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'The Hobbit' trailer anticipation thread!

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 11:05am

Views: 3322

'The Hobbit' trailer anticipation thread!

With less than 24 hours to go, I thought it would be a nice idea to have a thread to let out all our excitement, anticipation, eagerness, exhilaration (and any other synonyms you can think of!), and count down the seconds until it's released.

As I type this it is just 16 hours to go until it is revealed somewhere on the internet!

For those who it is released during the night, will you be staying up or setting an alarm?

Is anybody having a gathering of friends and/or family around the computer?

Is anyone having/planning a mini party? Popcorn and drinks? Yes it’s only 2 minutes but it’s a big deal!

Who can’t stop thinking about it that there work today is going to be greatly affected?!

Is anyone so excited that their friend/spouse/sibling/parent/other has told you to shut up?

Tell us what you will be doing at 7pm PST and let out your excitement!

I suspect that the trailer, once online, is going to be everywhere the following day, and more than likely reach top 10 searched for google/yahoo etc, and tweeting worldwide!

Let the countdown begin!!

(This post was edited by DanielLB on Dec 20 2011, 11:06am)

macfalk
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 11:45am

Views: 1847

It's supposed to be released 4:00 am

over here - so I'm debating with myself as to whether I should stay up, or wake up early and set the clock or just get a long night's sleep and watch it calmly when I wake up, hopefully in the best available HD quality on whatever site it is available on.

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

Carne
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 11:55am

Views: 1724

Wondering about the same.

I have to get up at 06:30 AM anyways, so I might just go to bed very early and set my alarm to 03:55, watch the trailer and try to go back to sleep (which will probably be very hard) Smile

Amarië
The Shire

Dec 20 2011, 12:01pm

Views: 1726

Alarm clock

Well, I'm Spanish, so the trailer will premiere here at 03:00 AM. The next day I have class in college, so I think I'm going to put the alarm clock to wake up, watch it, talk a little about it with you guys and go back to sleep (if I can).

Chopsta123
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 12:03pm

Views: 1694

what about resolution

im wondering if the films shot in 5k will they also release a Ultra-high-definition trailer something along the lines of 4k. That would be truly EPIC!

Will definatley get no sleep before it is dropped upon me at 4am.

The videoblog is never late. Nor is it early.
It arrives precisely when it means to.

maut
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 12:07pm

Views: 1688

As it will be 7 am here

I had to set my alarm...
usually I get up at 8 so, that's a not big deal Smile

Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old

We must away ere break of day

To seek the pale enchanted gold.
__________________________________
...and the sound of the kettle on his hearth was ever after more musical than it had been even in the quiet days before the Unexpected Party

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Welcome back to Middle-Earth!!!

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 12:08pm

Views: 1698

I have a 50" 3D TV with surround sound...

It has the ability to convert 2D images into very basic looking 3D. Might hook my laptop up to that if I'm not too tired by 3am. **smug** Cool

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 12:10pm

Views: 1703

I don't understand why it's not in 48 fps...

Quint said it will be in 24fps because of the lack of 48fps projectors... but a PC monitor or TV can output 48 or 60 fps fine, most the games I play are at 60fps... Crazy

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 12:10pm

Views: 1664

jealous!

very very very jealous Shocked

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 12:12pm

Views: 1686

Well, any TORnFolk are welcome to come round

if they promise not to steal anything Tongue

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 12:18pm

Views: 1708

I was hoping to snatch that 50" TV of yours while you were out of the room ;)

painjoiker
Grey Havens

Dec 20 2011, 12:23pm

Views: 1678

It will be released arouns 5 am if my math skills works...

(I hate timezones...)
So I will sleep and wake up with the good feeling that all the hardcore fans (not that I'm not hardcore) have been fighting to get the trailer, and then uploaded it and spread it around the internet :)
So I won't stay up or wake up in the middle of the night for this :P
I can wait because I'm not conscious while sleeping anyway, so it won't feel longer anyway ;)

Vocalist in the semi-progressive metal band Arctic Eclipse

Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 12:28pm

Views: 1682

Spain is not different!

hola Amarië!

a guy from Spain here too! i have to wake up at 5:30 so i guess i´ll see it when i get up, buena suerte intentando dormir otra vez Tongue

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 12:31pm

Views: 1701

Time remaining:

14 hours 28 minutes

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 12:43pm

Views: 1637

The reason I want to see it early...

