The Hangout Nazi- NO HANGOUT FOR YOU!

[GradyWilson]

To pose as a 9 year old kid to piss him off

...Said Corey Feldman to Michael Jackson....

[Sheik]

You have the voice to do it

[deadlegion]

Cookie and Shard said it best.
Milking the franchise

I can understand this pov.
But if you really think about it, movies based on these books should be long.
Lotr trilogy should have been way longer.......but I know it never works that way.

[GunSlinger Boy]

.Z

[Iamerror]

Yeah, but i don't know if there's enough material to justify making three movies. I'm afraid that one will be filler, or part of each movie will be filler.Of course, they want to milk this for all they can get. But three movies..I don't know.

[Sheik]

I can understand this pov.
But if you really think about it, movies based on these books should be long.
Lotr trilogy should have been way longer.......but I know it never works that way.

True indeed.
I guess condensing the storyline too much hurts it, and just stretching out to the most boring of exposition doesn't help sales, it's just the material you have to work with.
LotR is a good, lengthy source, which is probably why when they were adapting it, the movies didn't suck harder than a vacuum in a black hole.

[Iamerror]

The movies were good, my only complaint was the second movie was cut short. I enjoyed the movies and I'm glad Gandalf will be back. I'm excited to see what they do with this book. I'm definitely going to see it.

[deadlegion]

True indeed.
I guess condensing the storyline too much hurts it, and just stretching out to the most boring of exposition doesn't help sales, it's just the material you have to work with.
LotR is a good, lengthy source, which is probably why when they were adapting it, the movies didn't suck harder than a vacuum in a black hole.

Still, I think it may have been possible to create say, 2 films based on The Hobbit first.......and then spam the world with a set of three trilogies (9 movies) for lotr.
There's even room to create a movie (or maybe more) based on some of the stories from The Silmarillion.

[Sheik]

The movies were good, my only complaint was the second movie was cut short. I enjoyed the movies and I'm glad Gandalf will be back. I'm excited to see what they do with this book. I'm definitely going to see it.

Breaking the Bank

[GunSlinger Boy]

i can't STAND The Lord of The Rings books. i like The Hobbit, but not the main three.

[Sheik]

i can't STAND The Lord of The Rings books.

[deadlegion]

i can't STAND The Lord of The Rings books. i like The Hobbit, but not the main three.

The Hobbit was written for small children.
Lotr was written for older kids

[Iamerror]

A movie based on The Simarillion. That book could be another trilogy. Good idea.

[Sheik]

Still, I think it may have been possible to create say, 2 films based on The Hobbit first.......and then spam the world with a set of three trilogies (9 movies) for lotr.
There's even room to create a movie (or maybe more) based on some of the stories from The Silmarillion.

Nah.
Let's NOT give the film industry ideas

Although that would secretly be worth it, if done right.

[GunSlinger Boy]

it's true. way too wordy. they spend too much time on things that translate into todays market as "space filler"