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3/31/2013 7:04:41 PM
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Will the Hobbit Trilogy be viewed as Star Wars' Prequel trilogy?
Assuming the quality of the next two films are around the same as the first film, do you think the Hobbit Trilogy will be viewed as the Star Wars' Prequel trilogy to most people? As in, vastly inferior, tarnished the original series' reputation, etc? Or do you think the Hobbit films will be held in a higher pedestal?
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All I know is that there is a dragon in the next one, so it can't be bad.
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You realize the story for the Hobbit was written years before LOTR, right?
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2 RepliesEdited by GKR: 4/1/2013 9:04:20 PMAbsolutely not. Although An Unexpected Journey wasn't as good as any of the Lord of the Rings films, the new trilogy will never be viewed with such hatred the Star Wars prequels receive. The Hobbit won't alter previously established lore, have humor that appeals to toddlers (though in my opinion Radagast is a bit too bizarre), or completely change the appearance of the franchise.
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2 RepliesAn Unexpected Journey was better than The Two Towers, in my opinion. So no. It's gonna be -blam!-ing impossible to top Return of the King, though, considering it's my favourite film of all time. Come on, Jackson. Give it a shot.
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1 ReplyUnless they completely fix all the things they messed up, then I will. Unexpected Journey suffered from alot of the problems that Phanton Menace did. Not many people disliked the Hobbit though for some reason so it will probably be viewed as a good trilogy.
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Yes, except no.
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Lord of the Rings is a terrible series anyway.
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It's only a prequel in the movie sense. Tolkien wrote the Hobbit long before the LOTR trilogy.
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In relation to the LOTR trilogy yes. Not in general probably though.
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1 ReplyNo. The Hobbit is pretty good.
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3 RepliesEdited by Madman Mordo: 3/31/2013 7:48:23 PMWhat about the middle ground? Sure okay, it wasn't on par with the original trilogy, but it had relatively large boots to fill, and I don't think that was the original intention anyway. The Hobbit is good in its own right. It doesn't try to replicate Lord Of The Rings or live up to its expectations. It goes a different route and tries to tell a story in its own unique perspective. So in a way, the two trilogies probably shouldn't even be compared. I think it's slightly unfair that everyone is comparing them. The Hobbit has limited content due to there being only one book, whereas Lord Of The Rings had 3.
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Nah. I really liked the Hobbit. Besides, we still have two films left. I can't make a judgement like that quite yet. If they're on the same level, I'd be OK with it.
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I am personally looking forward to it, the first one was quite good even though it had a different feel than the LotR but so did the book.
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Edited by God: 3/31/2013 7:16:49 PMMy only complaint with the first one was that half the time it looked like a video game and there was a lot of [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ds4xhz-xIY] big lipped alligator moments[/url] like the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nxC18gs1V4]rock-em-sock-em golems. [/url] Other that that it stayed true to the source material, which admittedly is not as epic as the LotR trilogy, and a lot of the stuff they added like the pale orc and necromancer only improve the original story. I don't think it's fair to really compare it to the main trilogy since it's a different kind of story and it's not exactly intended to live up to the same level of expectation.
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3 RepliesTheres going to be three Hobbit films? Why...
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Nah. The first one was actually very good. Bilbo (and his actor) were both fantastic. There were some changes I didn't agree with, but overall I think they did a fantastic job.
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Edited by OptimusPrime 15: 3/31/2013 7:08:35 PMI don't think so. I found the first one to be very good. I think the prequel trilogy got a lot of flack because of the way Anakin was portrayed. Bilbo is awesome. The first movie was incredibly good and I hope the next 2 do the same. I still think the original trilogy will be considered better in the long run.
