The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

[Irvy]

To me it ruins the classic 'movie' look. No thanks.

 

[The Ween]

Have you guys seen the Funko Pop Smaug figure? There's 3 different ones. Gold, Yellow Eyed and Regular edition. I prefer the regular one.

 

[The Josh]

I've got the regular coming but I will track down the other two.

 

[The Ween]

I've got the regular coming but I will track down the other two.

The Gold one is a Hot Topic exclusive. I found them on eBay looking for something else.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, I saw an article mentioning the Hot Topic bit. As anything Chase wise gonna be expensive on eBay.

 

[jye4ever]

What a double win.

E7 trailer followed by BOFA.

Damn, what an incredible day that will be.

 

[The Josh]

Should be cool.

 

[jye4ever]

Should be

 

[Fritz]

I like the yellow eye one the best. Why is that a chase piece, shouldn't it be the regular? Why would the black eye one be the regular?

[EDIT]
Never mind, looking at other Funko pieces it looks like black eyes are the norm.

 

[The Josh]

Should be

The trailer could be a let down. I mean this is SW after all. jk

I like the yellow eye one the best. Why is that a chase piece, shouldn't it be the regular? Why would the black eye one be the regular?

The black eyed ones are regular for all of them. It's their thing.

 

[The Ween]

Yeah, I saw an article mentioning the Hot Topic bit. As anything Chase wise gonna be expensive on eBay.

Actually, there are a few that aren't bad.

 

[The Josh]

Actually, there are a few that aren't bad.

Cool! I get paid next week so I'm hoping to chase a few down then.

 

[Fritz]

Meh, I'm not paying $80 for the yellow eyed chase figure. Oh well, I guess the Weta statue will have to do.

 

[crows]

omg this made me laugh my pants off, their Best video yet

Elf Benjamin Button



Honest Trailers - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - YouTube

 

[Khev]

Good to see that even the Honest Trailer for this one was reaching. Complaining that they get captured by lots of things in one sentence by spiders, elves, etc., which were all in the book and then one sentence later complaining that they deviated from the book.

He complains about multiple flashbacks of things we're aware of when LOTR showed Isildur cutting the Ring off Sauron's fingers about 50 times.

Also LOTR had the "Benjamin Button" thing going on as well. Elijah Wood was ages 17 to 19.5 through the LOTR trilogy and his fluctuating maturity is quite evident throughout, especially going from 19 year old EW on Mount Doom to 17 year old EW saying goodbye on the boat at the end. He's all mature and then suddenly looks 12. Just more nitpicking The Hobbit for "sins" forgiven in the LOTR.

 

[Jokes & Bats]

omg this made me laugh my pants off, their Best video yet

Elf Benjamin Button

Honest Trailers - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - YouTube

That was hilarious. Perfect observations. Honest trailers will destroy five armies.

 

[Irvy]

Good to see that even the Honest Trailer for this one was reaching. Complaining that they get captured by lots of things in one sentence by spiders, elves, etc., which were all in the book and then one sentence later complaining that they deviated from the book.

He complains about multiple flashbacks of things we're aware of when LOTR showed Isildur cutting the Ring off Sauron's fingers about 50 times.

Also LOTR had the "Benjamin Button" thing going on as well. Elijah Wood was ages 17 to 19.5 through the LOTR trilogy and his fluctuating maturity is quite evident throughout, especially going from 19 year old EW on Mount Doom to 17 year old EW saying goodbye on the boat at the end. He's all mature and then suddenly looks 12. Just more nitpicking The Hobbit for "sins" forgiven in the LOTR.

20 something legolas to nearly 40 legolas was much more noticeable than a 3 year span of Elijah Wood.

 

[Khev]

20 something legolas to nearly 40 legolas was much more noticeable than a 3 year span of Elijah Wood.

Bloom at 22 vs. 33 (his actual ages for the two trilogies) was no more noticable than Wood going from an actual adult in one scene to a minor in the next. Even if you do to want to say "but, but Bloom was slightly more noticable" then meh, splitting hairs at best. Each trilogy has characters that you can tell are clearly "de-aging" and yet no one complains about it in LOTR because it isn't the "hip" thing to do.

McKellan, Blanchett, and Weaving were surprisingly consistent in their looks between the two trilogies. Especially Blanchett, good for her.

 

[hoodonit00]

Bloom at 22 vs. 33 (his actual ages for the two trilogies) was no more noticable than Wood going from an actual adult in one scene to a minor in the next. Even if you do to want to say "but, but Bloom was slightly more noticable" then meh, splitting hairs at best. Each trilogy has characters that you can tell are clearly "de-aging" and yet no one complains about it in LOTR because it isn't the "hip" thing to do.

McKellan, Blanchett, and Weaving were surprisingly consistent in their looks between the two trilogies. Especially Blanchett, good for her.

If the movie The Hobbit had feelings it would appreciate you always looking out for it.

 

[Khev]

If the movie The Hobbit had feelings it would appreciate you always looking out for it.

Good. Are you upset that I call out the double standard of criticizing The Hobbit for things the LOTR did as well? If you want to say "I just didn't like the look of this guy" or "I was bored" that's one thing. But to say "The Hobbit sucks because they did lots of flashbacks" or because it had a digital bad guy is silly, unless you want to level those same blanket criticisms against the LOTR.

At least Orlando Bloom looked all of one age in both DOS and BOTFA instead of aging and de-aging from scene to scene like Elijah. The only break in consistency for Bloom is just the shift from one trilogy to the next. But if you're going complain about that you might as well complain that they didn't make Gollum look less realistic in AUJ to better "match" his dated 2002 look. Time passes, visual effects technology and actors change. It's a part of life.