Official 'The Hobbit' Thread - Part 2

[dark_b]

All Asteroid-Man and other are saying is that, if there is to be a Hobbit trailer coming out with the fall movies, the most logical guess at what movie it would be attached to would be Tintin. No one is saying that it's an absolute guarantee or anything.

no ,the most logical movie would be Sherlock Holmes.

 

[the amazing fro]

Everytime I see a new post I excitedly check here for news, but it turns out to be you guys still arguing. Can we stop?

LOL I know. The fact that it is about something completely inane and pedantic doesn't help matters

 

[Jackasscoley15]

Hobbits could be coming

Middle-Earth appears to be returning to the Wakatipu if construction in a remote valley is anything to go by.

A three-storey wooden set and smaller structure are being built on private land beyond Glenorchy, 66km from Queenstown.

Security staff guarding the gate are turning away tourists and telling them the road does not give access to the nearby unsignposted Paradise estate.

A large marquee, a smaller tent, an articulated truck, four shipping containers, two earth-movers and portable cabins were seen across the paddock from the unsealed road several hundred metres away.

The activity corresponded with resource consent applications lodged by The Hobbit production company Three Foot Seven Ltd last month for filming involving "over 200 people" between early October and mid-December.

The locations listed were Arcadia Station and Paradise, with an extra site on Tucker Beach, by the Shotover River near Queenstown, as well as flight plans for filming on Greenstone Station by Lake Wakatipu.

In the Queenstown Events Centre in late September, hundreds of people of all shapes, sizes and ages answered advertisements for extras with "character faces" for an undisclosed shoot understood to be The Hobbit in late October, late November or early December.

Executive producer, writer and director Sir Peter Jackson, his cast and crew, began the second stint shooting the two fantasy feature films on September 5, according to his production video posted online.

The Queenstown area was mentioned as one of the locations scouted for the ancient Mirkwood forest and the Valley of Anduin grasslands.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is scheduled for release on December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is due to be released on December 13, 2013.

Also, there's an interesting interview with Stephen Fry and PJ at the 4:17 mark in this video:

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[Yodaman]

That is one of the worst headlines ever.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

They're not very inventive.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

That is one of the worst headlines ever.

You're a sick, sick man.

 

[Yodaman]

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Not explicitly, but when you asked "What's your point?" in reply to Monsieur Xavier's correction, you've indicated that you misunderstand the roles of these companies. I've tried to elaborate and you still don't appear to understand.

No I didn't indicate that at all. You assumed. I was making a point that the Production company alone does not dictate which trailers are shown with which film... a very recent example of this would be the trailer for TDKR being played with MI4...

This is incorrect. None of those three have any bearing on where the trailer will be seen.

At all? You honestly believe that? Even going by your flawed logic of ONLY the a common production company can dictate, yadda yadda yadda, keep in mind that Wingnut Films (a PRODUCTION COMPANY) is aiding in the distribution and promotion of this film - this is similar to how WB was aiding in promotion and distribution of Terminator Salvation and had the trailer featured in front of The Dark Knight even though TS's main distributor was NOT Warner Bros.


EDIT: You know what, **** it, I'm just going to my ignore list...

Everytime I see a new post I excitedly check here for news, but it turns out to be you guys still arguing. Can we stop?

It's a discussion thread... people discuss.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

No I didn't indicate that at all. You assumed. I was making a point that the Production company alone does not dictate which trailers are shown with which film... a very recent example of this would be the trailer for TDKR being played with MI4...



At all? You honestly believe that? Even going by your flawed logic of ONLY the a common production company can dictate, yadda yadda yadda, keep in mind that Wingnut Films (a PRODUCTION COMPANY) is aiding in the distribution and promotion of this film - this is similar to how WB was aiding in promotion and distribution of Terminator Salvation and had the trailer featured in front of The Dark Knight even though TS's main distributor was NOT Warner Bros.


EDIT: You know what, **** it, I'm just going to my ignore list...



It's a discussion thread... people discuss.

It went from a discussion to a negative argument, and it's taking down the thread. If it was bad enough for you to put this guy on your ignore list, it's clear that you should stop.

