The Hobbit (the Jackson films)

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Thank you so much for the links, Alex! Nothing wrong with Elves, not at all, but I would much rather have seen some pics of Smaug....I wonder if they are trying to keep him under wraps as much as possible until they can release the movie?

[Alex the Dabbler]

The video of Smaug at the end of the trailer looks great.  He moves like a certain fictional detective!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Thanks for posting a link to the article, Hon.  Somebody showed me the cover last night but the article is even better, if one doesn't mind a few spoilers.  (For anyone who's read the book, the spoilers relate mostly to how Jackson is amplifying the story.)

[Carol the Dabbler]

From Sherlockology:

 

 

 

Just posted by Peter Jackson on his facebook page - Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch reunited on the set of The Hobbit!

 

 

 

 

And below, the image that accompanied the news that Martin Freeman has now completed filming on The Hobbit trilogy!

 

 

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

Those pics are sooooooo sweet!!!

Oh also this website is brilliant for like all the Hobbit news you want: www.theonering.net sorry if the link doesn't work I'm on mobile and I can't do links manually, there isn't an option There's also a chat on there if you want I go on it sometimes. My nickname is Alatariel.

Edited July 21, 2013 by Carol the Dabbler
made the URL into a link

[Carol the Dabbler]

Thanks, SH/LotR/Zelda Fan!  The One Ring is indeed a brilliant site, and you've corrected a major oversight by adding that link (which is a link now) to this thread.

 

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

Thanks for making it a link! I really should use the computer version more...

[Carol the Dabbler]

You're welcome (it was no big deal) -- and I'd much rather you posted from your mobile phone than plan to post something next time you're on a real computer, but then forget.  Carpe diem, and all that!

 

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

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You're welcome (it was no big deal) -- and I'd much rather you posted from your mobile phone than plan to post something next time you're on a real computer, but then forget. Carpe diem, and all that!

Yeah, I will post on my phone, but I will definitely ask for some time on my laptop quite often (my mum still kind of "rules my life", so yeah. I am only 10).

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

(my mum still kind of "rules my life", so yeah. I am only 10).

Just let her know that we are rated "G" for general audiences. We all are all age friendly. Awwww heck! Why not invite her to join you next time you come visit then she can see for herself.

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

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(my mum still kind of "rules my life", so yeah. I am only 10).

Just let her know that we are rated "G" for general audiences. We all are all age friendly. Awwww heck! Why not invite her to join you next time you come visit then she can see for herself.

Yeah...she always wants me to do something "educational"...well, isn't this educational?!?! It certainly involves a LOT of thinking.

 

PS aaaarrrrgggghhhh my avatar is so weird!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Weird is good.  Just think of it as "distinctive."

 

I remember being ten.  My father ruled the TV, so we always watched the shows that he liked.  Fortunately, I do think he would have liked Sherlock!

 

[Caya]

You're 10? And yet you do all that number-crunching and morse-code theorising about IOU in the other thread?   

 

Well, that settles another forum discussion. The third Holmes isn't Sherrinford, Mycroft and Sherlock got a baby sister .

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

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You're 10? And yet you do all that number-crunching and morse-code theorising about IOU in the other thread?

 

Well, that settles another forum discussion. The third Holmes isn't Sherrinford, Mycroft and Sherlock got a baby sister .

The the Morse Code idea was Julia Mae's, I just did the...working out. Same with the other one.

 

Ok, who's Sherrinford? Also please, I am young, but I'm not a baby ^_^ I don't really care though. I am top of the class. Maybe. I do tend be called clever but then that's by like the stupidest people in the class. And apparently I get high marks in my tests (we're never told WHAT we get). I suppose I generally don't care about other people, and at the moment I definitely don't have friends. Except one but then she left so but we still email each other . Hmm...I never realized I was so similar...

[Carol the Dabbler]

Maybe "baby sister" is an American expression -- it merely means one's youngest sister.  I still have a baby brother, and he's got gray hair now!  (Or were you just teasing us?)

 

Sherrinford was never in the Conan Doyle stories -- he's a third Holmes brother invented for some long-ago fan fiction.

 

[Caya]

What Carol said - if I offended you by the term, I am sorry, I merely meant to say that you were the youngest sibling.

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

Ah ok, just as long as you didn't MEAN offense

[aely]

My mum still introduces me to people as her 'baby' (meaning youngest child) even though I'm in my 40s, when I asked her why she still did this she said, "you'll always be my baby" and I can't find it in me to object to that.

 

I don't get called baby sister by my big sisters, but kid sister, which amounts to the same thing. Mind  you, in Liverpool 'Our Kid' pretty much refers to any younger sibling when referred to by any older sibling which can get complicated in big families.

 

 

And if Mummy is M (I think Judi Dench would make a fine mum to both Sherlock and Mycroft) in my own and other people's head canon, then I think that new Q has to be their younger brother...

[Carol the Dabbler]

I'm actually the oldest of Mom's children, but she still refers to me as "my baby girl" (because my siblings are both male).  As you say, can't argue with motherly love!

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

And Sherlock is very educational. Especially if one is into the forensic sciences. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle studied medicine under a Dr. Joseph Bell who could do what Sherlock does as in just looking at a person and be able to tell a lot of their life history just by their clothes, the callouses on their hands and things like that.

 

Sir Arthur, though a doctor actually did detective work, helping to solve several crimes. He also advanced scientific methods of crime detection and experiments which he wrote up in his Sherlock Holmes stories that were very accurate and came to be used by police forces all over the world.  So your Mom could well consider this a very important educational tool indeed.

[SH/LotR/Zelda Fan]

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I'm actually the oldest of Mom's children, but she still refers to me as "my baby girl" (because my siblings are both male). As you say, can't argue with motherly love!

Wow really? I'm 10 and I don't remember my mum calling me "my baby girl" ever! Of course she has, when I WAS a baby, but either my memory is getting terrible or she hasn't for a looong time...

 

Wow Fox, I didn't know that! That's awesome!

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

I don't know if you mum allows you to watch Youtube but there is a dramatization of Sir Arthur's student years under Dr. Joseph Bell. I believe the film itself is called "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes". It is part of the "Murder Rooms" dramatization. A series that centered on Doyle and Dr. Bell and their crime investigations. If not on Youtube, you may be able to find the full films on Amazon or see if a local video store either carries them or might order them for you, if you are interested.

 

The draw back to ordering it is that it is British made so the DVDs will only play on a Region 2 dvd player. I think there are free internet programs that you can download to allow your computer or laptop play Region 2 movies but that will be if your mom feels it worth it. Or let her look at the Youtube option. They play on any laptop or computer without any problems.

[Alex the Dabbler]

The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey Extended Edition release information has been announced and we'll have to wait until early November:

 

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/07/31/76235-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-extended-edition-release-dates-content-pricing-announced/

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

The "nearly nine hours" of extras sound good, starting with the "13 extra minutes of footage edited and scored directly into the film."  They're apparently doing lots of behind-the-scenes documentaries (as for LotR), and there's an audio commentary by Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens.  But I'm somewhat disappointed that there's apparently no additional commentary by the actors, as there was for LotR.

 

[Earendil]

Sorry if it's been posted before, but this is my favourite Hobbit/Sherlock crossover.