The Hobbit

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

oh yeah and well I grew up watching this



they went on the make The Lord of the Rings and The Return of the King cartoons

[cinco]

u ole like d road dan

[EVA Unit-01]

wait nah?! men in here owning and reading Tolkien & ting?!
2nr never fails to surprise oui...

[rollingstock]

Eva don't knock it, those books are great.

[psykomorf]

After reading the Silmarillion, it might interest some to check out "The History of Middle Earth" series. At 10-12 books it's a bit much to own, but if u can find it at a library it's a good browse. UWI library has them I think.

[trini mk5]

Im so glad peter decided to direct this film instead of the del toro guy. It should be epic once the same crew that did the LOTR series does this.
Im a LOTR addict. I've watched pt1,2&3 close to 200 times....each

[cinco]

3+hrs per x 200 x 3
you have no forkin life dan

[trini mk5]

3+hrs per x 200 x 3
you have no forkin life dan

over a span of lemme see 9yrs that aint bad....and besides i have the extended editions so its like 3hr 30min pt1 3hr 45mins pt2 and 4hrs pt3
yeah i sad

[cinco]

1pat at least you know

[EVA Unit-01]

Eva don't knock it, those books are great.

i'm not, dude! i LOVE Tolkien! i've bought every book of his i ever got my hands on!
i'm just saying i never expected to find 2nrs who read of and loved Middle Earth as well...

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Just watched Fellowship extended again.

in the first scene, Jackson gave some backstory where Bilbo finds the ring in Gollum's cave (a scene that took place in The Hobbit)

since they showed a younger looking Bilbo (Ian Holm) finding the ring, I always felt that it would be sacrilegious to have anyone else play Bilbo. SO I was most disappointed when I heard that Martin Freeman was playing Bilbo.

But earlier today news came out that Ian Holm WILL be returning to play the role of an older Bilbo in the end of The Hobbit and martin Freeman will be playing the younger Bilbo for most of the movie. Though I would prefer if Ian Holm played the entire role and they just made him up to look younger - it would fit in more!

Check the story here on IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/news#ni9955474

oh and apparently Elijah Wood will be back playing a younger Frodo as a bookend of The Hobbit - unnecessary IMO

[rollingstock]

Eva don't knock it, those books are great.

i'm not, dude! i LOVE Tolkien! i've bought every book of his i ever got my hands on!
i'm just saying i never expected to find 2nrs who read of and loved Middle Earth as well...

Or. Okay

[crazybalhead]

^ Howard Shore issa BOSS!!!

I've read the Hobbit and IMO it was better than the three LOTR books put together. I am yet to read The Silmarillion.
Books will always carry more depth than a movie can - but Peter Jackson and WETA did a damn fine job with LOTR IMO.

I expect The Hobbit movie to be EPIC!

The Silmarillion is a PAIN IN THE ASS. Tolkien was clearly on hallucinogenics when he wrote it.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ LOL you are not the first one to say that

I think it's an easier read than Unfinished Tales



I never finished it

and definitely easier than The Lays of Beleriand - I bought this not realising it was part of a 12 volume series. It's more like ramblings than anything else. Barely got through the first few chapters.

[crazybalhead]

I can't be bothered nah. Even LTR was a tough read in the beginning.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

movies FTW

the Hobbit was a good read though

[Technicolor]

looks good

[16 cycles]

tom bombadil (sp) was the most intriguing character for me....and they left him out of the movie...

that said...Tolkein is probably one of the greats wrt literature...

Beowulf

Tolkien's 1936 lecture, "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," had a lasting influence on Beowulf research.[58] Lewis E. Nicholson said that the article Tolkien wrote about Beowulf is "widely recognized as a turning point in Beowulfian criticism", noting that Tolkien established the primacy of the poetic nature of the work as opposed to its purely linguistic elements.[59] At the time, the consensus of scholarship deprecated Beowulf for dealing with childish battles with monsters rather than realistic tribal warfare; Tolkien argued that the author of Beowulf was addressing human destiny in general, not as limited by particular tribal politics, and therefore the monsters were essential to the poem.[60] Where Beowulf does deal with specific tribal struggles, as at Finnsburg, Tolkien argued firmly against reading in fantastic elements.[61] In the essay, Tolkien also revealed how highly he regarded Beowulf: "Beowulf is among my most valued sources," and this influence may be seen throughout his Middle-earth legendarium.[62]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

did not know he wrote a critique on Beowulf...same depth reflects in his works...

[X2]

anyone see the old cartoon 'The Hobbit' ?

I remember that was a decent flick.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ yeah I posted it at the top of this page

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

tom bombadil (sp) was the most intriguing character for me....and they left him out of the movie...

tom bombadil pwns chuck norris

[Shannon]

[JoeBama]

No movie can ever capture the effect of a book.

get soundtrack while reading the book....ambiance and atmosphere lol

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Peter Jackson reveals the Red Epic secrets behind The Hobbit (video)
By Daniel Cooper posted Nov 5th 2011 4:08AM

Diet and filmmaking legend Peter Jackson's given us another insight into the making of the Hobbit movies, and this time he's talking about his envious collection of tech. Filming with no less than 48 Red Epic cameras at 48fps in full 5k resolution might sound fantastic, but it hasn't all been a bed of cotton candy. Two 3D cameras need to be mounted at the same "interocular" (the inch-or-so distance between your eyes) which is impossible given the size of the Epic and its lenses. The team had to hire specialist firm 3ality to build a rig where one camera shoots the action and the other is pointed vertically at a mirror. Those who would love to shoot with an Epic should also beware that the cameras naturally desaturate the action to such an extent that the makeup, costume and set design teams have to over-color everything to look natural in post production. For more interesting facts, head down past the break to catch the video in full, and try not to imagine how many years bad luck you'd get if you broke one of those mirrors during a key scene.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/05/pete ... hobbit-vi/

[MG Man]

CAN'T WAIT!!!

shouting?
really?
is that reeeeally necessary?
a little decorum would be appreciated

[bushwakka]

lovin it! peter regained some of his weight....lookin healthy again lol

did ya'll see the 3d image they were talkin abt?

[MG Man]

tom bombadil (sp) was the most intriguing character for me....and they left him out of the movie...

tom bombadil pwns chuck norris

Tom Bombadil is CHuck Norris' Middle Earth housekeeper

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ nope, Chuck Norris was Tom Bombadil's pedicurist.

[Soundwave]

^ nope, Chuck Norris was Tom Bombadil's pedicurist.

exactly...

[MG Man]

MIddle Earth was all that was left by the time Chuck Norris was done with it