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TheImaginator
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Apr 24 2014, 9:02pm
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What are your top 5 most anticipated things in BOTFA?
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Just a thread for positive hype and anticipation :D SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK
Mine are:
5. Thorin's death and final words to Bilbo
4. The final few scenes of the film. Really excited to see how these are handled
3. Showdown at Dol Guldur
2. Smaug in Laketown
1. The Battle of Five Armies!
What are yours?
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NecromancerRising
Gondor
Apr 24 2014, 9:10pm
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1)Thorin's Madness
2)The Battle of the Five Armies
3)The aftermath of the destruction of LakeTown
4)The Resolution of the Dol Guldur plot
5)The funerals of the Line of Durin
6)The fate of Tauriel
There are more but right now,these are the scenes i anticipate the most.
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Rohan
Apr 24 2014, 9:13pm
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1. how the hell they are going to kill off thorin/fili/kili and make it believable and not tauriel cheesy
2.the bo5a
3.billy connolly
4.smaugs attack on laketown
5.cram
(notice no non canon things stick out as anticipation)
This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party.
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Skaan
Lorien
Apr 24 2014, 9:37pm
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1. Howard Shore's music
2. Smaug's attack on Laketown (really hope they show off his power here)
3. Beorn arriving at the BOFA
4. White Council attacking Dol Guldur
5. Dwarves breaking out of the mountain to fight at the BOFA
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tsmith675
Gondor
Apr 24 2014, 9:37pm
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When it comes to abbreviations, either/or.
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It's apparently The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. But I don't think it matters with abbreviation. BoFA is so much nearer than TBotFA. Just like FotR is neater that TFotR, DoS is neater than TDoS. I think the The's can be taken out of abbreviation to make it cleaner. Even BotFA is nicer than TBotFA.
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Avandel
Half-elven
Apr 24 2014, 9:38pm
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LOL - how about the 5 things I dread the most?
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Because there's going to be a lot in BOFA or BOTFA that I'm really gonna hate. But anticipating (as a Thorin/dwarf lover):
1) The reunion of the company
2) Bard/Smaug
3) Finally getting a look at Dain hopefully on a war-boar (and here's hoping he is an uber-badass)
4) The thoroughly magnificent Thorin being magnificently, heartbreakingly, insane and finding out what RA means when he talks about Thorin becoming fixated/obsessed w. Bilbo (not sure of the exact words) - and also being the ultimate badass and this "suicidal charge" w. the rest of the company. (Having another clash w. Thranduil and/or firing off an arrow at whoever is getting on his nerves would be nice).
5) The deaths of those *bleep* Azog and Bolg who needed to be taken out a while ago, and hoping Beorn tears it up.
Dread:
1) The obvious re the Heirs of Durin
2) Possibly too much focus on elves and/or Legolas and why he does what he does re LOTR, as I never liked having his motivation pounded into me, and Legolas becoming who he is in LOTR re a possible tragedy is just too boring for me.
3) Possibly being too upset to care about the last 20 minutes or so of the movie *sigh*. Thank God for Martin Freeman and his wealth of talent that will probably help.
4) Remarks about "looking forward to insanity/funerals". It's not that I don't understand that - I do. I just flinch anyway because I personally am not looking forward to that (that goes way back from reading the book, too).
5) The obvious because I'm already nostalgic for the fun of the last couple of years, the PR leaks, the first casting news, the first trickle of dwarf images - hard to let go. And I hope PJ doesn't, really. LOL just a bit more Middle Earth! Please?
"Richard Armitage’s performance has been one of the best things about the new trilogy, making you believe that a hairy dwarf, so often the comedy element of the LOTR films, can be a heroic, tortured, and dangerous badass." - Den of Geek, The Hobbit: There & Back Again, 7 Apr 2014 - 07:07
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Otaku-sempai
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Apr 24 2014, 10:14pm
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Is it BOTFA or BOFA? Because it's either TBOTFA or BOFA, but not intermixed.
The formal title is, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
For brevity, I plan to use either TH:Bo5A or just BoFA.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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KingTurgon
Rohan
Apr 25 2014, 1:01am
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Basically everythin Dol Guldur
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1. Seeing more of Saruman
2. Seeing more of Saruman in action
3. Seeing the White Council take down the Necromancer
4. Seeing Galadriel fight
5. Seeing more of Gandalf
6. Seeing more of Radagast
7. Seeing more of Elrond
Also
- Seeing more of Smaug
- Seeing more of Laketown
- Battle of the Five Armies
- More Thranduil
- More of the Dwarves besides Kili (he got enough attention in DOS)
- More of Erebor
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Intergalactic Lawman
Rohan
Apr 25 2014, 2:30am
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I've lost faith in these movies...
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...so i'll give you my least anticipated 5 things!
-legolas surfing a risen from the dead smaug!
