At the very end of the video, a rather familiar piece of music began to play... but it wasn't LotR. What was it? And then... I realized... it was Hobbit score. Or at least, Hobbit trailer score.

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The barrel scene made me go Whaa? Come on, somebody'd notice if that was going on during the escape...

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The barrel scene made me go Whaa? Come on, somebody'd notice if that was going on during the escape...

I thought this sounded cool and was wondering who else is interested. It'd be pretty cool if we could RP this (I know we can't on NW but I could potentially set something up for us on another site). Like, get nine people for the Fellowship and all. That means I need 8 more people.

http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallen ... /walk.html

My first thought about the contract was "Wow, someone has way too much time one their hands." Of course, I read through all of it.

Those Legos look awesome. I might have to add them to a wishlist.

I know I'm joining the discussion a bit late, but I love what I've seen of Billy Connolly's work in the past and look forward to seeing him in The Hobbit. ... I love his Billy Bones in Muppet Treasure Island, and his Uncle Monty in A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Oh, I have seen Billy Connolly in something (I didn't think I had. It is quite rare that I actually have seen people in things.). I've seen Muppet Treasure Island several times. He is a great Billy Bones, although I wouldn't call Dain and Billy Bones similar characters, so that might not mean anything.

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The barrel scene made me go Whaa? Come on, somebody'd notice if that was going on during the escape...

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I know! I was thinking the exact same thing! They're supposed to be sealed in the barrels, not paddling them.

I think it was unfair of Peter Jackson to mention things that he wasn't going to show us. The scenery is amazing. I wonder that they get anything done. There seems to be a lot of having fun / goofing off.

I'm not so sure that in the movie the

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the dwarves will be heading down the river without lids, as, right on, it really doesn't fit with Bilbo's brilliant plan. Maybe what they showed in the video were just some random shots—as in, how about a fun ride as a reward for being such awesome sports in this Hobbit journey-type-thing. Seriously, I'm not sure what they were up to there, but we could see some things prior to the film's release that aren't in the finished product at all, and for which our assumptions can give us grief. Still, a really cool scene! *chuckles at Bombur being tugged out of his barrel*

Lucy of Narnia, that sounds like a neat idea. Unfortunately, I will not be able to join in, but I sure hope you find eight others.

Here's something fun: Maybe some of you have discovered this already, but in case not ...
Go to Google Maps > get directions > hit the walking icon > enter 'The Shire' for A > enter 'Mordor' for B > get directions. Take note of the yellow box: there must be a Tolkien fan somewhere at Google.

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Actors are not required for the shots where the barrels are closed. They can just weigh them down. I'm sure it's when Bilbo starts freeing them several miles down the river.

Take note of the yellow box:

Hmm... I didn't have a Yellow Box pop up anywhere that I saw. So therefore I'm missing the joke.

ETA: Never mind!! I fail at following directions. I missed clicking the walking part. LOL, that's hilarious. I love Google's sense of humor.

Re your spoiler, fk:
Uh, right, I never thought of that mainly because of how Tolkien describes that scene (the opening of the barrels) in the story. *pictures them moored in the Laketown bay* But who says PJ is precisely following what I want to see from the book? And yes, I would totally think he would use something weighty—other than human beings—when the barrels are closed, floating down the river.

Good, glad you saw the final result on Google.

Say, it's 'only' nine months from next Wednesday, March 13th, until the first movie's release!

Don't worry, FK. I forgot to click the Walk part too so I was confused at first too. I loved it when I figured it out though. That's just so great!

(I tried thinking of a way to do it with locations from Narnia as well, but it didn't quite work. )

jo ... you just made my day. Gotta love Google!

I'm really liking the production blog videos. New Zealand is gorgeous and it's so much fun seeing the movie come together. For a while there I thought it was never going to happen.

Could someone tell the joke in a spoiler box? I couldn't make Google switch the language and there didn't seem to be anything in the Finnish version.

Mehinen: here is a screencap. (Not mine, though... )