Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010

[whitearrow]

Originally Posted by Witch King of Angmar

Now reading the last chapter of Silmarillion(Of the rings of power and the third age)

Unfinished Tales should be next on your list

[Witch King of Angmar]

Originally Posted by snowball_iv

One of my favorite characters from that book is Huan the Hound. I wish there was some of those hounds in the Trilogy.

Yeah he was awesome.

[Show spoiler]Sauron was noob in front of him. He even killed the mightiest hound of morgoth(forgot his name) but he also died.

[Witch King of Angmar]

Originally Posted by whitearrow

Unfinished Tales should be next on your list

Yeah I'm thinking of reading that.

[snowball_iv]

Originally Posted by Witch King of Angmar

Yeah he was awesome.

[Show spoiler]Sauron was noob in front of him. He even killed the mightiest hound of morgoth(forgot his name) but he also died.

I know it's been a few years since i have read it, and i need to re-read it. I have read it twice and can't hardly remember much of it, it's so complex and crazy. I don't know how many times i flipped back to the appendices, trying to follow along.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by snowball_iv

I know it's been a few years since i have read it, and i need to re-read it. I have read it twice and can't hardly remember much of it, it's so complex and crazy. I don't know how many times i flipped back to the appendices, trying to follow along.

I think our Tolkien Reading Group (on this site) is going to read the Silmarillion next. Is that right, Grand Bob?

[snowball_iv]

Originally Posted by radagast

I think our Tolkien Reading Group (on this site) is going to read the Silmarillion next. Is that right, Grand Bob?

WOW! I didn't know there was a Tolkien Reading Group on here. Very Cool

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by radagast

I think our Tolkien Reading Group (on this site) is going to read the Silmarillion next. Is that right, Grand Bob?

That sounds like a worthy goal. I think Silmarillion, although admittedly difficult to get through because of the "density" of the material, would be a great way to get a full appreciation of the depth of Middle-earth, as well as the origin of the material for LotR. We just have to figure out a suitable starting date for everyone.

[Witch King of Angmar]

@Gandalf Stormcrow: Finish your silmarillion already.


I really want a movie based on this book, that too a Rated R one.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by snowball_iv

WOW! I didn't know there was a Tolkien Reading Group on here. Very Cool

Did you want to join us?

[Sith]

Originally Posted by radagast

Did you want to join us?

I would but I only read Star Wars. But I probably should read the LOTR books before I die.

[STARSCREAM]

Incase some of you haven't seen this yet in the Movies thread, Del Toro quit the Hobbit today. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

[retablo]

Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

Incase some of you haven't seen this yet in the Movies thread, Del Toro quit the Hobbit today. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

Awesome news, now he can make some good movies instead.

[snowball_iv]

Originally Posted by radagast

Did you want to join us?

I think i just might do that. I will be way behind, because i am such a slow reader but i would love to give it a try.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

Incase some of you haven't seen this yet in the Movies thread, Del Toro quit the Hobbit today. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

The people who said, with all certainty, that the release of the LoTR EE Blu-rays, would coincide with the release of The Hobbit movie are quiet. Did their heads explode?

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by radagast

The people who said, with all certainty, that the release of the LoTR EE Blu-rays, would coincide with the release of The Hobbit movie are quiet. Did their heads explode?

But the Hobbit didn't even start filming yet!

[radagast]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

But the Hobbit didn't even start filming yet!

Exactly. And there was NO official announcement, but people here were throwing it around as fact.

[HDPlasma]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

But the Hobbit didn't even start filming yet!

But will it be delayed?

Jackson said he understood del Toro's position.

"We understand how the protracted development time on these two films, due to reasons beyond anyone's control ... has compromised his commitment to other long term projects. The bottom line is that Guillermo just didn't feel he could commit six years to living in New Zealand, exclusively making these films, when his original commitment was for three years." Jackson said development on "The Hobbit" would continue although his statement did not specifically address any possible postponement of the release date. "New Line and Warner Bros. will sit down with us this week, to ensure a smooth and uneventful transition, as we secure a new director for the Hobbit. We do not anticipate any delay or disruption to ongoing production works," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...0792798&page=2

[radagast]

Originally Posted by HDPlasma

But will it be delayed?


http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...0792798&page=2

"New Line and Warner Bros. will sit down with us this week, to ensure a smooth and uneventful transition, as we secure a new director for the Hobbit.

Notice MGM wasn't mentioned? I think it's time to file suit against the creditors of MGM to wrest control of the Hobbit film rights away from them.

[BaronVH]

Originally Posted by radagast

Notice MGM wasn't mentioned? I think it's time to file suit against the creditors of MGM to wrest control of the Hobbit film rights away from them.

And there is some grumblings that it is Warner holding things up. If it ever gets made, it might go down in history as the single biggest studio screw up. First the knuckhead at New Line (a/k/a Warner) that blackballed Jackson to the MGM situation (and it might be other reasons) running off Del Toro. I am somewhat happy as now he can hopefully do Hellboy 3, At the Mountains of Madness, and the 1000 other movies he has lined up. He may be my favorite director working today. To have him in limbo is just insanely stupid.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

Incase some of you haven't seen this yet in the Movies thread, Del Toro quit the Hobbit today. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

That was quite a shocker. The situation has to be bad to give up on a guaranteed money-maker that would probably would have been the pinnacle of his career.