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Jackson Slated to Make Hobbit Movie, Sequel
syrinx writes "Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema, and MGM have agreed to work on two new movies: a film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', and a further sequel. From the article: 'The two Hobbit films ... are scheduled to be shot simultaneously, with pre-production beginning as soon as possible. Principal photography is tentatively set for a 2009 start, with the intention of 'The Hobbit' release slated for 2010 and its sequel the following year, in 2011.'" Not sure if it would be possible to nab Ian Holm as Bilbo, but here's hoping.
This is one prequel that makes no sense... we already know pretty much the whole story- Hobbit encounters Golllum, gets the Ring of power, escapes, Gollum hunts him down 50 years later. It's not like Star Wars prequels where they made one-off references to ancient history like "Oh BTW, Clone Wars". No. Instead, in the Lord of the Rings they are very clear about what happened... "Oh I got the ring from Gollum a long time ago, he's a monster that lives in the caves". And, they even SHOW us Gollum pre-ring. So this would be the equivalent of (instead of some vague, mysterious reference to some historical events like in Obi-Wan and Luke's conversation in ANH), "You fought in the Clone Wars?" "Yep, the Clone Wars. Remember the Clone Wars? That's when a bunch of Clone soldiers who were identical copies of each other, fought against a huge Droid Army, and here's a flashback to help jog your memory." No. Instead, George Lucas left it deliberately ambiguous, and that is part of the charm of the original Star Wars, that there were allusions and vague references to this whole backstory, that we only get bits and pieces of. GUESS WHAT THE AUDIENCE HAS A BRAIN ! FILLING IN ALL THE BLANKS IS BORING! PLEASE LEAVE SOME PART UP TO THE AUDIENCE'S IMAGINATION. STOP MAKING FREAKING DUMB PREQUELS THAT NEVER LIVE UP TO THE HYPE ! I WILL PERSONALLY PULL OUT THE NOSE HAIRS OF THE NEXT HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR TO MAKE A PREQUEL. MAKE SOMETHING ORIGINAL INSTEAD OR I WILL SLAP YOUR FACE WITH A WET NOODLE. Now please excuse me while I go teach my daily "Peace, Relaxation, and Meditation thru Non-Violence" seminar.
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Dear Mr. Jackson, here's a free hint: trust the story. You are no Tolkein- every time you deviated from Tolkein's books for LOTR you added stupidity and detracted from the story. Don't write- just film the book. Thank you.
we will end no whine before its time
Nothing about Tolkien is special.
He just goes on and on and on and on with random names and excessive hyperbole.
If I wanted more convoluted, pointless, "epic" tales of elves, dwarfs, and various magical items, I would go back to playing World of Warcraft.
Well, his first three attempts at adapting a fantasy book were crap, so maybe there's a chance this time if he can keep his talentless-hack hands off the script.
"You know what the Hobbit needs, lads?"
"No, Peter, what?"
"More fight scenes. I think we could skip the whole Mirkwood thing and get straight to Dale and have four hours of hack and slash. Whattyasay?"
"We'd say 'Fuck off, Peter'."
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