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Roheryn
Tol Eressea
Jul 28 2014, 11:08pm
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I mean, really, WOW.
I've been taking a bit of a hiatus, trying to avoid getting too angsty about this movie -- but this trailer just blew THAT strategy right out of the water. *THIS* is the epic movie we've all been wanting, a proper link to LOTR, isn't it? Sure looks like it to me.
The use of Pippin's -- well, as Silverlode points out, Bilbo's -- song just smashed me over the head like the proverbial ton o' bricks. There's lots of intense scenes in ROTK, and LOTR in general, but that song interspersed with Faramir's suicide mission is the most heart-wrenching of all, for me. I love the connection being made: PJ's telling us it really IS going to be that heart-wrenching. Epic, indeed!
So I'm watching the trailer, feeling the emotional intensity, drooling over Thorin and Thranduil, nearly crying at Pippin's song, and the look on Kili's face as he watches Thorin, and Bilbo brooding in silence near what could be a deathbed or a tomb (?)...and then...wait, aren't those supposed to be boars? THEY HAVE HORNS. Nope, goats. Big, furry goats. I had come to terms with Dwarves riding boars, since boars can actually be quite dangerous animals -- but mountain goats? I couldn't suppress a giggle. I'm really glad I've got nearly five months to come to terms with Dwarves riding goats, because it's going to take that long. Boars charge because they want to kill you for no good reason; goats -- even wild mountain goats -- just don't do that. If you could manage to sit on a boar, it might just run for a while, charging something just because. If you sat on a mountain goat? I'd bet after a minute it just stops and eats, unperturbed.
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 28 2014, 11:23pm
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Teaser fever burns us, precious! Thranduil! Wants!!!
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Oh. My.Word! And this is what they call a teasee. A teaser!
Everything's gerrrreat! And just Thranduil and his EPIC MAJESTY and badassery with his beautiful swords. But where's his personal guard? Anyway, gif now!
*trudges off to be a gibberung mess at work on a day when I need my full faculty but will be furtively rewatching teaser until the evening*
Fan of both books and movies; it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment. But call me Lurker.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
(Tis true! More appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
 Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), Two, Three, Four (new! posted 16 Jul)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Glorfindela
Valinor
Jul 28 2014, 11:33pm
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It's looking fantastic based on this – perhaps better balanced in terms of the characters than DoS was? Thranduil, Bard, Thorin, Bilbo, Gandalf and Galadriel look really impressive. Thranduil is so graceful and wonderful to look at in that armour, and I love what they've made of Bard's character (Luke Evans is a terrific actor).
I also think the visuals (including the costumes) are lovely.
One thing I'm not sure about is the rickety cart – I don't know who or what is in it, and what its function is.
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Kendalf
Rohan
Jul 28 2014, 11:36pm
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Big, furry goats...I couldn't suppress a giggle. I'm really glad I've got nearly five months to come to terms with Dwarves riding goats...
Indeed. And I suspect that's why the shots are in there: to inure us to the slightly ridiculous notion. The same was done with Radagast's bunny-sled, too, if I remember correctly. "Get it in the first trailer so that everyone can get their 'What the heck?!' moment out of the way five months prior to release."
As for pretty much everything else in the trailer, again, like you, I thought it looked rather good. The aftermath of Laketown's destruction, for example, looks like it will be quite a moving section of the film.
Roll on December!
"I have walked there sometimes, beyond the forest and up into the night. I have seen the world fall away and the white light of forever fill the air."
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Avandel
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Jul 28 2014, 11:43pm
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Astute, intelligent, great writer, and LOYAL ("Loyalty. Honor. A willing heart - I can ask no more than that").
And WE Thralls think it's terrific that our enthusiasm and intelligence and various and sundry weaponry are cheered on. I accept the unofficial appointment as chieftain of Oakenshield fandom *grins*
tho I think I might have to polish my Orcrist replica to deal with all the other competitors  . But we dwarves are like that.