Is so that I can be part of the discussion afterwards, instead of reading a million posts from the night before Wink

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 12:53pm

Views: 1612

I want to be part of all the excitement and everything as soon as it is released.

I used to frequent another forum when Return of the King trailer was released - and I got a real buzz about being part of it at the time.

Like you said I don't want to trawl through hundreds of posts, or make posts about seeing something in the trailer (like: OMG!!!111 did you see Gollum's foot, as that would be me), which someone had already pointed out a million posts ago and and had already been discussed Blush

lol!

This is a really bad day for doing work...

Amarië
The Shire

Dec 20 2011, 12:59pm

Views: 1617

¡Hola! =D

Qué bien encontrar a alguien de España aquí *spanish high five*. Definitely, I will try my best to sleep again after watching the trailer.

Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 1:09pm

Views: 1617

high five choca esos cinco!

pues si por que te sientes ocmo si te relajaras mas de pronto hablando en castellano hahaha but it´s a pleasure to share with all the people here our middle earth experiences, so i have a little surprise when the trailer comes!XD

Lindele
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 2:51pm

Views: 1542

I really really wanted

to wait until I go see Tin Tin tomorrow night in theaters, to get my first experience with the trailer.
But I don't think I can wait,
plus I work at a TV network called Reelz, that's all about movies, so it is going to be PLASTERED everywhere tomorrow in my office....and all of the people that always make fun of me for my 'obsession' with all things Tolkien will be pestering me all day, asking if I've seen the new trailer.
But thankfully I'm only an hour different that pst so i won't have to get up in the middle of the night.

alienorchid
Lorien

Dec 20 2011, 3:08pm

Views: 1541

Can't wait!

I'm just going to be watching it by myself ... I'm SO EXCITED! I wasn't even this excited when I saw the first promo images! It's at 4pm tomorrow, here in NZ, so at least I don't have to set an alarm!

I've just been re-watching Sherlock and I noticed that Martin Freeman sometimes does this little sniff..... just like Ian Holmes does as Bilbo in LotR <3 he's going to be perfect!

Lindele
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 3:13pm

Views: 1508

agreed!

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 3:27pm

Views: 1533

I'll be in the hospital because

I've already eaten my finger nails long ago and moved on to the fingers... Tongue

Nah. It'll be 5 in the morning here, so I'll be surfing on the net, probably watching videos in YouTube to kill the time. And nomming good food. I just remembered I have forgotten a 1,5 liters Coca-Cola bottle on the balcony for a month... thankfully there has been mostly sub-zero temperatures, so it should still be okay. Laugh

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 3:29pm

Views: 1514

There'a are perilous mountains of epic discussions ahead of us...

Beware the trolls!

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 3:33pm

Views: 1514

More traffic

It would be interesting to find out whether there has been an increase in traffic into TORn and the forum over the last couple of days. Would also be interesting to find out what the maximum people visiting here at 7pm PST is. Is there anyway of finding this out? I know if you click on "Who's Online" you can get basic information, but out of pure interest a time-series of visitor count would be interesting!

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 3:35pm

Views: 1493

Trolls

No doubt from tomorrow onwards we are going to get posters claiming that there mum's dad's aunt's cousin's niece's sisters brother-in-law works on The Hobbit Wink

aifeme
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 3:37pm

Views: 842

Damn...

Boromir2k
Bree

Dec 20 2011, 3:42pm

Views: 855

Hopefully

the hotel I'm staying at this evening has good connection so I won't miss out due to slow connection.. Crazy

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 3:45pm

Views: 857

Time remaining:

11 hours 15 minutes!

eralkfang
Lorien

Dec 20 2011, 3:57pm

Views: 816

I might…

…see if my fellow Ringer friend in town wants to come and see, but she's usually hard to get a hold of, so it's probably just going to be me, the computer, and the television (I'm taking no chances!), and then directly to the message boards.

