It has been brought to my attention that "worms" of some kind make an appearance in the latest Peter Jackass film.

Further internet investigation has revealed that this is true and they basically resemble Tremors creatures or Dune worms. (No one has, however, referenced Beetlejuice. Depression.)

From what I've gathered, they are supposed to be Were-Worms; creatures that Bilbo references during the Unexpected Party as proof that he is capable of going on the adventure. What Peter Jackass's cursory reading of the original text fails to notice is that there are several references to Smaug as a worm; or wyrm if you're Welsh at all. It's been theorized that Bilbo's statement is actually just an excuse for Tolkien to make a play on words since, depending on which ancient language you're using as a starting point, "were" and "worm" (or "wyrm") mean the same thing.

Another creature referenced only briefly in Tolkien's first foray into Middle-Earth is the Hobgoblin. Orcs, in fact, are only mentioned once (or perhaps twice) in the whole darn book. Hobgoblins are mentioned along with them, so I guess I should count my lucky stars and just be happy that the BoFA didn't include little monsters in orange cloaks on gliders flying about.

There are many offhand references to things in The Hobbit that never make an appearance in Middle-Earth again, in any material that I know of. I've often found, after some research, that Tolkien was making some joke or reference that only a language or history scholar would understand. The other stuff I just assumed was stuff that he kept in out of sentiment from the time when the story was purely an oral recitation for Chritopher's sake.

I'd like to, at this time, once again point out that I had serious questions about this guy's understanding of the source material SIX films and thirteen YEARS ago.

I wonder how long a Movie adaptation novel would be in comparison to the approximately 300 page actual novel.

I'm a little confused as to why it's a "serious problem" for you that other people are against eating veal.
Ugh.

I don't think the problem is that Jackson and co don't understand the source material, I think the probelm is a corporate desire to make things look "cool" over maintaining the integrity of the story.

Disclaimer: I have not watched the 2nd or 3rd Hobbit movies, as the first one was bad enough that I won't pay to see the others. When I can watch them for free, then I will.

I'm with Vlad. As much as I did love the LotR trilogy even over the books, I hated the first Hobbit movie, for being a tremendous waste of time.

Same here. I Tivo'd the Smug Desolation a few nights ago on HBO and will get the 3rd whenever it comes next summer.

Even if I can watch them for free, they cost time.

And time is money (time = money)
And money is the root of all evil (money = √evil)
And the more time you spend with a girl, the more money you must spend (girls = time x money)
Making the replacements:
girls = money x money
girls = money²
girls = (√evil)²
girls = evil

I suppose that's true.

Mostly, though, if I watch the 2nd and 3rd Hobbit movies, that's something else that I am NOT watching.

Picture-In-Picture?


(Seriously, whatever happened to that concept? As a compulsive channel surfer during commercials, PIP was my lifeline.)

I have a Visio TV that is less than 7 years old that has PIP. The PIP on it will actually split screen. I will sometimes watch Football and then using Chromecast surf the web or watch NFL RedZone.

Haven, I saw the 1st episode of Rebels today, and you're totally right with the Aladdin comparison.

My family and a friend all read The Hobbit together. We'd read a chapter on our own, and then get together to discuss it. This was leading up to seeing the movie. Then we saw the movie. I don't think I've ever been angrier about a movie. I refuse to watch the 2nd or 3rd ones.

This is probably crap I've posted before:

I enjoyed the hell out of Jackson's Lord of the Rings. It deviated from the books but the essence was still there.

His Hobbit, on the other hand, takes a big crap on the source material.

Legolas being in it, additional sexy elf chick, Emo Beorn, Ballista firing Bard, and turning the barrel riding scene into Super Mario Cart all smoke a fat one.

I'm thinking Jackson read the books and realized that they weren't good. While he nailed it with the improvements he needed to make for LotR, he didn't do that quite so well with Hobbit.

Them's fightin' words!