# The Hobbit movie(s) anticipation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969 "2010-10-22T02:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/461 "2012-12-02T13:56:29Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Just heard about this & there’s no other place to post it right now. > > BBC will be doing a miniseries based on [Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell](http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/23665/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-coming-to-the-bbc)… My suggestion: start a separate thread on this. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/462 "2012-12-02T19:47:00Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > My suggestion: start a separate thread on this. See post #460. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/463 "2012-12-03T01:53:43Z")
[Old news I guess, but for those who don’t know, they are releasing extended editions of the film on DVD/Blu-ray.](http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/10/04/62717-warner-bros-confirms-hobbit-extended-edition/) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/464 "2012-12-03T12:50:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > See post #460. Ooops, sorry, I didn’t notice that the link was to a SDMB thread… my blushes. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Old news I guess, but for those who don’t know, they are releasing extended editions of the film on DVD/Blu-ray. Good grief, they’re making it into THREE movies and they’re still LEAVING STUFF OUT for an “extended version”? … Does anyone know how long each movie is going to be? The question of “how many movies is reasonable” sort of hinges on how long each one is. Not that I won’t see them, just that I’ll be annoyed.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/465 "2012-12-04T21:25:16Z")
[IGN has its review up. Mixed.](http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/04/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-review) ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/466 "2012-12-04T21:39:10Z")
> [@](#): > > The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey almost attains greatness yet despite so many moments of epic fun, greatness remains just out of its reach. This is a very good and entertaining movie even if it never quite recaptures the wonder or mystique of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. That’s not a mixed review. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/467 "2012-12-05T01:28:54Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > That’s not a mixed review. Ah, fair point. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/468 "2012-12-06T22:32:07Z")
Got a first snapshot of [Legolas and Bard the Bowman](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/12/06/hobbit-3rd-film.jpg) from Hobbit #3. Just me, or is Bard looking a little “Inigo Montoya” to anyone else? Also, dear god, I don’t remember Legolas having glow-in-the-dark blue eyes in LoTR. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/469 "2012-12-06T23:06:34Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Got a first snapshot of [Legolas and Bard the Bowman](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/12/06/hobbit-3rd-film.jpg) from Hobbit #3. > > Just me, or is Bard looking a little “Inigo Montoya” to anyone else? “I do not think that Mellon means what you thinks it means.” (cups boob). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/470 "2012-12-07T00:34:31Z")
Legolas’s eyes were fairly aglow in some closeup scenes - nothing like that still photo, though. And Bard looks… not quite ruggedly Bardish enough to me. YMMV. Anyone else watching _The Colbert Report_ this week, with all of the _Hobbit_ stuff? Not bad. Each night a different word or phrase appears in the opening credits. First it was “One Tolkien Over the Line,” then “Elbereth,” and last night… “Elendil!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/471 "2012-12-07T01:13:01Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Got a first snapshot of [Legolas and Bard the Bowman](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/12/06/hobbit-3rd-film.jpg) from Hobbit #3. > . Very cool, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/472 "2012-12-07T16:46:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And Bard looks… not quite ruggedly Bardish enough to me. YMMV. Boy, yeah, not liking that look at all. Seems too youthful and not grim enough. Also, in desperate need of a haircut. Maybe I just have Bard fixed in my head from Rankin Bass version. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/473 "2012-12-07T16:48:11Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Maybe I just have Bard fixed in my head from Rankin Bass version. 😛 You’re very brave to admit that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/474 "2012-12-07T17:02:45Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Boy, yeah, not liking that look at all. Seems too youthful and not grim enough. Also, in desperate need of a haircut. :::Hijack::: At my place of work they are setting up a “Santa’s workshop” for the kids, and there is one guy putting it together who sort of has a really scraggly longhair construction worker thing going on – but with an elf hat on. Taken together, it reminded me of a 19th century painting of a peasant festival or something. So perhaps bard would look more appropriate with a woodsmanny hat on. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/475 "2012-12-07T17:11:33Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > You’re very brave to admit that. > > 😃 I think I first saw it when I was 4, okay? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/476 "2012-12-07T18:50:14Z")
Cripes, Orlando Bloom has not aged one day since the LOTR films. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/477 "2012-12-07T19:06:55Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Cripes, Orlando Bloom has not aged one day since the LOTR films. Hey, Elves age slowly. Maybe he really is one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/478 "2012-12-07T19:11:31Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Got a first snapshot of [Legolas and Bard the Bowman](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/12/06/hobbit-3rd-film.jpg) from Hobbit #3. > > Just me, or is Bard looking a little “Inigo Montoya” to anyone else? > [@Airk](#): > > Boy, yeah, not liking that look at all. Seems too youthful and not grim enough. Also, in desperate need of a haircut. Yeah, he’s [rockin’ that mullet.](http://www.haro-online.com/movies/joe_dirt.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/479 "2012-12-07T19:34:50Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Cripes, Orlando Bloom has not aged one day since the LOTR films. Elijah Wood looks the same at 30 as he did at 19. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969/480 "2012-12-07T19:51:30Z")
I’ve gone through most of this thread looking for a discussion of this point, so forgive me and just point me to it if it’s already here. The Necromancer is Sauron, right? And in this incarnation (i.e. in the 3rd age), Sauron is unable to assume solid (let alone pleasing) form, right? I mean, after he was mostly destroyed at the end of the 2nd age, he is a bodiless spirit of some kind. So why do they have a human (Sherlock Holmes, no less) to play this part? Has anyone seen photos of what he is going to look like? I’ve seen a couple of concept drawings, they just look like men with peculiar costumes. What am I missing? Roddy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-movie-s-anticipation-thread/557969.md?page=25)