PJ says the barrel escape is "relatively early." Does this mean we'll be through Beorn, Mirkwood, and Thranduil/Legolas Tauriel pretty quickly? Well, I guess in movies this long, "relatively early" could be more than an hour in.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
PJ says it right at the beginning of the interview, in answer to the first question!
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Which interview? Oh, you mean the interview that, let's see, who posted? Oh yeah, I posted.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
~Diana Cortes
Well, if you're going to get to the end of the Smaug story by the end of the second film, they can't spend much time in Mirkwood...
For the TROUBLED may you find PEACE
For the DESPAIRING may you find HOPE
For the LONELY may you find LOVE
For the SKEPTICAL may you find FAITH
-Frances C. Arrillaga 1941-1995
As it happens, I was listening to the BBC Radio dramatixation of the Hobbit on a long drive yesterday, and the completely gloseed over the first part of Mirkwood, I don't think there was even mention of the hart, and the narrator just described the crossing of the enchanted river and Bombur's subsequent enchanted sleep. They only went back to dramatizing the events at the point the Elves' fires start to appear.
I can't see PJ being able to gloss over that much, and indeed, we've seen stills of Thorin shooting the hart, and of Bombur being carried...
There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
~Diana Cortes
Lets see, in Desolation I would like the following:
1. For Bilbo to emerge as a leader of the troop as he does in the book; the spider attack of course and the rescue.
2. Corny but I want to see the Elves get drunk and pass out in barrels out of bond.
3. Meeting Bard, the handling of the singing of the Return of the King under the Mountain and the trip to the mountain with lots of foreboding.
4. The finding of the secret door on Durin's Day
5. The opening of the door, the travel down the passage way and the meeting with Smaug. Will Bilbo steal Thror's cup first?
1. " . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
EMPIRE Online takes a humorous look at "What to expect when you're on an unexpected journey..."
There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
~Diana Cortes
It sounds like they are just combining things that have been reported elsewhere, as opposed to having any inside information of their own. The Gandalf/Dol Guldur thing was the only one I hadn't heard before, and we still don't know the Beorn one isn't just mistranslation.
Even so, poor old Celeborn is once again getting short shrift at the expense of "Girl Power..." One would have thought he would be included in any attack on DG, at least in support of his wife, but there's never been any indication that Marton Czokas would be returning.
BTW, EMPIRE rather have egg on their face with this statement:
"Just as Azog didn’t appear in Tolkien’s book, Bolg is a new character..."
Unless, of course, they are referring to Conan Steven's character of the torturer of DG, which is named BOLG but is made up, but still...
There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
~Diana Cortes
Whereas I like Bolg's design much better than Azog's. Azog just looks fake, where as Bolg is quite terrifying (in an outrageous way).
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Galadriel doesn't seem particularly shaken when she learns about Gandalf's death in FotR. That may seem incongruent given everything that apparently happens between them here.
I was particularly referring to the singing of 'Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold' and Bilbo's reaction to it, as well as his regret and loneliness the following morning, and the Riddles scene, and particularly Bilbo's moment of Pity. Also, on a different level, the 'Good Morning' interaction between Gandalf and Bilbo, which I have loved for so long, and was so brilliantly pulled off.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."