I'm so excited that my brain's gone numb, but I know everything will kick in once that trailer goes up.

Lindele
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 4:01pm

Views: 837

It's funny that you should mention that...

because my sister-in-law's grandfather's grandson's nephew's second cousin's friend of a friend's friend has been to NEW ZEALAND!!!

dave_lf
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 4:10pm

Views: 816

For theatres

It's because trailers are still designed primarily to be shown in theatres, and theaters can't reliably do 48fps (plus, the movies it's attached to will not be in 48fps, which would mean they'd need one projector to show the preview and another to show the film. No one's going to do that).

They could hypothetically make a 48fps internet-only version of the trailer, but I guess they decided it wasn't worth the extra effort.

Lindele
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 4:22pm

Views: 822

I'm not sure about the rest of the country/world

but here in New Mexico (which is in fact, part of the United States), we have mostly digital projectors. So I don't think two projectors would be necessary to show a 24fps feature, and 48fps trailer. They are all just files on a hard drive.

entmaiden
Forum Admin / Moderator

Dec 20 2011, 4:25pm

Views: 828

It will only be 9 pm for me

so I hope to be able to see it as soon as it is released or not long after. Only problem for me is that it will be 10:30 pm at the latest for most of the Americas and in many cases it will be earlier, so I'm expecting a LOT of internet traffic.

I'm actually OK with waiting a couple of hours to see the trailer for myself and just watching everyone here on the message boards. The reactions will be a lot of fun, and I'll learn a lot about what's in the trailer from everyone here. We're going to have a party of epic proportions! Cool

(This post was edited by entmaiden on Dec 20 2011, 4:26pm)

shadowdog
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 4:35pm

Views: 755

I would also

Love to join in the excitement at 7 PM. But I fully expect that I won't be able to get onto the sites showing it because of traffic overload. So I will probably just wait until the next morning to try to see it. LOLOL

dave_lf
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 4:37pm

Views: 804

Digital projectors

It is just files on a hard drive, but is every digital projector capable of projecting at any frame rate? If so, then what's all the fuss about theaters needing to buy new projectors in order to show The Hobbit?

Lindele
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 4:44pm

Views: 809

I know this isn't the most reliable source...

but the quickest and easiest thing I found was on wikipedia...talking about digital projectors in cinema..

-Digital cinema refers to the use of digital technology to distribute and project motion pictures. A movie can be distributed via hard drives, optical disks (such as DVDs and Blu-ray Discs) or satellite and projected using a digital projector instead of a conventional film projector. Digital cinema is distinct from high-definition television and, in particular, is not dependent on using television or high-definition video standards, aspect ratios, or frame rates. Digital projectors capable of 2K resolution began deploying in 2005, and since 2006, the pace has accelerated (2K refers to images with 2,048 pixels of horizontal resolution).-

It seems that digital projectors should not be under any frame rate constraints...at least not the lower frame rates.

entmaiden
Forum Admin / Moderator

Dec 20 2011, 4:51pm

Views: 763

Who''s Online is your best bet

The bottom half shows the total number of visitors in 15-minute increments. Our Super-Users, Altaira, Ataahua and Inferno, have access to a little bit more information, but not much.

Our biggest obstacle is filtering out all the search bots that show up as visitors to get an accurate count of real traffic. Those bots will be on the increase also as the trailer is released since they are looking for specific references. The more references, the more often they hit the site.

Merowen
The Shire

Dec 20 2011, 4:52pm

Views: 763

For the first time

I'm angry for living in GMT! I'm looking forward to finally watching the trailer but I'll only watch it tomorrow. Waking up in the middle of the night to find that the website is down or the internet is as slow as a snail... been there, done that. I'll wake up at my usual time in the morning, go the the computer and watch it in it's expected full glory with the best mood in the world!

Never ask an Elf for advice, for he will say both 'Yes' and 'No'.

namarie
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 4:53pm

Views: 791

yaaay..almost 12 hours to go :D

For me it will be 4 a.m in the morning.
But I'll be working tomorrow and I'm not at all a morning person so I will see the trailer tomorrow..
Hope it will be on internet.

