{"id":13804,"date":"2013-11-05T17:41:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=13804"},"modified":"2013-11-05T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:41:21","slug":"laketown-legolas-and-kate-austen-about-in-the-new-trailer-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/news\/laketown-legolas-and-kate-austen-about-in-the-new-trailer-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug\/","title":{"rendered":"Laketown, Legolas, and Kate Austen about in the new trailer for <em>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"912\" height=\"513\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfflhfn1W-o?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite all my reservations about the first volume of the &#8216;trilogy&#8217; of films (which, compared to the rest of the Internet, are fairly mild and positive), I can&#8217;t help but feel giddy when I watch this trailer. Yeah, it looks nothing like the book, but all hope for a faithful, irreverent adaptation were lost once Jackson announced that he was splitting the films into three parts anyway. It looks beautiful, and fun and I can&#8217;t help but become lost in Jackson&#8217;s version of Middle Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The most disheartening thing is that, by all indications, the final film is going to comprise solely of the Battle of the Five Armies. Three hours of goblins, dwarves and, elves duking it out in CGI glory. I mean, that&#8217;s totally what <em>I<\/em> want from <em>The Hobbit<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite all my reservations about the first volume of the &#8216;trilogy&#8217; of films (which, compared to the rest of the Internet, are fairly mild and positive), I can&#8217;t help but feel giddy when I watch this trailer. 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