I'm not sure of that, sumi. If the book is cut into two parts, I would bet Smaug won't show up until Part 2...
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Consuela - Dec 20, 2011 8:31:12 pm PST #17109 of 30000
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Typo Boy - Dec 20, 2011 9:11:34 pm PST #17110 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Never seen any of the MOthra, but from Wikipedia, I gather Mothra was a good monster, summoned to fight evil monsters. True? Also Mothra fought Godzilla, but in one of the "Mothra vs. Godzilla" they teamed up against a third evil monster. True? If I'm wrong did Godzilla ever save the world (or portion of it) by taking on a worse monster?
DavidS - Dec 20, 2011 9:32:14 pm PST #17111 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If I'm wrong did Godzilla ever save the world (or portion of it) by taking on a worse monster?
Definitely. Godzilla vs. Ghidorah!
Mothra - it should be noted - is a Girl Monster. Also, she's associated with Japanese gods and the Phoenix.
P.M. Marc - Dec 20, 2011 9:45:33 pm PST #17112 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Smaug is in part 2, and Smaug parts haven't been done yet. I think Smaugness starts next month or the month after.
Signed, hey, my Tumblr tracked tags come in handy there.
amyth - Dec 21, 2011 1:46:12 am PST #17113 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
The Hobbit: yesssss.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 21, 2011 4:04:55 am PST #17114 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I have some Jane Fonda-Shelley Winters movie playing on TCM in the background, and every time I look up from my cereal there's a different woman in a ripped dress fleeing an assault by a horny guy (or group of same). It's like watching that horrible scene from The Accused on a loop!
Scrappy - Dec 21, 2011 7:00:48 am PST #17115 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We call my mom Mothra sometimes. It started when we were teenagers. She thinks it's because it's a variation on "mother" but we kids know the truth.
Tom Scola - Dec 21, 2011 7:22:59 am PST #17116 of 30000
hwæt
The Hairpin covers Cary Grant, finally.
Kathy A - Dec 21, 2011 8:01:37 am PST #17117 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Looooved the Hobbit trailer!!
One of my favorite things about the LotR films, at least about the progression of them, was that Jackson gradually increased the amount of poetry/songs over the course of the trilogy. Maybe because he (or possibly the studio) only slowly began to trust that the audience would follow along and not view it as silly twee-ness, but for whatever reason, I loved it. The theatrical FotR had very little of either, the extended added a song and some poetry; theatrical TTT had a bit more, extended offered additional Treebeard and Eowyn; and Rotk went all in.
The fact that they had filmed Aragorn's delivery of Elendil's lines at his coronation several different ways (spoken in English, spoken in Elvish, sung in English, and sung in Elvish), but went with the most esoteric and didn't even subtitle it (!!!) made my fannish heart so happy.
So I just love that PJ went with the dwarves' song in the trailer.
Scrappy - Dec 21, 2011 11:09:05 am PST #17118 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
This is opening today. [link] An art film house RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. Yes, tonight we are strolling over the the cinema.