There is always hope

namarie
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 4:58pm

Views: 762

tic-tac tic-tac tic-tac :P//

There is always hope

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 4:59pm

Views: 742

Isn't it 10 hours to go? //

namarie
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 5:07pm

Views: 744

yeah..:)..when I look at the clock it was 5 and something

and that's why I said almost 12 hours...
but if you think about it 10 hours are almost 12 Tongue

There is always hope

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 5:43pm

Views: 705

It's such a long connection that it's probably true lol!

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 5:44pm

Views: 703

Thats probably a sensible idea.

But I wouldn't be able to sleep and just end up awake anyway!

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 5:45pm

Views: 757

Time remaining:

9 hours 15 minutes!

Captain Salt
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 5:53pm

Views: 717

Yay!

My Top 5 Wish List for "The Hobbit"
5. Legolas will surf down Smaug's neck
4. Bilbo will be revealed to a Robot
3. Naked PJ cameo as Ghan-Buri-Ghan
2. Use not only 3D, but smell-o-vision, with axes coming out of the seats and poking the audience when appropriate
1. Not only keep the claim that Thorin & Co. ran amok in Mirkwood "molesting people", but depict said incident in vivid detail!!!!!

Estel78
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 6:30pm

Views: 718

Hehe, no.

A projector that will be able to do 48fps will of course also be able to do 24fps. They'll be backward compatible. Wink

In Reply To

plus, the movies it's attached to will not be in 48fps, which would mean they'd need one projector to show the preview and another to show the film.

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 7:16pm

Views: 656

How do you even know people that far removed? //

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Estel78
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 7:18pm

Views: 635

How does he have internet? ;) //

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 7:24pm

Views: 668

I for one don't use internet to track my friend's far off relatives' friends doings... //

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 7:25pm

Views: 1075

Hey, I'm a troll!

You have something against us now? ...and all this time I thought we were friends Frown

I wonder how many newcomers we'll see... not including the inevitable troll or two... Hope we don't get an influx of AICN users Unsure

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 7:31pm

Views: 1088

Time remaining:

7 hours 30 minutes!

Today is dragging....

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 7:34pm

Views: 1092

Ha! Found the first one! Admins, admins!

Lock this perversion of an ent into a sure, no-barrel-containing dungeon!

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Estel78
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 7:36pm

Views: 1085

That would be epic.

Imagine the mods trying to delete all the posts. Tongue

In Reply To

Hope we don't get an influx of AICN users Unsure

Lindele
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 7:38pm

Views: 1073

I stalk everyone somehow connected with me

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 7:40pm

Views: 1044

We should have a game...

How many new threads (all about The Hobbit trailer) will be made within 6 hours of the trailer being released. Closest guess wins a pat on the back Cool

Sinister71
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 7:44pm

Views: 1046

that miht be like

Counting all the jellybeans in the jar to get a prize..LOL I am sure there will be a ton of people who never post but all the sudden will fall out of the woodwork

entmaiden
Forum Admin / Moderator

Dec 20 2011, 7:49pm

Views: 1043

You're not excited at all,

are you?

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 7:51pm

Views: 1045

What would give you that impression ;)

Rostron2
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 8:00pm

Views: 1052

Bites Nails

shadowdog
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 8:10pm

Views: 1009

Eleven

What is the prize? Evil

mykonos
Bree

Dec 20 2011, 8:21pm

Views: 998

Only 7 hours?

That's not bad! I think I'll have to go shopping to help pass time. Although malls and shops are probably scary right now...

Maybe some online shopping, then!

*I will not get anxious*

shadowdog
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 8:37pm

Views: 983

6 hours, 23 minutes

Altaira
Superuser

Dec 20 2011, 8:37pm

Views: 990

Oh dear!

