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Is this how The Desolation of Smaug should have ended?

January 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The “HISHE empire” grows. This time round the “How It Should Have Ended” team tackle The Desolation of Smaug with some alternative plot twists and gentle ribbing of the movie. What do you think? How would you have changed the ending of the second movie?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

3 new pictures of Smaug – The Hobbit finally shows us dragon

December 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve been teased with bits of Smaug in various Hobbit trailers but now we get to see him. There’s a catch. He’s turned up in an unexpected place – New Zealand. In particular, in the skies of New Zealand painted onto the side of an Air New Zealand plane. The plane is 54 metres long […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: dragons, lord of the rings, the hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Unexpected Journeys: A Traveller’s Guide to Middle Earth [infographic]

November 12, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As we approach the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug there may still be people wrestling with the Middle Earth mythology. It’s a huge world with a long history and very many places. This is a blend of travel guide with infographic. By scrolling down you can skim through a traveller’s need-to-know of […]

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer

October 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is The Desolation of Smaug trailer we’ve been expecting to air today. What we weren’t expecting was two and a half minutes that ooze Middle Earth and features certain elves. What do you think? Tempted? Re-energised for the trilogy?

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, dragons, Gandalf, Ian McKellen, lord of the rings, Martin Freeman, peter jackson, the hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, trailers

New trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

June 11, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Due out at the end of the year, the second part of The Hobbit, is The Desolation of Smaug. This trailer shows us some more elf, orc, spider, Legolas and dragon action. Smaug doesn’t look like a “could be kind and wise” dragon. Not at all. This is the UK trailer.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: dragons, lord of the rings, the hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, trailers

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug preview feature

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This isn’t a trailer as such but this feature with Peter Jackson does give as a peak into the second Hobbit film; The Desolation of Smaug. Released on April Fools’ Day it does have some joking with questions from special guest stars but is certainly worth a watch. I especially liked the Mirkwood art. Via […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: lord of the rings, peter jackson, previews, the hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

First picture: The Desolation of Smaug

December 9, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is the first official picture from the second of the three The Hobbit movies. The first movie is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the second is The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I think Samug will be popular. He’s voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch; star of Sherlock and Star Trek into Darkness.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, dragons, Martin Freeman, teasers, the hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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