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[Edmond Dantès]

Edmond, when are we getting the OT?

A week before the worldwide release as per GAF policy. Might even be earlier.

So, Dec 5.

Preparations are underway and SunhiLegend is providing a helping hand.

 

[Conrad Link]

Beautiful day here in Wellington for the premier.

 

[Annoying Old Party Man]

I agree. So glad he was able to find the strength to reprise a character he knew so well.

Think about it - the guy has met with Tolkien, he is the biggest LoTR fan ever, he is 90 years old and we will see him as Saruman for the last time :_)

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

A week before the worldwide release as per GAF policy. Might even be earlier.

So, Dec 5.

Preparations are underway and SunhiLegend is providing a helping hand.

Oh I like the sound of that.

 

[Servbot24]

Will you guys stop describing the clip.

Shouldn't be too shocking that Gandalf talks to Bilbo at points in this movie.

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

Think about it - the guy has met with Tolkien, he is the biggest LoTR fan ever, he is 90 years old and we will see him as Saruman for the last time :_)

I heard he really wanted to play Gandalf but was given the part of Saruman.

 

[maquiladora]

Give the guy a break. It's amazing he can even act in a movie at his age.

This. The man is an absolute legend. He was in 8 films back in 1948, just 3 years after the end of World War II, and not as a child actor, as a man a few years away from being 30. In 1948. And now here he is, acting in this huge movie releasing a couple of weeks from the year 2013. Amazing.

 

[Tathanen]

I heard he really wanted to play Gandalf but was given the part of Saruman.

Good thing it worked out the way it did, they woulda had to recast him in The Hobbit otherwise. No way he would've been able to handle the role at his age.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Good thing it worked out the way it did, they woulda had to recast him in The Hobbit otherwise. No way he would've been able to handle the role at his age.

I'm a sick and twisted person, but when all the problems were happening with getting The Hobbit in production, I just kept hoping Ian McKellan would survive long enough to wrap filming. I couldn't live in a world with a recast Gandalf.

 

[Annoying Old Party Man]

I'm a sick and twisted person, but when all the problems were happening with getting The Hobbit in production, I just kept hoping Ian McKellan would survive long enough to wrap filming. I couldn't live in a world with a recast Gandalf.

Me too. And when these actors eventually start "going", I will be really crushed, I mean it.

 

[methodman]

A week before the worldwide release as per GAF policy. Might even be earlier.

So, Dec 5.

Preparations are underway and SunhiLegend is providing a helping hand.

I love your OT's and Sunhi is the Greatest GAF poster of all time so this OT is gonna be amazeballs

 

[BLAZER]

Watching the clip, I'm still a little un-easy about Martin Freeman casting... I'm not sure i like his interpretation of the part. He's seems "goofy"??? I hope it doesn't ruin it.

Time will tell, anyone else have these thoughts?

 

[Darkgran]

So...

I have heard that the 3D has some gimmicky moments....like creatures heads sticking out of the screen growling at you.

 

[ascii42]

Watching the clip, I'm still a little un-easy about Morgan Freeman casting... I'm not sure i like his interpretation of the part. He's seems "goofy"??? I hope it doesn't ruin it.

Time will tell, anyone else have these thoughts?

It's Martin Freeman who plays Bilbo. Quick, someone photoshop Morgan Freeman as Bilbo!

 

[methodman]

Watching the clip, I'm still a little un-easy about Morgan Freeman casting... I'm not sure i like his interpretation of the part. He's seems "goofy"??? I hope it doesn't ruin it.

Time will tell, anyone else have these thoughts?

Morgan Freeman? word? he's in this??

:jnc

 

[Loxley]

A week before the worldwide release as per GAF policy. Might even be earlier.

So, Dec 5.

Preparations are underway and SunhiLegend is providing a helping hand.

Something about my body being ready

 

[Kyleripman]

So...

I have heard that the 3D has some gimmicky moments....like creatures heads sticking out of the screen growling at you.

This is what I have always hated about 3D. Not the headaches or the eyestrain, although that plays a part. But from a STORY perspective. There's no narrative reason for things to be popping out of the screen at me. As soon as something looks like it's pointing directly at me (a sword, or something), then I think about ME sitting in the theater. And boom, immersion broken.

 

[Ainaurdur]

It's Martin Freeman who plays Bilbo. Quick, someone photoshop Morgan Freeman as Bilbo!

I am currently imagining Morgan saying some of the lines that Martin has delivered in the trailers so far.

It would be an amazing spoof version.

 

[BLAZER]

Morgan Freeman? word? he's in this??

:jnc

Woops, haha my bad. It would be interesting to see him in something like this.

 

[maquiladora]

 

[BLAZER]

Nice. I have started something special. lol

But seriously though is anyone else worried. Looking at that snippet and the trailers?

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Nice. I have started something special. lol

But seriously though is anyone else worried. Looking at that snippet and the trailers?

