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Title: The Hobbit
Post by: Bobbert on December 21, 2011, 09:31:44 PM
No, I'm not talking about our friend on here, I'm talking about http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc (http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc)

This has me really, really excited. As long as it isn't butchered quite as bad as LOTR was, this has potential to be one of the best movies ever.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on December 21, 2011, 09:34:01 PM
The most exciting part is that Sylvester McCoy is in it :D. I guess that says something about me...
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: browarod on December 21, 2011, 09:41:17 PM
It depresses me they're making us wait another whole year to see it.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Bobbert on December 21, 2011, 09:49:53 PM
It depresses me they're making us wait another whole year to see it.

Yeah, that is the worst part.
On the bright side, we can sing the dwarves' song while waiting!
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: TheJaylor on December 21, 2011, 10:35:18 PM
I really can't wait that long. I might have to sneak in where they're making it or something...
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on December 22, 2011, 01:24:06 PM
I really can't wait that long. I might have to sneak in where they're making it or something...
Fanboys 2: We're making another movie
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: The Warrior on December 22, 2011, 01:59:44 PM
That Was an Awesome Trailer, Can't Wait!

What was that clip with Galadriel touching Gandalf's Hair?  :o

Really Though.... What is a Bagginezz?  ;)
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Bobbert on December 22, 2011, 04:31:54 PM
That Was an Awesome Trailer, Can't Wait!

What was that clip with Galadriel touching Gandalf's Hair?  :o

Really Though.... What is a Bagginezz?  ;)

I don't know, but we hatess it! We hatess it foreveeer!
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: browarod on December 22, 2011, 04:47:48 PM
That Was an Awesome Trailer, Can't Wait!

What was that clip with Galadriel touching Gandalf's Hair?  :o

Really Though.... What is a Bagginezz?  ;)

I don't know, but we hatess it! We hatess it foreveeer!
It stole the Preciousssssss....
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on December 22, 2011, 05:07:30 PM
ATTENTION ALL:
I have just recieved information that is far more important than some silly prequel:
Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg are directing Robopocalypse.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Minister Polarius on December 25, 2011, 01:38:33 PM
The Hobbit will be the last stone to fall now that HP is finished, unless they do more Narnia.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on December 25, 2011, 03:49:32 PM
The Hobbit will be the last stone to fall now that HP is finished, unless they do more Narnia.

What do you mean exactly? There are still plenty of classic fantasy franchises that need movie adaptions.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on December 25, 2011, 05:41:19 PM
The Hobbit will be the last stone to fall now that HP is finished, unless they do more Narnia.
It appears that you have never read the greatest fantasy trilogy ever.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Minister Polarius on December 25, 2011, 07:21:24 PM
You're obviously not referring to LotR, so idk what you could be referring to. The only other great trilogy I can think of is sci-fi, not fantasy.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: CJSports on December 25, 2011, 08:40:05 PM
No, I'm not talking about our friend on here, I'm talking about http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc (http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc)

This has me really, really excited. As long as it isn't butchered quite as bad as LOTR was, this has potential to be one of the best movies ever.

LotR movies are so far the best movies I've ever seen for action so I don't know what you mean by butchered.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on December 25, 2011, 08:41:27 PM
You're obviously not referring to LotR, so idk what you could be referring to. The only other great trilogy I can think of is sci-fi, not fantasy.
You can only think of two great trilogies?  There's plenty, you just have to think about it.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on December 25, 2011, 08:45:08 PM
A Song of Ice and Fire has more than 3 books 8)
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on December 31, 2011, 03:45:50 PM
The distinct lack of any mention of Ender's Game is killing me here. Also, Dune.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on December 31, 2011, 03:52:00 PM
The distinct lack of any mention of Ender's Game is killing me here. Also, Dune.
Neither are a trilogy.  However, Ender's Game is absolutely astounding, and needs to be made into a movie.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Bobbert on January 01, 2012, 02:21:43 PM
No, I'm not talking about our friend on here, I'm talking about http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc (http://youtu.be/G0k3kHtyoqc)

This has me really, really excited. As long as it isn't butchered quite as bad as LOTR was, this has potential to be one of the best movies ever.

LotR movies are so far the best movies I've ever seen for action so I don't know what you mean by butchered.

