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This Russian version of The Hobbit, made in 1985, is nothing less than fascinating. You may have a hard time following it unless you understand Russian, as there are no captions, but it’s nevertheless always intriguing to see how someone else visualises Middle-earth.
Some background via the Youtube comments: Technically this is not a movie. It’s a theatrical performance filmed on a TV studio. That’s what “телеспектакль” stands for. Think of it as of a TV show for little children. These were pretty popular at the time, because soviet televison didn’t have anything you could call a “show” in modern sense. Also, the narrator here is Zinovy Gerdt — one of the most famous and recognised soviet actors.
There’s also a sub-titled MST-3K style parody (bad language warning!) here.
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Sharon Eberson from the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette interviewed “Tolkien scholar” Janet Brennan Croft she is a consultant for the film-makers of the Hobbit movie trilogy.
Her job for “The Hobbit” filmmakers is to make sure that writers are not bringing in outside sources because the rights are for specific Tolkien works.
She said has made continuity suggestions as well. “They have fixed some of the things I have mentioned [in the first film], but I don’t know if it was because of what I noted,” she said. “They are changing things all the time; the film was different than the last script I saw.”
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Over on Tracksounds.com, Doug Adams (author of Music of Lord of the Rings) discusses Howard Shore’s score for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Stream the Episode 54 of The Soundcast directly from the site, or download the podcast and listen later. In the episode, Adams discusses the effect of the format on film experience, how the score caused people some headscratching, and why this whole thing is just a huge “game of themes.” It does take the panel a fair chunk of time to actually get down to talking about the OST. If like me, you find that frustrating, you might want to skip the first 10 minutes or so.
Episode Highlights
00:00 Blunt the Opening and Doug Adams Intro
05:46 What we were expecting from this film
9:58 General reactions and comparing to Lord of the Rings
11:45 Reacting to the film and it’s music (spoilers)
31:21 Headscratching: Reacting to the score
49:56 A Game of Themes?
78:50 Wrapping it up
[The Soundcast]
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Our Tolkien-loving friends on Google+, The Hobbit Movies, have just completed a full transcript of The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey. They (and we!) hope it will be a useful adjunct for everyone who enjoyed watching the movie and wishes to think about it further. This transcript is not official, and is of course not in any way meant to replace watching the movie; it is a fan-made supplement. Continue reading “A fan transcript of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
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If you’re a fan of the Eaglemoss Company you know they do some of the coolest figures in 1:25 scale. During The Lord of the Rings trilogy, they produced numerous figures representing some of the many characters we saw in Peter Jackson’s adaptation. Now, Eaglemoss is back to produce the same high level figures for Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit; right now on their website you can get a look at the first six figures in this series. Currently shown on the Eaglemoss site are: Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Dwalin, Bolg, and Gollum. If you order now, there is a free gift offer which includes a larger figurine of Bert – one of the three trolls – as well as a stand to place your figures on. These figures cost 7 pound sterling, and come with a special magazine based on each character. As of now these figures are only available in the UK; hopefully those of us in the US can get our hands on these from EagleMoss soon.
You can check out the full range so far at: Eaglemoss: The Hobbit Trilogy
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