Peter Jackson and "The Hobbit"!
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The balrog were maiar allied to and corrupted by Melkor/Morgoth, by the time they make their first appearance in the first age they already have the fiery-shadowy balrog appearance.
Cool, because I have the 1977 Rankin and Bass animated version in my head. It was one of the first video discs we got for our RCA CED VideoDisc player in the early 80s. We watched The Hobbit so much that my little brother (little brother at the time, now he is my younger brother) had the whole movie memorized.
The fights should be good, but there is so much more to the story. If PJ and the director get too caught up in it the film will turn into a pure action flick and lose all the magic of "There and Back Again".
I wonder if he'll be able to get Ian McKellan And Andy Serkis again.
Dave Leverich
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My own thoughts on them getting those two are... um, yeah, probably pretty likely.
HelloKitty
Green Belt
x2. Because I don't know if The Hobbit is enough for two parts...
If given the full treatment it deserves, yes.
Steel Tiger
Senior Master
You know, I've just realised something. If PJ does this thing right he is going to have to explore the finding of Sting and Glamdring. Both these weapons, plus Orcrist, were supposed to glow with a pale light when enemies were near. Throughout LoTR Gandalf's sword did not do this even though it is supposed to be the same blade.
I know its a finicky little thing, but in the context of The Hobbit the finding and description of these weapons is a significant thing.
I know its a finicky little thing, but in the context of The Hobbit the finding and description of these weapons is a significant thing.
Thats great that the whole mess finally got straigtened out and they are going to move forward with the movies!! Can't wait!!
Um... the sequel to The Hobbit???
That would be Lord of the Rings, no? And I think someone actually already did that one... :lol:
That would be Lord of the Rings, no? And I think someone actually already did that one... :lol:
Fiendlover
Black Belt
OMG I CANT WAIT! i won a model of striders sword at my dojo lol
FearlessFreep
Senior Master
Um... the sequel to The Hobbit???
That would be Lord of the Rings, no? And I think someone actually already did that one... :lol:
The sequel is supposed to cover the time between The Hobbit and LOTR. Not sure what was going on in the interim. Maybe start of with the fight with the necromancer in the tower (which is mentioned in The Hobbit) and go on to handle Suaron returning to Morder and the actions of the Rangers to protect parts of Middle Earth, including the Shire.
I mean, there are references in LOTR to some events that would've happened off the main plot in The Hobbit and before LOTR, but I'm not sure how much Tolkien fleshed them out (I haven't read Unfinished Tales and some of the other writings)
OK, it'll be interesting to see the angle they take on the sequel. It could go from 'inside' to 'outside'—following up events from the point of view of the hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo especially, and their increasing entanglement with larger events in Middle Earth as things start getting serious; or it go in the opposite direction—developing the motif of the Dúnedain and their increasing conflict with the early stages of the new regime that surfaces in Mordor in the LOTR, and gradually bringing the Shire into their field of action. Could go either way....
The last info I read had them doing the Hobbit in one movie and then the gap in time leading up to the Lord of the Rings in the second movie (as mentioned above).
Looking forward to it.
Looking forward to it.
I hope so!
