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[anonymous_abc]

Here's a really cool breakdown of some of the VFX in AUJ.

wow, that looks spectacular, I wonder what we will think of that in 10 years time...

 

[Edmond Dantès]

wow, that looks spectacular, I wonder what we will think of that in 10 years time...

In ten years people will be discussing a new adaptation of The Lords of the Rings.

 

[Mr Cola]

In ten years people will be discussing a new adaptation of The Lords of the Rings.

Beiber as Aragorn

#believe

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

I think if there ever will be a further adaptation, it will be as a TV series. Looking at the rise of high quality/production values TV since the Sopranos and the Wire to now, it's entirely plausible that they may do it in a decade or two. It will probably be a very different interpretation of the books and set the standard for being the most expensive to shoot at that point in time.

 

[anonymous_abc]

I think if there ever will be a further adaptation, it will be as a HBO level of quality TV series.

I like that idea, a lot!

 

[B-Dubs]

In ten years people will be discussing a new adaptation of The Lords of the Rings.

I don't think we have any up and coming actors who could fill the rolls. I mean I can't see anyone as Aragorn but Viggo at this point. Maybe they'll do an animated movie or something.

 

[notsol337]

HBO level of quality with an adaptation means Old Man Willow and Tom Bombadil, right?!

 

[pottuvoi]

HBO level of quality with an adaptation means Old Man Willow and Tom Bombadil, right?!

HBO series would be nice to see.

 

[kingocfs]

HBO series would be nice to see.

Fuck that, get it on Netflix and drop it all at once!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

‘The Hobbit’ Passes $300 Million At The Box Office

http://www.inquisitr.com/530956/the...ion-at-the-box-office-is-it-a-disappointment/

 

[Loxley]

‘The Hobbit’ Passes $300 Million At The Box Office

http://www.inquisitr.com/530956/the...ion-at-the-box-office-is-it-a-disappointment/

Ugh at that headline, people just won't let it go will they? Yeah, 1 billion dollars worldwide, I'm sure New Line, PJ & Co. are just crying themselves to sleep.

 

[B-Dubs]

‘The Hobbit’ Passes $300 Million At The Box Office

http://www.inquisitr.com/530956/the...ion-at-the-box-office-is-it-a-disappointment/

Haven't they already made back all the money they spent filming everything? I'm sure they're crying themselves to sleep on their private islands in their diamond beds.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey tops Saturn nominations

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118066333/

 

[Edmond Dantès]

“The Goblin Caverns” and “Creating Rivendell” featurettes

http://www.flicksandbits.com/2013/0...rney-vfx-featurettes-from-weta-digital/40108/

 

[Edmond Dantès]

The Silmarillion trailer debuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=LiYDlwg5xMc

 

[Loxley]

The Silmarillion trailer debuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=LiYDlwg5xMc

That...was kind of terrible. I know we're supposed to allow for some suspension of disbelief and be more forgiving when watching fan-trailers for theoretical movies, but man, that really just felt like a montage of shots from bad films (if I never see that awful Lord of the Rings-knockoff Dungeon Siege movie again, it will be too soon). I mean, good on them for at least giving it a shot I suppose, but just throwing in random scenes from various fantasy films from the last six years with little direction or editorial vision does not a good trailer-make.

Then again, maybe I'm over-analyzing this because I recognized way too many of those shots to allow myself to be immersed.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

That...was kind of terrible. I know we're supposed to allow for some suspension of disbelief and be more forgiving when watching fan-trailers for theoretical movies, but man, that really just felt like a montage of shots from bad films (if I never see that awful Lord of the Rings-knockoff Dungeon Siege movie again, it will be too soon). I mean, good on them for at least giving it a shot I suppose, but just throwing in random scenes from various fantasy films from the last six years with little direction or editorial vision does not a good trailer-make.

Then again, maybe I'm over-analyzing this because I recognized way too many of those shots to allow myself to be immersed.

I just lament the fact that I'll probably never be able to post a trailer for a genuine adaptation of The Silmarillion.


Starting this fall, HBO's The Silmarillion....

