I'm beginning to fear that Peter Jackson may have permanently succumbed to the curse of Oscar where what made a director's work interesting up until they win is overwhelmed by too much respectability. He really needed to do something small and speedy after LOTR and so far he hasn't.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 04, 2012 8:07:16 am PST #22984 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Consuela - Dec 04, 2012 8:09:44 am PST #22985 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Apparently the unexpected party goes on for 45 minutes.
Yikes. That's... long. (Are you joking?)
I'm still very excited! I'm not going to read any reviews, since I already have my tickets, and I just watched Stephen Colbert geeking out all over in last night's episode.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2012 8:13:51 am PST #22986 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sarah Brightman, in general.
Hah. My question was about the list actually. Since my experience with Phantom was essentially going with my ex because neither of us would relinquish the ticket, I was looking forward to someone with an actual hate list.
But your top three were better.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2012 8:14:45 am PST #22987 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Are you joking?)
About the TJ's run, yes. About the 45 minutes of exposition, no, sadly, that is what sources are saying.
DavidS - Dec 04, 2012 8:56:35 am PST #22988 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Rereading, I find myself wondering how they are getting multiple movies, let alone 3-hour ones.
Apparently they're including a lot of stuff with the indices and events that are only alluded to as happening off-screen (off page?). Basically it will also fill in the narrative between the Hobbit and the beginning of Fellowship. I know there's at least one Gandalf wizard thingie that they're filming but is only alluded to in The Hobbit proper.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 04, 2012 8:58:51 am PST #22989 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
So runpee.com is going to have lots of choices.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2012 9:19:27 am PST #22990 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Seriously!
le nubian - Dec 04, 2012 9:20:03 am PST #22991 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I actually think that runpee's recommendation is likely going to be: watch the first 30 minutes, go to the bathroom at any point before the last 30 minutes.
Connie Neil - Dec 04, 2012 9:28:03 am PST #22992 of 30000
brillig
It's kind of sad not to have an automatic "Oh, there's Arwen, I can go pee now" signal.
edit: I have honestly never seen some of her scenes.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2012 9:37:04 am PST #22993 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
they have the technology to do it. I use an app called Into Now which when you point your phone at the TV, it can identify the tv program (show and episode) you are watching!
RunPee can do this with movies, easy.