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Feb 19 2011, 3:28pm
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macfalk
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Feb 19 2011, 3:36pm
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Those brick-like walls looks like the exterior for a city like Laketown, though it looks a bit odd.
One thing that concerns me is that PJ maybe over-use studio-shooting against a green screen which he did in King Kong. Because, despite how good the studio set is, 99/100 you can spot that it's studio built and not a real location which is not good.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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Flagg
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Feb 19 2011, 4:05pm
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It doesn't look much like Moria to me, and I don't think it's Laketown either – Laketown should be more wood-based. Judging by the sturdy stone doorways and delapidated arches, I would say this is the ruined interior of Erebor. That's the only location visited in the story which this set somewhat resembles. Unless it's an area exclusive to the film... surely not Dol Guldur, but perhaps some unknown new place?
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Faenoriel
Dor-Lomin
Feb 19 2011, 4:12pm
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Not Dwarves - they have no round shapes.
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I'd say they're from Thranduil's halls. They resemble architechture of the Grey Havens miniature, which was made to be like Rivendell, but made out of stone.
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Feb 19 2011, 4:27pm
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Dale?
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 19 2011, 4:41pm
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I think you have nailed it. Definately Elvish.//
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Pipe Dream
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Feb 19 2011, 4:54pm
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I think they should have sat on these pics a bit longer. It's going to make them sit up and take notice of a security problem. It definitely looks like dwarvish stuff to me with other mixed in. Some straight lines and some rounded, but only pieces of a sets, not complete. I bet after this, the sets will have tighter security and far less pictures.
<<<<There is a long road yet>>>>
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dormouse
Gondolin
Feb 19 2011, 4:55pm
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.. seeing those fluted columns. Elves underground, using stone, not wood.
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Earl
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Feb 19 2011, 4:58pm
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Yeah, the moment I saw rounded stone arches...
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... I thought "Thranduil's Halls" 
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Ruijor
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Feb 19 2011, 5:10pm
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I will go with the elven architecture possibilty as well...
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Flagg
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Feb 19 2011, 5:41pm
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For some reason, I always expected the Halls of the Elvenking to be a bit more... woody. A bit like Rivendell and Lothlórien. It seems strange for an Elven construction to be so stark and stony – not to mention delapidated. We'll see.
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Feb 19 2011, 5:41pm
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Well, if it is Moria, that's good news. I wasn't much of a fan of the Silmarillion - I found it dead boring. But, I really enjoyed the bit about the dwarves losing Moria. I never really felt for the dwarves in the Hobbit - I thought they were just being greedy when I read it as a young tyke, and never shook it until I read about that. So if this is Moria, and we get to see it overrun, my confidence in this production has just gone up considerably.
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Feb 19 2011, 6:06pm
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Did anyone notice the tree stump and the tree trunk behind it?
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I'm thinking there's a very high probability we're looking at Thranduil's Halls. As Elves who love nature, they're bound to have trees (or rather trees carved of stone) within their stone halls. I wouldn't be surprised if the designs for Thranduil's Halls were based on the detailed descriptions of Menegroth provided in the Silmarillion and the HoME books.
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Ruijor
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Feb 19 2011, 6:17pm
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...and that´s one of the reasons I believe it´s related to the elves.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 19 2011, 6:26pm
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Dale would be another good option. It would have a strong Numenorian influence.//
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RaoulJ
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Feb 19 2011, 7:00pm
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Ofcourse it could be that it's vice versa:these pictures are of the game 'cardinal'. After all it was reported that the set was made by Weta. And now they are stored in the studios, after filming was done.
Has anybody seen the shoot of the ingamefilm? It was in the Kaitoke Park (Rivendell), apparently shot by Lee Tamahori.
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Maiarmike
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Feb 19 2011, 7:05pm
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Interesting. Those halls look pretty cool. But they could just be getting them ready with paint, etc. and they haven't assembled anything yet. The stone set with trees to the left looks like something from Gondor, maybe they just had it stored somewhere, and are going to re-use parts of it and make it look different. Nice to see that this movie is becoming a reality after all though. 
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Feb 19 2011, 7:32pm
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I think you are right.. there is a stong possibilty that these are picutres from that Cardinal Game. No proff that they from the hobbit.
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RaoulJ
Ossiriand
Feb 19 2011, 7:53pm
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but the designs look Hobbit/lotr-like. Ofcourse nowadays almost every fantasygame or movie tries to incorparate a LOTR-feel... And with the Weta-link it is probably even more apparent.
But especially the (blue) blocks (on the left) do have this dwarven-feel. And the archs too. I can't find a picture of the three doors/gates where Gandalf is using his nose but what did the keystone look like? Because the arch in the back reminds me of something....
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Bound
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Feb 19 2011, 7:58pm
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That they look like LotR design but as you said with Weta designing stuff for the computer game it's obvious that stuff would look the same.
I also agree, having played alot of RPG games since LotR came out - most borrow from their design templates !
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WilliamJESnider
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Feb 19 2011, 8:07pm
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I agree. It looks a lot like how I imagined Mirkwood elves palaces.
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Feb 19 2011, 8:08pm
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I almost pooped my pants with excitement.
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SirDennisC
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Feb 19 2011, 8:14pm
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Thank goodness excitement is not indelible. /
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