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ejayye
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Jan 14 2012, 1:51pm
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LA Times Hobbit article with a great new picture
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The article does not appear to offer anything especially new, but I've not seen that fantastic picture of Bilbo with Sting before!
All can be found at the Los Angeles Times website (and I'm sorry, I can't seem to make the embed code work):
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/01/14/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-new-photo-peter-jackson-martin-freeman/
Excerpt: “The story is very much a children’s story so deciding how to tell this was one of the first things we had to do,” Boyens said in a phone interview right before Christmas. “Who is the audience? It is very distinctly different, tonally, to ‘Lord of the Rings’ until the very end and then you begin to see the world of Middle-earth opening up… but, having said that, we felt that it is the same audience [who will come to see the films] and then you start to worry because it is easy to repeat yourself. It is quite a similar journey, you’re going from the Shire to a large, dangerous mountain.”
(This post was edited by Silverlode on Jan 14 2012, 7:57pm)
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musterd
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Jan 14 2012, 2:00pm
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As if I wasn't excited for the movie enough
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Stunning photo of Martin as Bilbo.
I want a poster of it!
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Bladerunner
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Jan 14 2012, 2:07pm
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Wow, intense! I wouldn't want to interrupt Bilbo at that very moment...I might get hacked! //
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alienorchid
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Jan 14 2012, 2:24pm
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So we can confirm that Sting does not have the lettering when he finds it, but does have that beautiful detail :)
It's amazing to see such high definition images! He looks filthy and PERFECT as Bilbo Baggins!
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Bombadil
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Jan 14 2012, 2:54pm
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A True "Hero Moment"...Love it!
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Rock ON, GO GO, BILBO! xoxoxBomby
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Hanzkaz
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Jan 14 2012, 2:57pm
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we felt that it is the same audience [who will come to see the films]
That confirms how I thought they'd approach the Hobbit. This Bilbo looks to be more of a fighter than his younger kin. (I wonder if this is a Mirkwood scene - I can't see this guy singing 'Lazy Lob...')
He did tone down the some of grimness of his adventures for his audiences.
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 14 2012, 3:21pm
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To the right of the picture, it looks like the remains of a spider (I see eyes and spidery legs).
As he had feared, orders had been forgotten and everyone had brought the potato salad.
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dernwyn
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Jan 14 2012, 3:31pm
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One of the most important moments! (spoilers)
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Note the remains of cobwebs on Bilbo, and the filth on him, as if he has just been engaged in battle, and his speaking to his weapon:
" 'I will give you a name,' he said to it, 'and I shall call you Sting.' "
Thank you for this article, ejayye!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Merowen
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Jan 14 2012, 3:32pm
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It's amazing to see all the details in this picture tell us so much about what is hapenning at that moment. Bilbo looks fierce!
Never ask an Elf for advice, for he will say both 'Yes' and 'No'.
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Mooseboy018
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Jan 14 2012, 5:37pm
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Like a dwarf. 
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rings7
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Jan 14 2012, 6:11pm
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Is that the same sword that Sam used to kill Shelob?
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Captain Salt
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Jan 14 2012, 6:18pm
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Martin looks surprisingly intense here
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And it certainly appears to be the "naming of Sting" from the book...nice.
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!!!!!
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Ataahua
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Jan 14 2012, 6:54pm
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
Ataahua's stories
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Hanzkaz
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Jan 14 2012, 7:19pm
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Sam definitely didn't kill Shelob -
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- He just made sure that she had problems sitting comfortably for a very long time.
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MatthewJer18
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Jan 14 2012, 8:19pm
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Martin is going to knock the role out of the park. Wonderful casting by PJ & co.
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rings7
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Jan 14 2012, 8:50pm
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I totally forgot about that tiny detail, you're right!
But still, is it the same sword or not?
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Mooseboy018
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Jan 14 2012, 9:09pm
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perfect for spider killing and/or wounding
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Jan 14 2012, 9:58pm
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But what a great picture! I think he looks like Pippin there. In a way their journeys are similar - from fun-loving, to fearful and then to ferocious. Bring it on!
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Snulle
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Jan 14 2012, 9:59pm
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Wow great picture and yes indeed he has just done some spiders and might be close to naming the sword Sting. 
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Bombadil
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Jan 14 2012, 10:16pm
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It's Really Hard fur me, to not STOP.....
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Quietly singing inside
& Goldberry is letting me? Sing IT...out Loud...
How Proud Iam
of PJ&CO!
jus' keep breathin' Bomby, It will be here soon...
Don't die until after Christmas 2013.
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jan 15 2012, 1:06am
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Given the much simpler character arc in the Hobbit, and given that Tolkien very helpfully explains that Bilbo is going through important moments, I think PJ, Fran and Philippa will have less room for misinterpreting Bilbo's journey.
If this scene happens when I think it does, Bilbo's look seems just right.
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Gorbag
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Jan 15 2012, 2:36am
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Great picture, and a great wallpaper too!
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"If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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FoundEntwife
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Jan 15 2012, 5:21am
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I'm grateful for every little tidbit.
This tale grew in the telling. . .
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