Comments on: A Change of Hobbit

By: fighella

fighella — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:37:57 +0000

I am in the process of reading Peter Jacksons Biography. Good stuff!!

I don’t think he should bother with The Hobbit.. but I think he wanted to turn it down rather than have them take it away… it just woulda been polite… (something like that)…

I don’t think that The Hobbit movie will be as compelling either way, after what they did with LOTR, it’s going to be hard to get excited about the same thing… 15 Oscars, 15 Hours of Movies, DVDs, Rereleases all that stuff… Although it will make millions and billions of dollars…

Anyways Thats my 2 cents.

By: David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:37:42 +0000

I keep hearing that LOTR fanboys want Ian Holm back to play Bilbo. That idea seems pretty ridiculous to me. The dude’s in his mid-70s, and the amount of makeup/CGI work it would take to get him looking 40ish years younger for an entire 3+ hour film isn’t worth the effort. I say, find a talented no-name young Brit with a passing resemblance to Holm and go from there.

By: Stephanie Leary

Stephanie Leary — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:17:21 +0000

You don’t think they should get Ian Holm back to play Bilbo?

An animated, musical Silmarillion is a Silmarillion I might actually be willing to see.

By: tommyspoon

tommyspoon — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:54:49 +0000

Totally with you on the Rankin Bass “Hobbit”. By far my favorite animated film.

By: Kate Elliott

Kate Elliott — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:54:48 +0000

I’m so with you on the Silmarillion as animated musical.

As for The Hobbit, I can’t work up much concern one way or the other.