-more horrible cgi
-unnecessary deviations from a brilliant book
-crazy creepy love triangles
-toilet humor
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Nira
Lorien
Apr 25 2014, 3:34am
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1. end credits
2. "never laugh at live dragons"
3. new costumes
4. extent of Bilbo's role during the battle
5. more serious/emotional scenes will be a welcome departure from silly/pointless scenes
Ok, I'll jump on the skunk-party-band-wagon:
1. CGI Legolas & CGI Tauriel surfing on something
2. Radagast character damage
3. video game-like action sequence
4. decapitation #374
5. Random departure from the book to focus on a character who's name isn't Bilbo
"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. Don't the great tales never end?" -Samwise
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Apr 25 2014, 3:54am
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Hands down the most important scene in the movie. KS
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Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Apr 25 2014, 7:54am
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1) BOFA!!!
2) Thranduil ('im biased  )
3) Dol Guldur and the White Council (how is Saruman going to manage things without giving himself away or being seen to be a traitor by his new BFF?)
4) Smaug's takedown
5) The Aftermath and the loose-ends tie ups
Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Thranduil Appreciation: I, II, III
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Arannir
Valinor
Apr 25 2014, 8:07am
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1. Politics before Bot5A
2. Smaug's Death
3. Thorin's Death Bed
4. Tauriel's Fate
5. WC
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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Boromir Stark
Rivendell
Apr 25 2014, 9:11am
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1. Dain and the dwarves from the Iron Hills on their giant boars :)
2. The Battle of Five Armies, specifically the final duel between Thorin and Azog, and Beorn cleaning house.
3. The Battle of Dol Goldur.
4. Smaug's attack on Lake Town.
5. The ending. I have no idea what they're going to do with it, so I'm excited for that.
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Kilidoescartwheels
Valinor
Apr 25 2014, 1:52pm
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A few not mentioned (Spoilers)
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1. Gandalf learning about Bilbo's ring
2. Laketown destruction - it will be EPIC!
3. Thranduil in full fighting mode
4. Tauriel's fate (pretty sure Radagast will survive, not so sure about her), and
5. The final song by whomever - I only know it won't be Enya or Leonard Nimoy (LOL!)
What I'm NOT looking forward to:
1. Thorin's madness and eventual death
2. Fili & Kili (sob!)
3. If the final scene is Balin coming to visit Bilbo before leaving for Moria (more sobs, I really like him!)
What I'm NOT expecting, but think would be COOL:
Saruman finding the Pollantir after rescuing Gandalf - and a great tie-in!
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FoFo64
Rivendell
Apr 25 2014, 2:06pm
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1. Thorin's fatal blow and final words to Bilbo
2. Thorin's Madness
3. Dol Goldur Battle (SARUMAN!!!)
4. The Battle of Five Armies
5. Smaug's Laketown Attack
Clearly I'm more into the dramatic aspect of the story. 
'It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing...such a little thing...' Boromir; Fellowship of the Ring Film
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Apr 25 2014, 2:17pm
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Not in any order of preference...
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1. Seeing how the White Council drives Sauron from Dol Guldur.
2. How Jackson resolves the Bard/Windlance/Smaug issue.
3. How Jackson structures the Battle of the Five Armies.
4. Who lives, who dies, who gets to kill whom.
5. How Jackson handles the return journey, the auction, and the visit from Gandalf and Balin.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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MirielCelebel
Rivendell
Apr 25 2014, 7:53pm
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Because it's either TBOTFA or BOFA, but not intermixed.
I'm pretty sure it was always called "Battle of Five Armies" but because of the title change I know what to believe anymore!!!
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Apr 25 2014, 7:55pm
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Either is fair game.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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DanielLB
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Apr 25 2014, 9:05pm
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Honest question O-s.  At least in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, he is consistent in his use - the Battle of Five Armies
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Otaku-sempai
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Apr 26 2014, 11:46am
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Yes, although I guess I'll have to look it up.
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In The Hobbit, Tokien introduces the event as the Battle of Five Armies. It is referred to in the same way in the prologue to LotR and in the chapter "The Shadow of the Past." It is in Appendix B, "The Tale of Years," that the battle is called the Battle of the Five Armies.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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DanielLB
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Apr 26 2014, 12:23pm
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Thanks Otaku-sempai, I had never caught that.
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elostirion74
Rohan
Apr 28 2014, 6:11pm
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my most anticipated things in BOTFA
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1. Bilbo's return to Bag End and the auction.
2. Bilbo handing the Arkenstone over to Bard/Thranduil
3. The White Council coming to Dol Guldur
The two first are really crucial moments and include both drama and comedy as well as having Martin Freeman and Lee Pace interacting in one of them.
The third I anticipate mostly because of the execution of the action; I thought they did a great job visually with Sauron's battle with Gandalf at Dol Guldur
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