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Peter Jackson

question of the day: What geek thing are you totally fed up with?

Thu, Sep 20, 2012
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Hobbit trailers? Zombies everywhere? What geek trope is driving you crazy?

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three Hobbit movies now definitely a thing

Mon, Jul 30, 2012
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I just don’t have a good feeling about this.

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question of the day: Is Hollywood afraid of fanboys?

Wed, Jul 18, 2012
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I don’t think we need to worry that Hollywood will stop pandering to fanboys, but how might its approach change when it fears their wrath?

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the Eye of Sauron, it burns (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jun 29, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Snow White and the Huntsman (review)

Tue, May 29, 2012
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Would really really like for you to feel the grand, sweeping, larger-than-life mythos, and borrows willy-nilly from Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro to try to do so.

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why The Avengers opened a week earlier outside the U.S. and Canada (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, May 01, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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church of awesome: Hobbit (and Elvish) Name Generator

Sun, Apr 15, 2012
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If you, like me, are simply exploding with anticipation for Peter Jackson’s Hobbit, here’s a little something to torture you some more…

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Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D green light

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D movie review: escape to the past

Mon, Feb 13, 2012
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It’s still a not very good movie. But… it’s still Star Wars.

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watch it: “The Hobbit Production Video #5”

Tue, Jan 03, 2012
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Watching a video like this only enhances my enjoyment of a film, because it makes me appreciate the effort that goes into creating a seamlessly authentic cinematic experience.

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question of the day: What is your most anticipated movie of 2012?

Mon, Jan 02, 2012
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I gotta go with The Hobbit. I think I might well be happy to have no other movie but The Hobbit to watch this year.

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