Official 'The Hobbit' Thread

[lime]

 

[Doctor Jones]

That shot looks very similar to the prologue shot in FOTR. I wonder if they're going to recreate it. They cold make it work, but they don't need to. They could get away with it, because the prologue was more of a tale told and not everything in a tale is 100% dead on from what really happened. It's just an imagining in a way.

 

[superkong 500]

One question remains.This being a different group of people on a quest, will the fellowship theme be used in this? you know the theme they used whenever we saw the whole group on the journey or its more action oriented fast paced heroic version( like when aragorn ,legolas and gimli arrived on the corsair ships at the dock in minas tirith) or will they create a new heroic theme for them

 

[Angel_Faerie]

I wonder if they'd ever go back and replace the shot of Ian Holm's Bilbo finding the ring with the shot of Martin's Bilbo finding the ring.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

George Lucas would.

 

[Yodaman]

I don't see them using any footage from the LOTR movies in the Hobbit movies, especially with the Hobbit being in 3D and with it being shot at 48 FPS.

EDIT: I completely misunderstood what Angel_Faerie was saying. Sorry.

 

[dark_b]

what do you think about this? this is not projected at more frames. but they show footage with less blur. now if you think about it less blur is good because you would see more. but we are used to see a lot of blur during action so its normal to us. i think we need 10 years .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWLZy7gbLg

 

[Boom]

I'm really hoping they incorporate Vampires into the Dol Guldur sequence/s.

Vampires of Morgoth
Melkoric Vampires are not the blood-drinking undead spirits of Men; rather they are mighty Demons. These Spirits were once the patrons of harmless normal Bats, but under Morgoth's tutelage they became great doers of evil and sources of terror. They are mighty fliers, and in early times Morgoth frequently used them as messengers. Appearing as gigantic Bats with the faces of hideous Men or Women and the feet of enormous birds of prey, the Vampires were well-equipped to deliver the orders of Morgoth and to spy for him. Vampires can assume other forms by means of their magical shaping cloaks. (These cloaks could also give others the power to take on the shape of Vampires.)

 

[xwolverine2]

what do you think about this? this is not projected at more frames. but they show footage with less blur. now if you think about it less blur is good because you would see more. but we are used to see a lot of blur during action so its normal to us. i think we need 10 years .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWLZy7gbLg

lmao motion blur isnt an ugly thing... its what makes movies not look like cartoons or live tv.
it helps vfx blend in too...

60fps is from a technical stand point clearer..but motion blur isnt a bad thing lol

the only reason i ever shoot at 60fps is to later be able to slow the footage down in post. other than that it looks too much like live documentary footage (the handheld camera scenes in district 9 lol)

 

[The Navigator]

The video from the set. OMG!

Tears of happiness.

 

[Drz]

Like everyone else i got abit emotional with the video, it felt like sitting on your favourite coach or drinking your favourite drink after so many years and just being relaxed and also getting that delicious joys of hype nerdgasms.

 

[Spider-Who?]

how often are they planning on releasing these videos?

 

[Jackasscoley15]

how often are they planning on releasing these videos?

Probably similar to the King Kong production diaries, one every few weeks/month.

 

[Boom]

Looks like Persbrandt was arrested in Stockholm, Sweden for drug use (again). The articles are in Swedish and Norwegian, I'm afraid.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12894507.ab
http://www.kjendis.no/2011/04/17/kjendis/skuespillere/film/mikael_persbrandt/narkotika/16227996/

I guess the guy wants to be fired .

 

[Drizzle]

Watching that video got me really excited. Rivendell and Bag End look like they were well preserved over the past decade.

 

[redhawk23]

Watching that video got me really excited. Rivendell and Bag End look like they were well preserved over the past decade.

Actually I think Rivendale were rebuilt. I'm likely wrong though.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

Both sets were rebuilt from the ground up to match the sets of the trilogy.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Looks like Persbrandt was arrested in Stockholm, Sweden for drug use (again). The articles are in Swedish and Norwegian, I'm afraid.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12894507.ab
http://www.kjendis.no/2011/04/17/kjendis/skuespillere/film/mikael_persbrandt/narkotika/16227996/

I guess the guy wants to be fired .

Mikael will never change.

I really hope they recast Beorn soon.

 

[Drizzle]

Both sets were rebuilt from the ground up to match the sets of the trilogy.

I don't know about Rivendell, but I recall reading somewhere that PJ kept the Bag End set in storage after he finished LOTR. It's like he knew he was going to come back for "The Hobbit".

Something I was thinking of today was how long do you guys think each film will be? I say no more than 2 and a half hours per film. Judging from LOTR, you would automatically think three hours per film but I don't think there's that much stuff that needs to be added to "The Hobbit" to warrant a six hour story.

 

[obin_gam]

Looks like Persbrandt was arrested in Stockholm, Sweden for drug use (again). The articles are in Swedish and Norwegian, I'm afraid.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12894507.ab
http://www.kjendis.no/2011/04/17/kjendis/skuespillere/film/mikael_persbrandt/narkotika/16227996/

I guess the guy wants to be fired .

Mikael will never change.

I really hope they recast Beorn soon.

at first I was gonna say "thats old news" but then I read the article and AGAIN?! Gods damnit Michael! You've got the chance of a lifetime and you're just effin it up...

Michael Persbrandt was taken aside and said, according to the report to one of the officers:

- I love coke and robbers, thats just a fact.

[BLACKOUT]who doesnt? [/BLACKOUT]

I dont htink he will get fired tho, first of all thats the swedish version of The Sun, so they tend to exaggerate make up, large portions of the stories they print. and secondly the drug laws in NZ are quite liberal so I dont think they care that much what an actor does months before he will film.

 

[Boom]

New Zealand Immigrations might, though. They could deny him a work visa. But I suppose this is all dependent on the validity of this story.

I want Persbrandt for Beorn, but if this is true, the guy needs to get his priorities straight.

-Cocaine.
-Two massive blockbuster films that could make him a household name, and launch a career in American film.

Only a coke-head would struggle with making the obvious choice.

 

[Ponyboy]

I'm really hoping they incorporate Vampires into the Dol Guldur sequence/s.

That quote you referenced was a bit... liberal. There is only mention of one vampire in Tolkien's text,The Silmarillion, and that's Thurwingwethil. She supposedly was also a Maiar spirit (Like Sauron) and took the shape of a vampire bat. She was not however, a vampire in the true sense of the word. Also, Middle Earth had gone through significant changes several times over by the might of the Valar from the days of Angband to the 3rd Age. So, I dont believe there were many old allies of Melkor left during the Third Age when the Hobbit takes place... save some few, like the Balrog in Moria. Smaug himself is the last known dragon in the story descended down from Glaurung.

 

[Boom]

But... vampires...

 

[WarBlade]

You'll have to settle for Shelob's kin... t:

 

[Ponyboy]

New Zealand Immigrations might, though.

Yes, they are known for being extremely strict.

Although, I have heard nothing about Persbrandt's (possible) replacement