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13 November 2006

The Hobbit and The Hobbit 2: Hobbit Harder? →[More:]

The scary part:

But make no mistake: In the wake of MGM's unilateral announcement, Jackson has indeed started thinking about what he might do with The Hobbit. He's especially intrigued by the idea of making two films and inventing new material to fill in gaps in the story, since the plot — about how Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm in the LOTR films) befriends Gandalf (Ian McKellen), falls afoul of the miserable creature Gollum, and comes into possession of that pesky ring—is fairly simplistic compared with LOTR.

Granted he invented material for LotR but this sounds much worse. Apparently he thinks The Hobbit should be much darker and have more characters from LotR in it. Uh, okay. I doubt he can get his hands on anything from The Silm. or Unfinished Tales though. At least that is some comfort.

post by: weretable and the undead chairs at: 18:12 | 10 comments

Inventing new material? He should rewrite the book. I've always found the Hobbit insipid and far too long for such a basically short story. "Fairly simplistic". Like lego. But not that lego, but the big lego that 2 year olds played with. It's big, bright and you can't really do anything with it, except chuck it at the cat.
"The Hobbit Strikes Back"
"The Phantom Hobbit"
"Night of the Living Hobbit"
"Hobbits of the Carribbean"
"Tenacious D in Bad Hobbits - with Jack Black as Bilbo, and Kyle Gass as Gandalf."

posted by Zack_Replica 13 November | 18:54

"Tenacious D in Bad Hobbits - with Jack Black as Bilbo, and Kyle Gass as Gandalf."

I insist, nay demand, that this movie be made.

posted by Rock Steady 13 November | 19:12

Duplo.

Not to be confused with Diplo.

posted by box 13 November | 19:25

The Hobbiting: No One Gets Out of Shire Alive
Hobbit vs. Leprachaun
Force of Hobbit
Lucky 14
Golden Legend of the Shaolin Hobbit
Police Academy: Assignment in Hobbiton
Police Academy: Back to Hobbiton
Honey, I Shrunk the Halflings (Or, There's a Hobbit in the Habitrail)
Barrels of Laughs: Dwarves in the Fjord
Oh, that Gandalf!

posted by Smart Dalek 13 November | 20:09

And, of course: What'cha Got, Baggins?

posted by Smart Dalek 13 November | 20:15

Here's my favourite LotR review. Difficult to read online, so paste it into Word or something.

posted by urbanwhaleshark 13 November | 22:04

Hobbit 2: There and Back Again, Again.

Hobbit 3: Lonely Mountain, Hidden Dragon.

Hobbit 4: Rage of the Hobbit. This time, it's personal.

Hobbit 5: The Ring. Horror.

Hobbit & Cash. Buddy comedy.

posted by stilicho 13 November | 22:25

Have we forgotten about Hobbit 2: Wizard Boogaloo?

posted by muddgirl 13 November | 23:22

That review is hilarious, uws.

posted by sciurus 14 November | 08:26

I don't get it... I liked the Hobbit, liked the animated film, and think a movie would be good. Why all the hate?

posted by Meatbomb 15 November | 05:07

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