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There&ThereAgain
Rohan
Apr 24 2014, 6:21pm
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Middle-Earth is ripe with extra 'the's
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THE Fellowship of THE Ring THE Return of THE King although in this case, The Battle Of The Five Armies makes sense with or without the 'the.' *pauses to reflect
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."-J.R.R. Tolkien "Thanks for the money!" -George Lucas
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 6:25pm
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Love the knee-jerk reactions...
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Guess what, those movie were greenlit to make money to begin with. I bet you'll love it when it passes $1b at the box office. Maybe the title change will bring in those few needed millions. Having said that, i don't believe it was purely a money grabbing decision. The title has been registered for quite a while, they were obviously toying with the idea of naming it that way since they decided to make three movies. PJ makes a good argument for the name in his post.
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Old Toby
Grey Havens
Apr 24 2014, 6:25pm
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I think you've just coined a new phrase....
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"It was a little too Katnissy." LOL!
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 6:29pm
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This is not just Bilbo's story.
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This is also very much Thorin's story. In the movies at least.
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Imladris18
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 6:32pm
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TTT was much more than Orthanc's and Barad-dur's stories. It was more about the events surrounding the two towers and what they represent. RotK was much more than Aragorn's story. It was more about the events surrounding the Return of the King. DoS was much more than Dale's story. It was more about the events surrounding what happened in Dale. BoFA will be much more than the story of the battle. It will be more about the events surrounding the battle.
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Faleel
Rohan
Apr 24 2014, 6:33pm
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Which build up to the battle... hence the title.
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Sunflower
Valinor
Apr 24 2014, 6:34pm
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Well, with WB calling all the shots here (I'm sure Peter wanted TABA, regardless of what he writes) did we really expect anything different? Let's hope there will be S8ome* room for things like, you know, character development and such. Hoping that Bilbo and Thorin's last shared scene won't be 15 seconds long and sandwiched in between epic battle sequences....
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Imladris18
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 6:35pm
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That, and everyone seems to forget:
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Every title is literally prefaced with "The Hobbit." Bilbo is referred to in the first noun of every single title about these movies.
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Old Toby
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Apr 24 2014, 6:35pm
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I'm still disappointed with the new title. I like the old one better.
"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good." Harry Dresden (Jim Butcher)
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tsmith675
Gondor
Apr 24 2014, 6:37pm
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The entire movie is going to revolve around the battle
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So it fits. It's not just about the battle, but the build up, the actual battle, and the aftermath. It's just a fitting title, in my opinion.
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Darkstone
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Apr 24 2014, 6:41pm
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...every title of Lord of the Rings was prefaced with "The Lord of the Rings", yet none of the titles really refered to Sauron except (arguably) TTT.
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Imladris18
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 6:44pm
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That further drives home my point that people are overreacting to "BoFA" not referencing Bilbo :)
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zalmoxis
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Apr 24 2014, 6:50pm
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I suspect that the 'Back Again' part of the tale will be reduced, or omitted completely. An epilogue with Ian Holm or whatever, glued to endless battle scenes in PJ style, would appear farcical, IMO.
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Imladris18
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 6:53pm
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PJ didn't really overdo any battle in LotR.
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Maybe parts of them are a bit OTT, but in general he seemed to do an excellent job. I'm not sure why everyone is jumping to that conclusion.
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Elessar
Valinor
Apr 24 2014, 6:54pm
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would be wrong.
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Faleel
Rohan
Apr 24 2014, 6:55pm
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its Hobbit Jackson seems to be more far gone than LOTR Jackson.
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Elessar
Valinor
Apr 24 2014, 6:56pm
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its much easier for people to overreact to things.
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Imladris18
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 6:59pm
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It's almost like the source material isn't as serious as LotR is or something.
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 7:00pm
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Maybe PJ is not who you want him to be.
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If he would be strictly against something, i don't think he would let WB have their way and then sugarcoat it in a post, i really don't.
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Darkstone
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Apr 24 2014, 7:01pm
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I have to honestly admit, it's actually a better title.
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Consider this sequence from the end of “The Clouds Burst": “The Eagles! the Eagles!” Bilbo cried, dancing and waving his arms. If the elves could not see him they could hear him. Soon they too took up the cry, and it echoed across the valley. Many wondering eyes looked up, though as yet nothing could be seen except from the southern shoulders of the Mountain. “The Eagles!” cried Bilbo once more, but at that moment a stone hurtling from above smote heavily on his helm, and he fell with a crash and knew no more. The screen goes black……… Non-readers will be going “Wha???? Bilbo Dies??????” Of course that moment would be spoiled if the title was “The Hobbit: There and Back Again”.
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Imladris18
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 7:04pm
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I thought you changed the words at first saying a Stone Giant hurtled a stone at Bilbo.
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I chuckled. While true, the opening scene of the trilogy is old Bilbo writing the book :P
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