THE HOBBIT

[@Li3n]

Fun fact: in Norse mythology, there's even less distinction between mythical creatures. For instance, terms for dwarfs and elves were used pretty much interchangeably.

Wasn't that just for the dark elves though? While the light elves where more like minor deities...

I always thought that that's because elves where mostly any non-gods that weren't monsters...[DOUBLEPOST=1343333206][/DOUBLEPOST]

It gets worse in Finnish. There is, for instance, no word that could even closely translate the word "hobgoblin", as in a bigger breed of goblin.

Heh, I was reading the wiki about Tolkien Orcs and he stopped using hobgoblin because originally hob- meant it was smaller..

 

[evilmike]

New Trailer

 

[Just Me]

Wow, what did they change? I noticed about 1 second new footage max.
Still great to watch, but I was probably hyped too much when I read NEW trailer.

 

[Hailey Knight]

...That was the exact same trailer.

 

[Just Me]

That was my thought exactly and I watched them synchronised side by side just to be sure. The difference is at 1:57 to 1:59.
It's just a few frames between when Bilbo smiles satisfied holding his suspenders and when he is taken up and drawn away at them.

 

[evilmike]

Sorry about the mostly-not-new Trailer. I've been a little off my game lately.

 

[Just Me]

No problem, made me curios and hyped up on a tired day. And it made me watch that trailer several times more.

 

[checkeredhat]

Now that there's going to be a third, the names changed. And the third movie has an official release date.
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/the-hobbit-third-film/8949

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - December 14, 2012
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - December 13, 2013
The Hobbit: There and Back Again - July 18, 2014

July? The hell?

 

[Cajungal]

That's good though, right? We won't have to wait a whole year.

 

[Hailey Knight]

Not sure having three is a good idea.

So what is the third movie going to be, entirely devoted to the Battle of the Five Armies?

 

[Wahad]

Not sure having three is a good idea.

So what is the third movie going to be, entirely devoted to the Battle of the Five Armies?

I heard some rumors about it being Appendices material. Battle of the Five Armies would be the second movie as it always had been.

 

[checkeredhat]

I heard some rumors about it being Appendices material. Battle of the Five Armies would be the second movie as it always had been.

That's what I keep hearing too. I don't really know what there is that you can make a movie out of inbetween the Hobbit the Fellowship though... Bilbo adopts Frodo and gets older. The Dwarves try to retake Moria.... There must be more with the White Council.

*edit: Or maybe they'll remove the White Council's battle with Sauron the Necromancer from where it takes place, while Bilbo and the Dwarves are in Mirkwood, and instead have it take place after the battle of Five Armies.

 

[AshburnerX]

There's also the walk back, Bilbo needing to prove that yes, he's still alive and wants his stuff back, and when he meets/adopts Frodo. So that, plus the appendices stuff, is PROBABLY worth a whole movie.

 

[Hailey Knight]

If they devote the third movie to the Necromancer stuff, I'll be okay with that. It won't explain why Gandalf vanishes here and there during the journey to the Lonely Mountain, but at least it wouldn't be breaking up Bilbo's adventure.

So I'm hoping you guys are right.

 

[Sparhawk]

I've also hear, in addition to the appendices, that stuff from Unfinished Tales is/has been used.

 

[checkeredhat]

Radagast:

Spoiler

 

[grub]

Spoiler

 

[sixpackshaker]

Radagast:

Spoiler

Did someone call a Doctor?

Sorry, The Doctor?

 

[Just Me]

And here's a new trailer:

 

[Jay]

 

[Just Me]

Quote from my gf: "They had me when Galadriel called Gandalf 'Mithrandir'!"

 

[HCGLNS]

Well that could have been worse.

 

[Hailey Knight]

Never even considered they'd keep in the giants of the Misty Mountains.

 

[checkeredhat]

The trailer has alternate endings (New scenes) at their website:
http://www.thehobbit.com/index.html

 

[sixpackshaker]

Never even considered they'd keep in the giants of the Misty Mountains.

Heck, with at least a 6 hour run time, they will likely add a lot of content.

 

[evilmike]

Andy Serkis reads The Hobbit as Gollum on stage

 

[Yoshimickster]

I can't wait for the Bilbo vs. Gollum scene, that was my favorite since I was a kid.

 

[evilmike]

New poster (via firstshowing.net)

 

[North_Ranger]

New poster (via firstshowing.net)

Hee hee hee... I can't help it but come up with nicknames for all of these guys. Starting from top left:
Mr Moustache, The Hearth-Throb, The Russian, BRIAN BLESSED!!
The Klingon, Cousin Special, Ol' Timer
Hairdresser, Serious Black, Mr Clean
Big Nose, Fatso, Terl.

 

[checkeredhat]

Hee hee hee... I can't help it but come up with nicknames for all of these guys. Starting from top left:
Big Nose, The Hearth-Throb, Big Nose, Big Nose
Big Nose, Dopey, Big Nose
Big Nose, Serious Black, Big Nose
Big Nose, Little Nose, Big Nose.

... I found it odd you singled out one as being "Big Nose".

 

[North_Ranger]

... I found it odd you singled out one as being "Big Nose".

Laziness.

 

[Bowielee]

I really don't like the fact that a few of them have distinctly human faces.

 

[Yoshimickster]

The poster makes them look like a bunch of drunken burglars....which they were. GOOD SHOW!

 

[Just Me]

I'm still not used to the look of the two youngsters and slowly getting accustomed to Thorin Oakenshield.

But the poster totally reminded me of this setup the moment I saw it:

 

[North_Ranger]

I really don't like the fact that a few of them have distinctly human faces.

I think Heart-Throb was kept pretty human-looking to lure in the younger female audience. The so-called "Legolas Factor", if you will.