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Euphoric Neo or Bust since: Feb 2008	May 01, 08 at 10:13pm re: The Hobbit
	quote Excellence 2011? Ian Mckellen will be dead by then. >________< You show no faith in the power of Gandalf the Grey. GTFO shakes head ------------------- † : Photography.B&L.Music
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Sspider Evil is Powerful. But Courage Is Solid. Still Seekin' total posts: 3849 since: Feb 2003	May 01, 08 at 10:13pm re: The Hobbit
	Quoted for brutal insensitivity. Meh...I honestly don't know, but I'm afraid they're milking the Tolkien universe a bit too much... On a side note, Michael J Fox would kill as Bilbo. Come on, you know I'm right. ------------------- THUNDERCATS ARE GO!!!
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Fatherbrain30 Hispanic Mougle true seeker (2K Remix) total posts: 2147 since: Jul 2004	May 02, 08 at 5:12am re: The Hobbit
	Really this is the only other thing besides the main trilogy. All the other stuff I think can't be made into any other media. -------------------
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Euphoric Neo or Bust since: Feb 2008	May 02, 08 at 6:18am re: The Hobbit
	Well they can, if you are talking about the histories/silmarillion (which of course you are). It would just take good acting, a world class director and some super set/costume/prop making like in the trilogy. ------------------- † : Photography.B&L.Music
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Shinobi_razor moderator General Xbox 360 Xbox Live (360) total posts: 11085 since: Sep 2004	May 02, 08 at 6:24am re: The Hobbit
	quote Sspider On a side note, Michael J Fox would kill as Bilbo. Come on, you know I'm right. nah, he isnt short and quirky enough. Tom Cruise is though. and if i remember right, the Silmarillion is made up of a bunch of short stories and histories about Middle Earth, right? you cant really make that into a movie so much without making up a ton of extra filler that Tolkien didnt make. -------------------
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BLinK0 Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5480 since: May 2003	May 26, 08 at 11:34pm re: The Hobbit
	http://www.wetanz.com/holics/index.php?itemid=695&catid=2 Really interesting here, a live chat that they had with Del Toro and Jackson, pretty cool so check it out. ------------------- last.fm
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Euphoric Neo or Bust since: Feb 2008	May 27, 08 at 4:26am re: The Hobbit
	That was a great read. I'm glad to to hear they are doing the Hobbit itself in one film and not two. Having the second film as a gap filler and bridger to the Trilogy will be great. Guillermo sounds like he has a really cool vision of Middle Earth too. I'm so excited claps hands gayly ------------------- † : Photography.B&L.Music
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Excellence I'm not real Neo or Bust total posts: 7356 since: Sep 2007	May 28, 08 at 4:10pm re: The Hobbit
	I wouldn't be surprised if they made more of the prequels later in time. Like the Silmarilion, however would it be classed as overkill? ------------------- Last.fm
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Delexo Seeketh Maximus since: Mar 2005	May 28, 08 at 4:23pm re: The Hobbit
	The Silmarillion actually contains a series of stories not just one. Unless of course you mean making a film out of each story? ------------------- You're just an LA girl
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BLinK0 Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5480 since: May 2003	May 28, 08 at 4:27pm re: The Hobbit
	quote Excellence I wouldn't be surprised if they made more of the prequels later in time. Like the Silmarilion, however would it be classed as overkill? Perhaps, I think they'll stop after Hobbit. ------------------- last.fm
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The Living Angelus moderator Animated Shows MMA: Mixed Martial Arts Movies/Films Wrestling since: Nov 2001	Nov 05, 09 at 4:16pm re: The Hobbit
	Guillermo del Toro was interviewed on the status of the film among other questions. Fantastic read. Here's a bit on the creatures, particularly Smaug. quote You love creating your creatures and obviously The Hobbit offers some great opportunities. There’s the dragon Smaug, the spiders of Mirkwood, the Wargs, Beorn the bear-man… The way I phrased it to Weta, I said we would keep the DNA in the same gene pool as the Rings trilogy, but that we would generate a different type of character. For example, in the trilogy most of the creatures are brutish or inarticulate. In The Hobbit, the creatures speak: Smaug has beautiful lines of dialogue; the Great Goblin has beautiful lines of dialogue; many creatures do. So we had to design them with a different approach because you are not just designing things that are scary. I also wanted some of the monsters in The Hobbit to be majestic. I wanted the Wargs to have a certain beauty so that you don't have a massively clear definition: what is beautiful is good and what is ugly is not. Some of the monsters are absolutely gorgeous. Smaug won’t be like the dragons in Reign Of Fire, say. Was it a big challenge to communicate his character? I think one of the designs I’m the proudest of is Smaug. Obviously he took the longest. It’s actually still active: we’re finishing his colour palette and a little bit of the texture. But the bulk of the design took about a year, solid. It’s because of the unique features of the dragon. Early in production I came up with a very strong idea that would separate Smaug from every other dragon ever made. The problem was implementing that idea. But I think we’ve nailed it. It was far too much to quote, especially when he started talking about spiders and the epic scale of the battles and how LOTR set a standard that was met and failed with films afterwards (he specifically mentions Troy and Narnia). They definitely know what they are doing with this, even though I had complete faith in del Toro to begin with, but this interview just reassured these two upcoming films are going to be absolutely amazing when they come out.
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Saint someone lady bug, lady bug Neo or Bust total posts: 7701 since: Dec 2004	Nov 06, 09 at 1:33am re: The Hobbit
	Awesome. I don't know about beautiful Wargs though. I hope they're actually more like wolves, instead of hyenas (LoTR). I've read The Hobbit like four times. <3 ------------------- Faith: Making A Virtue Out of Not Thinking lastfm
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Light Druid moderator Action [GBA] Books & Literature Classic & Puzzle [GBA] Gameboy E-reader General Gameboy Advance RPG/Adventure [GBA] Sports [GBA] Strategy & Simulation [GBA] Strategy [Wii] since: Jun 2004	Nov 06, 09 at 1:37am re: The Hobbit
	May I just say that Peter Jackson has lost an incredible amount of weight!?! And I have always had the 15 birds in 5 fir trees scene mapped out in my head. I hope they do it slightly similar to how I've always envisioned it. ------------------- It's shocking what goes on in here! Come Visit!
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Euphoric Neo or Bust since: Feb 2008	Nov 06, 09 at 2:47am re: The Hobbit
	I love that he is going to take the dialogue rout to portraying the film rather than all out action. The Hobbit had some awesome scenes that were just conversations and by the sounds of things he is going to want to try and show them in full rather than trim them. ------------------- † : Photography.B&L.Music
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Saint someone lady bug, lady bug Neo or Bust total posts: 7701 since: Dec 2004	Nov 06, 09 at 9:30pm re: The Hobbit
	quote Light Druid I have always had the 15 birds in 5 fir trees scene mapped out in my head. I hope they do it slightly similar to how I've always envisioned it. I know what you mean. I have Beorn's house and the dining scene envisioned. ------------------- Faith: Making A Virtue Out of Not Thinking lastfm
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