I hear those quacking trolls are especially difficult. Wink

No worries. We have our six shooter out and loaded. Cool

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shadowdog
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 8:40pm

Views: 973

But

Hobbits don't have 6 shooters. Wink

BRAZILIANGANDY
Registered User

Dec 20 2011, 8:46pm

Views: 954

5K

There is no such thing as Ultra High definition unless it is a movie theater/IMAX the max quality available today for PC's and TV`s is 1920x1080.

BRAZILIANGANDY
Registered User

Dec 20 2011, 8:52pm

Views: 955

WRONG!

Tv's and PC's frame rates go at 30 FPS maximum, there are no 48fps screens and dvd/bluray players available for personal consumption at the moment.

dave_lf
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 8:55pm

Views: 957

Backward compatability

Ok that makes sense, but the other problem still exists. Previews are advertisements and you want your ads to get the widest circulation possible. Releasing it in 24fps means it can be attached to virtually any movie, while releasing it in 48 would mean it could only be shown on the individual 48fps-capable digital projectors at the individual theaters that have them (I suppose they are still releasing separate 2d and 3d versions?)

(This post was edited by dave_lf on Dec 20 2011, 8:57pm)

dave_lf
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 8:56pm

Views: 934

Yes...

Where did I say otherwise?

Not_the_beard
The Shire

Dec 20 2011, 9:04pm

Views: 933

Waiting for Tin Tin

Am I the only one who's going to be waiting for wednesday to see it on the big screen first? I figure we've waited this long, why not wait a few more hours to see the trailer in all of its glory as a first impression?

Carne
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 9:08pm

Views: 956

Here in Europe we already have Tintin, so the the trailer is probably not shown in theaters until another big WB comes by

Thus I'm watching online Wink

(This post was edited by Carne on Dec 20 2011, 9:09pm)

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 9:09pm

Views: 958

I'm going to be very fussy and annoying now and say...

It's Tintin not Tin Tin... It's a pet-hate, I'm sorry Angelic

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 9:10pm

Views: 909

Alas, I still don't know which movie I could see it with. //

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 9:13pm

Views: 953

The "TinTin" has creeped its way into my vocabulary! D:

I just noticed I wrote it "TinTin" in an earlier post.... Internet, what have you done to me? Me, the lover of the European comic....

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 9:15pm

Views: 957

TORn is already slowing down for me

TORn has been frustatingly slow for me today. Is it just a conincidence?

We'll all be waiting for the trailer to hit the net, and when it does everything crashes and we'll miss it. Sly

Can't wait.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

shadowdog
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 9:21pm

Views: 766

Just wait a bit

Only 5 hours 39 minutes.

(This post was edited by shadowdog on Dec 20 2011, 9:23pm)

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 9:31pm

Views: 749

Same here

At work TORn was fine with me. As soon as I got home it's been slow. Not sure if it's because of a slower internet connection or it is actually busier! Not a good sign for 3am Laugh

(This post was edited by DanielLB on Dec 20 2011, 9:35pm)

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 20 2011, 9:48pm

Views: 738

Time remaining:

5 hours 10 minutes

I am off to bed now before my early morning. My advice to you all: keep calm and carry on..... nahhhh scrap that! Go crazy and keep refreshing those windows until the trailer is online! Laugh

To everyone in Europe that is getting up early, see you then. To those in America, you lucky so and so's. To Bombadil (if your reading) I will need your joyfulness at 3am.

Keep counting down those minutes. I can't wait!

(This post was edited by DanielLB on Dec 20 2011, 9:50pm)

Estel78
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 9:49pm

Views: 719

WRONG BACK!

Every computer monitor can handle 60Hz no problem. As for TVs, they are technically capable of displaying 60fps, heck, some TVs have ridiculously high refresh rates of 200Hz and more, though you'd need new software to make the TV 'understand' the new format. The real problem will be 60fps fullHD in 3D, because the cables don't have enough bandwith for that.

Estel78
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 9:54pm

Views: 714

Well, with digital distribution it's not really that much of a pain.

Screens that could do 48fps would get the 48fps trailer and those that don't the 24fps trailer. You would still be able to show the 48fps trailer in front of every movie. The trailer is a separate thing from the movie.

