The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

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On this date in 1892.

Been awhile since we discussed it, so: What are some of your favorite scenes from any of the books, or any of the various media adaptations? Yeah, I know, I know. I could just say "pretty much everything" and not be far off. But:

• In The Hobbit, I really love:
  • the dwarven-song at The Unexpected Party, especially in Nicol ( Read more... )

boingboing.net points us to some incredibly great Soviet-era illustrations for The Hobbit. There are also videos at the bottom, from a Soviet TV movie of same.

You may have been aware that there's a new take on Alice this Sunday night on SyFy. You may not have been aware that there's The Hero of Time, a new fan movie based on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, that will be available for online viewing or free download on Dec. 14.

There's also a very cool teaser making the rounds for Buck RogersThere' ( Read more... )

The Tolkien Estate has settled with New Line Cinema regarding unpaid royalties. Beyond insane is this quote from the statement of Alan Horn, Warner Bros. president and CEO:We deeply value the contributions of the Tolkien novels to the success of our films....
Gee, good to know that you deeply value the contributions of the fucking novels you ( Read more... )

Thanks to eleri for linking up to the official page for what could be a fan-film phenomenon. The trailers look fantastic, and the official HD premiere online is next Sunday.

Any other good fan films we need to know about? New ones, or classics we haven't discussed in awhile (such as my two favorites, Grayson and World's Finest).

On this date in 1892.

What are your favorite stories, movies, and games of quests? Obviously, for me, The Lord of the Rings (both book and film) and The Hobbit top the list. I also love Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksennarion, Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion, Ultima IV, Final Fantasy VII, the Elder Scrolls games, King Kong (1933 ( Read more... )

So sorry for not posting the past few days, but I've been busy. Very very busy ( Read more... )

Finally confirmed: Guillermo del Toro will directWe've played this casting game before, but it's a good time to play again. Chances are superb that we'll have Ian McKellen back as Gandalf, Ian Holm as Bilbo, Hugo Weaving as Elrond (possibly a cameo by Liv Tyler), and Andy Serkis as Gollum. Very possibly John Rhys-Davies as Gloin (father of Gimli ( Read more... )

As everybody and their left aunt has reported, Peter Jackson is once more involved in the filming of The Hobbit. No decision yet as to who will direct, but obviously I'm holding out for PJ his own bad self ( Read more... )