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Silverlode
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Aug 4 2012, 5:39pm
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Back when Benedict Cumberbatch
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first made the comment about having something to do with the Bof5A in January, I speculated one way in which that might happen without him being physically present. I'll quote it here for ease of discussion in this conversation, but if you want to read the previous conversation you'll find it here.
My current theory is that the Necromancer organizes the goblins and sends the bats to the Bof5A as a diversion for himself, not because of a connection with Smaug. We know that the rabble of goblins and wargs were stirred up by the passage of the dwarves through the mountain and it's not unbelievable that they would follow and attack them, but they would have had to either go around Mirkwood or pass through. If they pass through, they'd be most likely avoid Thranduil's territory and to pass near Dol Guldur, where the Necromancer and the White Council are facing off. It's possible that something that happens in the attack on Dol Guldur makes Gandalf aware that the goblin/warg army is headed to Dale. Perhaps the Necromancer organizes and uses the goblins, wargs and bats as part of his feint strategy: they go north while he sneaks south to Mordor? The other thing that bolsters this view is the bats - they're never mentioned prior to the battle, and we didn't encounter them in the Goblin-king's halls, so what brings them? My guess is that the Necromancer uses bats like Saruman later uses crebain. I wouldn't be surprised if we see some bat spies at a few earlier key points of the story, and then see them sent off to gather more goblins for the battle. Whatever happens, it certainly sends Gandalf hurrying off to warn the dwarves, arriving just in time for the dwarf wall standoff and just ahead of the approaching goblin army. I wonder, I wonder....if Beorn goes with Gandalf to fight at Dol Guldur and then comes with, or simply gets word of the goblin army passing by and follows them to arrive in time for the battle? With this scenario, we might easily get scenes of the Necromancer orchestrating battle plans without actually appearing to fight in the Bof5A himself. And I certainly hope we won't see that. So far, we've only heard that BC is doing voice acting and motion capture. I don't think we've heard anything about weapons training. Even if it were only motion-capture battling, if he fights himself he would have needed to be trained for a certain fighting style....at least, that's my hopeful interpretation of the situation.
Silverlode "Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them. Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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Greenbooks guest post: in defense of a Hobbit trilogy
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News from Bree
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Aug 3 2012, 9:33pm
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Excellent write-up...
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Maiarmike
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Aug 4 2012, 4:29am
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Seems perfect
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JayFank
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Aug 4 2012, 4:06pm
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EXCELLENT
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Buchanicus
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Aug 4 2012, 5:32am
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Excellent Article!
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Istaris'staffs
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Aug 4 2012, 5:58am
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The is great!
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 8:21am
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Wow!
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TheBeerBaron
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Aug 4 2012, 9:03am
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Jackson should hire this guy
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guitarzankansasfan
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Aug 4 2012, 9:48am
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Where can I find more
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TheBeerBaron
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Aug 4 2012, 10:27am
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Congratulations! This is by far the best post/article I've ever read on TORn
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kiwifan
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Aug 4 2012, 11:23am
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I have to disagree...
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Spaldron
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Aug 4 2012, 12:53pm
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But LOTR movie Bilbo has no connection with dwarves at all.
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Plurmo
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Aug 5 2012, 4:21am
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This is amazing.
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DesiringDragons
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Aug 4 2012, 1:04pm
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If they include the events of the War in the North -
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Hanzkaz
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Aug 4 2012, 1:06pm
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No ... just no ... ;-)
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 1:09pm
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I agree that there is enough for 4 movies.
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Escapist
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Aug 4 2012, 2:08pm
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Sorry - this article was so exciting
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Escapist
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Aug 4 2012, 2:13pm
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I do believe that Warner Brothers only has the rights to make three movies.
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Kangi Ska
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Aug 4 2012, 2:29pm
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Not so
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Aug 4 2012, 2:50pm
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Thanks VF
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Kangi Ska
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Aug 4 2012, 3:09pm
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He said that about The Hobbit
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 3:11pm
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I would be shocked if Jackson directed any further Middle-earth films after this
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Aug 4 2012, 3:12pm
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I can't imagine more films after this either.
