{"id":49623,"date":"2011-10-31T08:35:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=49623"},"modified":"2011-10-31T08:35:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:35:04","slug":"aicns-first-report-from-the-sets-of-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/10\/31\/49623-aicns-first-report-from-the-sets-of-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"AICn’s First Report From The Sets Of “The Hobbit”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From Quint<\/em>\u00a0via\u00a0Aint It Cool News<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I’ll be kicking off a new, temporary, regular column that I\u2019m calling An Unexpected Journey because that\u2019s exactly what it is. <\/em><\/p>\n

A little over a month ago an email arrived asking of my interest in embedding myself on the set of The Hobbit for the entirety of their location shoot, spending over 2 months in New Zealand rolled in with the crew and writing up their adventures, hassles, triumphs and tribulations as they traveled all over the country shooting bits and pieces from the upcoming two-parter (sic) prequel to Lord of the Rings.<\/em>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quint’s first report, titled “An Unexpected Journey: Quint on the set of The Hobbit! Part 1 – Concerning Hobbiton<\/a>“,\u00a0comes from Matamata, New Zealand<\/strong>, the location of Hobbiton<\/strong>, and it is filled with all sorts of\u00a0Hobbitty goodness… and\u00a0SPOILERS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(so read the report at your own peril!)<\/p>\n

Some non-spoiler excerpts follow:<\/p>\n