Support NeoGAF

[Man]

I love the Lord of the Rings cartoon from 1978 (only first half of the trilogy) despite all the hate it got. Lovely atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WcJbPlAknw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLg__bl6vU4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br6P3slBviw

 

[WyndhamPrice]

I love the Lord of the Rings cartoon from 1978 (only first half of the trilogy) despite all the hate it got. Lovely atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WcJbPlAknw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLg__bl6vU4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br6P3slBviw

There's some neat stuff about it but some of the changes they made are just baffling to me.

 

[InvincibleAgent]

I just think it's so boring. It's a bunch of people in a meaningless dull village brooming leaves off the road, running family pubs and shops that sell hay and wood. I don't know how they live with themselves. The fireworks display is the only time where they're able to do anything other than wash clothes in a bucket and grow vegetables. I just don't get it. It doesn't become interesting for me until real adventure and mystery begins when you realize what the ring can do and that bad people are looking for it.

The Shire isn't supposed to be "interesting," it's supposed to be peaceful. Something people in a war want. If the whole movie was conflict, what would they be fighting for?

 

[bengraven]

Man, I wish my school was ridiculously cool and would film an adaptation of...anything.



Also, go away Shire haters. The best part of the films AND the best part of the soundtrack.

I'm worried Dantes has really got himself in an accident or something while hurrying home from work to watch the trailer.

''Run Toyota, show us the meaning of haste!''

He'll have a tale or two to tell when he comes back.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Man, I wish my school was ridiculously cool and would film an adaptation of...anything.



Also, go away Shire haters. The best part of the films AND the best part of the soundtrack.



He'll have a tale or two to tell when he comes back.

Can you promise that he will come back?

 

[Chuckie]

I love the Lord of the Rings cartoon from 1978 (only first half of the trilogy) despite all the hate it got. Lovely atmosphere.

It looked like shit

 

[GCX]

From Peter's FB:

 

[strafer]

From the director of bla bla bla


NO SHIT

 

[SiegfriedFM]

It looked like shit

Why are Julius Caesar and Eric the Red in a forest somewhere?

I'm quite happy to erase this from memory. It was somewhat interesting 20 years ago when there was nothing else, but looking back it was quite horrible.

 

[Daft_Cat]

From Peter's FB:

I dig it..Pretty simply stuff, but it feels like a throwback to this:

 

[maquiladora]

From Peter's FB:

I really like that.

 

[Grakl]

I dig it..Pretty simply stuff, but it feels like a throwback to this:

It probably is.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Are we due for a new production diary or anything like that?

 

[Unorthodox]

I was hoping for something today.. ):

 

[bengraven]

Can you promise that he will come back?

...no.

But if he does...he will not be the same.

I was hoping for something today.. ):

New trailer, new poster. Let's not get spoiled here laddie.

 

[Unorthodox]

But.. it's Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday! (;

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Did Dantes get a heart attack due to the new trailer or something?

We're going to form a companionship of nine GAFers to go on a quest to find him.

This looks fucking ace.

And yeah, where the fuck is Dante.

I'm worried Dantes has really got himself in an accident or something while hurrying home from work to watch the trailer.

''Run Toyota, show us the meaning of haste!''

Seriously. Looks like his last post was 4 hours before the trailer, on Wednesday morning.

He just had to go south on some business, he'll be back.

To the Chateau D'if, no doubt.

He'll have a tale or two to tell when he comes back.

Can you promise that he will come back?

...no.

But if he does...he will not be the same.

I come back to you now.


But seriously, sorry for causing any concern. I've been extremely busy these past few days helping with the local Hobbit anniversary/Hobbit day festivities. Good fun.

Our Fellowship has not ended, it will endure long into 2014 and maybe beyond. Our perilous journey continues. The Grey Havens must wait.


Now to watch the trailer as I haven't had a chance to yet.

 

[Loxley]

He lives

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I think that new one sheet looks rather awkward actually. I never thought I'd see a poster with Bilbo in the sword across chest stoic hero pose.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Splendid trailer, although I can certainly understand why some people have made comparisons to the Narnia films.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Splendid trailer, although I can certainly understand why some people have made comparisons to the Narnia films.