Not really because Bilbo, for the first part of the novel, is rather fuddy-duddy and out of his element. I'm fine with what I've seen from Freeman so far.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Watching the clip, I'm still a little un-easy about Martin Freeman casting... I'm not sure i like his interpretation of the part. He's seems "goofy"??? I hope it doesn't ruin it.

Time will tell, anyone else have these thoughts?

Bilbo's goofy. I think it's a great fit.

 

[maquiladora]

Nice. I have started something special. lol

But seriously though is anyone else worried. Looking at that snippet and the trailers?

Bilbo is meant to be a slightly goofy character, his character changes and matures as the story goes on.

 

[BLAZER]

I haven't read the book as of yet, though i might after the movie release. So if his character development through the book changes, what you guys are saying makes sense. I'll leave my judgement until i watch it, i think. Having watched the LOTR a million times and read the books, you begin to have a love for the universe.

 

[lastplayed]

Hobbit fans queuing up for the premiere.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Spoiler

Radagast

in all three films

http://www.3news.co.nz/John-Campbell-aboard-The-Hobbit-plane/tabid/367/articleID/278304/Default.aspx

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

Hobbit fans queuing up for the premiere.

Whether online or in real life, trolls are unavoidable.

 

[ScreenSplitter]

I am currently imagining Morgan saying some of the lines that Martin has delivered in the trailers so far.

It would be an amazing spoof version.

"I hear you're a man who knows how to burgle things."
"I've been known to burgle certain locations from time to time".

 

[Randdalf]

Spoiler

Radagast

in all three films

http://www.3news.co.nz/John-Campbell-aboard-The-Hobbit-plane/tabid/367/articleID/278304/Default.aspx

Spoiler

Sounds good considering that they have the whole off-screen Necromancer plot from the book to develop

 

[Edmond Dantès]

"I hear you're a man who knows how to burgle things."
"I've been known to burgle certain locations from time to time".

The love story between Bilbo and Gandalf would be quite something.

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

The love story between Bilbo and Gandalf would be quite something.

Oh no, I just realised the fanfiction and slash fiction for this is gonna be ridiculous.

3 hours till the actors hit the red carpet!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Watch the Red Carpet event here

http://www.nowlive.com/ms/thehobbit

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

I don't know if Elijah Wood was a very good hobbit. Sean Astin was pretty hobbit-y. So is Martin Freeman.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I think Elijah Wood was a good aristocratic Hobbit. Sean Astin's Sam was damn near perfect, though I hear he's a bit of an asshole in real life.

 

[maquiladora]

I think Elijah Wood was a good aristocratic Hobbit. Sean Astin's Sam was damn near perfect, though I hear he's a bit of an asshole in real life.

I liked Sam the least of all the hobbits in LOTR. I think it was mainly his accent.

 

[MYE]

New images + Newly colour graded images

It's wonderful to see you again Saruman!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Thorin at the press conference.

Before the red carpet, there are pressers, Richard Armitage speaks. Lots of comedy despite the serious shot.

https://twitter.com/MrLDC/status/273587167547252736

 

[Edmond Dantès]

3:50pm - Show Opening/Welcome
4:00pm - Neil Finn Performance (set includes a performance of “Song of the Lonely Mountain” from the official soundtrack)
4:30pm - Talent arrivals, red carpet interviews & crowd interaction
6:30pm - Official Speeches
7:00pm - End of Show

7:30pm - World Premiere of An Unexpected Journey

This will be lovely.

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_NZ.aspx

 

[polyh3dron]

Are there seriously no trailers available with the high framerate video?

 

[Kud Dukan]

3:50pm - Show Opening/Welcome
4:00pm - Neil Finn Performance (set includes a performance of “Song of the Lonely Mountain” from the official soundtrack)
4:30pm - Talent arrivals, red carpet interviews & crowd interaction
6:30pm - Official Speeches
7:00pm - End of Show

This will be lovely.

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_NZ.aspx

Well I know what I will be doing tonight...

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Are there seriously no trailers available with the high framerate video?

Not publicly available.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Are there seriously no trailers available with the high framerate video?

No. And I think it's a smart move.

 

[maquiladora]

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

Once we go 48fps or even 60fps, 24fps will look jittery and antiquated by comparison.

Just like how 16fps silent films look odd now.

 

[Harry Potter]

Who's doing a midnight showing? I'm wondering how crazy they'll be.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Cameron will take us to 60fps and The Hobbit might even look dated in a short few years.

 

[bengraven]

Oh girl...

 

[maquiladora]

Cameron will take us to 60fps and The Hobbit might even look dated in a short few years.

I thought he hadn't decided on 48 or 60 yet?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I thought he hadn't decided on 48 or 60 yet?

Hasn't been officially announced. But every time he's spoken about the sequels and frame rates, he's always mentioned 60fps and not 48fps. And given his propensity for upping the tech anti with every new film he makes, it makes perfect sense.