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On December 24 2011 09:32 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Also guys sorry I meant to say it would be cool to see a younger version of Gandalf, not older. And I thought he was a human wizard o.o I guess not.
Well, he's a maiar, not human at all, and he's been there for over 3k years, so it wouldn't be a hobbit's lifetime that would visibly change his looks
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On December 24 2011 09:59 Firebolt145 wrote: Curiously, if prequel = book that was written afterwards about events that happened before the first book, what do you call a book that was written first about the events that happened before the second book?
edit: oh nvm I guess you would call it the first book.
:<
Hmm yea. Thing I wonder is if the hobbit was intended to be a "before" story or he only made it so after decdiing to wriote 3 more books
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On December 24 2011 10:35 MooLen wrote:Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 09:53 neobowman wrote:On December 24 2011 09:39 MooLen wrote: Is the story of this movie from a book or they came up with own stuff? It's from a book, The Hobbit. Prequel to LOTR, it was written for a younger audience. Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 09:59 Firebolt145 wrote: Curiously, if prequel = book that was written afterwards about events that happened before the first book, what do you call a book that was written first about the events that happened before the second book?
edit: oh nvm I guess you would call it the first book.
:< So in total there are 4 LOTR books? The Hobbit is not a Lord of the Rings book. The Lord of the Rings is one book divided into three parts because of the economic problems in the time period. It's a sequel.
On December 24 2011 11:32 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 09:59 Firebolt145 wrote: Curiously, if prequel = book that was written afterwards about events that happened before the first book, what do you call a book that was written first about the events that happened before the second book?
edit: oh nvm I guess you would call it the first book.
:< Hmm yea. Thing I wonder is if the hobbit was intended to be a "before" story or he only made it so after decdiing to wriote 3 more books
Lord of the Rings was made after The Hobbit since it was popular.
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I really can't wait until this is out next year. I think I'll go read the book again in the meantime.
Thanks for the production video linked on the last page, hadn't noticed that one had been released yet <3
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I got chills...can't wait!
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On December 24 2011 11:32 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 09:59 Firebolt145 wrote: Curiously, if prequel = book that was written afterwards about events that happened before the first book, what do you call a book that was written first about the events that happened before the second book?
edit: oh nvm I guess you would call it the first book.
:< Hmm yea. Thing I wonder is if the hobbit was intended to be a "before" story or he only made it so after decdiing to wriote 3 more books The Lord of the Rings was written after The Hobbit, because his publishers asked for more. He wrote the LoTR as a serial for his son while he(his son) was serving in WWII, a cool fact about it.
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All I know is, for 500 million dollar production, this has better be the most amazing movie, EVER.
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It will be wei.
Even the shortened cartoon hobbit is epic...Probably add four hours of length to what you have there, and then divide it into two movies, with ridiculous budgets, and 2011 CGI type stuff rather than 2001...basically it's going to be amazing.
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As if the trailer didnt give me enough nerd chills and excitement already... I went to IMDB and had a look at the cast. I found out that Stephen Fry is in this film, listed as "Master of Laketown". Oh... please give me this film <3
Edit: In the trailer the guys all start singing in a deep tone. Does anyone know if that style of music has a name? Or where I can find anything similar to it? I don't mean regular choir music, I want stuff like that. One or more deep voices singing in that slow pace. About medieval of fantasy type things as well.
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On December 24 2011 14:06 wei2coolman wrote: All I know is, for 500 million dollar production, this has better be the most amazing movie, EVER.
sprayed my coke on the screen
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On December 24 2011 15:34 Tristran wrote: Edit: In the trailer the guys all start singing in a deep tone. Does anyone know if that style of music has a name? Or where I can find anything similar to it? I don't mean regular choir music, I want stuff like that. One or more deep voices singing in that slow pace. About medieval of fantasy type things as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirge
Off the top of my head, that's the closest genre I could class it with. someone more educated in music might have a better insight.
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On December 24 2011 14:03 feanor1 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 11:32 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:On December 24 2011 09:59 Firebolt145 wrote: Curiously, if prequel = book that was written afterwards about events that happened before the first book, what do you call a book that was written first about the events that happened before the second book?
edit: oh nvm I guess you would call it the first book.
:< Hmm yea. Thing I wonder is if the hobbit was intended to be a "before" story or he only made it so after decdiing to wriote 3 more books The Lord of the Rings was written after The Hobbit, because his publishers asked for more. He wrote the LoTR as a serial for his son while he was serving in WWII, a cool fact about it. No he didn't. There is a quote from Tolkin himself that states it's bs that he wrote it while in the war.
Also, he stated that he didn't write it for his son. And that he saw his mistake in trying to write hobbit as a "childrens book" (and while telling his son bed-time stories) which he corrected later on.
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On December 24 2011 16:02 Karakaxe wrote:Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 14:06 wei2coolman wrote: All I know is, for 500 million dollar production, this has better be the most amazing movie, EVER. sprayed my coke on the screen Yeah, I did the same when I first heard about it too. I couldn't believe it....
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ok i my lotr nerd fanboyism got me and i just checked my german translation of jrr tolkien letters. nr 91 ; to christopher tolkien 29.11.1944 he clearly states that he finished writing the 4. book!
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On December 24 2011 03:07 Maginor wrote:Show nested quote +On December 23 2011 23:51 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: Oh man the cgi faces of the dwarfs or whatever they are look really bad. Noticed within a split second that they are not real... Same concern in the new The Thing, it looked really bad.... kinda like plastic. For environment or building cgi looks ok but I wish for living things movie makers would use masks or puppets more again they work way better. It's not cgi... It is physical prosthetics on real actors, just like in the Lotr trilogy. And not all the dwarfs even wear prosthetics. And most of the buildings that are not sets are actual scale models, like Rivendell. Gollum is fully cgi though, but they have gone to great lengths to use puppets/costumes and scale models wherever possible. I guess I failed , I thought it was real actors with a little bit of cgi magic. I guess plastic prosthetics that look like plastic are a simpler explanation or maybe something is weird about the makeup. Am I really the only one that thinks the faces look wierd?
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Uncanny Valley, RBG. They aren't Human faces because the proportions aren't quite right.
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I can't wait for this! I'll be reading the book again over the christmas break.
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Wow I am exited for that! =)
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On December 24 2011 16:27 Caryc wrote: ok i my lotr nerd fanboyism got me and i just checked my german translation of jrr tolkien letters. nr 91 ; to christopher tolkien 29.11.1944 he clearly states that he finished writing the 4. book!
LOTR was originally split into 6 books, I think it was the publishers who decided to publish it in the 3 book format that's popular today.
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