9.27.2012

Les Miserables Movie



An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.







9.20.2012

New Hobbit Trailer: A Peek at "The Riddle Game"


Watch Gollum and Bilbo make a bet in this new trailer! In time for Bilbo's Birthday (Frodo's too!) on the 22nd of September and the 75th Anniversary publication of "The Hobbit" on September 21.





"If Baggins loses, we eats it whole."- Gollum


Read "The Hobbit" Online! (or Click Picture)







9.19.2012

Star Wars Anime


Paul Michael Johnson aka Otaking77077 created a beautiful anime version of Star Wars this version with added sound effects and music by JPL4185. A work in progress that is spreading faster than a Tatooine dust storm,  enjoy and reminisce!






9.17.2012

Robbie A SciFi Short Film by Neil Harvey



A robot at the end of its cycle drifting through space for 6000 years  retells its life from the beginning.
Sci-Fi short film by Neil Harvey using NASA footage to develop the story of "Robbie".


9.11.2012

"My Mama Says I Can't Be In Your Gang," - Michael Clarke Duncan

Tom Hanks a close friend of MCD retells a story while making the Green Mile about how he joined a gang in his youth... a fond memory from a big guy with a big heart...




Michael Clarke Duncan  with Tom Hanks in "The Green Mile"

9.08.2012

Dr Who - Dalek Asylum



 

Dr. Who Season 7 Premiered with a record 6 million viewers a hit both in America and Britain. Premiere episode brings the doctor in confrontation with his old nemesis the Daleks.
Together with Rory and Amy they go where no sane Dalek has gone before... The Asylum of the Daleks! Where they meet Oswin, a crash survivor making souffles while waiting to be rescued and just realizes she's not human anymore...





Meet the doctor's future new companion a nice surprise as the chatty Oswin played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. Its unknown if she keeps Oswin or changes to another character for the companion.


The Doctor leaves a Dalek Parliament, records erased, shouting a question... Doctor Who?


Episode 2  The Doctor meets a Space Pirate, Queen Nefertiti and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship!



9.07.2012

Google Celebrates 46th anniversary of Star Trek

Google celebrates Star Trek TOS (The Original Series) with an interactive doodle, Google letters transform into Spock, Uhura, Kirk, McCoy, Sulu and a Red Shirt!

Mouse over  Uhura ("O"), the console (phasers,communications), and the Red Shirt ("e") head over the turbo lift and open the hatch release the tribbles! Selecting the transporter console brings you to  the "Arena" planet and mouse over various objects to fight the Gorn!

Happy 46 years Star Trek!
Live Long and Prosper!



9.03.2012

The Hobbit's 3 titles - An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, The Battle of the Five Armies


A reluctant hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home - and the gold within it - from the dragon Smaug.





The Hobbit's three titles- An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and There and Back Again. Extending the story from the original plan of two films to a trilogy means we will see more, hopefully even the "Battle of the Five Armies" where Bilbo sat through knocked out unconscious.

The  Hobbit is a tale of Bilbo Baggins and his adventure to the Iron Mountains with a company of dwarves and a familiar Grey Wizard.

While at Oxford in the 1930's Tolkien began writing on a blank piece of paper,  "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." soon by 1932 he lent out a finished manuscript to friends which got into the hands of Stanley Unwin who had his son review it. Rayner Unwin loved it and Stanley Unwin decided to publish "The Hobbit".

First edition sold out with popular reviews  subsequent printings led to Stanley Unwin asking Tolkien for a sequel. Tolkien showed drafts for "The Silmarillion" but Stanley wanted more Hobbits! Tolkien began writing a new story that will become "The Lord of the Rings".

Directed by Peter Jackson who also wrought the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.



The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.




From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.

Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain.

As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.





Hobbit Release Dates:

14 December 2012 (An Unexpected Journey) 

13 December 2013 (The Desolation of Smaug) 

December 2014 (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)








"The Hobbit" 1966 12 minute version by Gene Deitch


www.thehobbit.com

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