Have you read the books? I will agree they were good movies in and of themselves, but they did not live up to the standard Tolkien set.

Before you ask examples, one word: Bombadil.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on January 01, 2012, 03:56:32 PM
The distinct lack of any mention of Ender's Game is killing me here. Also, Dune.
Neither are a trilogy.  However, Ender's Game is absolutely astounding, and needs to be made into a movie.

If memory serves me correctly, only the first three books (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and Xenocide) were focused on Ender. I would call that a trilogy as much as I'd call Lord of the Rings a trilogy.

Have you read the books? I will agree they were good movies in and of themselves, but they did not live up to the standard Tolkien set.

Before you ask examples, one word: Bombadil.

Butchered is nowhere near the right word. Bombadil was cut because it would have been at least a 15 minute scene in a 3 hour long movie that doesn't actually have anything to do with the plot itself. As much as I love Tom Bombadil, it was not prudent that it remain in the movie, even the extended edition. As far as book-to-movie transitions go, Lord of the Rings is actually extremely faithful. Yes, they had to cut and change things, but that was to make the movies more cinematic, especially in Return of the King.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on January 01, 2012, 04:07:04 PM
The distinct lack of any mention of Ender's Game is killing me here. Also, Dune.
Neither are a trilogy.  However, Ender's Game is absolutely astounding, and needs to be made into a movie.

If memory serves me correctly, only the first three books (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and Xenocide) were focused on Ender. I would call that a trilogy as much as I'd call Lord of the Rings a trilogy.
Orson Scott Card said that he had originally intended Ender's Game to be a prequel to Speaker for the Dead, but it morphed into a full-fledged novel on its own.  Besides, in Children of the Mind,
Spoiler (hover to show)

/Kittens is using spoiler tags correctly?  2012 must be here!
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on January 01, 2012, 04:18:11 PM
Yes, but we're only talking about the good novels in the series. Also, isn't Orson Scott Card writing the screenplay for an Ender's Game movie?
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on January 01, 2012, 04:20:37 PM
Yes, but we're only talking about the good novels in the series. Also, isn't Orson Scott Card writing the screenplay for an Ender's Game movie?
Yeah, he's confirmed for that.  This is the only situation that I'd support a movie being made.  Plus, I really want to see a well-made battleroom sequence in 3D.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on January 01, 2012, 04:21:54 PM
Oh. Yeah. 3D.

-runs away crying-
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on January 01, 2012, 04:23:37 PM
Oh. Yeah. 3D.

-runs away crying-
C'mon.  That would be one of the only justifiable reasons for absolutely gratuitous 3D.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on January 01, 2012, 04:29:57 PM
I can't see in one eye. 3D does nothing for me.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on January 01, 2012, 04:44:06 PM
I can't see in one eye. 3D does nothing for me.
Oh.  Apologies.  I totally didn't mean it that way.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Chronic Apathy on January 01, 2012, 04:45:10 PM
I'll forgive you in time, despite my running and crying and such.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: SomeKittens on January 01, 2012, 04:50:30 PM
Hey, at least you got exercise!  Don't forget to hydrate.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Warrior_Monk on January 13, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Have you read the books? I will agree they were good movies in and of themselves, but they did not live up to the standard Tolkien set.

Before you ask examples, one word: Bombadil.
Butchered is nowhere near the right word. Bombadil was cut because it would have been at least a 15 minute scene in a 3 hour long movie that doesn't actually have anything to do with the plot itself. As much as I love Tom Bombadil, it was not prudent that it remain in the movie, even the extended edition. As far as book-to-movie transitions go, Lord of the Rings is actually extremely faithful. Yes, they had to cut and change things, but that was to make the movies more cinematic, especially in Return of the King.
Though I also say butchered isn't the right word, I was disappointed. Tom Bombadil also reappears in Return of the King, IIRC. I was more disappointed with Saruman dying early and there being no scourging of the shire. That was the best part of the entire book.
Title: Re: The Hobbit
Post by: Bobbert on January 13, 2012, 07:40:10 PM
I was more disappointed with Saruman dying early and there being no scourging of the shire. That was the best part of the entire book.

That's the second biggest complaint :( At any rate, the trailer looks good. Is it bad that I've already noticed three deviations from the book?
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