 

[Emwitus]

I really hated the special effects in this movie. Threw me off the experience so many times. Hope it's improved in the second. It's atrocious especially in the ork mines.

 

[Loxley]

I just lament the fact that I'll probably never be able to post a trailer for a genuine adaptation of The Silmarillion.


Starting this fall, HBO's The Silmarillion....

Hey man, if humans can send a robot to Mars and make it take a MySpace photo of itself, we can adapt The Silmarillion. It'll happen...eventually

 

[Edmond Dantès]

The Hobbit hits Chinese screens

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=126893


It'll probably reach the billion milestone soon.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

The Mexican Blu-ray cover is reminiscent of a certain Howe piece.

http://www.mixup.com/mixup/Product.aspx?sku=7509036516507

 

[Edmond Dantès]

My prediction for the Oscars; 0/3.

 

[Daft_Cat]

My prediction for the Oscars; 0/3.

Smart money.

 

[Loxley]

Yep. The Hobbit has done very well at the smaller VFX awards, but I can see the Oscar snubs coming from a mile away.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

As expected. I expect There and Back Again will win a few awards, but certainly not anything like Return of the King.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Sigh* the extended edition feels so distant ;-;

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Sigh* the extended edition feels so distant ;-;

Looking forward to seeing more Elvish action at Rivendell and the hunt with Elrond in the extended edition.

 

[Candeldandel]

Sigh* the extended edition feels so distant ;-;

For serious, this is gonna be unbearable Totally forgot about that part of awesome movie series... the downtime & anticipation, I mean. Exciting, but frustrating! Frigg.

The extras are gonna be off the awesome scale, though, so totally worth every second of the wait <3

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

In the extended edition I for one, want to hear what Saruman was fucking saying without Cate Blanchett mind-talking over him. Really, that annoyed the hell out of me.

 

[Cheebo]

As expected. I expect There and Back Again will win a few awards, but certainly not anything like Return of the King.

I doubt it if it has the same mediocre critical reaction the first hobbit film got.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

AUJ's at $980 million. It'll join the billion dollar club in a few weeks I think.

It's certainly made back its initial budget and the marketing blitz and there's still two films to go. WB will be making a tidy profit from Middle-earth. It may inspire them to explore other avenues of Middle-earth to exploit.


Aragorn Begins coming Christmas 2016.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I'll be pissed if there ain't an epic Hobbit trilogy co-op action game in the style of ROTK for next gen consoles. All 13 dwarves playable + Bilbo and Gandalf.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I'll be pissed if there ain't an epic Hobbit trilogy co-op action game in the style of ROTK for next gen consoles. All 13 dwarves playable + Bilbo and Gandalf.

Smaug should be playable too. I'd go to The Shire with him and wreak havoc.

 

[Number45]

I'll be pissed if there ain't an epic Hobbit trilogy co-op action game in the style of ROTK for next gen consoles. All 13 dwarves playable + Bilbo and Gandalf.

Lego Hobbit incoming.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Smaug should be playable too. I'd go to The Shire with him and wreak havoc.

Smaug campaing is Wii U exclusive. Your gamepad shows a birdseye view of the flying Dragon. Blow into the microphone to breath fire!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Smaug campaing is Wii U exclusive. Your gamepad shows a birdseye view of the flying Dragon. Blow into the microphone to breath fire!

Scouring of the Shire indeed.

 

[Dmax3901]

Wait is an extended edition confirmed or are you guys just assuming?

 

[Number45]

Wait is an extended edition confirmed or are you guys just assuming?

Confirmed.

Link.

EDIT: That website is slow, but I like the name so that's the link you're getting. Plenty more around.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Wait is an extended edition confirmed or are you guys just assuming?

Adding to Number45's link, the following scenes are pretty much confirmed:

Bilbo and the shards of Narsil
Child Bilbo, Belladonna Took and Gandalf first coming across Bilbo at a party
More of Elrond's hunting party
More from Erebor, Thorin labouring


The Gandalf Dol Guldur scene will not be featured in the extended cut of AUJ. It's been moved to The Desolation of Smaug.