Times like these, we all need someone who has our back!
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Carne
Tol Eressea
Jul 28 2014, 11:46pm
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I wonder if the Iron Hill dwarves will show up as a surprise ala Rohirrim
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With the orcs fighting and then suddenly some horns blow and they appear over the ridge? I'd rather not see them reuse that scenario, but it seems plausible.
Actually, that shot of the rams is my favorite from this trailer
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Avandel
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Jul 28 2014, 11:47pm
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Hey Lurker - you are missing the party!
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*Grins* Thranduil w. 2 blades + a dose of epic badass Thorin + beloved dwarves IN GOLD ARMOUR = for me, nothing gets done today anyway. Except trailer replays .
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Kilidoescartwheels
Valinor
Jul 28 2014, 11:51pm
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I don't care if he IS being the bad guy, he's so "Majestic" in that crown!
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Avandel
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Jul 28 2014, 11:58pm
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There's the 50,000+ on Thorin's FB page, and that's not accounting for the RA Army - oh, I like those odds *grins*
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glor
Rohan
Jul 29 2014, 12:03am
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48hours before the trailer went live, I was in the Old Vic in London watching Mr Armitage in The Crucible, then that fantastic trailer came.
"Will you follow me one last time" chilling, spoken with power and dread, no cheesy, shouty, chewing the scenery nonsense that is the hallmark of every cheap 300/LOTR imitator that has come our way in recent years.
The Elves parting for Bard, was that an honour guard for the slayer of Smaug?, beautiful scene.
Oh, I just remembered, the new series of Dr Who starts this Saturday, someone book me a Geek Ambulance for Sunday morning...
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The Grey Wanderer
Lorien
Jul 29 2014, 12:11am
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riding goats (or pigs or sheep) immediately makes me think of "Bored of the Rings" - black riders on pigs, Merino sheep for the fellowship...fierce war bleats...
Sorry.
I am very curious as to how the whole Dain bit will work out though - have we seen any images of him?
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 29 2014, 12:11am
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So many feels! Tonight! Just hope work doesn't do a draggery drudge! Croas fingers and paws fer us precious!
Fan of both books and movies; it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment. But call me Lurker.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
(Tis true! More appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), Two, Three, Four (new! posted 16 Jul)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
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Dwarewien
Rohan
Jul 29 2014, 12:18am
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And I was thinking last night, Thorin's always charged in by himself re the pine tree scene - just seems to me like he's never really asked anyone to follow him, not like that. And I would.  There is one who I could follow. There is one I could call king.
because I've always said that I would follow Thorin anywhere, even into battle if necessary. Perhaps I could change the dreaded moment from happening (wishful thinking, but it makes me feel better)? And if you could make me an avatar of that image, I would gladly use it (not that I dislike my present one, but I usually change it when the next installment approaches. Same character, but different scene).
And can Thorin get any more epic (probably), since he seems to get more epic with each installment. Good casting, and I always wondered what he would look like with a crown (even if it is in fact Thror's from the prologue to AUJ).
Far over the Misty Mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away, ere break of day
To find our long-forgotten gold.
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Avandel
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Jul 29 2014, 12:18am
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Will you follow me one last time" chilling, spoken with power and dread, no cheesy, shouty, chewing the scenery nonsense that is the hallmark of every cheap 300/LOTR imitator that has come our way in recent years.
Tho w. a rip-your-heart-out voice like Mr. Armitage's, if he wants to chew scenery, I'm SO there. On the floor fainting, but still there.
Er, re Bard, it's suspected these are elves provided by Thranduil for Bard to command - but not known, really. 
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Avandel
Half-elven
Jul 29 2014, 12:25am
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The King Beneath the Mountain has come into his own - no matter what, I'm glad Thorin got home, is defending his home. And he will always be King Under the Mountain as far as I am concerned - everything else is just posing *grins*.
