The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Games Workshop

[fastolfrus]

Saw the new sets at Pudsey today.

Couldn't believe some of the prices.
Goblin town at £30 for about the same amount of plastic as a set of Renedra tents or a pontoon bridge.
White Council £40 for 4 figures? For that price I would expect them to be gift wrapped by Cate Blanchett.

Hardback rulebook £50, I suppose compares to other people putting books out at £30 (although most of those come with a free metal figure), so it's actually quite cheap on the GW scale - it should probably cost £80 or £90.

[Hildred Castaigne]

I'm still aghast that he's able to bet a "sack of Yeti pubes"  Honestly, who keep that around the house?

What is the problem?
I keep a bag of yeti pubes around my neck, to ward off evil spirits.

[twrchtrwyth]

What is the problem?
I keep a bag of yeti pubes around my neck, to ward off evil spirits.

You do know that we have Frothers for this sort of thing?

[thebinmann]

The goblins are nice minis but the figures for the hobbit seem a world away from the LOTR ones, does this mirror the film, Not sure why the style was changed....

Indeed, the theme for the second or third film will be the bits alluded to in The Hobbit but not defined, I imagine that Peter Jackson is looking to tie up the threads that appear in LOTR, a kind of filler between the two films using much of the history that JRR created.

Are they making 3 Hobbit films? Wow! I thought 1 was ll there was!

[P_Clapham]

From what I understand it's going to be split up like this.

Part one - The Journey to Mirkwood
Part Two - The White Council vs the Necromancer
Part Three - Journey to the Lonely Mountain, and the Battle of the Five Armies

I'm looking forward to part two.  It doesn't appear in the story itself, I think it is alluded to in the Simarillion.  We will have a epic throw down between Sauron in his guise as the Necromancer of Mirkwood, vs Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel, Elrond, and Radagast.

The goblins are nice minis but the figures for the hobbit seem a world away from the LOTR ones, does this mirror the film, Not sure why the style was changed....

Are they making 3 Hobbit films? Wow! I thought 1 was ll there was!

[tnjrp]

It's been known for ages that The Hobbit movies are going to be a trilogy...

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For that price I would expect them to be gift wrapped by Cate Blanchett

A gift wrapped Cate Blanchett? I'll take three!


No wait...



D'oh!

[Hammers]

If cinemas are going to go down this road then bring back the intermission I says. In fact it would be a stupid nanny state rule I could go for.

I quite liked the intermissions we had back in the days of olde. They heightened the enjoyment.

[Mason]

I quite liked the intermissions we had back in the days of olde. They heightened the enjoyment.

I, for one, am always one for an intermission.
Sitting down for a film at a cinema is a sure way for my bladder to decide that it needs emptying!
I know that it is psychological, but when I am relaxed and watching a film at home, knowing that I can press pause anytime I feel like it is a wonderful relaxant...

But thats just me...

[tnjrp]

It's been known for ages that The Hobbit movies are going to be a trilogy...

And on the subject of the first part thereof, it looks like IGN is the first to note it's already December 5th in Kirimati and Auckland
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/04/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-review

ETA: well actually there were a couple of reviews out before that even but the embargo was supposed to last until Dec 5 AFAIK... Anyhow, here's the most sensible review I've managed to read so far:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/review/397416

Picture quality issues aside, it sounds a lot like the movie's going to have quite a bit of "bloat", which is a bad thing to be sure.

More here, as usual:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hobbit_an_unexpected_journey/

[fastolfrus]

I quite liked the intermissions we had back in the days of olde. They heightened the enjoyment.

The intermission after the supporting feature was always best, even better when you got a short feature, a cartoon and a documentary.

[Doomsdave]

I have gone your route Mason and turned home into the cinema. Those big FO tellys these days mean you dont miss anything and being able to pause or even divide those new epics into a few sittings is a godsend.

This exactly.  I rarely go to the theater anymore.  I spend less to own the DVD and watch in the comfort of my own home.

[Grimmnar]

This exactly.  I rarely go to the theater anymore.  I spend less to own the DVD and watch in the comfort of my own home.

Been trying, unsuccessfully, for years now explaining this very fact to my mother each and every time she looks at my DVD collection and comments. Unless the movie is a "must see" in the theaters, which means i will be getting the DVD as well, i will wait and see it when it comes out then. :-)

Grimm

[Legion1963]

From what I understand it's going to be split up like this.

Part one - The Journey to Mirkwood
Part Two - The White Council vs the Necromancer
Part Three - Journey to the Lonely Mountain, and the Battle of the Five Armies

I'm looking forward to part two.  It doesn't appear in the story itself, I think it is alluded to in the Simarillion.  We will have a epic throw down between Sauron in his guise as the Necromancer of Mirkwood, vs Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel, Elrond, and Radagast.

I see....a three part adventure again. Well, i am definitely looking forward to it. But i will another 6 years before we will see the end of it. Ah well, times flies anyway.

[CptJake]

On the cinema stuff too many people are agreeing with me on here of late. Stop it! How am I ment to be a rugged individual blazing his own one man trail if you lot are like 'yeah we agree with Scurvo'?

I'll not agree with you on the movie thing.  You got the big popcorn bucket and the super sized drink and you need to get up and use the restroom?  You just admitted you have a big bucket and a huge cup!  What kind of an over priviledged wuss needs to leave his seat to have a wizz?? 

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

According to Swiss film website cineman, the film titles are as follows. 
 
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)