PJ wants to do The Hobbit {seriously}

[The Only Real Estel]

But I would love if Ian played Gandalf. He's so perfect for that role.

It'd be interesting to see them do the Hobbit without Ian, since he's already Gandalf 'later on'. Not like stuff of that sort hasn't been done before, but I really think it'd be bad if Ian couldn't be in the movie (I'm sure Jackson would want him).

Orophin : I think we'd be lucky if we even got half of the dwarves in. I'm sure they'll leave out plenty of characters, but I still think it'd be cool to get another lotr movie .

[The_Hand]

I think the elves should be portrayed as they are in the book. I like them better in The Hobbit... they're alot more... merry! But then again perhaps if they just made them a little more merry than in Lotr, but not quite as serious.

[Lobelia]

Without going into the rights and wrongs of doing a Hobbit movie - I have mixed feelings on the issue, though I would be very sorry if I'd never seen the LOTR movies - I thought I'd mention I was at a con yesterday where one of the guests, a compositor who worked at Weta on ROTK, seemed confident the Hobbit movie would go ahead, probably after KING KONG. He said New Line has the film rights and - was it MGM, I forget? - has the distribution rights. There is too much money here, he said, for it not to happen.

All I can hope is that if it does go ahead, as seems likely, Christopher T will soften enough that he can actually be consulted over the thing and it would be more likely to be something his father wouldn't have minded. Unlikely, but you never know.

[The Only Real Estel]

Too bad they did not save Agent Smith for Thranduil, he would have done much better than as Elrond methinks.

Woh! Great point! I can't believe it took me this long to notice it, though O_o .