PS. If I can get to it, I'll make an avatar - but as some folks have pointed out I haven't done one for me yet  . For some reason I never get to it - and there are some like Black Fox, Pipe Dream and others I am just plain envious of! But if I can, I will!
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tarasaurus
Rohan
Jul 29 2014, 12:31am
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made me tear up :'( it's beginning to set in that this is the end of our journey in Middle Earth.
(This post was edited by tarasaurus on Jul 29 2014, 12:31am)
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Ham_Sammy
Tol Eressea
Jul 29 2014, 12:39am
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I teared up a bit watching it. It's reallyl going to be great. It's our last foray into Middle Earth and everything looks great here. Loved Bilbo's voiceover for the teaser, loved his song also as sung by Pippin. This just may be what Hollywood needs. It's been a down summer for them. They could use a shot in the arm.
Thank you for your questions, now go sod off and do something useful - Martin Freeman Twitter chat 3/1/13
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Rohan
Jul 29 2014, 12:45am
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focus on the actual 'battle' of The Battle Of The Five Armies. I remember us 'battling' it out here on the boards regarding the importance of Smaug and his demise, and from a marketing standpoint having imagery of the burning of laketown be a minor footnote in the trailer is a good way to reset audience expectations as to what is at stake and where things are going...
"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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Kim
Valinor
Jul 29 2014, 12:46am
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I suspect they're all in use at the moment, helping fans recover from SDCC and now this!
Don't forget to post your review of The Crucible over in Off Topic!
"Jagatud rõõm on topelt rõõm - a shared joy is a double joy". ~Estonian saying
“As such, you will address His Majesty as His Majesty, the Lord of Silver Fountains, the King of Carven Stone, the King Beneath the Mountain, the Lion of Erebor, the High King of the Dwarves, the True Treasure of Erebor, the Face that Launched 10,000 Sighs, or Thorin the Majestic..."
http://newboards.theonering.net/...forum_view_collapsed
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Jul 29 2014, 12:47am
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I couldn't get in earlier today, and just saw the trailer. Really excellent. The Hobbit is my favorite book, and I've loved everything about the movies so far. This looks to be really, really good. Can't wait!
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Kim
Valinor
Jul 29 2014, 1:41am
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after careful study all day, I think this is going to be one of those iconic images we'll be seeing a lot of.  Coincidently, my AUJ page a day calendar today is the shot of Thorin gazing into the distance as Balin tells the story of the Battle of Azanulbizar.
There is one who I could follow. There is one I could call king.
"Jagatud rõõm on topelt rõõm - a shared joy is a double joy". ~Estonian saying
“As such, you will address His Majesty as His Majesty, the Lord of Silver Fountains, the King of Carven Stone, the King Beneath the Mountain, the Lion of Erebor, the High King of the Dwarves, the True Treasure of Erebor, the Face that Launched 10,000 Sighs, or Thorin the Majestic..."
http://newboards.theonering.net/...forum_view_collapsed
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SirDennisC
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Jul 29 2014, 1:47am
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So, it is before the walls of Erebor, the doom of our time will be decided.
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The later part of the Hobbit is as much about the Return of the King (Under the Mountain) as it is about Bilbo... heck given Bilbo losing consciousness at a pivotal moment it may be more about a king returning than a hobbit. So far so good.
... yet this looks to be about t'nother king returning... the King of Dale. Fair enough, it's sort of implied in the original tale.
Speaking of implying, when I watched the trailer a few hours ago I was incensed by how Pippin's moment is cheapened by allusion to this tale. My initial thought was, "you're going to have to try harder than that to get the old guard excited about this one."
But now that I've had time to think about it, an anti-war movie may be just what the world needs right now. Perhaps there's more to this one than dazzles the eye?
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cats16
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Jul 29 2014, 2:05am
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Wow. Wow wow wow.
Like gramma, a few tears right now. Seemed like PJ was speaking at the end, asking to go on one more journey with him, too. Perfect.
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*grins* my kind of Ringer
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