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Hamfast of Gamwich
Rivendell
Jul 30 2012, 8:18pm
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Shorter film lengths and no extended editions?
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From what I've read on the forums following the third film announcement, everyone appears to be assuming Jackson is going to add a whole load of extra content to the Hobbit and creating three epic, oversized films in which the plot is spread too thinly. However, it's just dawned on me that this isn't necessary the case.
If you consider the lengths of the extended editions of LOTR
FOTR - 210mins
TT - 225mins
ROTK - 263mins
(Average about 233mins)
And assume the Hobbit extended editions would have been the same, all Jackson really needs to do is split the 466 minutes (ish) of footages he's already shot over 3 films and he's already got three 2 hour 1/2 films. That's the same length as, for instance the last couple of Harry Potter films or the Hunger Games so is a length the average cinema audience is happy with.
(Obviously he'll need to shot a little bit of extra stuff to make the three films run smoothly, have beginnings middles and ends etc.)
Sorry if this seems obvious to other people but it hadn't really crossed my mind before and I was interested in what everyone else thought about it.
All the third film might really mean is we have to wait an extra year for the final two hours of the films we were meant to see in 2012/13, and we won't get extended editions. No extra filming of the history of the Dwarves or bridge film material.
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Shorter film lengths and no extended editions?
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Hamfast of Gamwich
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Jul 30 2012, 8:18pm
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It would be my bet
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Welsh hero
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Jul 30 2012, 8:19pm
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Three 170 minute movies theatrical
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Kangi Ska
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Jul 30 2012, 8:22pm
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I think it is too early to second guess whether there will be EE's or not.
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DanielLB
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Jul 30 2012, 8:25pm
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It is too soon to know anything for sure I guess
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Hamfast of Gamwich
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Jul 30 2012, 8:28pm
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6 hour FOTR?
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redgiraffe
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Jul 30 2012, 8:45pm
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I would have loved to see that six-hour cut
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 30 2012, 8:51pm
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It makes sense, but not sure
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hasufel
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Jul 30 2012, 8:32pm
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nothing makes sense right now.
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hutch
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Jul 31 2012, 12:46am
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I have been thinking along the same lines, and I hope it's the case.
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dalecooper
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Jul 30 2012, 8:59pm
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I think this is going to be true.
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eralkfang
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Jul 30 2012, 9:09pm
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No Extended Editions..
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Erethen23
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Jul 30 2012, 9:51pm
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You'll still get to see all the same material...
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Hamfast of Gamwich
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Jul 30 2012, 10:10pm
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No actually
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shadowdog
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Jul 31 2012, 1:57am
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Except....
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dormouse
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Jul 30 2012, 10:10pm
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I'm not sure if I believe that or think it's a way of hiding what they'll really do...
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Hamfast of Gamwich
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Jul 30 2012, 10:13pm
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Why would you not believe it?
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dormouse
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Jul 30 2012, 10:22pm
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3rd film will likely be released in the summer of 2013
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 30 2012, 10:43pm
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Eh? You sure about that? /
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DanielLB
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Jul 30 2012, 10:45pm
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TORN seems to have confirmed it
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 30 2012, 10:52pm
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3rd film in 2013? You mean 2014? /
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DanielLB
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Jul 30 2012, 10:53pm
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Yeah he means the summer of 2014 not the winter, its on front page :) //
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imin
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Jul 30 2012, 11:02pm
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Thanks imin. Thought I'd lost it in all this excitement! /
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DanielLB
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Jul 30 2012, 11:06pm
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Yes, sorry!
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 30 2012, 11:15pm
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Summer 2014...
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Spaldron
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Jul 31 2012, 12:40am
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December 2012 - Summer 2013 - December 2013 would make more sense, however,
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Captain Salt
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Jul 31 2012, 1:23am
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Will definitely make extended i think
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imin
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Jul 30 2012, 10:11pm
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Yes but....
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Snaga
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Jul 30 2012, 10:37pm
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Yep, probably 3 2-hour films rather than 2 roughly 3-hour films...with an awful lot of padding and...dare I say it...fan-fic. //
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Captain Salt
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Jul 30 2012, 11:06pm
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But that would leave the overall length identical
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 30 2012, 11:19pm
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You do realize that,
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painjoiker
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Jul 31 2012, 12:33am
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Yes, should have emphasized "roughly", with the extra shooting slightly extending each film...///
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Captain Salt
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Jul 31 2012, 1:21am
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The logic is $$$
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hutch
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Jul 31 2012, 3:10pm
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