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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9488630" data-attributes="member: 54629">Interesting. I think ESB has always been my favorite of the original Star Wars movies. The Two Towers has always been my favorite part of LotR as well. I seem to have a thing for the middle parts of trilogies.I appreciate that Jackson made an effort to flesh out The Hobbit with the additional material that Tolkien included in LotR (both in Gandalf's discussions with Frodo and from the appendices) and elsewhere. It's nice to see that stuff incorporated into the original story. I also like the inclusion of Radagast as a batty old druid, and I like Tauriel. I also appreciate Azog and his hunt for Thorin.Honestly, the only thing I actively dislike from Hobbit trilogy is those ludicrous tunneling worm things that the orc army uses in the final battle. Those are just Jackie Chan levels of WTF for me. And, to tie this back to the original premise of this thread, they remind me a little too much of sandworms! (EDIT: It would appear Jackson et al didn't make them up. They originated in the <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Were-worms#:~:text=2014%3A%20The%20Hobbit%3A%20The%20Battle,as%20%22were%2Dworms%22." target="_blank">old 1980s Middle Earth Role Playing game</a>!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 9488630, member: 54629"] Interesting. I think ESB has always been my favorite of the original Star Wars movies. [I]The Two Towers [/I]has always been my favorite part of LotR as well. I seem to have a thing for the middle parts of trilogies. I appreciate that Jackson made an effort to flesh out [I]The Hobbit [/I]with the additional material that Tolkien included in LotR (both in Gandalf's discussions with Frodo and from the appendices) and elsewhere. It's nice to see that stuff incorporated into the original story. I also like the inclusion of Radagast as a batty old druid, and I like Tauriel. I also appreciate Azog and his hunt for Thorin. Honestly, the [I]only [/I]thing I actively dislike from Hobbit trilogy is those ludicrous tunneling worm things that the orc army uses in the final battle. Those are just Jackie Chan levels of WTF for me. And, to tie this back to the original premise of this thread, they remind me a little too much of sandworms! (EDIT: It would appear Jackson et al didn't make them up. They originated in the [URL='https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Were-worms#:~:text=2014%3A%20The%20Hobbit%3A%20The%20Battle,as%20%22were%2Dworms%22.']old 1980s Middle Earth Role Playing game[/URL]!) [/QUOTE]

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