/don't really see it working

Awww isn't that sweet. Star Wars nerd submitter is butthurt.

If you have not watched the new BBC show Sherlock that he is in you won't understand why he turned down The Hobbit. It's honestly an amazing show. It will be coming to the States in a month or so.

I think I've watched the 3 (90 minute) episodes about 10 times each and they keep getting better and better.

Will own the Blu-Ray the day it's available in Region 1.

Tronne: If you have not watched the new BBC show Sherlock that he is in you won't understand why he turned down The Hobbit. It's honestly an amazing show. It will be coming to the States in a month or so.

He could have done both; the next three episodes don't run until next year, which means they're not made yet.

/Just watched all of Sherlock this weekend; it's all sorts of awesome.

//Though Freeman was great as Arthur Dent

His brother can fill in.

Tronne: If you have not watched the new BBC show Sherlock that he is in you won't understand why he turned down The Hobbit. It's honestly an amazing show. It will be coming to the States in a month or so.

Thanks! My wife needed another show to watch

/didn't take a month or so

zez: Thanks! My wife needed another show to watch

Won't keep her occupied for long; it's only three 90-minutes episodes.

/but the replay value is high
//and the wall totally had it coming

Tronne: If you have not watched the new BBC show Sherlock that he is in you won't understand why he turned down The Hobbit. It's honestly an amazing show. It will be coming to the States in a month or so.

I think I've watched the 3 (90 minute) episodes about 10 times each and they keep getting better and better.


This. I was a little worried when the show started with a flashback (trying to avoid spoilers here), but the series sucked me in pretty fast(thanks bittorrent).

But damn you BBC for making us wait so long for new episodes!

I really, really hate to be that guy, but:

Who?

Old enough to know better: This. I was a little worried when the show started with a flashback

It begins exactly where the original Study in Scarlet does, down to the same war in the same country.

It's better than the original which is without a doubt the worst of the Holmes stories because it does away with the convoluted plot involving Mormons.

it's too bad its not happening, he's perfect for the role. i haven't heard of sherlock, checking that out immediately.

fusillade762: I really, really hate to be that guy, but:

Who?

Martin Freeman (new window)

He was in the the UK version of The Office, Richard Curtis' Love, Actually, and played Arthur Dent in H2G2. He's currently playing Dr John Watson in Sherlock which will be on your local PBS station this fall.

Party Boy: RodneyToady: I misread that as "Morgan Freeman." Now that would have been epic.

This Morgan Freeman?

That video made my week.

RodneyToady: I misread that as "Morgan Freeman." Now that would have been epic.



I wish I could tell you that Sam fought the good fight, and the Elves let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but this is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - hobbit life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Sam would show up with fresh bruises. The Elves kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Sam - that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him

*holding The One Ring* "Gollum. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away."

It could work...

Dwight_Yeast: Old enough to know better: This. I was a little worried when the show started with a flashback

It begins exactly where the original Study in Scarlet does, down to the same war in the same country.

It's better than the original which is without a doubt the worst of the Holmes stories because it does away with the convoluted plot involving Mormons.

Not criticizing, just saying. I'm not really a big Holmes follower but you have to admit, the idea of setting the characters in a modern world had the potential to suck hard. Thankfully it didn't and is one of the best things I've seen this year.

Old enough to know better: Not criticizing, just saying. I'm not really a big Holmes follower but you have to admit, the idea of setting the characters in a modern world had the potential to suck hard.

The older I get the more of a Holmes fanatic I become and I have to admit that I was repelled by the idea when I first heard of it, as I was sure it was going to be nothing but FAIL.

But then I found out that Steven Moffat was the creator, I watched his Jeckyll (which is excellent) and I heard people raving about it here, so I watched it and was won over.

Dwight_Yeast: fusillade762: I really, really hate to be that guy, but:

Who?

Martin Freeman

He was in the the UK version of The Office, Richard Curtis' Love, Actually, and played Arthur Dent in H2G2. He's currently playing Dr John Watson in Sherlock which will be on your local PBS station this fall.

He also made an excellent Rembrandt:

Bipedal creatures "walk" to get from one place to another in a world without cars, planes, or trains. Story at 11.

In the harshest place in Middle Earth, Bilbo finds a ring.

Just for fun, I recently re-read The Hobbit. That's going to be a hard-ass movie to make if Peter Jackson wants to keep the LotR universe he created, particularly if he wants to have a LotRish "middle story" of the years between Bilbo and Frodo. There are more continuity problems than a Star Trek marathon. About the only thing from Jackson's LotR universe that fits was making the Dwarves a goof race.

rynthetyn: Dwight_Yeast: Old enough to know better: Not criticizing, just saying. I'm not really a big Holmes follower but you have to admit, the idea of setting the characters in a modern world had the potential to suck hard.

