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48fps seems the way forward for 3D if it makes it easier on the eye, but it looks like 24fps should stay for 2d viewing.

I was so looking forward to the hobbit, but now I am worried :(
 
Sooo... this 48 fps thing. Does this mean if I want to get the best viewing experience, I need to research which cinema offers a 48fps screening of The Hobbit? It's all terribly confusing, and now I am totally worried that when the time comes to watch the most anticipated film in my life, I won't be getting the best viewing quality :(
 
Going by the reaction to the 48fps footage so far, it wouldn't surprise me if they reconform to 23.98, especially if test audiences aren't happy with how it looks.
 
I'll be seeing it in 2D 24fps first.

From what I have read, the 48fps seems to be suffering from an almost "uncanny valley" type reaction. One projectionist said something like, "it looked like real life on a cinema screen, but not in a good way".
 
I'm more worried about Jackson changing the story for no reason as he did many times in LOTR, in one of the behind the scenes they've released it had...
the dwarves fighting trolls, since when did that happen in the book?
 
MattTheTall77 said:
I'm more worried about Jackson changing the story for no reason as he did many times in LOTR, in one of the behind the scenes they've released it had...
the dwarves fighting trolls, since when did that happen in the book?
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It's an adaptation. If you want to go that way then...

we won't get to see the battle of five armies either since Bilbo gets himself knocked out for it. Nobody wants that surely?
 
BubbySoup said:
I'll be seeing it in 2D 24fps first.

From what I have read, the 48fps seems to be suffering from an almost "uncanny valley" type reaction. One projectionist said something like, "it looked like real life on a cinema screen, but not in a good way".
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Might be like the first time I saw a HD copy of die hard on an lcd tv. It looked crystal clear but it was just... off. Almost like I was there but acutely aware it's a set.

Dunno, maybe we're so used to the regular fps it will simply take getting used to. This is being filmed in a much higher resolution too isn't it? Combination of the two might make the image jarringly realistic throwing you out of the scene.

Plenty of time for them to sort it whatever the case.
 
Shamikebab said:
Couldn't that happen in the Battle of the Five Armies?
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Was possible but just checked...

6 minutes 20 in, Trollshaw, which is...

they meet the three trolls according to a lotr wiki. I doubt they'd be cutting out the scene with Gandalf causing the argument so I'm not sure what this part is, unless they have them fighting before being put into sacks :)


Jingo... said:
Try reading the book again ;)
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I've read it a fair few times, and listened to the audio book many many times more, unless my age is getting to me and I've forgotten! :)
 
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I recall it quite clearly - perhaps I'm the one who is confused?

when the party are making their way to the mountains, they come across 3 trolls cooking. They capture the dwarves in sacks and are discussing how they're to cook them when the sun rises, turning them to stone?
 
Jingo... said:
I recall it quite clearly - perhaps I'm the one who is confused?

when the party are making their way to the mountains, they come across 3 trolls cooking. They capture the dwarves in sacks and are discussing how they're to cook them when the sun rises, turning them to stone?
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nope that is in the book, but if you look at the behind the scene video they are actually fighting as a group rather than being picked off one by one in sacks :)
 
This was my favourite book as a kid so I'm am equally excited and terrified to see this film.

Is it next year the first film or this year?
 
i'm hoping my local cinema can display this as its meant to be at the 48fps. I've been playing around with producing some cgi content in 3d and frame rate is critical to a good experience and the current 24fps isnt near enough. I doubt people who say they hate 3d really do unless they walk around with one eye shut all the time, rather the current tech to display it isnt good enough yet. Personally cant wait to see the hobbit as peter jackson intends, he's a brave man for leading the way but someone has to do it.
 
Two pieces of news (well one is news the other just hasn't been in this thread.)

The first is The hobbit is now THREE films :D

I'll let the man himself take it away:

It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie - and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life. All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved ‘yes.'

We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.

So, without further ado and on behalf of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films, and the entire cast and crew of “The Hobbit” films, I’d like to announce that two films will become three.

It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, "a tale that grew in the telling."


Cheers,

Peter J
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And also another production vid that helps capture the final days of filming as well as some Comic Con stuff:

 
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