Ian McKellen says filming for the Hobbit to begin in June! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 03-18-2010, 12:23 PM

If it is 3d it will be definitely that I can't watch let alone won't ... it makes me nauseous in seconds.... Mind you I don't know how reliable a source McLuvvie is.. didn't he claim Bilbo was cast months ago?

Kitanna · 03-18-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Mind you I don't know how reliable a source McLuvvie is.. didn't he claim Bilbo was cast months ago?

I suppose we won't know for sure until much later. I'd like to think they'll stay with a non-3D movie like the trilogy. It'll feel too tacky in that fancy 3D stuff. I feel so old saying that.

Gwathagor · 03-21-2010, 11:37 AM

Although - it would be interesting to see what del Toro would do with 3D.

Nerwen · 03-27-2010, 04:52 AM

Don't panic. They'd do a 2d print as well, I'm sure.

The real danger will be that the makers might get carried away with the whole "ZMOG LOOK EVERYBODY 3D! SEE RANDOM OBJECTS BEING THRUST AT THE CAMERA! WEEEEEE! 3D! IT'S LIKE TOTALLY MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME" thing, to the detriment of all other aspects.

But I'd hope better of them than that.

The Might · 03-27-2010, 08:05 AM

I'm a little bit out of date here, since I haven't been following the news around the Hobbit much.

Two films means one is the Hobbit and the other is based on other stories taking place prior to the WotR as they had planned to?

Mithalwen · 03-29-2010, 11:27 AM

I think they scrubbed that idea and it is merely splitting the Hobbit story so they can extract 2 lots of box office revenue from the fanbase. I suppose htey may well pad out with what Gandalf is up to while away.

I don't see that it needs so much screentime. It is so much shorter and simpler than LOTR it doesn't need 2/3 of the time. So much of the Hobbit is stuff that can be shown on film in an instant but which takes a while to describe in writing. I just wonder if it will hold the audience enough to wait a year for the end.

Mnemosyne · 03-29-2010, 11:40 PM

Regarding the subject line... maybe not...

McKellen's website has updated so that the date is, once again, more indeterminate.

03-18-2010, 12:23 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	If it is 3d it will be definitely that I can't watch let alone won't ... it makes me nauseous in seconds.... Mind you I don't know how reliable a source McLuvvie is.. didn't he claim Bilbo was cast months ago? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-21-2010, 11:37 AM	#3
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Although - it would be interesting to see what del Toro would do with 3D. __________________ Stories and songs.

03-27-2010, 04:52 AM	#4
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Don't panic. They'd do a 2d print as well, I'm sure. The real danger will be that the makers might get carried away with the whole "ZMOG LOOK EVERYBODY 3D! SEE RANDOM OBJECTS BEING THRUST AT THE CAMERA! WEEEEEE! 3D! IT'S LIKE TOTALLY MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME" thing, to the detriment of all other aspects. But I'd hope better of them than that. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-27-2010, 08:05 AM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I'm a little bit out of date here, since I haven't been following the news around the Hobbit much. Two films means one is the Hobbit and the other is based on other stories taking place prior to the WotR as they had planned to? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-29-2010, 11:27 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I think they scrubbed that idea and it is merely splitting the Hobbit story so they can extract 2 lots of box office revenue from the fanbase. I suppose htey may well pad out with what Gandalf is up to while away. I don't see that it needs so much screentime. It is so much shorter and simpler than LOTR it doesn't need 2/3 of the time. So much of the Hobbit is stuff that can be shown on film in an instant but which takes a while to describe in writing. I just wonder if it will hold the audience enough to wait a year for the end. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-29-2010, 11:40 PM	#7
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	Regarding the subject line... maybe not... McKellen's website has updated so that the date is, once again, more indeterminate. __________________ Got corsets?

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