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The Hobbit: the official trailer
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 25, 2012, 08:03:57 pm ---That was my reaction to the trilogy when I read it back in my college days, and Tolkien completely lost me when I got to the talking trees. :-\ Made me think of the talking apple trees in The Wizard of Oz. :-\ Nevertheless, I slogged my way through to the end of the trilogy. But The Hobbit I've always found quite charming, and, oddly, my memory is that I also enjoyed The Silmarillion. :-\ I might actually consider rereading The Silmarillion some day. But I saw the trailer for The Hobbit when I saw Lincoln Saturday night, and it also looks charming.
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I know that parts of the Trilogy aren't for everyone, but Treebeard is actually one of my favorite characters, so original, unexpected and ancient. It's as if one of the old redwoods could speak and give up his wisdom of thousands of years.
The Hobbit is light and charming in comparison to the Trilogy because it was conceived and delivered as a children's story that Tolkien told to his own kids. The Fellowship of the Ring began a real adult story with a more serious tone. I'm glad you liked The Silmarillion. It's the Creation and the fall of Lucifer and Man and all sorts of great stories strung together--really different from LOTR, but if you've read it, the Trilogy feels richer, like a new city built on top of an old ruined one.
What's really odd is that the comparatively simple story of The Hobbit will now be three movies. By that measure, LOTR should have actually been 9 movies! ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Meryl on November 25, 2012, 10:53:02 pm ---The Hobbit is light and charming in comparison to the Trilogy because it was conceived and delivered as a children's story that Tolkien told to his own kids. The Fellowship of the Ring began a real adult story with a more serious tone. I'm glad you liked The Silmarillion. It's the Creation and the fall of Lucifer and Man and all sorts of great stories strung together.
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At the time it sort of felt like reading Scripture. ;D
--- Quote ---What's really odd is that the comparatively simple story of The Hobbit will now be three movies. By that measure, LOTR should have actually been 9 movies! ;D
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Oh, good grief. I could see two--after all, the subtitle is "Or, There and Back Again"--so I could see one movie for "There" and another for "Back Again," but three? ::)
Maybe I'll just re-read the book. It's been a while.
brianr:
The country is going mad. There are special tv news casts this morning and afternoon and last night the weather forecast included a front creeping gollum like up the south island and troll winds blowing over Wellington ;D
Meryl:
--- Quote from: brian on November 27, 2012, 02:23:15 pm ---The country is going mad. There are special tv news casts this morning and afternoon and last night the weather forecast included a front creeping gollum like up the south island and troll winds blowing over Wellington ;D
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I can imagine, brian. I've seen a few reports and videos about the big premiere. But it's a sweet fandom and one suited to Kiwis. Better than a horror franchise! ;)
Sophia:
--- Quote from: brian on November 27, 2012, 02:23:15 pm ---The country is going mad. There are special tv news casts this morning and afternoon and last night the weather forecast included a front creeping gollum like up the south island and troll winds blowing over Wellington ;D
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Has it gone to far? Any name change? Kiwis to Hobbis, P-iwis (People from middlehearth), or my favorite, Armitage´s Army.
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