Remember to check out alt endings if you didn't yet!

 

[Dmax3901]

I come back to you now.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Dantes the White!

 

[Altazor]

Good to have you back, Dantes! And it's nice to know you've been involved with Hobbit festivities

 

[maquiladora]

Via Google Translate :

Information on the length of the first film

According to the site of the famous Parisian cinema, the Grand Rex , the duration of the first installment of Peter Jackson's trilogy, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" would ... 123 minutes.

http://www.tolkiendrim.com/information-sur-la-duree-du-premier-film/

Edit : Just a placeholder, false alarm.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Hmm. I was expecting closer to 160.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Only two hours would be lame. Fuck I still seriously hate that the movie has been split up.

 

[Cheebo]

I think that new one sheet looks rather awkward actually. I never thought I'd see a poster with Bilbo in the sword across chest stoic hero pose.

I think it is just to be a throwback to the Frodo poster more than anything else. And I am unsure if you read the Hobbit yet but to be vague as possible Bilbo becomes a bit of a badass by the time the journey is done. A far cry from the bumbling comic relief he starts out as.

 

[sc0la]

Yeah I would rather two three hour movies than three two hour movies

 

[maquiladora]

Only two hours would be lame. Fuck I still seriously hate that the movie has been split up.

Never mind. False alarm. It must be just a placeholder. They have Iron Man 3 up there too and Skyfall is wrong at 120 minutes.

 

[Loxley]

How the hell would they know the final run-time when Jackson is still editing the movie?

*edit - Yeah, figured.

 

[bengraven]

I come back to you now.
.

Dammit, you stole the joke I was going to use when you came back.

Except I was going to add the "at the turn of the tide" line.

Our Fellowship has not ended, it will endure long into 2014 and maybe beyond. Our perilous journey continues. The Grey Havens must wait.

You have my axe.

 

[strafer]

Le Hobbit.

Le Sigh.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

In light of Hobbit day. Twenty Hobbit covers from around the world.

 

[Loxley]

I love the cover of the current German version:

 

[Genesis Knight]

Always my favorite cover:

 

[Dead]

I bet the running time is closer to 145-150 minutes. Shorter than the original flicks, but still fairly long.

 

[GCX]

Gotta love the original Finnish cover illustrated by The Moomins creator Tove Jansson:

 

[strafer]

haha

 

[despire]

Gotta love the original Finnish cover illustrated by The Moomins creator Tove Jansson:

Never seen this one. You can clearly tell it's Jansson's illustration. Interesting that the title of the book is literally `Dragon Mountain´ and not Hobitti like it should be and is nowadays. Wonder when they changed it.

 

[Unorthodox]

Anyone know why Jackson didn't wanna direct the hobbit in the first place?

 

[Loxley]

Anyone know why Jackson didn't wanna direct the hobbit in the first place?

I think after The Lord of the Rings he sort of swore to himself that he'd never take on a directorial task that absurdly daunting again, and would only produce (after all he's not getting any younger). My assumption is that after Del Toro dropped out he was sort of left without any other director who could clear their schedule for 4+ years to work on one series of films, so he opted to do it.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Serkis reads from The Hobbit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c13JFt0LQU&feature=colike

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Serkis reads from The Hobbit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c13JFt0LQU&feature=colike

Please tell me his hands aren't on his staff in that gif.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Please tell me his hands aren't on his staff in that gif.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

 

[Branduil]

That reminds me,

How many of you have read The Hobbit graphic novel? I've always enjoyed the art, it has a sense of dignified agedness while still retaining that feeling of comic-book immediacy in the action.

 

[zerodayPopbot]

Has anyone played this?

Watching some vids, looks like a collectathon targeted at a kids, but it doesn't look terrible, and actually well made and kinda fun.

 

[InvincibleAgent]

The cover I grew up with:

(Not my hand, google image)

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Has anyone played this?

Watching some vids, looks like a collectathon targeted at a kids, but it doesn't look terrible, and actually well made and kinda fun.

Personally, I would wait for the Lego Lord of the Rings game. It looks like a pretty good adaptation of the film trilogy and looks fun too.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

First instalment of The Hobbit to get Royal premiere.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19698562