The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

[OSCORP]

That's old and not for film 2.

Weird it was just uploaded 6 hrs ago to my YT. Whatever LOL.

Nevermind then LMAO.

 

[The Josh]

Ah I'm sure someone probably got excited and wanted to spread the word. No harm in that.

 

[The Josh]

The live event is about to start. We can put our thoughts here of what we saw.

 

[Biojex]

Starts in less than 5 minutes

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

counter hit 0, yet im still seeing a white screen and spinning circle.

 

[Biojex]

mines going but t's already 46 minutes into...hmmm...

 

[The Josh]

You had to hit refresh to get it to fix that.

 

[The Ween]

Mine cut off a few minutes early!

 

[The Josh]

That was pretty cool. Mirkwood looks fantastic and as scary as you could imagine. Can't wait to see Thranduril, Legolas, and Taruiel interact with each other.

 

[DinoDB1975]

For those that missed out, no trailer until summer as PJ and company are still cutting.

They showed footage of Gandalf and Radhagast investigating the tombs of the nine kings...great scene, very eerie in atmosphere.

PJ's pronunciation was messing with em, with teh way he pronounced 'Smaug" as well as "Dol Guldur"...sounded like he was saying "Dumbledore".

 

[Biojex]

I only got to see a little bit of it, as my connection was a little shoddy, but what I saw looked great.

 

[T.E.D]

I liked the scene with Radagast and Gandalf, I've been looking forward to that sequence after it was in the chronicles book. I'm also liking the look of the Wood-elves and I'm glad they look different from the Lothlorien elves, Thranduil and his halls look awesome, I loved the elk antlers attached to his throne.

It seems that it will also be snowing in Laketown, I wonder if it will snow during the battle of the fives armies.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Where can I watch this?

 

[the angry orc]

Enjoyed it. Bard looks cool as well. Little clip he showed with gandalf looked awesome.

 

[The Josh]

I liked the scene with Radagast and Gandalf, I've been looking forward to that sequence after it was in the chronicles book. I'm also liking the look of the Wood-elves and I'm glad they look different from the Lothlorien elves, Thranduil and his halls look awesome, I loved the elk antlers attached to his throne.

It seems that it will also be snowing in Laketown, I wonder if it will snow during the battle of the fives armies.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to that as well. Its really interesting to see the Necromancer business coming to life even though some of it isn't how it is any text. The Elves of Mirkwood look awesome and I think will be as you said a nice seperation of how the other Elves looked.

I noticed that as well. I can't recall if they say the time of the year in the books to indicate winter is coming that close but it should look cool.

 

[FrodoEyes]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to that as well. Its really interesting to see the Necromancer business coming to life even though some of it isn't how it is any text. The Elves of Mirkwood look awesome and I think will be as you said a nice seperation of how the other Elves looked.

I noticed that as well. I can't recall if they say the time of the year in the books to indicate winter is coming that close but it should look cool.

Well it was Bilbo's birthday wasn't it, as he recalled in The Lord of the Rings, saying he forgot himself at the time as he was quite cold and could only manage 'Thag you very buch'. And his birthday is September, right?

 

[T.E.D]

I think his birthday is around September 21st so I guess with Laketown and Erebor being quite far north it could snow early in the year. Snow during the battle would certainly differentiate it visually from the rest of the films especially for scenes like the eagles joining the fight

 

[The Josh]

Well it was Bilbo's birthday wasn't it, as he recalled in The Lord of the Rings, saying he forgot himself at the time as he was quite cold and could only manage 'Thag you very buch'. And his birthday is September, right?

Yeah it is. So its possible to see winter weather during that time of the year. I don't recall any mention of it snowing in any text so its a new addition that should work well.

 

[FrodoEyes]

Plus the battle of five armies wouldn't have taken place for a few more weeks, so snow during the battle is quite possible, and would look good in 3D, but still i'm sure Tolkien would have mentioned snow if he wanted it.
Damn i wish i had a copy of 'The tale of years' from the LOTR appendices at hand to check the dates...

 

[The Josh]

It looks like it was November 23rd T.A. 2941. So its totally possible that it could be snowing based on real world weather. Of course he would have. Its not quite how I imagined it but I am now intrigued at what the battle might look like if its snowing.