The Hobbit

[Bryancd]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2339856/Orlando-Bloom-reprises-role-arrow-shooting-Legolas-new-Hobbit-trailer-The-Desolation-Smaug.html

His face looks a little different doesn't it? Maybe different makeup to youngify him...

His eyes are light blue now.

[Bromptonboy]

It makes sense to me that Legolas was there during the Hobbit - if not mentioned by name - he must have been present.
Have there been any shots of Beorn released?

[Meds]

I can't help but think of the dragon in Shrek ;) lol

[Bryancd]

We should also keep oin mind the design limitations for Smaug as he needs to be able to speak so his mouth needs to look like it can form words.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

We should also keep oin mind the design limitations for Smaug as he needs to be able to speak so his mouth needs to look like it can form words.

Pff, words are overrated. Who really wants to listen to Benedict Sexy Cumberbatch's voice anyway? Not me I tell you. Not me at all.

No, I am not watching Sherlock on Netflix right now. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[Meds]

Thinking about what Rico said earlier about adjusting to the fact these films are not going to be the book (per say) it makes life a lot easier lol. Hey at the end of the day throw me into that world and i'm there. I do like Elves, Elves are cool.

[Bryancd]

Here is a good image of Smaug with better contrast. And yes, it is best not to be too pedantic with the source material, I have been saying it all along.

[ChrisMC]

Here is a good image of Smaug with better contrast. And yes, it is best not to be too pedantic with the source material, I have been saying it all along.

Especially since the only person who knows what Smaug really looks like has been dead for 40 years. ;)

I still feel that LOTR is the BEST book to movie adaptations ever, and Watchmen is a close second...and fans bitterly complained about both.

[Bryancd]

I am just so sick of the obtuse arguments made by fans against the new Trek film....

[ChrisMC]

The thing is, as I've been saying, the Trek we all love still exists, now more than EVER. Every Trek show and movie ever made is streaming, being re-introduced on gorgeous Blu-Ray....Nothing can take that away. It's just silly. If you prefer the LOTR books, you can read them over and over again...this a product you aren't forced to consume! I wish people got as upset about other things, like, Oh, I don't know, invasion of freedoms?

[Bryancd]

The thing is, as I've been saying, the Trek we all love still exists, now more than EVER. Every Trek show and movie ever made is streaming, being re-introduced on gorgeous Blu-Ray....Nothing can take that away. It's just silly. If you prefer the LOTR books, you can read them over and over again...this a product you aren't forced to consume! I wish people got as upset about other things, like, Oh, I don't know, invasion of freedoms?

Off topic but I saw you post on FB, clearly your cause celebre today!

[ChrisMC]

Picard makes things clearer. I read the quote and remembered how much I loved it when I heard it, and how it can apply almost anytime in history.

[Rico]

Adapting a classic book like "The Hobbit" is not the same as doing another Trek film.  I still feel PJ has padded "The Hobbit" to the point that it really shouldn't even be called "The Hobbit" anymore.  But, I can still try and enjoy it.  The Trek film talk isn't quite the same thing.  The Trek films have always been quite different than any of the TV series.  So fans should really expect that - to a degree.

[ChrisMC]

Yeah, maybe it should be called Middle Earth Chronicles or something, considering they are pulling from the Appendices. I guess if you've read a book a bunch of times people get persnickety about changes.

[Geekyfanboy]

The over all story is still The Hobbit.

Here's how I look at adaptations..  Book versions of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings that's J.R.R. Tolkien's version of Middle Earth. The Hobbit movies and LOTR movies are Peter Jackson et al's version of Middle Earth. There are similarities but there are differences.. to me they are two totally different things. I love both of them equally.