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TheMisfortuneTeller · 06-05-2011, 02:40 AM

I really don't know what the two upcoming Hobbit films will contain other than one each of Peter Jackson's self-indulgent cameos. However otherwise perfect, these movies will contain at least these guaranteed and needless blemishes.

Mithalwen · 06-05-2011, 09:26 AM

Don't forget the cameos by the bug eyed moppets who are probably spotty and surly adolescents now...

Morthoron · 06-05-2011, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMisfortuneTeller

I really don't know what the two upcoming Hobbit films will contain other than one each of Peter Jackson's self-indulgent cameos. However otherwise perfect, these movies will contain at least these guaranteed and needless blemishes.

He does love his explosions and immature bits of ghastliness, doesn't he? The fact is, other than LotR, PJ is a B-grade director of campy horror flicks. Which is why I was so disappointed when Del Toro got the hint early on and left the film, because his vision of fantasy is decidedly more elegant than the bombast of Jackson. Although Del Toro is too much of a gentleman to admit it, I am sure PJ's efforts to dumb down the plot (much like in LotR) was a deciding factor in Del Toro leaving.

Nolwë_Namiel · 06-05-2011, 02:32 PM

Del Toro must have been a real optimist if he thought PJ would actually allow him to "direct" The Hobbit. I have to confess it is my least favourite of Tolkien's writings .... my only real curiosity is how Smaug will be represented. I'm a bit of a dragon fanatic.

06-05-2011, 02:40 AM	#1
TheMisfortuneTeller Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 63	This much for sure I really don't know what the two upcoming Hobbit films will contain other than one each of Peter Jackson's self-indulgent cameos. However otherwise perfect, these movies will contain at least these guaranteed and needless blemishes. __________________ "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." -- Tweedledee

06-05-2011, 09:26 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Don't forget the cameos by the bug eyed moppets who are probably spotty and surly adolescents now... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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06-05-2011, 02:32 PM	#4
Nolwë_Namiel Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Beleriand - First Age Posts: 19	Del Toro must have been a real optimist if he thought PJ would actually allow him to "direct" The Hobbit. I have to confess it is my least favourite of Tolkien's writings .... my only real curiosity is how Smaug will be represented. I'm a bit of a dragon fanatic.