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Originally Posted by August (Post 1644276)

I don't think it's odd at all. In fact it sounds a lot like a military parachute jump which is still my all time favorite activity.

Nothing beats experiences like that. :salute:

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Originally Posted by August

Sorry to hear you won't get your chance UL.

I'm not dead yet.

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1643832)

I know people my age and older who never read the books (and barely knew they existed) before they saw the first movie. And they got hooked as well, now they love the books because of the movies and not the other way 'round.

Which told me right off what a fantastic job Jackson did, since it clearly wasn't just Tolkien geeks who thought the movies were awesome.

I remeber in my 20's being given the LOTR novel with all 3 books in one, I got about quater way into the story before dumping it, it just didn't interest me even though at the time I was right into fantasy novels writers such as Margaret Weis, David Eddings and Sara Douglass to name a few. J.R.R Tolkien LOTR is like a children's story for adults well it was written in the 50s or somewhere near about.. But that never stopped me from seeing Peter Jacksons LOTR movies 4 times. And yes I will not be buying The Hobbit novel I probably wont like the story, but I will enjoy the movie. :doh: If that made any sense

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...bo-loses-dwarf

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Fans of The Lord of the Rings have another reason to like The Hobbit, with confirmation that Sir Ian Holm will reprise his role as the older Bilbo Baggins. As director Sir Peter Jackson broke the news of Holm's return, he was able to refer to the skilful casting of Martin Freeman as a younger Bilbo. "One comment that came up from the recent video blog was the Bilbo voice at the end. Many of you assumed it was Sir Ian Holm," Jackson said on Facebook.

"Whilst Ian will be returning as the older Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, that recording was actually Martin Freeman's voice, taken from a script read-through we recorded when the cast first arrived.
"I have to admit, I wasn't sure who it was when I first heard it, either."
That backs the self-belief that Freeman displayed at the start of filming in February when he joked that he "wasn't tying himself up in knots" about living up to Holm's depiction of Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings.
"Without being big-headed or falsely modest, I think I'm a good match for him," he said at the time.

Other stars returning for The Hobbit, the two-part, 3D prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, include Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Andy Serkis as Gollum, and Orlando Bloom as Legolas. Elijah Wood is reprising his role as Frodo Baggins, even though the character did not appear in JRR Tolkien's book of The Hobbit, which is set 60 years before the trilogy. Jackson also said on Facebook that he would use the four-day Easter break to recharge his batteries and "do a few script tweaks for future scenes".

However, in another Facebook posting on Sunday night, Jackson announced that British actor Rob Kazinsky was pulling out of his role of Fili the dwarf for personal reasons. "Rob has been terrific to work with and his enthusiasm and infectious sense of humour will be missed by all of us," Jackson's post said. "I should say that Rob's departure will not affect ongoing filming of The Hobbit, nor will it impact work done to date, as we had yet to film much of Fili's storyline."

Thansk, keep us updated! :up:

Indeed, that's very good news :yep:

I like Ian Holm's acting quite a bit since I first saw him in Alien.

HunterICX

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Originally Posted by HunterICX (Post 1650394)

......since I first saw him in Alien.

HunterICX

Wait....what? :timeout:

:)

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Originally Posted by sharkbit (Post 1650444)

Wait....what? :timeout:

:)

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http://www.scene-stealers.com/wp-con.../2008/07/a.jpg

Glad to see Holm will be back in the role, I was wondering about that myself.

Saw him in a filmed BBC (?) production of King Lear that was awesome.

Also if you have not seen the movie The Sweet Hereafter I recommend it highly, but have some Kleenex on standby cuz you may need it.

I'll be curious to see how they fit Frodo and the older Bilbo into the story. Of course it's a two-parter, so they'll have room for flash-forwards and narration.

I'm glad McKellan is still around to play Gandalf again. It wouldn't be the same without him.