Morok Cloudkeeper
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 10:02pm

Views: 698

Sadly...

Sadly,I have school tomorow so there is no chance that I can see it exactly when it is released,so I will watch it at about 7pm when I return home.I think I'm going to shut down my brain in school for the most part and only concentrate on The Hobbit!!! Smile

the user formerly known as "Legos"

Power can be held in the smallest of things...

Wandering Ranger
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 10:05pm

Views: 700

I am going to try and stay up for the

premier at 3am UK time, are other folks planning to do the same? It'd be nice to be able to discuss it with folks Smile

Five hours!

So Frodo Baggins boarded the great ship and passed on into the west till the sweet fragrance on the air filled his sense and the sound of singing came over the water. Then it seemed to him that, as in a dream, he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country. The third age of Middle Earth was over, the days of the Rings had passed and the story and song of those times was at an end.

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 10:09pm

Views: 661

Yep, I'm from the UK

and I wouldn't be able to sleep for fear of missing it and I need to see this as early as possible. I hear it might be debuting on the WB website... does anyone know yet?

Gollum the Great
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 10:10pm

Views: 703

Ok, so I'm super worried about the sites crashing...

Hopefully people will be recording it w/ their phones and posting it on youtube right away!

*is super excited and is slowly dying in agony until 9:00...*

I was going to wait until I saw Tintin, but I just can't... mussst see the Precioussss as soon as possssible....

Lord Sméagol? Gollum the Great? The Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day; fresh from the sea. Most Precious Gollum!

Carne
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:10pm

Views: 697

10 minutes past 11PM here

Going to sleep now. Alarm put on 03:55 AM Tongue

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:14pm

Views: 648

It was slow for me both at home and in the library

So I'd say the internet connection has nothing to do with it.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Xanaseb
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:15pm

Views: 676

A plea to all fellow TORners!!:

Should I or should I not watch the trailer online before it hits the cinemas!?

Unsure

I don't know what to do, as I want to see it properly ...

The Five Isari:

Sarry, Gandy, Raddy, Ally and Pally

A great bunch :)

Wandering Ranger
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 10:16pm

Views: 635

I thought

it would be debutting on the Apple movie trailer website but it may well be on the WB site as well.

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:21pm

Views: 643

I wouldn't count on YouTube

The trailer for Dark Knight Rises was released just yesterday or so. Of course, it was immediately uploaded to YT - and equally immediately taken down by WB because of copyright violation.

I hope someone catches the stream and puts the video onto some file hosting site like Mediafire for us to download on our own computers.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

shadowdog
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 10:21pm

Views: 638

Sigh

4 hours 39 minutes.

Carne
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:22pm

Views: 715

Quint just wrote this!

https://twitter.com/...s/149250835874971648

Quote

After you watch The Hobbit trailer get ready for a follow-up read. Make of that what you will.

YES, new set report! Some dessert after the dinner Cool

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:27pm

Views: 664

Oh grea---- WAIT is that Bilbo eating zombie dolls?

All the frustating, silent times of no news.... SO WORTH IT!

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Wandering Ranger
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 10:29pm

Views: 636

woot!

More set reports coming! So do we know where the trailer is gonna be shown?

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:31pm

Views: 643

What does your heart tell you?

I can only speak for myself, but I'm going to watch it as soon as possible, no matter what the quality. Pathetic spoiler-hunting I know, but it's a joy of its own really.

However, I trust the stream is going to be of high quality and very watchable.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:36pm

Views: 616

Besides, do you really want to miss all the epic discussion

and analyzing we're going to have! Shocked

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Morok Cloudkeeper
Rohan

Dec 20 2011, 10:36pm

Views: 602

Well...

That would be illegal too mate.

the user formerly known as "Legos"

Power can be held in the smallest of things...

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:41pm

Views: 616

Frankly, I don't really care if it's illegal or not

I only care if I manage to do it or not.

For Eru's sake, it's a fricking trailer. It's supposed to be seen.

I violate copyright daily by watching fan videos on YouTube with footage set to music, so watching an illegal copy of a trailer doesn't really hurt anymore.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 10:42pm

Views: 617

Does this mean Radagast is in the trailer??

