Preparing for The Hobbit

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Have you written it down in your. calendar? Have you put a little. footnote? Are you going to see it? December 14th. Absolutely. I'm going to. see it on December 14th. Probably not. I'm taking my whole family. So, you. know, we all need to sit together and. extended family. I don't know. Just like. that. Those kids that nobody knows. about. No, just just the kids that my wife is. aware of. You're taking the legitimate. children and the legitimate wife. Yes. Family number one. You're taking family. number one as soon as we can. Right. I'm. going to take them. And yes, we are. excited about it. But I thought it would. be good now. You know, we've got we.

still have like two weeks to prepare. Be. good for us to discuss it. Make sure. we're all on the same page. We know all. the things we need to know. Review some. things that you shouldn't know. What do. I mean? What do you need to know? And. have Well, you need to know that it's. it's the prequel to Lord of the Rings. I. hope you knew that. I knew that. But. some of the people who are going may. just be riding the wave of just uh sheer. pop culture. They may know very little. here. Um but we should at least have the. conversation that all of you have been. having about The Hobbit, the movie. So,

let's just tackle those things right off. the Yeah. Every conversation that I've. been involved in about The Hobbit in the. past couple of months has been, "Do you. hear they're making three movies out of. the book?" Yeah. It was two and then. they decided to make it three. And you. know, the book is only one book. I mean, and it's more like a kids book. It's not. really like, you know, the Lord of the. Rings trilogy. I mean, do you really. think I don't think this really supports. three films? What do you think? I don't. think so either. Of course, I've. pre-ordered my tickets to all three. Even though even though they're not. available, but I do two is pushing it a.

little bit to be honest, but three is. like the envelope has come out and. there's like Hobbit blood all over the. floor. There's nothing in it except. Hobbit. Oh, hobbit blood. Hobbit blood. is green. Did you know that? I think. you're getting confused with like the. orc blood. Well, now we're talking. These guys don't watch Lord of the. Rings, man. Goblins. What? It's a. prequel. Who? Tom. Every single conversation that I've been. involved with has been just like that. No, but it it seriously has been. Okay.

It was only going to be It's one book. It's going to be two movies. They. changed it to three movies. how how you. know people I am seriously there's a. legitimate question there but it's it's. a question that I've had in my heart of. hearts because I want it to be as. awesome as an experience as I had with. Lord of the Rings. I cried before when. the opening credits of Return of the. King came on like there were tears. coming out of my eyeballs. Listen, I'm. just because I was so happy. Oh, I cried.

at all. I cried at all three of the of. the Lord of the Rings the opening. credits though. No, no, no. I mean I I. don't cry much during movies, but I. cried during my fans. We both read all. all the books. I had read The Hobbit, you know, I actually read The Hobbit. first because, you know, my my brother. read The Hobbit as a um when he was in. high school, what is this? And I and so. I read that first and then in college is. when I read the the trilogy. But so I've. been anticipating this and I and the way.

that those three movies were stretched. out over a long period of time and I. felt like I could enjoy them. I'm. excited about the fact even though. there's probably, you know, they're. going to be good. I mean, they're not. going to be bad. And it's I got three. years to look forward to I was excited. to hear they were doing three. I was. still very skeptical. But when I saw the. trailer, the tears No, I didn't get the. tears, but I got some sensation that. could have led to tears. I got misty. mountain eyed. Yeah. So, I you know, I think it's going to.

it's obviously it's a children's book. more than more of, you know, a not just. children's book of Lord of the Rings, but I I think it's going to be funny. I. think it's going to be satisfi I just. can't wait. I I just the the the. trailers I don't like to watch trailers. for movies that I know I'm going to see, but I had to watch the trailer to gain a. certain sense of confidence that that I. wasn't going to be let down. You did and. I got the confidence. Now, you did hear. it is rated NC17, so there's a problem. Really? Yeah. The hob the the hobbits. are but they're very hairy. There's a.

lot that goes on in underground in those. houses. And that's not true. Uh I'm excited. about it. And I Well, first of all, hey, did you hear that they it's going to be. released in 48 frames per second, man. It's like they wanted it to be more. real. So they, you know, they did 48. frames. That's twice as many frames, man. Do you know that there are 24. frames in a second in every normal film? But that's twice as many, man. That's. like twice as much in your brain. No, but it's going to look like home video. I mean, it's just going to look like.

home video. I don't want to pay 10 10. some odd dollars to watch home video. You may have heard this. I have home. video of the Hobbits already. That not. only did they shoot uh the Hobbit with. 30 red cameras, and that doesn't mean. that they were just like painted red. That's a type of camera. Three of them. were though, and they ran out. And they. shot in a high frame rate. You know, most of most films that you watch are in. 24 frames per second for reasons that. we're not going to go into. Well, so. that when you move, you're kind of like. 24 frames. And so Peter Jackson along. with James Cameron, they've been pushing.

higher frame rates. I think James. Cameron is pushing 60 frames per second, right? I think that's what he's been all. over the past couple years. And now. Peter Jackson is pushing 48. But the. problem is that you normally watch like. sports and TV in a higher frame rate. And so what they said is that when they. previewed this thing at Comic-Con, everybody had a horrible reaction to it. because they thought that it looked like. a home video. So it's only going to be. released in one theater in Los Angeles, I think, in 48 frames per second. And. then 20 different theaters, but I don't. know. But we're going to be back home, but only once. We're going to be back.

