The Tolkien Professor (a former colleague), who did a whole podcast lecture series on The Hobbit a few years ago said he was specifically disappointed that they were doing The Hobbit after LotR because they were so different in tone and they would have to darken and change what is so clearly a children's story to make it fit into the LotR framework.
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
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megan walker - Dec 07, 2012 2:33:15 pm PST #23075 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
P.M. Marc - Dec 07, 2012 2:38:21 pm PST #23076 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
I do not remember how many times I had to sit through the LotR trilogy during Lilly's grade 1 obsession with it.
If she ever finishes The Hobbit (she refuses, because Smaug is her boo), I'm going to have to watch all those over and over again with a small child. I have no parental objections, as my small child found the live-action human violence less terrifying than she finds cartoon violence.
(Up made her run from the theatre in terror. The Winnie the Pooh movie that came out at some point recently, same thing. Helm's Deep? Walk in the park.)
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2012 3:38:56 pm PST #23077 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Interesting, Tom. What I found said he didn't consider it a children's book (from Wikipedia too), so there might not be agreement.
Atropa - Dec 07, 2012 4:26:20 pm PST #23078 of 30000
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as my small child found the live-action human violence less terrifying than she finds cartoon violence.
This is why she won't watch Nightmare Before Christmas with me, isn't it? Hmmm, maybe she'll be okay with Beetlejuice.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2012 4:38:09 pm PST #23079 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hmmm, maybe she'll be okay with Beetlejuice.
Both of my kids were able to watch Beetlejuice very early, and were only somewhat frightened by the hellish wedding scene at the end.
P.M. Marc - Dec 07, 2012 6:57:53 pm PST #23080 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
This is why she won't watch Nightmare Before Christmas with me, isn't it? Hmmm, maybe she'll be okay with Beetlejuice.
Yes, and probably.
le nubian - Dec 08, 2012 4:53:25 pm PST #23081 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Saw this elsewhere and it just made me smile and smile.
"We're making a sequel in Middle Earth. It's going to star Gandalf the Gay. And you'll get to find out who's his favorite dwarf."
---Ian McKellen on The Colbert Report
DavidS - Dec 08, 2012 4:54:50 pm PST #23082 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And you'll get to find out who's his favorite dwarf.
I'm gonna guess: Thorin Fuckinshield.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 10, 2012 5:39:35 am PST #23083 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just found out who played Figwit. Call me gobsmacked.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2012 5:46:37 am PST #23084 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just found out who played Figwit.
Ha! Really?
(He has lines in this one! And a name!)