It would explain why he hasn't been allowed to post until after the trailer. Maybe both the trailer and his next post feature Radagast? Sly

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:49pm

Views: 642

According to the description we had earlier (SPOILERS!)

SPOILERS

We're not going to see Radagast in the trailer. Nor anyone new, really. If the report was true, I'm at loss what he might be hiding.

Really, I hope it was a fake report and we'll see Radagast, Beorn, Wargs, spiders and stuff. But just seeing Bilbo and the Dwarves acting is enough.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 10:49pm

Views: 571

Time Remaining:

4 hours 11 minutes

Just carrying on while you get some much needed preparation sleep! Tongue

duats
Grey Havens

Dec 20 2011, 10:52pm

Views: 744

Do we know

What website it'll debut on yet?

Captain Salt
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:55pm

Views: 778

PJ asked ToRN to take down the teaser description...

so, it probably wasn't fake. Wink

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 20 2011, 10:55pm

Views: 787

Some people saying Apple, others the WB website or Facebook...

I'm sure we'll know once it's released

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:57pm

Views: 766

The only confirmed one is nzherald.co.nz

But you can trust it's going to be everwhere you look.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Wandering Ranger
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 10:57pm

Views: 722

so to clarify

is it going online at 3am UK time and then being left up? Or is it being uploaded briefly then removed?

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 10:59pm

Views: 760

Let's hope it's going to be on multiple sites from the start

Or the site it's on will crash in a heartbeat from all the traffic.

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

Captain Salt
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 11:00pm

Views: 760

Someone who is probably PJ stated on the official blog that

the teaser will debut on Apple Trailers, and some other person then replied that YouTube would have it 5 minutes later...

Faenoriel
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 11:01pm

Views: 693

Really? I didn't know that. //

<3 Gandy, Raddy, Sharkey, Ally & Pally <3

mutelock
Bree

Dec 20 2011, 11:08pm

Views: 703

Cheers!

I'm in Lisbon, so it'll be 3 am for me as well. Piece of cake Wink

Carne
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 11:15pm

Views: 734

Hah, just messaged my friend on Facebook

Who didn't even know the trailer is being released in less than 4 hours.

Now he hates me because he has to choose between sleeping or watching the trailer Wink

(This post was edited by Carne on Dec 20 2011, 11:16pm)

IDLookout
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 11:19pm

Views: 686

I'm Bummed

I won't get to see it until tomorrow, as I won't have computer access.

Unimpressed

Bilbo, Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins,
He's only three feet tall.
Bilbo, Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins,
The bravest little hobbit of them all.

-Leonard Nimoy

Wandering Ranger
Rivendell

Dec 20 2011, 11:25pm

Views: 680

Elijah Wood

also just tweeted today that Apple trailers have the exclusive for ther trailer at first. tbh I'm just gonna come on here and someone will have posted where to find it I don't doubt

Theodred
Lorien

Dec 20 2011, 11:25pm

Views: 678

I have a new homepage now:

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/, and I'm already practising now: right-click-refresh, right-click-refresh, right-click-refresh Tongue

http://dehobbithyve.hyves.nl/
http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/the-hobbit-news-widget-ronald_40

dave_lf
Gondor

Dec 20 2011, 11:29pm

Views: 642

Just hit F5

There; productivity improved by 50%! Wink

Try-again-later
The Shire

Dec 20 2011, 11:32pm

Views: 663

The trailer won't be up

till 3am here in Ireland. It's a good thing I don't go to bed till 6am anyway. It should be an exciting few hours, can't wait.

Maiarmike
Grey Havens

Dec 20 2011, 11:33pm

Views: 632

I don't think so.

I wouldn't expect to see too much CGI in this teaser, or much from the 2nd film, considering there is still 6 months or so to go, and WETA Digital is fast, but not that fast at completing effects. I don't expect to see spiders or wargs or eagles just yet. Maybe trolls though, and a little Gollum, as that was pretty early on in the shoot.

