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PJ and The Hobbit!!!!!!
Dec. 18th, 2007 02:03 pmWell, I'm excited to hear that PJ has managed to break down New Line, (with, it appears, the help of MGM) so that he can do The Hobbit!
Things I know will be superb: The visuals--I expect the same meticulous care put into such things as the Goblin caves, Mirkwood, Thranduil's stronghold and the Lonely Mountain as was put into the Shire, Rivendell, Moria, Edoras and Minas Tirith. I will be more than pleased to get more looks at the Shire, Hobbiton and Bag End, as well as Rivendell. The casting--whomever is chosen, I do believe will be as fortuitous as the casting in LotR; PJ seems to have a knack for knowing when actors have the right chemistry. And I anticipate Sir Ian, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving, at the very least, to reprise their roles. The special effects--I *really* look forward to scenes set in Beorn's lodge, the fight with the spiders, and Smaug!
Things I *hope* will be excellent: The music--I *SO* want more Howard Shore! And I have a sort of hope that The Hobbit will have a better script than LotR, as it's shorter, and there's less to cut from it. I'd love to see at least cameos from most of the cast of LotR, and as PJ seems to be obliging in that sort of thing, I think it likely!
Things I have serious reservations about: the script for "the sequel". As far as I can tell, this will be pure fanfic, dealing with the time between The Hobbit and LotR. It can't be too close to canon, as PJ already dealt the timeline a serious blow by messing with Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin's ages. About this we will wait and see, but I am more than a little reserved about it.
But I don't think anyone else would have do it any *better*!
(Unless of course, it was one of us.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shirebound, perhaps you could offer him your "Quarantined" AU. Then he'd have an excuse to get Viggo back again! Or perhaps he might like obeliamedusa's take on Frodo's youth at Bag End as in "Anchored"!)
In other, non-LotR related news: To anyone who likes Doctor Who, both classic and new,danae_b sent me a link to the most awesome web-comic *ever*! It is truly brilliant--and the first Doctor Who fic I've seen that I really, really like!
http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/category/drwho/
Oh, and thank you,danae_b for helping me to rescue this post after Frank ate it!
Things I know will be superb: The visuals--I expect the same meticulous care put into such things as the Goblin caves, Mirkwood, Thranduil's stronghold and the Lonely Mountain as was put into the Shire, Rivendell, Moria, Edoras and Minas Tirith. I will be more than pleased to get more looks at the Shire, Hobbiton and Bag End, as well as Rivendell. The casting--whomever is chosen, I do believe will be as fortuitous as the casting in LotR; PJ seems to have a knack for knowing when actors have the right chemistry. And I anticipate Sir Ian, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving, at the very least, to reprise their roles. The special effects--I *really* look forward to scenes set in Beorn's lodge, the fight with the spiders, and Smaug!
Things I *hope* will be excellent: The music--I *SO* want more Howard Shore! And I have a sort of hope that The Hobbit will have a better script than LotR, as it's shorter, and there's less to cut from it. I'd love to see at least cameos from most of the cast of LotR, and as PJ seems to be obliging in that sort of thing, I think it likely!
Things I have serious reservations about: the script for "the sequel". As far as I can tell, this will be pure fanfic, dealing with the time between The Hobbit and LotR. It can't be too close to canon, as PJ already dealt the timeline a serious blow by messing with Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin's ages. About this we will wait and see, but I am more than a little reserved about it.
But I don't think anyone else would have do it any *better*!
(Unless of course, it was one of us.
shirebound, perhaps you could offer him your "Quarantined" AU. Then he'd have an excuse to get Viggo back again! Or perhaps he might like obeliamedusa's take on Frodo's youth at Bag End as in "Anchored"!)In other, non-LotR related news: To anyone who likes Doctor Who, both classic and new,
danae_b sent me a link to the most awesome web-comic *ever*! It is truly brilliant--and the first Doctor Who fic I've seen that I really, really like!http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/category/drwho/
Oh, and thank you,
danae_b for helping me to rescue this post after Frank ate it!
