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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:02:40 +0000 (UTC), Steuard Jensen wrote:   
   >   
   > Does anyone have a clear idea of how Jackson is splitting /The Hobbit/   
   > into two films?   
      
   I assume it's by making stuff up.  Certainly the fragmentary reports   
   we've seen include lots of characters that were never in the book.   
      
   > I've seen all sorts of discussion on casting and   
   > locations and schedules, but hardly *anything* on what's expected to   
   > be in the story (or about the two movie split). Am I just missing   
   > things? Am I the only one who cares more about story issues than who   
   > got cast as Dwalin?   
      
   I'm heaving a big sigh and resigning myself to another two years of   
   people raving about how wonderful and faithful to Tolkien it all is.   
   Pfui.   
      
   Having made this one comment, I'm going to do my best to sit on my   
   hands through those discussions, unsubscribing the newsgroup if I   
   can't otherwise restrain myself, because I am clearly out of step   
   with the majority who just love, love, love Jackson.  I'm not going   
   to convince them, and they're not going to convince me.   
      
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