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Bishop
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Oct 25 2014, 1:30am
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Finally! We know why Smaug doesn't have 4 legs!
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I've always been very curious about this detail and how it caused the production team to have to go back and adjust Smaug's design mid films and redo AUJ. In the behind the scenes of the DOS EE we finally learn why. Peter Jackson simply decided to change the design during a meeting because he thought Smaug looked like a dog with four legs. I'm not disappointed at all, but I must admit I expected something more elaborate than that.
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leonmuse
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Oct 25 2014, 2:13am
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He's been making some bad decisions lately that make me think... maybe his age has something to do with it. Maybe he's cracking, is all. His choices for LOTR were better, imo. Maybe it's not as simple as i'm implying, but it is a possibility.
__________________________________________________________ "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell."
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Barrow-Wight
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Oct 25 2014, 2:19am
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"Mad Jackson" a character who used to make crazy decisions about his films then vanish with a bang and a flash and reappear with sacks of money, became a favourite character of legend and lived on long after the true events were forgotten lol
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Earl
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Oct 25 2014, 2:21am
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Well, sometimes it's the simple things that make you realize you've gone way off
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It's like Gollum from the old animated film. You look at him and think "He looks like a frog". If the original design for Smaug made PJ go "He looks like a dog with wings", I think that's revelation enough that the design needed changing. Just my thoughts. And by the way, I don't have the EE yet, but I assume you meant "dog with wings" because all dogs have four legs.
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Bombadil
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Oct 25 2014, 2:29am
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Littl' ol' me would RATHER WATCH
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A Mad Man makin' a Movie Maxxin' me to the point... of "STuPID Happy" Than.... som dumb Soap Opera? All HAIL CReAZZY PJ "life iszz TOO Short to be Sober? ALL the time..." (Bomby smokin' SMOKE RINGS ...some of THAT STUFF thazz LEGAL in Colorado)
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Barrow-Wight
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Oct 25 2014, 2:29am
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that's funny cause In the cartoon Smaug looked like a cat lol
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Earl
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Oct 25 2014, 2:31am
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... a fuzzy ol cat. I can just hear him mouthing "...and my breath... DEATH!"
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Bishop
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Oct 25 2014, 2:34am
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THE DECEMBER - The legend comes to life
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leonmuse
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Oct 25 2014, 2:35am
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I'm very fond of the old 1977 Hobbit Cartoon/animation
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Imo, it's far better than the Hobbit movies, if it's just to make this comparison. I'm very fond of it and wish they'd made the whole LOTR trilogy, not just ROTK which wasn't nearly as good as The Hobbit one.
__________________________________________________________ "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell."
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leonmuse
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Oct 25 2014, 2:38am
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My dear Earl! Are you aware there's a new animated The Hobbit feature coming soon (november 26 to be precise) and that they'll release every one of the 19 chapters from the book? I can give you guys the link, if you want!
__________________________________________________________ "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell."
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Earl
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Oct 25 2014, 2:39am
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And I will admit some parts actually conjure up that feeling of sombre and grim adventure I got from reading the book that PJ's films do not. I think it's all the action, the lack of character moments, and the colour grading in PJ's films that make the film "less real" for me. Still I like these films as well. They have their own merits.
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tsmith675
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Oct 25 2014, 2:41am
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I think that was a great choice.
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I saw the clip. Four legged Smaug looked weird. It looks completely badass in drawings, but the designs they were working with didn't look right three dimensional.
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Bombadil
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Oct 25 2014, 2:41am
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IMAGINE yourself in Seatoun in 1996?
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A Littl' chubby guy Hiz Beautiful Wife & their Next door Neighbor THE THREE....slip into a HOT TUB that turns into a Time Machine.. MUCH Later... they emerge aZZ... Multi-Million Dollar Babies...currently in 2014 NICE PLOT LUV thozze guys or GET out of the ROOM?
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Bishop
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Oct 25 2014, 2:49am
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But I don't know about Dragons. It's funny actually, he stuns the room of producers/designers/animators into silence, who have spent the last two years designing dragons with four legs. John Howe kind of sticks it to him, as he demonstrates on his computer "There's Smaug with four legs. A very traditional dragon". Then he clicks on the image and the front legs disappear. "And this is Smaug.......with two legs. So, once Smaug had finally decided how many legs he really had, you need to go in and readjust the entire anatomy.....". Now, just for the record I think Smaug looks awesome. And looking at some of the early directions, we can all thank bombadil they landed where they did. It's hard to believe he would have looked stupid with four legs though. Or like a dog with wings. And yes, the animated version had no shortage of feline.
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Earl
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Oct 25 2014, 2:51am
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Thanks for putting that in context
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It's hard to imagine how it went down without seeing the BTS videos myself. I can't wait to watch them.
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Bishop
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Oct 25 2014, 3:07am
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On the EE are phenomenal. It's always awe inspiring to see how these films are made. The trials and tribulations are equally as fascinating.
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Lindele
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Oct 25 2014, 3:08am
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what you call 'bad decisions' is obviously subjective because I think Smaug with 4 legs would have looked ridiculous…like something out of a terrible 'Hobbit' cartoon rather than a beautiful, poetic cinematic adaptation. I'm not saying that I agree with all of his decisions but this was definitely a good one…very good.
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Lindele
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Oct 25 2014, 3:12am
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the design in the cartoon is so horrendous…the complete opposite of Tolkien's beautiful creation, like they weren't even trying…and the music, PLEASE. I understand that it has sentimental value to some people…but just based on the music and design alone, the cartoon is enough to make me want to crawl in a hole and cry…and it can not even be mentioned in the same sentence as Weta and Howard Shore's work without making me laugh.
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Scorchster
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Oct 25 2014, 4:08am
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Probably because movement looks odd with 4 legs
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I think that a Smaug with 4 legs would look amazing just lying on his pile of gold; the issue is probably with animating him walking around - I have a hard time picturing him doing it elegantly as a 4 legged creature. And I agree, looking at the final design in DOS, I don't really have any complaints about how Smaug ended up!
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mae govannen
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Oct 25 2014, 4:39am
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In full agreement with you. //
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'Is everything sad going to come untrue?' (Sam, 'The Field of Cormallen', in 'The Return of the King'.)
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mae govannen
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Oct 25 2014, 4:42am
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Find this decisison excellent, as you do. //
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'Is everything sad going to come untrue?' (Sam, 'The Field of Cormallen', in 'The Return of the King'.)
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mae govannen
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Oct 25 2014, 4:47am
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The legend of PJ the Great, yes,
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whose last 'Hobbit' film demonstrated he is the same genius as before... with his own flaws like anyone else. just as before.
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mae govannen
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Oct 25 2014, 5:16am
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Speaking of this specific decision of his, I find it a good one,
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and generally so in most other cases as well, so I don't share at all your overall conclusion, so unbelievable for me that at first I thought you must be joking.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 25 2014, 7:11am
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Large 6-legged reptiles just don't work, anatomically. Critters that develop wings do so by evolving their forelegs, as Smaug seems to have done. Smaug's design was magnificent.
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BlackFox
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Oct 25 2014, 8:53am
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Smaug is a masterpiece.
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