home in North Carolina, and I don't know. if we're even going to have the option. I don't want to watch it in 48 frames. per second. But it's like watching two. movies. I like if I go watch the 48. frames and you go watch the 24 frames, I. see twice as much movie as you do. You. do think about it. Well, unless you. blink a whole lot. Well, that's You're. going to have to blink more and it's. going to blinking taken into But you're. going to blink the same amount. So, I am. not. It all balances out. It's funny. that we're not even talking about 3D. because of this. I'm not I'm not even. going to watch it in 3D because I. already got glasses. All the glasses I'm. talking about. I don't want it to I'll. be pushing them up the whole time. No, I.

just I want to be You're not going to. watch it in 3D. I don't think I'm going. to either. Sit back and enjoy it. Um, but the thing that we've done to get. ready is actually the same thing. I. started reading Lord of the Rings once I. knew the movies were coming out. I'll be. honest, I'm late to the game, but I'm I. started with The Hobbit before I read. those. And now I'm reading this Hobbit. This is your fancy version of the book. I'm reading this with the kids because I. want to take the kids to uh it' be a. shared family experience. I'm reading it. to my kids also. And I'm ahead of you,

by the way. Pictures. I'm catching up. with you though because your kids told. me where you're at. I'm catching up. I. don't Well, I can I could go home. tonight and finish. Well, I I'm going to. I'm going to start reading right now. I'm going to call I'm going to stop. right now and start reading this and. catch up with you and beat you. But you. know what? If you have a question of how. far are you supposed to read in order to. cover the material that is covered in. the first, how far are you supposed to. read? I mean, I'm not going to read in. the first I don't read, but if I were to. read, how far would I read? Peter. Jackson is in order to like commenserate. with the end of the season one. You. don't want to commenserate with it. Uh.

he's playing this pretty close to the. vest, as they say. But I think that if. you get to about is it about page 100? Anyway, if you get to the place an even. number, if you get to the place where. they're about to be attacked by the. goblins and the wolves and the eagles. come and save them, that's how far you. need to read and you will cover the. first uh movie's material. You talk. about being attacked by there's a lot of. talking animals in the Hobbit. And I. just I I'm really curious how they're. going to do that. I'm I'm very concerned. that all of a sudden it's going to turn.

into like computers, lion witch in the. wardrobe. They're going to use. computers, link, they're not going to. get animal, but just the tone of the. film. I aren't Are you a little. concerned about that? You know, eagles. rescuing people and talking. I have a I. have a sneaking suspicion that the eagle. will speak like this. Is that how you. voice the eagle when you're uh reading. the words? I have a voice for all the. characters. And this is the voice of the. eagle. king. He she speaks as if he's soaring.

A soaring voice. Well, birds are have a. natural calm disposition and are very. wise. Do you have a voice for each of. the dwarfs? Cuz there's like 13 of them. My voice for the dwarves is like this. They all kind of sound like this. Really? Snap, snack, the black, crack, grip, grab, pinch, nap. Cuz there's like. 15 of them. Well, how many? There's 13. of them. There's 13 of them. Mine ended. up sounding a lot like Gandalf. I talk. like this when I'm a dwarf. I'm Thoren.

the king. Son of Thra son of Thrawn. Well, I was doing that but I but I was. doing that but you can't get through a. chapter. Yes, I have I only read a. quarter of a chapter. and then my Gandalf is very close. My. Gandalf is very much like this. How how. does your elf how does your elf king. talk? My elf king doesn't talk. The. what? I've gotten to that. Oh yeah, I'm. ahead of you. No, no, no. I have gotten. to that guy. Uh, mine talks like Gilbert. Godfrey. I've had eight.

times. Hey, I'm the elf king. Hey, get. out of here. Hey, I think my elf king. talks like this. And Bard talks like. this. Kind of like John Wayne. Bejorn. Bard the the Bard the the man at the end. who talks like John Wayne. But what. about Bejorn? Not really. What about the. dude that turns into a bear? I don't. know what voice that is. He talks kind. of like this in my book. That's Kand.

No, Kand. You shall not pass. But Bejorn. is more down in here. It sounds the same. to me. What about uh Martin Freeman? How. do you talk? Do you actually do an. impation? Bilbo talks like this. I'm. going on an unexpected journey. I wish I. could get back. Mine's pretty much the. same. I wish I could get back to my. wonderful little hobbit home. I can have. some bacon. I would like to have Mine's. more breakfast and some sexy breakfast.

Mine's more airy than yours, but he's. he's his eyes are wide open, too, though. We should do the cartoon. You. know, that's we should do the cartoon. We should be working on Me and you. should do the cartoon. You know, there. was an animated version of The Hobbit as. I watched as a child. That would sell. I. feel like I'm ready now. All right. If. you're not ready to watch The Hobbit. after this episode of Good Musicical. Morning, then you're a loser, man. You're no fun. You're looser. Loose. I'm. going to take my book and go home. Remember, leave a comment. Greatest.

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