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Old 11-20-2012, 06:53 PM   #1
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The Hobbit.

I just saw the trailer for the Hobbit. And I thought that I knew the Hobbit And I saw a character that I did not recognize.
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Old 11-20-2012, 06:55 PM   #2
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huh. Tolkein's books just came out on Audible. I just bought the Hobbit and started re reading it. The narrator is awesome. like a kids story reader. so comfy.
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Old 11-20-2012, 08:44 PM   #3
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I just saw the trailer for the Hobbit. And I thought that I knew the Hobbit And I saw a character that I did not recognize.
Okay, I'm obsessed with figuring this out.

Watched these two trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGsB9dORBg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen

If you mean "a dark power has found a way back into the world" that's Radagast the Brown.

On IMDB, it looks like Dain (Thorin's cousin), Beorn (the bear guy), Tom (I assume Tom Bombadil), Bolg (leader of the goblins in the Battle of the Five Armies) are cast.

You might mean "Net Mender" or "Alfrid" --two inhabitants of Laketown apparently created for the film: the guy who sees Smaug coming, and a "conniving civil servant, " respectively.

Could it have been any of these?



Or, do you have a link to the trailer? I must see this character.
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Old 11-20-2012, 09:50 PM   #4
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There's a new female elf character. I don't know if she's in the trailer.
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Old 11-21-2012, 07:06 AM   #5
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Old 11-21-2012, 07:09 AM   #6
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There's a new female elf character. I don't know if she's in the trailer.
I think they let them out of the trailer once a day, to feed.
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Old 11-21-2012, 07:37 AM   #7
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Yes, they've created some brand new characters. The Necromancer was named in the book, but never appeared. They've put in Galadriel, Saruman, and it looks like they've expanded King Thranduil's role, if his high place in the cast listing is any indication. They list the character Elros, I don't believe he was even mentioned in the book.

Splitting The Hobbit into 3 parts is just a money grab.
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Old 11-21-2012, 09:47 AM   #8
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Okay, I'm obsessed with figuring this out.

Watched these two trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGsB9dORBg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen
How about all of them stitched together?

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Splitting The Hobbit into 3 parts is just a money grab.
No, friend, no...you couldn't tell this story in two hours!
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15 minutes would suffice, really.
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Old 11-21-2012, 01:17 PM   #11
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Yeah, but with no trolls, no Tom Bombadil, no Beorn, etc.
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Old 11-21-2012, 01:25 PM   #12
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I can see I need to renew my Pacific Science Center membership so I can get priority for tickets to see this in IMAX. Whoa.
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Old 11-21-2012, 01:37 PM   #13
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huh. Tolkein's books just came out on Audible. I just bought the Hobbit and started re reading it. The narrator is awesome. like a kids story reader. so comfy.
That must have been done on the sly by Dads then.

He brought me home The Lord of the Rings because I loved reading and it was the largest book he'd ever seen. I was 9-10, he worked as a printer (yes, it was half-inched from the re-pulp bin).

Then for my twelth birthday (well, just an excuse really) I got a Commodore 64 and The Hobbit as a game. My 8 year old bro was obsessed with it, but simply couldn't fathom it out. So his bedtime reading became The Hobbit - my dyslexic father making up the names he couldn't work out. He read me fairy stories in the same way.

I was hugely jealous at the time because Tolkien (and Daddy) were MINE. But I got over it very quickly and Ste now works in IT in London on a very healthy wage, so it all worked out okay.

Haven't read The Hobbit in years. Spose I should get prepared - Mum won't want to see it and Dad will. Yay - I get Dads all to myself again!
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Old 11-21-2012, 01:42 PM   #14
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Flint, Happy Monkey, here's one for you.

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Old 11-21-2012, 01:54 PM   #15
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No, friend, no...you couldn't tell this story in two hours!
Ok, two movies. The book was only 250ish pages, IIRC. LOTR was more like 1300.
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Yeah, but with no trolls, no Tom Bombadil, no Beorn, etc.
Tom Bombadil was in The Fellowship of the Ring, not the Hobbit.
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