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Amph One Thread To Rule Them All: The Rings of Power + The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings Trilogies

Discussion in 'Community' started by -Courtney-, Nov 25, 2006.

  1. Mar17swgirl

    Mar17swgirl Chosen One star 7

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    McCoy for Radagast and Freeman for Bilbo, I say! :D
     
  2. DarthLowBudget

    DarthLowBudget Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    That I can get behind.
     
  3. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    I would have preferred if Ian Holm would have been Bilbo with cgi to make him look young, but I totally approve of Martin Freeman.
     
  4. -Phoenix-

    -Phoenix- Jedi Master star 5

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    If they used CGI to make Ian Holm look young, nerds would complain about how they used too much CGI to make Ian Holm look young.
     
  5. Bacon164

    Bacon164 Chosen One star 8

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    Yeah Ian Holm might've been good six years ago, but... I mean it's been a decade since he was Bilbo. A decade.

    Isn't that weird?
     
  6. Kiki-Gonn

    Kiki-Gonn Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Years ago McCoy would have been freaking perfect.
     
  7. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Martin Freeman has always been my first choice. I will be absolutely ecstatic if this does work out. I think he would be brilliant.
     
  8. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    EDIT: lol, wrong Freeman. I need sleep.
     
  9. hudzu

    hudzu Force Ghost star 6

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    well, speaking of ian holm.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY IAN HOLM.
     
  10. MrZAP

    MrZAP Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Yeah, Ian shouldn't play Bilbo again. He was indeed fantastic, obviously...but he's nearly 80. Granted, Christopher Lee was around the same age he is now when he was playing Saruman, but Saruman is literally thousands of years old and is SUPPOSED to look ancient. I don't think it would work.

    Martin Freeman would be wonderful.

    I know Bilbo is obviously the biggest role, but I'm disappointed by lack of information on the dwarves, especially Thorin. I mean, to be truthful, all of the returning cast members, with the exception of McKellen and Serkis, will have relatively minor roles in the films. Galadriel's character will probably still have more screen time that in LotR though, due to her being on the White Council. Elrond's part will probably be smaller.

    Obviously it's way early to think about this at all, but I'm also curious about how they're going to deal with the trolls. They established different kinds of trolls in LotR, with the cave troll and the Olog-Hai, but none of them seemed to be as intelligent as the the trio in The Hobbit, who are actually capable of speech. I wonder what it will look like seeing them sitting around and arguing, when we're so used to the simple(r) minded trolls in LotR.
     
  11. Kiki-Gonn

    Kiki-Gonn Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Well this can't be good...

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8026955/Boycott-by-actors-union-threatens-filming-of-The-Hobbit.html

    Story
     
  12. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Shoot elsewhere, then, for God's sake.
     
  13. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Given all the locations in NZ, I don't think Jackson wants to move production to Eastern Europe.

    It's all just a bit of posturing at the moment, I'm pretty sure I recall a similar stouch over the non-Union actors in the LOTR films.
     
  14. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Darn, edit time expired above.

    Zaz, you really should read this;

    http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/09/26/38803-peter-jackson-takes-the-gloves-off/#more-38803
     
  15. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Wow, he's not sugar coating it. And he's also completely right. As if The Hobbit needed another obstacle...


    -sj loves kevin spacey
     
  16. zacparis

    zacparis VIP star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Man what a mess. I'd rather they just ditch the Hobbit and do something around the War in the North or even the Silmarillion. The Hobbit is basically a children's book right? So it'll be nothing like LOTR, and if it is, it'll piss off the book fans.
     
  17. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I'm not sure how that would resolve any of the issues.
     
  18. Jedi_Hood

    Jedi_Hood Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    The Tolkien Estate still controls the movie rights to everything other than The Hobbit and LOTR.....and given Christopher Tolkien's opposition to the movies, that's probably not going to change as long as he's still alive.
     
  19. zacparis

    zacparis VIP star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Oh well, they don't seem to have a problem with the games. That'll do me. :D
     
  20. MrZAP

    MrZAP Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Yeah...don't remind me. One of my dreams is to write and get produced a mini-series version of The Silmarillion...I mean, I KNOW this material so well. Certainly better than most, even among the fans. And I already write! If only I could get the opportunity to convince him that I could both write a wonderful series and keep it faithful to the book. I'd even cross-reference with the Histories of Middle Earth and everything! But I don't think I'm going to get the chance anytime soon...if at all.:(
     
  21. Mar17swgirl

    Mar17swgirl Chosen One star 7

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    I hope they listen to him. I think he nailed it.
     
  22. Only-One Cannoli

    Only-One Cannoli Ex-Mod star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's the closest thing to LOTR, the only difference is that the writing style is toned down. The type of content is the same.
     
  23. zacparis

    zacparis VIP star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Well yeah it's part of the overall story of Middle-earth, it'll just be interesting to see the tone of the movie compared to LOTR.

    Bones backs unions
     
  24. Im_just_guessing

    Im_just_guessing Jedi Knight star 7

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    I wouldn't trust Peter Jackson with any movie after what he did to Return of the King. Please stop him from making this film.
     
  25. Bacon164

    Bacon164 Chosen One star 8

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    what did peter jackson do to the movie beside cut an essential confrontation between saruman and the fellowship and refusing to end the movie