A supposed Hobbit trailer

[Iggy McSnurd]

Iggy here:

Hello all.  I just watched something that claims to be the leaked
trailer for the Hobbit movie (that is said, at the end of the trailer,
to be coming out in December of 2006).

A couple of interesting things, though... 

1:  If there's still 2 years to go on the release of the movie, I can't
see them being as far along (or even started) with the special effects
for Smaug yet.

2:  It looks like Orlando Bloom will be playing the King of the Wood
Elves in the Hobbit.  (Apparently, they want him type cast as an Elf...
any Elf...)

3:  I don't remember any scene in the book where you have a man using a
shield to protect himself from a full-on blast of Smaug's breath...
especially when...

4:  The scenes that are supposed to be Smaug and said man using a shield
against his breath are all from the movie Dragonslayer.  (I wonder if
the guy who cobbled the "trailer" together didn't think that enough of
us out there haven't seen the movie at least enough to remember the
major parts... not to mention what Verminus Rex *looked* like.)


All those parts notwithstanding, whoever put the thing together is
actually rather talented as a video editor, so I have to give them kudos
for that at least.


Iggy McSnurd

Ps:  If anyone wants to see it, mail me directly and I'll send it to
you.  (I may wait a day or two and send it to anyone who wants it...)