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Well, that sucks. If they could snag Andrew Adamson and WETA, they might be able to swing it. But Peter Jackson would have been the best choice to do The Hobbit.
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Damn it. I know a nice group of self-absorbed, haughty polemics on minastirith.com who will howl in joy and piss on Jackson's grave now. People who've been posting in a 300-page "Why the films sucked"-thread for the last six years, thinking they are doing great important work for mankind. The site owner even labeled them "purists" for keeping with the books and called those who like both books and films "moviephiles".
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Sheesh....this is the "Making 173.6 million dollars is NOT good enough.....we need to nickel and dime everyone until was make 175 million!" mentality. Somehow you just know that if one of the Mental Midgets in charge got the idea, we would be seeing "Alien-eight vs. Hobbit" with Sigourney Weaver as Galadriel invading Thangorodrim to steal the Silmaril from the Alien Queen MilkyWay.
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It is now 20 November 2006. How long do we speculate until New Line realises just how badly they just fucked themselves?
I seem to remember Sir Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis both saying they'd love to reprise their roles "as long as Peter is making it". If they choose not to come back now, and if New Line tries to recast, can they genuinely believe the movie won't suck donkey balls?
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Well trading on the brand name alone they may get away with breaking even, though unless they do something really special I can't see it being a huge success.
If you really want to be mean though, you could say that based on the snorefest that was King Kong, Jackson may have lost his touch somewhat.
Personally I'm of the opinion that the Hobbit would be best served as a mini-series rather than a movie. For starters it's a slow episodic story with lots of wandering about followed by brief moments of peril that would better suit the mini-series format. I would imagine the DVD sales alone would make the endevour worth it.
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