Do where would the expulsion of Sauron from Mirkwood come into it?
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2012 2:52:01 pm PDT #22056 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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 30, 2012 2:59:43 pm PDT #22057 of 30000
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Hopefully that would happen as the climax of the second movie. Otherwise they're going to need coffee IVs in the theater if they're going to make a 120 minute movie about a wilderness hike and a strategy meeting.
Kalshane - Jul 30, 2012 5:26:09 pm PDT #22058 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
The Hobbit will now be three films instead of two: [link]
I'm not liking this plan. Principle photography is done. Scripts were finished years ago. The first movie comes out in less than 5 months. I have no idea how they're going to make that happen.
Also, I'm really miffed if I have to wait 3 years for Smaug.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2012 5:54:43 pm PDT #22059 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought the point was they just finished principal photography and they couldn't edit into two.
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2012 5:59:37 pm PDT #22060 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.
Still the same script. Just going to be cut in three instead of in two. Which is actually along the lines of what happened to the original LOTR novels.
sumi - Jul 31, 2012 4:20:37 am PDT #22061 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
But -- no dragon until the third film??!!!
Not good.
Kalshane - Jul 31, 2012 5:55:24 am PDT #22062 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm more okay with a single massive tome being split up into three slightly less massive tomes, than trying to squeeze three movies out of one book, appendices or not.
I don't know, we'll have to see what happens. I can understand them having enough footage for three movies. I just don't know that they will make for three coherent stories.
I just worry about directorial overreach (see George Lucas, Worchowski's, etc)
§ ita § - Jul 31, 2012 6:15:30 am PDT #22063 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm okay without three coherent stories, as long as they make one well doled-out story.
lisah - Jul 31, 2012 6:42:39 am PDT #22064 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I am dreading the film adaptation of Cloud Atlas. The book is one of my favorites and the trailer looks like they have really cheesed it up.
Tom Scola - Aug 01, 2012 9:32:27 am PDT #22065 of 30000
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