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Observation on the eagles (SPOILERS if you didn't see the scans of the WETA book)

Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 2:18pm

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Observation on the eagles (SPOILERS if you didn't see the scans of the WETA book) Can't Post

Don't read if you don't want to get spoilers based on 'the Hobbit: chronicle' scans.

I think the eagle's eyrie will be left out.

Based on these scans, the movie ends at the Carrock (btw. a design that really wowed me! Wonderfull!). I think this means the eagles pick them up from the burning trees and fly them straight to the edges of Mirkwood, leaving them at the top of the Carrock (this could provide wonderfull images: the sunset over the woods for instance).
But this also means two other things, or at least what I think it means:

1) The eagles won't talk, and in extend: none of the birds in 'the hobbit' will.
2) This leaves out the possibility to give the eagles more backstory, and to give them a reason why they don't just fly them to the mountain (unless maybe Radagast tells more about it).

Any thoughts?


(This post was edited by Jago M on Nov 23 2012, 2:20pm)


Kangi Ska
Half-elven


Nov 23 2012, 2:33pm

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Mirkwood is east of The Carrock [In reply to] Can't Post

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Fàfnir
Rohan


Nov 23 2012, 3:22pm

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it's already night for "out of the frying pan", so i wouldn't be surprised // [In reply to] Can't Post

 


Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 3:47pm

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haha, you're right ofcourse [In reply to] Can't Post

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Xanaseb
Tol Eressea


Nov 23 2012, 4:06pm

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wait, Carrock is confirmed, and has been shown already??? :D :D awesome!! [In reply to] Can't Post

 It has great potential for Epicness that whole scene!

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Fardragon
Rohan

Nov 23 2012, 4:07pm

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I see no reason for not having a talking raven [In reply to] Can't Post

Real ravens can learn words in human speech.

The thrush, of course, doesn't speak English. Bard understands thrush-language.

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Valandil ed Imladris
Lorien


Nov 23 2012, 4:14pm

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I don't think so [In reply to] Can't Post

Peter wouldn't end the film with a rush into the next adventure. There has to be some kind of pause, so the eyrie fits rather well. I don't expect it to be missing in the film.


Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 4:35pm

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I'ts in the scans [In reply to] Can't Post

of the WETA book on AUJ, with art & design, and it looks awesome!


Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 4:41pm

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I hope so [In reply to] Can't Post

I would really like Roäc to be in the movies and talking, but I'm not so sure they will keep him in, or let him talk. Talking animals are 'a dangerous business' on film, it can easily become very silly.

On one hand we know the spiders will 'communicate' but that doesn't mean 'talk'.
On the other hand Smaug will talk, and he can also be concidered 'an animal'


(This post was edited by Jago M on Nov 23 2012, 4:42pm)


Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 4:48pm

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Might be [In reply to] Can't Post

but the Carrock can function as this kind of pause.
Have you seen it in the scans? It's not just a little rock. It has a grand view! That's why I think it will replace the eyrie as resting/pause point.


Faenoriel
Tol Eressea


Nov 23 2012, 4:50pm

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Just because we didn't see the eyries in the book scans [In reply to] Can't Post

doesn't mean they're not in the movie. Heck, they could be in the book too, and just weren't scanned.

Of course, it's possible the eyrie scene is cut. After the climatic escape from the fiery forest, a stop at the eyries might feel dragging.

I personally wish to see them. After getting all these Deus Ex Machina eagles, it'd be nice to let them have more to them than just serving as the M-E tax service. Sly

(Btw, let's hope the easgle rescue has some foreshadowing. Possibly by Radagast. Otherwise the audience may not take kindly to it.)

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Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 4:50pm

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but already offline I see [In reply to] Can't Post

because of copyright issues, which is understandable ofcourse :)


Faenoriel
Tol Eressea


Nov 23 2012, 4:52pm

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We already know Radagast is going to talk in a bird language [In reply to] Can't Post

with his birds. And the "dialogue" is going to be subtitled. So most certainly our friend Roac is going to talk too.

But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied


Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 5:00pm

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In the movies so far (lotr) [In reply to] Can't Post

the eagles are still the deus ex machina's and giving them some background will help to change it, that's true.

Although PJ loves multiple endings I think 'standing-at-the-eyrie-and-looking-at-landscapes' resembles 'standing-at-the-carrock-and-looking-at-landscapes' too much Smile


(This post was edited by Jago M on Nov 23 2012, 5:02pm)


Jago M
Bree

Nov 23 2012, 5:03pm

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That's news to me :) [In reply to] Can't Post

we hear him whistle in one of the vlogs, no?Smile


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DanielLB
Immortal


Nov 23 2012, 5:12pm

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Wouldn't surprise me. [In reply to] Can't Post

Is there any need to stop off in the eeyrie?

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Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Nov 23 2012, 5:41pm

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The Eagles talking aren't a deal-breaker for me... [In reply to] Can't Post

I will still be disappointed if the Eagles don't speak, but there are enough characters in the book that can understand bird-speech that I would be okay with Gandalf speaking for them (as long as it is made clear that the Great Eagles are intelligent). In story terms, I think it is actually more important that Roäc and his kin can be understood by the audience.

'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring


totoro
Lorien

Nov 23 2012, 6:44pm

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TH never indicates Eagles speak the common tongue... [In reply to] Can't Post

... their speech could easily sound like the noises an eagle makes.

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I will still be disappointed if the Eagles don't speak, but there are enough characters in the book that can understand bird-speech that I would be okay with Gandalf speaking for them (as long as it is made clear that the Great Eagles are intelligent). In story terms, I think it is actually more important that Roäc and his kin can be understood by the audience.



Faenoriel
Tol Eressea


Nov 23 2012, 6:48pm

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Yes [In reply to] Can't Post

Sylvester McCoy commented in the Hobbit art book he appreciated the fact he had to learn less lines because some of his "conversations" were just him whistling and would get subbed in the movie.

But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied


Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Nov 23 2012, 6:49pm

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On the contrary... [In reply to] Can't Post

There is no indication that Bilbo or the Narrator are translating the Eagles' dialogue from bird-speech; and every indication that they are speaking the common tongue. The book makes it apparent that Bilbo cannot understand the normal speech of birds of any type (he only pretends to partially understand the crows and the thrush).

'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring

(This post was edited by Otaku-sempai on Nov 23 2012, 6:51pm)


Faenoriel
Tol Eressea


Nov 23 2012, 6:50pm

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That's what I fear [In reply to] Can't Post

The eyrie scene is nervously cuttable... It doesn't really serve any crucial point.

But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied


The Grey Pilgrim
Lorien


Nov 24 2012, 12:07am

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Where the are the scans? [In reply to] Can't Post

Can't believe I missed thiss.! Frown


Faenoriel
Tol Eressea


Nov 24 2012, 12:22am

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Gone. [In reply to] Can't Post

They were up for only a short while. I barely had time to see all the pics, and FAAAAM, the link was dead.

But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied


The Grey Pilgrim
Lorien


Nov 24 2012, 12:23am

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Ouch ;( [In reply to] Can't Post

It's probably for the best though, I don't wanna be TOO spoiled . Tongue


Faenoriel
Tol Eressea


Nov 24 2012, 12:37am

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It's so late in the game [In reply to] Can't Post

missing spoilers isn't as bad as it used to be still some months ago, or some years ago. Back then we truly starved for anything, didn't we?

But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied

 
 

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