The Hall of Fire

Because the Ring is actually made of the gold isotope orodruinium ;) Bingo! OK, but that doesn't explain why Gollum didn't skip across the surface of the lava like drops of water on a hot griddle...... Sorry, solicitr, I'm derailing V's thread because I am not sure what more to comment. The gold/go...

Perhaps the movie couldn't take another character arc in it. We don't meet Denethor until well into his decent. And he just keeps going down. What we know of him before meeting him comes from Boromir in FOTR "My father is a noble man, but Izual is failing, and the people lose faith. My father l...

So why not reveal the second palantír and have Gandalf explain "He was swayed to doubt and evil by Sauron, just as Saruman was, because Sauron only revealed dark thoughts through the palantír." .. or some such? He then could say (canon or not) that now all the palantirs were accounted for....

Whoa, Rowenberry, Alatar, that would be cool!

WampusCat wrote:I'm thinking Alatar might be a fine Bilbo, especially if they let him sing.

A second bugle for Alatar! How do we get a petition started? How do we let GDT know????

Teremia wrote: -- almost every shot of real mountains! (thank you, New Zealand)

Yes, thank you, New Zealand!

Apparently there's an organizational chart there that has people alarmed about the radical change Obama is going to bring: it's got the Constitution at the top, above the president, and the office of the vice president has been put in a subordinate role within the executive branch! Next he'll be te...

Still having doubts about taking the simpler, direct story of the Hobbit and puffing it out into two movies.

I'll have to see it to believe it.

But believe it, Ill see it

A possibility for Bilbo? Toby Jones has recently come to prominence in Capote, Infamous, W and now Frost/Nixon. I was watching an interview with Jonathon Ross and all I could see was Bilbo Baggins. He's also a believable "young" Ian Holm. Here's a pic: and an interview after Capote where ...

Inspired, I'd say! :D :D :D For me it comes down to the simple fact that the more of F2 thats based on canon, the less that will need to be manufactured. And that is an encouraging thought.... Well..... you have a point about canon. However, the Hobbit is not that long of a story. I think we would b...

YAHHHHHH! NOOOOOO!!!!

Alatar, didn't you already have a write-up about that nightmare?

Still not convinced. End the first movie at the death of Smaug? If I remember correctly, wasn't Bilbo feeling guilty that Smaug traced their company back to Laketown? That adds in to Bilbo's decision to give Bard the Arkenstone as a bargaining chip. What about the parallel between Smaug's greed and ...

Gut reaction: I'm a now little uneasy about the Hobbit being two movies. Where would the clifhanger be? Why would theater-goers come back for more? Is there enough there for two feature-length films? I could be convinved of course, but I was warming to the idea of a "bridge" movie that wou...

Thanks, Prim. Does that pronunciation change at all when it is accompanied by breathing fire???

Alatar, the Death of Smaug image is a far-away shot. I'm more interested in the closeups of the snout, the jewel-encrusted belly, and how the worm will move around on the treasure pile.

Take one look at the Faun from Pan's Labyrinth. That was del toro's vision as done by his artistic team, DDT. I think Smaug will look wonderfully ancient, maybe even a bit creaky, and definitely greedy.

By the way, how does one pronounce "Smaug"?

Doesn't Shore already have a Bilbo's Theme from LOTR? I expect he'll resurrect it plus the Hobbit Theme.

Years later and I am not tired of listening to them!

Padme Nooooooo!! You would say that, Padme!! :) Great synopsis, Alatar! :clap: Do we get our first glimpse of Mt. Doom where there is a showdown fight between Gandalf and Aragorn? Or perhaps we'll get all sorts of slams over the ol' noggin during the White Council sessions (Hmm... which side of the...

I think Bilbo should be cast without too much concern for Ian Holmes' characterization in LOTR. Just get a good actor. an aside: When Ewan MacGregor was cast for the part of Obi-wan Kenobi, my first reaction was that he didn't LOOK like Alec Guiness. However Ewan did study Alec's performances, espec...

Glad to see you posting here. Wlecome!

What's with the mask on his face?
I never understood those...