Couple of threads got TH going on in this forum already - particularly
this one 
But yeah - really looking forward to it, though not so convinced with the 3 picture deal it's now generated into. LotR of course was published in a 3 (double) book format so never had any quibbles with that and, like you I watch the buggers frequently but have read the books a
lot more (I've lost count but it's in the high double figures if not triple
).
I'm hoping that they've done a good background research job with the 'untold' stories behind Gandalf's excursion to Dol Guldur and with the pre-Hobbit events with Thorin's father and with the other Dwarvish storyline with Dain in the Iron Hills - potentially there's enough for 3 films even though the main part was in a fairly thin (for Tolkien) tome if they try to stay within the story arcs in canon, but it's pretty much a grubbing around fest in the
Silmarillion and
Unfinished Tales or some of the volumes from Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle Earth to assemble a decent screenplay to fill 3 movies. But the Jacksons have a good track record mostly so yeah - I have high hopes for it
by HobbitFeets » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:57 pm 
