The Hobbit to get the greenlight Soon
By
Demobot,
Posted on: 2010-10-01 20:15 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
So... anonymous sources say off the record that there maybe (or may not) possibly be a deal reached soon unless it's delayed again. Good news!
I hope there's less walking.
Until I see shots from them actually filming this darn thing, I'm going to assume it isn't happening. Much better than getting hopeful whenever some rumor goes around about it. *sighs*
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Which should tell you that they're using more story than just what's in The Hobbit. There's a lot of backstory the book just glosses over that could be fleshed out.
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Originally Posted by Liz Bathory
and still not happy about the comercial trick to make this very small/thin book two parts...
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Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
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I'll wait and see to know if they need any of these added bits. The story of The Hobbit should certainly be able to be told in one movie, while still having good attention to the story, characters, and action. We don't particularly need more info on what the White Council is doing, or the backstory of the Ring, or whatever else they're going to shoehorn in.|
Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Which should tell you that they're using more story than just what's in The Hobbit. There's a lot of backstory the book just glosses over that could be fleshed out.
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And it really does seem like shoehorning to me, as all that stuff is really appendix fodder: which is what Tolkien ended up doing with it. It's just too secondary to the story, characters, and themes of The Hobbit. Maybe Peter Jackson and co. can make it work, but if so, let's hope it leans towards the added detail and scenes with Boromir in LOTR, and not walls of skulls falling or some other unneeded bit.
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