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 3:22pm
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I wonder what other work of Tolkien's could successfully be adapted to film...?
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Captain Salt
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Aug 4 2012, 4:18pm
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Going by the Appendices -
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Hanzkaz
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Aug 4 2012, 4:51pm
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Would love to see a story dealing with the explored regions of ME...
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Captain Salt
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Aug 4 2012, 5:11pm
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I'd prefer a brief reference to the war in the north be included in the existing films than that a stand-alone film be made
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Bladerunner
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Aug 4 2012, 5:23pm
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Wasn't me (assuming you mean me, and not another Daniel).
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 5:45pm
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Certain Amount Of Tme
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JWPlatt
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Aug 4 2012, 5:10pm
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Answer and perhaps another conspiracy theory
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SirDennisC
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Aug 4 2012, 5:30pm
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Ack! That's twice today I've spelled "rationale" as "rational"
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SirDennisC
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Aug 4 2012, 5:47pm
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A good question
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Aug 4 2012, 6:02pm
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LOL.
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Silverlode
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Aug 4 2012, 6:06pm
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Doesn't it strictly forbid the use of the character Glorfindel
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Kangi Ska
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Aug 4 2012, 6:43pm
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LOL II
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JWPlatt
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Aug 4 2012, 6:56pm
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At your own risk
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Aug 4 2012, 6:59pm
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Desolation of Smaug
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Sunflower
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Aug 5 2012, 4:56am
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Bravo! I'm sold! Let me count the ways.
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
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Aug 4 2012, 1:47pm
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I hope it convinces others as well
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 2:04pm
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Um.... What?
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GoodGuyA
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Aug 4 2012, 2:03pm
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See this thread
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 2:09pm
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I still doubt it's Gimli. Love his voice though!
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GoodGuyA
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Aug 4 2012, 2:11pm
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Whether it is a physical role or just a voice cameo
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 2:12pm
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As a matter of preference,
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Escapist
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Aug 4 2012, 2:20pm
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Brilliant speculation! I hope the actual films are close to this as it
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Eruonen
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Aug 4 2012, 2:57pm
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Well done
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Black Breathalizer
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Aug 4 2012, 3:20pm
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In all of this I hope that "The Hobbit" does not get lost.
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Kangi Ska
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Aug 4 2012, 3:45pm
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It could, or it could enhance both trilogies into one continuous story.
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Silverlode
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Aug 4 2012, 7:09pm
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Agree completely with this Silverlode
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 7:22pm
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Looking at it...
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Silverlode
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Aug 4 2012, 7:41pm
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I thought it might be interesting -
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Hanzkaz
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Aug 4 2012, 7:26pm
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This is brilliant speculation
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 4 2012, 7:47pm
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The "quiet bits"
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Silverlode
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Aug 4 2012, 8:26pm
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Again well-written article, however
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Captain Salt
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Aug 4 2012, 3:50pm
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Since it's been described as a third Hobbit film
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DanielLB
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Aug 4 2012, 4:14pm
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The strength of the proposal
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SirDennisC
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Aug 4 2012, 4:50pm
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"Killed by pirates is good" ;)
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DesiringDragons
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Aug 4 2012, 5:19pm
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That was the same point I was making in a previous post....
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Bladerunner
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Aug 4 2012, 5:34pm
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Apologies for having missed that.
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DesiringDragons
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Aug 4 2012, 5:38pm
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Well if film 2 is to focus on Smaug
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SirDennisC
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Aug 4 2012, 5:42pm
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Only if they're "man-in-suit" --
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SirDennisC
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Aug 4 2012, 7:52pm
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Two Disagreements....
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Bladerunner
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Aug 4 2012, 4:50pm
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I don't want Sauron to be at the Battle of Five Armies
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Hanzkaz
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Aug 4 2012, 4:57pm
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I'd prefer that the killings of the Azog, the Great Goblin, and Smaug would be enough motivation for teh Goblins and Wargs....
