Maybe it's New Line that's at fault, perhaps New Line want to do something stupid with The Hobbit, like leaving out Bilbo, or Hobbiton, or Gandalf, or the Dwarves, or the map, or Rivendell, or the trolls, or the goblins (orcs), or the Ring, or Gollum, or the wolves, or the Eagles, or Beorn, or Mirkwood, or the stream, or the spiders, or the elves, or the barrels, or Laketown, or the Lonely Mountain, or the Thrush, or the secret door, or the treasure, or Smaug, or the Crow, or Bard, or the Battle of Five Armies, or the auction, or want to introduce a "love interest", or change the sex of characters, or something...
Maybe it's New Line that's at fault, perhaps New Line want to do something stupid with The Hobbit, like leaving out Bilbo, or Hobbiton, or Gandalf, or the Dwarves, or the map, or Rivendell, or the trolls, or the goblins (orcs), or the Ring, or Gollum, or the wolves, or the Eagles, or Beorn, or Mirkwood, or the stream, or the spiders, or the elves, or the barrels, or Laketown, or the Lonely Mountain, or the Thrush, or the secret door, or the treasure, or Smaug, or the Crow, or Bard, or the Battle of Five Armies, or the auction, or want to introduce a "love interest", or change the sex of characters, or something...