 

[Platy]

My prediction for the Oscars; 0/3.

The makeup in Les Miserables generated MUCH less fanart than the one in The Hobbit ¬¬

 

[Dmax3901]

Adding to Number45's link, the following scenes are pretty much confirmed:

Bilbo and the shards of Narsil
Child Bilbo, Belladonna Took and Gandalf first coming across Bilbo at a party
More of Elrond's hunting party
More from Erebor, Thorin labouring


The Gandalf Dol Guldur scene will not be featured in the extended cut of AUJ. It's been moved to The Desolation of Smaug.

Confirmed.

Link.

EDIT: That website is slow, but I like the name so that's the link you're getting. Plenty more around.

Holy hell hype. I feel like I did all those years ago.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Holy hell hype. I feel like I did all those years ago.

There's also a special preview of The Desolation of Smaug on 24 March presented by Peter to coincide with the theatrical Blu-ray release. There's also much else to look forward to;

More Vlogs, the full trailer in early Summer, the extended edition sometime in Autumn and The Desolation of Smaug in December.

Not to mention, the continued speculation about Smaug's appearance.

 

[Mr Cola]

Id give good money for another battle for middle earth game, many battles to choose from in this and the upcoming films, good heroes to use too :[. Alas i fear as profitable as the movies are they are not genre busting, or have that clinching affect on culture that the Lotr films had.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Id give good money for another battle for middle earth game, many battles to choose from in this and the upcoming films, good heroes to use too :[. Alas i fear as profitable as the movies are they are not genre busting, or have that clinching affect on culture that the Lotr films had.

I wouldn't be surprised to see more Tolkien related tie-ins in the near future. Middle-earth is ripe for exploring.

Neither will I surprised with another rejuvenation of the fantasy film genre, especially if Peter does take charge of the Temeraire adaptation and the rights to The Lies of Locke Lamora are used.

 

[Loxley]

Id give good money for another battle for middle earth game, many battles to choose from in this and the upcoming films, good heroes to use too :[. Alas i fear as profitable as the movies are they are not genre busting, or have that clinching affect on culture that the Lotr films had.

If you own Medieval II: Total War and it's expansion pack and you haven't checked out the Third Age: Total War mod for it I would highly recommend it. It's a total conversion mod, one of the best I've ever played. It has Good & Evil campaigns, custom skirmishes, as well as a few 'historical' Middle-Earth battles. On top of that, the guys who created the mod made double-sure to include all of Howard Shore's music, so it hits every right note They actually even pulled in some audio assets from the Battle for Middle Earth games. Here's a link to it's ModDB page, for the most up-to-date version (3.2).

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

They had the White Council game a few years ago (open-world Middle-Earth, like Lord of the Rings meets Elder Scrolls). But they cancelled it and decided to release shitty games like War in the North.

 

[B-Dubs]

They should make a game out of Aragorn's adventures before LotR. It'll have the name recognition and they won't need to make up a story.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

They should make a game out of Aragorn's adventures before LotR. It'll have the name recognition and they won't need to make up a story.

I'd rather see that as a film.

It would include;

The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
Aragon's early years as Estel in Rivendell
Becoming a Ranger
Battling alongside Thengel under the assumed name of Thorongil
His adventures with Elrond's sons
Meeting Gandalf for the first time

 

[B-Dubs]

I'd rather see that as a film.

It would include;

The Tale of Aragon and Arwen
Aragon's early years as Estel in Rivendell
Becoming a Ranger
Battling alongside Thengel under the assumed name of Thorongil
His adventures with Elrond's sons
Meeting Gandalf for the first time

I'd be there day one for it as a movie. Just the same if it isn't going to be a movie, make it a game.

 

[Loxley]

I'd rather see that as a film.

It would include;

The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
Aragon's early years as Estel in Rivendell
Becoming a Ranger
Battling alongside Thengel under the assumed name of Thorongil
His adventures with Elrond's sons
Meeting Gandalf for the first time

See, now this is something that I feel could definitely be explored as an HBO show, the chronicles of a pre-LOTR younger Aragorn.