Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Sept 28, 2006 18:37:45 GMT -5
I hope Jackson does it too, but also hope he sticks to the book as closely as possible... that's what made the rings trilogy so great - although we didn't get Tom Bombadil in Fellowship and Return of the King ended without the return to the Shire for runnng time reasons.
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Post by CK on Sept 28, 2006 19:33:49 GMT -5
They returned to the Shire, what are you smoking toad?
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Sept 28, 2006 19:38:11 GMT -5
Chapter VIII of Return of King is 'The Scouring of the Shire' when Sam and Frodo return to find that evil has taken over, and there is one last battle to cleanse their homelands.
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Post by CK on Sept 28, 2006 19:44:57 GMT -5
Well pookie awaa on you Mr. Toad. May kevin spend a summer with you You didnt specify that lol.
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Sept 28, 2006 19:54:20 GMT -5
What is pookie? And Kevin would be most welcome. He could sleep in the spare room underneath my Ho Chi Minh poster.
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Post by Conan on Nov 21, 2006 7:02:30 GMT -5
Peter Jackson dropped from "Hobbit" film: letter Monday November 20 9:32 PM ET
Where is Frodo when you need him? Director Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien novel "The Hobbit" despite the nearly $3 billion global box office success of his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, according to a letter Jackson wrote to fan site TheOneRing.net.
The trilogy of movies is based on Tolkien's fantastic tale of an epic war among wizards, sorcerers, elves, villainous orcs and friendly little hobbits of whom the novel's hero, Frodo, is one. It is Frodo who eventually saves the day. "The Hobbit" is a fairy tale-like story that Tolkien wrote before the "Rings" trilogy.
In Jackson's letter, which was posted on the Web site late on Sunday, the director said last week a top executive with Los Angeles-based New Line Cinema called him to say the studio was moving ahead on "The Hobbit" movie without Jackson.
"This was a courtesy call to let us know that the studio was now actively looking to hire another filmmaker," Jackson wrote.
A spokesman for New Line declined to comment citing company policy, and a Los Angeles representative for New Zealand-based Jackson was not immediately available.
Chris Pirrotta, co-founder of TheOneRing.net, said the fan site has a long-running relationship with Jackson. Since posting the letter, he said the site has received some 100,000 visitors, far above the more normal 15,000 per day.
"They are very upset," Pirrotta told Reuters. "We are seeing calls for everything from letter writing campaigns to a boycott of the studio."
New Line and Jackson's production company, Wingnut Films, are currently embroiled in a lawsuit over income from 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," which is the first film in the trilogy.
In his letter, Jackson said he and his producing partners have refused to discuss a "Hobbit" film until the lawsuit is settled, and he added that New Line informed him the studio had limited time to make the film so it must move on.
"Given that New Line are committed to this course of action, we felt at the very least, we owed you, the fans, a straightforward account of events as they have unfolded for us," Jackson wrote.
The other two films in the trilogy are 2002's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and 2003's final installment, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" which earned 11 Oscars including best film and best director.
New Line is a unit of New York-based media company Time Warner Inc.
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Post by CT on Nov 21, 2006 8:02:30 GMT -5
Might not be a bad thing. If "The Hobbit" turns out to be utter shite, then Jackson can at least wash his hands of it. Then he'll be remembered for the brilliant trilogy, and not that crappy prequel.
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Post by Conan on Nov 21, 2006 12:26:17 GMT -5
I still think it will be a good movie, well a good story anyway.
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Nov 21, 2006 17:31:20 GMT -5
Jackson had to do it. Now we'll get some Hollywood wanker who'll dumb the novel down for the popcorn crowd.
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Post by CT on Nov 22, 2006 1:07:18 GMT -5
Maybe it's just a ploy by the studio to get Jackson to drop his lawsuit.
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Post by Canetoad on Nov 26, 2006 7:20:45 GMT -5
Mmmmm. Maybe. Without Jackson, Toad fears it will be crap.
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Post by cat on Jun 24, 2007 4:56:45 GMT -5
The Ralph Bashey (Sorry I suck at spelling) animated version of the Hobbit was and is one of my favorite movies of all time
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Post by CT on Jun 24, 2007 5:03:11 GMT -5
I've never seen it. I've known about it for ages, even before the Jackson films, but i never read the books, so i wasn't really interested in it. I may grab it now, it's pretty cheap on dvd atm.
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Post by Conan on Dec 18, 2007 16:10:35 GMT -5
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Post by GP on Dec 18, 2007 17:40:47 GMT -5
Good news but what's this sequel business?
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