It’s time to get our hands dirty with the latest Hobbit movie news and rumours again in the Hall of Fire!
There’s been a huge amount coming out over the past couple of weeks with the conclusion of the first block of shooting. Although script and plot details are being kept predictably close by the creative team, we do have a new production diary to analyse! What are your thoughts on the sets that we’ve seen? Where might they be? What scenes might have been being shot so far?
We’ve also had a rash of portrait photos of some of Thorin’s company of dwarves. What are your thoughts of how they look? Too “dark”? To hot? Just right? And what of the bios that have been published with each? What can we glean from poring through them? Continue reading “Movie rumours round-up this weekend in the Hall of Fire!”
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We’re about to kick-off our weekly Hall of Fire chat on irc.theonering.net. This weekend we’re back on our chapter-by-chapter read-through of the Hobbit and looking at chapter 8 — Flies and Spiders. Come join the discussion in The Hall of Fire!
We’re done! Thanks everyone for coming along!
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We’re just about to begin our weekly Hall of Fire chat on TORn’s IRC server (#thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net) and delve into a character study of Bilbo Baggins. If you’d like to join us, we’ll be kicking off in around 15 minutes.
We’re done! Thanks everyone for coming along!
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Bilbo. Bilbo Baggins. Only 3 feet tall.
Bilbo. Bilbo Baggins. Bravest little hobbit of them all.
Having traumatised you all with Leonard Nimoy’s atrocious verse, this weekend Hall of Fire will be looking at the many different facets of Bilbo Baggins. From the respectable and all-too-comfortable Hobbit we meet at the beginning of that self-same book, to the clever, brave individual who faces down both Smaug and Thorin Oakenshield at the end of the Quest for Erebor, what is Bilbo’s essential character?
Reluctant burglar, ring finder, spider tamer, dragon taunter, barrel rider, author, translator and historian, what makes him tick?
What makes him different from, say, Frodo or Sam? Is his essential character, in fact, closer to the carefree attitude of Pippin and Merry?
Join us tomorrow (Saturday July 2 at 6pm EDT) in #thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net when we’ll discuss these questions and many others as we look at “the bravest little Hobbit of them all”. Continue reading “Hall of Fire this weekend: Bilbo Baggins!”
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We’re about to begin (15 minutes away at time of posting) our chapter discussion of The Hobbit. This weekend it’s chapter 7 — Queer Lodgings. Join us using the handy link below!
We’re done folks! Thanks to the hordes of people who came along and made such a fine discussion! Next weekend we’ll be doing a Bilbo Baggins character study.
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We continue our chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Hobbit tomorrow rejoining the Company as they soar over the Misty Mountains on eagles’ wings.
After their lucky escape from the goblins, their only possessions are the clothes on their backs, so Gandalf leads them to the house of an odd friend. So odd that Gandalf takes a very peculiar approach to securing his help!
What manner of being is Beorn? Why is he so gruff? And what does the way he treats his visitors — and his unusual servants — say about him? What of the plan they hatch to cross Mirkwood forest? Inspired? Or desperate? And where is Gandalf off to?
Join us tomorrow (Saturday June 25 at 6pm EDT) in #thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net when we’ll discuss these questions and many others as we look at Chapter 7 of ‘The Hobbit’ – Queer Lodgings. Continue reading “Hall of Fire chats The Hobbit tomorrow!”
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