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Bladerunner
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Aug 4 2012, 5:13pm
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I wouldn't be surprised if Azog and his crew -
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Hanzkaz
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Aug 4 2012, 5:18pm
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Back when Benedict Cumberbatch
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Silverlode
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Aug 4 2012, 5:39pm
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I like that approach also...
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Bladerunner
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Aug 4 2012, 5:57pm
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A third film's impact on Film 2
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Black Breathalizer
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Aug 4 2012, 5:19pm
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That third film still seems like a drag
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HiddenSpring
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Aug 4 2012, 8:24pm
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Film 3 will likely include more than BOFA, IMO
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 4 2012, 8:31pm
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Film 3 has other key events....
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Bladerunner
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Aug 4 2012, 10:21pm
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Good article
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Yngwulff
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Aug 4 2012, 10:25pm
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Contents
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 5 2012, 3:06am
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Film 2
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Yngwulff
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Aug 5 2012, 3:22am
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Interesting theory about Bard and Tauriel...
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SirDennisC
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Aug 5 2012, 3:24am
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Isn't Bard married?
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Yngwulff
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Aug 5 2012, 3:30am
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Ah yes, but no (living) wife as far as I've heard
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SirDennisC
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Aug 5 2012, 3:35am
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Could imply
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Yngwulff
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Aug 5 2012, 3:40am
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Contents
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 5 2012, 7:20am
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Why Gandalf chose Bilbo *SPOILER - COMIC CON FOOTAGE*
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Kassandros
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Aug 6 2012, 4:35pm
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Frodo being meant to have the Ring..
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Silverlode
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Aug 5 2012, 4:04am
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Unless Kili is revealed to be half-elven...
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SirDennisC
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Aug 5 2012, 4:24am
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*snort* Well at least...
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Silverlode
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Aug 5 2012, 4:33am
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I just had a terrible thought...
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TheBeerBaron
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Aug 6 2012, 6:51am
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Tauriel and Kili
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DanielLB
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Aug 6 2012, 7:14am
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I thought we figured that was in jest
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TheBeerBaron
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Aug 6 2012, 7:19am
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It's more real
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DanielLB
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Aug 6 2012, 7:32am
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Thanks DLB
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TheBeerBaron
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Aug 6 2012, 7:35am
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Highly improbable
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 6 2012, 3:27pm
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Prophecy and Tauriel
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Phibbus
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Aug 5 2012, 4:05am
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Tauriel
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 5 2012, 7:45am
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Gandalf picking Bilbo
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BeornBerserker
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Aug 5 2012, 4:29am
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Nonsense
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 5 2012, 5:36am
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Tauriel and Bard
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innoce77
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Aug 6 2012, 8:33am
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Welcome out of lurkerdom innoce77
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SirDennisC
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Aug 6 2012, 5:16pm
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Divinely inspired
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Black Breathalizer
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Aug 6 2012, 8:24pm
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Amen
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 6 2012, 11:11pm
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yes
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Lusitano
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Aug 7 2012, 1:24am
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Love. lol
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AinurOlorin
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Aug 7 2012, 2:56am
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Prophecy appears in several places, most notably from Gandalf and Glorfindel, actually
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AinurOlorin
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Aug 6 2012, 2:20pm
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Still not sure about that third film...
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Phibbus
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Aug 5 2012, 3:17am
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Hee hee
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SirDennisC
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Aug 5 2012, 3:32am
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Lucasian Structure
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JWPlatt
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Aug 5 2012, 4:39am
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*heh* I can't complain
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Aug 5 2012, 4:56am
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Personal Canon
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JWPlatt
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Aug 5 2012, 5:11am
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Unconscious Bilbo
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Phibbus
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Aug 5 2012, 5:06am
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But is it a good idea
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 5 2012, 5:42am
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The structure yes
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SirDennisC
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Aug 5 2012, 7:06am
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Makes sense
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 5 2012, 5:15pm
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Are you messing with me?
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SirDennisC
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Aug 5 2012, 10:09pm
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I'll give you a big "Amen!" for that last paragraph.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Aug 5 2012, 4:38am
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I feel like I'm the odd man out on this.
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redgiraffe
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Aug 13 2012, 11:16am
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