Part I. As for Bombur, reread The Hobbit and you'll see he was very much comic relief constantly. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-29-2011, 11:17 AM	#3
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	Dwarves I have found something brilliant on the Interwebz that sums up Jackson's dwarves perfectly. Dwarves __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

12-29-2011, 10:03 PM	#5
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	In light of the Klingo-dwarf revelation, I think its obvious that Leonard Nimoy must play the Elvenking and William Shatner should play Bard. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

12-30-2011, 07:03 AM	#7
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Attempting to change the subject from sexual confusion between Elves and Maiar - thank you, davem, for posting the fan trailer, in my opinion it's much better than the original. Especially Gandalf's pretty much pointless recital of the Dwarves' names bothered me. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-06-2012, 09:26 PM	#9
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	So, I was thinking (as I often do), the movie Bifur has a bit of an axe embedded in his head -- were you aware that the word "bifurcate" means the splitting of a main body into two parts? I wonder if the splitting of Bifur's skull is a subtle allusion to the like word? Taken one step further, can PJ even be that subtle? __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

12-27-2011, 12:57 AM	#1
Araréiel Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 92	Almost three years after my last visit and here I am lamenting having to wait a year! It's like the good ol' days all over again, waiting for December!