Keith you are right on. I’ve been bitching about the same thing since I first saw some darn trailer talking about the Hobbit trilogy. I don’t even care to know how he’s planning to puff up the story.
The Hobbit films are going to pull a lot more material than just the original book: “The Hobbit”. A lot was hinted at if you read between the lines (like where was Gandalf running off to all the time, or why did Gandalf pick Bilbo to go with the Dwarves in the first place) much of which was fillled out in Tolkien’s history of Middle Earth series, which is a collection of his unfinished and unpublished works.
I’m not going to condemn the Hobbit films unseen, but I agree with Trebuchet that there was a lot going on unseen that becomes vital to the events in Lord of the Rings. What does annoy me about these films is the marketing and merchandising that’s going on – the worst so far being a tie-in with Denny’s.
Hey, lay off King Kong, I liked Jackson’s treatment. I’m taking a wait-and-see stance on the Hobbit, but if I like the land he’s brought us to, then the more the better.
Lary Youngsteadt almost 12 years ago
Keith you are right on. I’ve been bitching about the same thing since I first saw some darn trailer talking about the Hobbit trilogy. I don’t even care to know how he’s planning to puff up the story.
Greg Johnston almost 12 years ago
Yup, hard to see how a book of maybe 200 pages that I read easily in grade 5 has material enough for a trilogy.
Trebuchet almost 12 years ago
The Hobbit films are going to pull a lot more material than just the original book: “The Hobbit”. A lot was hinted at if you read between the lines (like where was Gandalf running off to all the time, or why did Gandalf pick Bilbo to go with the Dwarves in the first place) much of which was fillled out in Tolkien’s history of Middle Earth series, which is a collection of his unfinished and unpublished works.
runar almost 12 years ago
I’m not going to condemn the Hobbit films unseen, but I agree with Trebuchet that there was a lot going on unseen that becomes vital to the events in Lord of the Rings. What does annoy me about these films is the marketing and merchandising that’s going on – the worst so far being a tie-in with Denny’s.
sdmcrae almost 12 years ago
Hey, lay off King Kong, I liked Jackson’s treatment. I’m taking a wait-and-see stance on the Hobbit, but if I like the land he’s brought us to, then the more the better.
rkozakand over 11 years ago
Middle-Earth is not a different land,THIS is middle Earth, Tolkien’s stories are supposed to be the mythic past of this planet.