The older I get the more of a Holmes fanatic I become and I have to admit that I was repelled by the idea when I first heard of it, as I was sure it was going to be nothing but FAIL.

But then I found out that Steven Moffat was the creator, I watched his Jeckyll (which is excellent) and I heard people raving about it here, so I watched it and was won over.

The whole "In Moffat We Trust" thing clearly applies not just to Who but everything the guy touches.

It's not just Moffat. It's Mark Gatiss (One of the creators of The League of Gentlemen) as well. It's basically a genius collaboration. If you have not watched the 3 episodes yet you will be stunned by their quality.

This is just fine, since Mike Mahaffey should play Bilbo.

slayer199: Agrees

Careful, now. You might make some of the guys in this thread puke all over their keyboards.

Damn, I always thought he would make the best Bilbo. Still, why would a paper write "it was one of the most difficult decisions of his career" if they could quote him directly? I smell bullshiat.

Somacandra: RodneyToady: I misread that as "Morgan Freeman." Now that would have been epic.

I think we all probably did. I was trying to figure out why they'd have Bilbo narrating as he did in the animated one, if I remember correctly. One thing is for sure: people everywhere love the sound of his voice.

The last thing that went through Smaug's heart, other than Black arrow, was wondering how Bilbo ever got the best of him.

Martin Freeman turned down will not be available for the role of Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit movie that probably won't get made and will just be more boring walking like in the Lord of the Rings

Obnox: RodneyToady: I misread that as "Morgan Freeman." Now that would have been epic.



I wish I could tell you that Sam fought the good fight, and the Elves let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but this is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - hobbit life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Sam would show up with fresh bruises. The Elves kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Sam - that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him

The first night's the toughest, no doubt about it. They march you in naked as the day you were born, without even a pocket handkerchief, and when they put you in that goblin cave... and you tumble into a crevasse as you scream for dwarves... that's when you know it's for real. A whole life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it. And a riddle-contest.


I'd like to say that Bilbo fought the good fight, and the goblins left him alone. But Middle-Earth ain't no fairy tale world.

In TA1601 Bilbo escaped from the wood elves prison. All they found of him was a muddy cloak, a bar of soap, and and some smutty pictures of naked Beorn. I remember thinking it would take a man six hundred years to escape with all the dwarves. Old Bilbo managed it in less than a year. Oh, Bilbo loved maps. I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature. A moon-letter here, a rune there. Geography is the study of people and places. That's all it takes really, people, and places. That, and a big goddamn magic ring. Like I said, in prison a man will do most anything to keep his mind occupied. Turns out Bilbo's favorite hobby was stealing elvish wine, a mouthful at a time. I guess after the Necromancer was defeated, Bilbo decided he'd been here just about long enough. Biblo did like he was told, trimmed his toe hairs. The guards simply didn't notice. Neither did I... I mean, seriously, how often do you really look at a hobbit's feet? Bilbo crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shiat smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to. Five hundred yards... that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.


I'd like to think the last thing that went through Smaug's heart, other than Black Arrow, was how Bilbo Baggins ever got the best of him

Obnox: RodneyToady: I misread that as "Morgan Freeman." Now that would have been epic.



I wish I could tell you that Sam fought the good fight, and the Elves let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but this is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - hobbit life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Sam would show up with fresh bruises. The Elves kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Sam - that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him

You know, at one point in the story the dwarves actually get stuck in an elf prison dont you?

Jeez.

There's actually quite a bit on imprisonment going on in that tale.

slayer199: Agrees

Funnily enough, I actually watched a clip from one of Kevin Smith's evenings where he basically expresses the same opinions as Randall, and I'm really surprised because it's made me think that Smith's a giant jerk.

I get that Randall might say that. Randall will start an argument with anyone, just for the fun of it. But for a director like Smith to describe LOTR as "3 movies of people farking walking" shows how ignorant and shallow he is.

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Oggy!

Oggy!

Oggy Oggy Oggy

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"...Have you spoken with Oggy lately?"

joeyromeo: Oggy Oggy Oggy

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Oggy Oggy Oggy

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Oggy!

Oggy!

Oggy Oggy Oggy

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"...Have you spoken with Oggy lately?"

That was him just n...you don't even know him.

Tronne: It's not just Moffat. It's Mark Gatiss (One of the creators of The League of Gentlemen) as well. It's basically a genius collaboration.

Gatiss is still on my shiatlist for "Victory of the Daleks", which should have been much better than it was, but his involvement in Sherlock is pretty awesome, including the character he played.

And the League of Gentlemen is one of the best things that's been on TV in the last decade; it's a shame it hasn't been run here in the States.

Haters gonna Hate.

Watson! I want Gatiss to write the next three episodes.

The Great Game > A Study in Pink

I'm no LOTR/Hobbit fan, but seriously? That dude would rock as Bilbo!