The Official "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" movie thread *SPOILERS*

[Kibagami]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Picked up both The Hobbit Visual Companion and Official Movie Guide this past weekend. I really like the backstories of the dwarves since you don't get a whole lot of info from the books other than the main guys. The one thing that I found most interesting though, was the fact that Bifur has the blade of an orc axe sticking out of his head. I could have watched The Hobbit 50 times and never caught that.

Yeah, he doesn't speak much and when he does it's in this other language or whatever.

I would say get this book too. [ame]https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Unexpected-Journey-Chronicles-Design/dp/0062200909/?tag=vglnk-c698-20[/ame]

It's more so design work and it comes in two parts, so I've heard, which is due out sometime this year.

 

[TURINS~BANE]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Picked up both The Hobbit Visual Companion and Official Movie Guide this past weekend. I really like the backstories of the dwarves since you don't get a whole lot of info from the books other than the main guys. The one thing that I found most interesting though, was the fact that Bifur has the blade of an orc axe sticking out of his head. I could have watched The Hobbit 50 times and never caught that.

He's got brain damage though. struggles with simple tasks thinks he's a troll.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

He's got brain damage though. struggles with simple tasks thinks he's a troll.

Yup, it says he only speaks in an ancient dwarven language that only Gandalf understands.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Picked up both The Hobbit Visual Companion and Official Movie Guide this past weekend. I really like the backstories of the dwarves since you don't get a whole lot of info from the books other than the main guys. The one thing that I found most interesting though, was the fact that Bifur has the blade of an orc axe sticking out of his head. I could have watched The Hobbit 50 times and never caught that.

Good choices. All the books I think help provide some good information on the characters and events. Only thing I wish is that they were all HC books. I also have them on my ipad in digital version.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Yeah, he doesn't speak much and when he does it's in this other language or whatever.

I would say get this book too. https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Unexpected-Journey-Chronicles-Design/dp/0062200909/?tag=vglnk-c698-20

It's more so design work and it comes in two parts, so I've heard, which is due out sometime this year.

Yeah, I really want to pick that up as well.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Just thought I'd share this fun article.

WhatCulture's 8 Reasons The Hobbit was their favorite film in 2012

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Good choices. All the books I think help provide some good information on the characters and events. Only thing I wish is that they were all HC books. I also have them on my ipad in digital version.[/QUOTE]

Nice. I really have to get one. I'm always so far behind on technology. By the time I get one something better will already be out.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Nice. I really have to get one. I'm always so far behind on technology. By the time I get one something better will already be out.

Yeah, its cool. It has some nice digital features on it and pictures I don't think that are in the book. I believe total the IPad versions were cheaper than my paper versions.

 

[Fritz]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Picked up both The Hobbit Visual Companion and Official Movie Guide this past weekend. I really like the backstories of the dwarves since you don't get a whole lot of info from the books other than the main guys. The one thing that I found most interesting though, was the fact that Bifur has the blade of an orc axe sticking out of his head. I could have watched The Hobbit 50 times and never caught that.

WTF?! I never noticed that. I really need to stop procrastinating and get these books.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

WTF?! I never noticed that. I really need to stop procrastinating and get these books.

Yeah, I put off getting them as long as I could but finally caved in. There's lots of interesting tidbits of info to be found. For example; Nori is said to be the black sheep of the family and is described as being a kleptomaniac. Hope Bilbo hid the good silverware. And Bombur just might have an eating disorder.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Nice article by the LA Times on The Hobbit. It covers the CGI of the Goblin King, Gollum, and Azog. Azog was to originally to be the character we saw as Yazneg and that he is 7ft tall.

LA Times article on the FX of The Hobbit

 

[DiFabio]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Poor Yazneg got shafted. Thanks for sharing that though.

I appreciate the Goblin King a little more (skin texturing), still think Gollum is their best CGI character, and I definitely think Azog was a generic rushed job that doesn't make sense as an orc.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

No problem.

 

[agen_kolar]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Poor Yazneg got shafted. Thanks for sharing that though.

I appreciate the Goblin King a little more (skin texturing), still think Gollum is their best CGI character, and I definitely think Azog was a generic rushed job that doesn't make sense as an orc.

I agree. I've always said Azog looked blatantly CGI, and now I know why. He was a last minute decision that should've been left as Yazneg. Azog looks cool on paper, but was certainly the most unconvincing of the CGI characters we met in the first film. The Goblin King and Gollum were on point, though.

 

[The Ringer]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

I appreciate the Goblin King a little more (skin texturing), still think Gollum is their best CGI character, and I definitely think Azog was a generic rushed job that doesn't make sense as an orc.

I feel the exact same way on the three.

 

[Njits]

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That's makes me a bit sad they didn't use Yazneg, who was suppose to be in make-up! Instead they caved and went CG on it. Shame. I still think he's badass and looks cool, but CG ALWAYS loses wen going against good make-up and prosthetic features imo.

 

[pixletwin]

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I know most of this stuff is known by us, but it's interesting none the less (and I don't recall seeing it posted)

 

[BadMoon]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

I know most of this stuff is known by us, but it's interesting none the less (and I don't recall seeing it posted)

Pretty cool.

 

[The Josh]

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That is neat. The Balin, Ori, and Stone Trolls part will gain more impact with people who haven't read the book and only seen the movies IMO.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Re: The Official "The Hobbit" movie thread *SPOILERS*

Nice article by the LA Times on The Hobbit. It covers the CGI of the Goblin King, Gollum, and Azog. Azog was to originally to be the character we saw as Yazneg and that he is 7ft tall.

LA Times article on the FX of The Hobbit

Cool article.