He's never not the guy who made Meet The Feebles. He's just got a bigger budget.
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Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.
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§ ita § - Dec 19, 2012 7:42:40 pm PST #23211 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Calli - Dec 20, 2012 4:43:44 am PST #23212 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
He's never not the guy who made Meet The Feebles. He's just got a bigger budget.
Yep. And now he's contrasting things like the Goblin King against Elves and New Zealand scenery, which makes the ugly look even worse.
Jessica - Dec 20, 2012 4:54:47 am PST #23213 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gollum was going to blow the old one off the screen.
Either PJ or Andy Serkis said on Colbert that Hobbit!Gollum has about twice the facial muscles that LotR!Gollum did, and you can really see the difference.
I would say PJ should pull a Lucas Special Edition and re-CG the original movies, but I kinda don't want to have to buy them again.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2012 5:24:52 am PST #23214 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I figure I've got one more purchase of LotR in me, so he better make it worth it when I move to Blu Ray.
But he did Lucas Fellowship, right? I'm not imagining that?
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 20, 2012 9:36:58 am PST #23215 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 do think Jackson should have gone ahead and used "Yakety Sax" to score the scene of everyone escaping Goblintown. I mean, it was already essentially a Benny Hill sketch.
sumi - Dec 20, 2012 11:16:43 am PST #23216 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
One of the things about the goblins and orcs in the Hobbit vs. same in LotR: they have so much more agency. They're own kingdom, with it's own king etc. I had forgotten that: the LotR version are much more anonymous servants of evil than those in the Hobbit. (Even the trolls in the Hobbit have more of their own lives/civilazation/customs.)
Sophia Brooks - Dec 20, 2012 12:59:20 pm PST #23217 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just saw a piece on the costumes of the new Great Gatsby, and they look great-- and I love Baz Luhrman! But another person I irrationally hate is Tobey Maguire, so I am not sure if I can watch it?
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2012 2:09:04 pm PST #23218 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I missed the beginning of the movie due to equipment issues, and I didn't get enough Smaug. Am sad.
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2012 5:11:24 pm PST #23219 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just saw a piece on the costumes of the new Great Gatsby, and they look great-- and I love Baz Luhrman! But another person I irrationally hate is Tobey Maguire, so I am not sure if I can watch it?
It looks gorgeous, but I'm not sure I can get past the not!Redford-ness of it all.
Jessica - Dec 20, 2012 6:29:23 pm PST #23220 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I missed the beginning of the movie due to equipment issues, and I didn't get enough Smaug. Am sad.
Well, you don't really see him in the beginning, just a lot of fire and things being knocked over.
I went with my sister to see it in 2D tonight (she saw the HFR version on her own and texted me after to ask why PJ shot the movie on a cell phone), and it was still good. This theater was pretty crappy, unfortunately, so I can't make a fair comparison between the HFR 3D and the 2D versions of the movie - this theater didn't even have stadium seating and I strained my neck trying to see around the head of the guy in front of me.
Still, damn. That's a lot of movie, and I love it so.