As for the books, I read them all when I was 19 and was bitterly disappointed with the Hanna/Barbera and Bakshi movie versions. I was worried about the Jackson movies but got a very pleasant surprise. The extended versions are among my favorites.

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Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1650523)

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http://www.scene-stealers.com/wp-con.../2008/07/a.jpg

Wow...I never realized. :sunny:

Thanks.
:)

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Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1650523)

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http://www.scene-stealers.com/wp-con.../2008/07/a.jpg

He sure has the ears for Bilbo! :DL

I always like Holm as Napoleon in Time Bandits. :cool:

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...8137-19636.jpg

PJ has just posted an update on shooting the hobbit in 48fps, which would be pretty cool:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/peter-...50235459531558

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Originally Posted by Torplexed (Post 1651067)

I always like Holm as Napoleon in Time Bandits. :cool:

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...8137-19636.jpg

He's an excellent actor. I first saw him in Oh what a lovely war as President Poincare (a very young Ian Holm in a minor role, playing against greats like John Mills, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith and Sussanah York), But think his Bernard Samson in the mini series Game Set and Match based on Len Deighton's trilogy of the same name, was brilliant.

update

Gollum actor also gets to direct in The Hobbit

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Actor Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in Sir Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, is taking on an extra role in the two Hobbit films.
As well as reprising his on-film performance, Serkis has also been hired by Sir Peter as a second-unit director on The Hobbit.
That means he will be asked to take charge of shooting some scenes on the production.

"It is wide ranging and encompasses a lot of directing aspects of filmmaking and story," he told the Hollywood Reporter.
"There is some performance capture, but I will be very much on the live-action sets and locations helping Peter to tell the story," he said.
"When Peter asked me, there was this email out of the blue. It was a fantastic surprise".

The actor told the Hollywood Reporter online that he understood Sir Peter's "sensibility". "We have a common history of understanding Middle Earth," he said. "A lot of the crew from The Lord of the Rings was returning to work on The Hobbit. There is really a sense of Peter wanting people around him who totally understand the material and the work ethic."

The Hobbit is being shot in 3D, and Serkis said the book would be "faithfully represented with a fresh interpretation".
Of his own performance in the filming now underway, he said: "He is very much a Gollum that people will recognise."

Serkis planned to direct his first live-action feature once filming on The Hobbit wraps up, and hoped to launch a perform-capture studio and training centre.

Serkis also has performance-capture work in two additional movies: as Caesar in the prequel Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Captain Haddock in The Adventures of TinTin: The Secret of the Unicorn.
- NZPA
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=10717931

And some info for the Geeks:

Hobbit film to pioneer high-speed 3D technique

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Peter Jackson has lifted the lid on the production of The Hobbit, the much anticipated prequel to his Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings movies.
Pictures on Jackson's Facebook profile give a glimpse into how the movie is being shot in 3D and reveal the film will break with nine decades of cinema tradition.

The Hobbit has so far been shot at 48 frames a second as opposed to the usual 24 - which Jackson said "hugely enhanced clarity and smoothness".
Films have been shot at the slower rate since the late 1920s and while modern cameras can shoot at a faster rate, most cinemas can't project the footage.

"Looking at 24 frames every second may seem okay - and we've all seen thousands of films like this over the last 90 years," Jackson said.
"But there is often quite a lot of blur in each frame, during fast movements, and if the camera is moving around quickly the image can judder."

While acknowledging the technique would offend film purists, Jackson likened the moment to when digital CDs supplanted vinyl records. "There's no doubt in my mind that we're heading towards movies being shot and projected at higher frame rates."
Jackson said the technique meant it was possible to watch two hours of 3D footage without getting eyestrain.
After watching The Hobbit footage for several months he noticed the lack of clarity in normal film and TV.
"I saw a new movie in the cinema on Sunday and I kept getting distracted by the juddery panning and blurring. We're getting spoiled!"

Jackson hoped Warner Brothers would consider showing the movie in the higher frame rate when it is released in December next year.
By Nicholas Jones | Email Nicholas

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10718854