Have you finished all of your Christmas shopping yet? If you’re like us, you have a few more things on your list and what better way to complete the task than buying some Hobbity presents. TORns staffers Mithril and Altaira scoured the internet to find the perfect Hobbit-related presents to celebrate the holidays and the release of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and we were astounded by how many wonderful choices there are. So, without further ado, here (in no particular order) are our top 10 gift suggestions for your favorite Hobbit fan (even if that happens to be you). All amounts are in U.S. dollars.
1) The musical score special editions: Amazon (DOS $19.29; AUJ $21.15)
Journey from the Carrock through Mirkwood to Laketown and on to Erebor, swept up in the intricate and thrilling soundscapes of Middle-earth created by Academy Award-Winning Howard Shore. The special edition features twelve extended tracks, a bonus track, expanded liner notes and interactive sheet music packaged in a hardcover DigiBook.
[Desolation of Smaug] [An Unexpected Journey]
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Join Happy Hobbit’s Fili and Kili as TheOneRing.net’s official representatives on the black carpet of the Word Premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, held on December 2, 2013 in Hollywood. You’ll also get a glimpse of Air New Zealand’s new Smaug plane, find out what goes on behind the scenes as press, and of course, hear a little about TORn’s latest moot (or gathering, for those who don’t speak Entish!).
Below are some of the highlights from the night and weekend of festivities. For more pictures and lots of fun, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Fili, Dis, Thorin, and Kili. Durin family photo! At the moot.
The “other” Fili and Kili are Happy Hobbits!
Smaug and Bilbo before the infamous incident.
On the black carpet!
Kili and Fili and Kili and Fili!
This Kili and Fili love Azog!
Evie gives some Happy Hobbit love.
Dean recognizes Fili, making her a very happy hobbit!
Bofur (Justin): the unsung hero! Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
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Editor Note: Our latest staff review comes from staffer and second half of the Happy Hobbit team, Fili. The Happy Hobbits were TheOneRing.net official representatives at the ‘black’ carpet premiere of ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ this past Monday in Hollywood, CA. (You can see the unedited video coverage in our uStream archive)
As a word of warning, Fili’s review is filled with SPOILERS from the very beginning. If you are avoiding spoilers of any type, please know — you have been warned!
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Continue reading “Fili’s Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
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If you mosey on over to the official website for The Hobbit film trilogy, you can catch yourself a listen to one of the tracks from Howard Shore’s score for The Desolation of Smaug. It’s called A Feast of Starlight, and it’s track number eight on the first disc of the special edition (and number seven on the standard edition). It’s not the whole track, just a little tease of strings and woodwind, and a hint of choir, but it’s very sweet. Continue reading “Listen to A Feast of Starlight from The Desolation of Smaug soundtrack”
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Itching for a little bit more of The Desolation of Smaug ahead of its December release? These new stills from the film have been up for a couple of days at EW – but in case you missed them, here they are for your viewing pleasure.
There are several new images of our beloved main characters, as well as many new ones joining the cast for the first time – including Bard (with his son Bain in tow), Thranduil, Tauriel, and some very fearsome looking Gundaband Orcs. Continue reading “New Desolation of Smaug photos from Entertainment Weekly!”
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An exciting chat is in store for Tolkien fans on TORn Tuesday, our weekly livestream webcast! So much to discuss as we take an unflinchingly close look at the newest HOBBIT: DOS Sneak Peak (or trailer #3, if you will) that is delightfully Bard-centric! A bevy of U.S. and international fans join us to discuss details with geeky abandon in the built-in Barliman’s chat room on our Live Event page here..
Join us on theonering.net/live as Cliff “Quickbeam” Broadway and Justin “Almost Finished Reading It” Sewell as we bring all aspects of pop-culture knowledge to bear on a lively conversation on the effectiveness of this newest trailer!
Continue reading “TORn TUESDAY *Live* DOS Trailer Frame-by-Frame Discussion!”
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