 

[Boom]

Putting someone on your Ignore List because of a pointless argument over what film is most likely to have the Hobbit trailer is a bit excessive. I mean, instead of getting excited about a possible Hobbit teaser in December, you guys are getting into a heated back-and-forth over semantics. As ThePowerCosmic said, if it gets to a point where you have to put someone on your Ignore List, it's probably best to move on from said "discussion."

With the reviews Tintin is getting, along with the wide audience demographic, I'm almost tempted to say WB would be foolish not to attach it to that film. But can we all at least agree that Sherlock Holmes and Tintin are both perfectly viable options, regardless of whichever film being the more realistic option?

Of course, they could just put the trailer with both films, in which case this entire argument is moot.

 

[Kane52630]

So...how about them hobbitses?
Does anyone know when the next production video blog will show up?

 

[Boom]

I think they're constructing Beorn's house right now. Go back to my post on the previous page .

 

[Asteroid-Man]

It went from a discussion to a negative argument, and it's taking down the thread. If it was bad enough for you to put this guy on your ignore list, it's clear that you should stop.

I did, in retrospect... thus the edit.


Moving on, do you guys think there will be a nod to "Sherlock" during Bilbo and Smaug's first meeting?

 

[Boom]

Not sure how they could do that, unless they have Smaug deduce Bilbo's comings-and-goings during their exchange.

I suppose you could say Smaug taunting Bilbo with his wit is Sherlock-esque. The whole "Look how much smarter I am than you" attitude. For instance, Smaug is able to make Bilbo suspicious of the dwarves - though it is ultimately a fleeting moment.

 

[the amazing fro]

Cumberbatch just as the perfect voice for Smaug. Its (without trying to be offensive) so superior and stuffy. Public School headmaster is pretty much what I imagined for smaug and I reckon BC can pull that off in spades.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

So...how about them hobbitses?
Does anyone know when the next production video blog will show up?

They really should release another video blog soon. I'm tired of cycling through the first three ones.

Between Smaug, Golem, Hulk, Lizard, John Carter's Martians, etc. I wonder which movie will have the most impressive CG animated characters? Should be exciting since no big-budget movie in this day and age really has an excuse for having CG characters that look and act unconvincing.

 

[WarBlade]

At all? You honestly believe that? Even going by your flawed logic of ONLY the a common production company can dictate, yadda yadda yadda

No, it's not an "assumption" or a "flawed logic" belief on my part. I do trailer assignments on movies as part of my job, so it's a subject I'm familiar with professionally.

Distributors decide if they want to hardlock a trailer to one of their movies, then people like me decide if it is viable to pass that on to the public or not. Occasionally trailers are prepared and timed to release on other distributors' movies, and again if it's worthwhile running with that then we run with it. Lastly, there are company policies, trailer ratings, and marketing considerations (cinema location with regards to catchment) to adhere to with trailer assignments. Operating within those parameters staff at cinema sites and/or cinema head offices decide what goes on where.

Forget Tintin. The odds are stacked heavily against that pairing. The Sherlock Holmes suggestion is actually a plausible one, although I think it's still too soon to worry about Hobbit trailers. A Hobbit teaser will arrive "precisely when it means to" and when it does it will probably be online and downloadable.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

WarBlade, he said that he's moved on from the argument. Why are you beating a dead horse?

We'll see it when we see it.

 

[WarBlade]

WarBlade, he said that he's moved on from the argument. Why are you beating a dead horse?

This is Superhero Hype, Land of Dead Horses. Armchair critics beat dead horses with hypotheses on what's what with the movie industry and others beat dead horses with disputes of their claims.

It's all about the dead horses here.

Anyone seen Bill lately?

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Well if you're gonna continue this, maybe you need to just... beat it.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

Quint from AintItCool News has been cast as an extra for the shoot in Matamata, and says that he will be reporting biweekly from the set for the next two months. Check out the link to read the article and to get a glimpse at Hobbiton:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51748

 

[Boom]

From the Comments Section of that article, in regards to Video Blog #4:

Word on the street is a new one's hitting soon.

 

[Octoberist]

Hopefully we will get another video this week..

 

[Boom]

Peter Jackson's birthday is next week. Maybe then.

But to tell you the truth, I'm not expecting anything until December - when they go on Christmas Break.

 

[Cuyan]

Have they shown Smaug yet?