"I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge"
--J.R.R. Tolkien

Xanaseb
Tol Eressea

Dec 20 2011, 11:38pm

Views: 643

Right! Thanks Faenoriel! I -will- watch it online...who cares :)

I wouldn't miss juicy TORn discussions for the world!!!!!

Wink

The Five Isari:

Sarry, Gandy, Raddy, Ally and Pally

A great bunch :)

SaltedPork
Bree

Dec 20 2011, 11:55pm

Views: 643

URLs

Anybody else have these two links up in two different tabs constantly refreshing?

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thehobbitanunexpectedjourney/

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thehobbit/

Just hoping and praying that on one of those refreshes something hobbity appears instead of an error message from Apple.

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 21 2011, 12:05am

Views: 567

I'm still awake!

Although I haven't really "tried" to sleep yet. Might as well stay up now! Did I miss anything?

Owain
Tol Eressea

Dec 21 2011, 12:07am

Views: 604

Actually that's not quite true.

My monitor is well above 2K on my i7 iMac.

But to your point... the trailer will not be streamed in 4K.The vast majority of people's monitors are at your stated resolution.

However... Sony just announced a 4K projector for home theater systems priced at $800.

Middle Earth is New Zealand!

"Question everything, embrace the bad, and hold on to the good."

(This post was edited by Owain on Dec 21 2011, 12:10am)

Starhelm
The Shire

Dec 21 2011, 12:17am

Views: 591

waiting.

Hey all, new to the boards but not to the legendarium. I've been wanting to sign up for some time but I always seem to get hung-up on picking a username. :P I knew it was already getting pretty late into the filming and the anticipation is building greatly. To not be on the boards during the trailer release seemed like a tragedy. It's a historical time for the fanbase. :)

Glad to be here and counting down the remaining hours with you all. 10 PM for me here on the east coast. :)

QuackingTroll
Valinor

Dec 21 2011, 12:29am

Views: 534

Welcome! Welcome!

I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of new users coming to the boards after this trailer. Looking forward to it Smile

mykonos
Bree

Dec 21 2011, 12:41am

Views: 528

I can't believe it's almost here!

I will be watching the trailer many times between now and next December...

DanielLB
Immortal

Dec 21 2011, 12:47am

Views: 510

Time remaining:

2 hours 13 minutes!

Getting there!

Starhelm
The Shire

Dec 21 2011, 12:54am

Views: 484

thanks.

Thanks, QTroll! I'm glad to be on a message board with other fans and finally be able to discuss all of the exciting developments in the Hobbit production. :)

Only a little over two hours left. :D

painjoiker
Grey Havens

Dec 21 2011, 12:55am

Views: 625

I'm going to sleep now ;)

It will be a good morning for me, when I wake up and know that several people have been struggling to see it. and I can just go to youtube or apples.com/trailers or something ;)

Vocalist in the semi-progressive metal band Arctic Eclipse

Xanaseb
Tol Eressea

Dec 21 2011, 1:06am

Views: 634

Yeah I concur.....

....I wish everyone a brilliant page-refreshing filled extravagant mind boggling adrenaline pumped angsty night (for those in Europe like me) Tongue

I'm off to dream about The Hobbit, which will hopefully involve the Blue Wizards at some point Wink

good night!

What's the countdown time by the way?

:)

The Five Isari:

Sarry, Gandy, Raddy, Ally and Pally

A great bunch :)

mykonos
Bree

Dec 21 2011, 1:10am

Views: 598

About an hour 50 mins

It should be almost time by the time I finish my dinner and do the dishes Smile

(Boy oh boy, TORN is really lagging right now lol)

Xanaseb
Tol Eressea

Dec 21 2011, 1:18am

Views: 582

So that's why it's so slow!

greetings and a warm welcome to Starhelm by the way!

:)

The Five Isari:

Sarry, Gandy, Raddy, Ally and Pally

A great bunch :)

Starhelm
The Shire

Dec 21 2011, 2:00am

Views: 593

one hour.

Thank you, Xanaseb. :)

Okay, I'm going to pry myself away from the computer for a minute to get some late supper. It's already nine here.

One hour to go! :)