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Thoughts on The Hobbit art and theme

By Aurich

9 years ago


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#9 9 years ago

Has anybody here seen the art of the packaging of the hobbit extended collector editions blurays?

Perhaps I should scan my in to show you how colorfull and beautiful Peter Jacksons Art can be.

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#70 9 years ago

I like this:
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And I don't like this:
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The Hobbit is a european fantasy. in the style and color of old english TV shows, like "All Creatures Great and Small" or the one and only true "Robin of Sherwood".
Don't turn it into a US Kitsch persiflage of the core theme. The Woz artwork is awesome for it's theme but with The hobbit we need something else.
The earth colors are great and good for The Hobbit.

But it's right, a pinball game should be a small world under glass. It should tell a story even without rules, sound and lights. It should be beautiful even unpluged.
I was shocked of the expo reveal. Let's take a small detail, the captured ball. The playfield art shows a symbol of the key for the hidden entrance to Erebor. But what have we so far on this game? Two ugly nacked metal ramps around it and a nacked diverter at the top of it. I miss the coherence in this.
But we all know NOW that there are more things coming. Please people don't forget we know now that this was a UNFINISHED Hobbit!!!! And so I still think that this game with this earth style can still become one awesome piece of art.
Let's wait and see what JJP will bring on the table next time we will see it.

But to make my post above short. Aurich I dsiagree to you. The Artwork of the Hobbit theme isn't bad. Perhaps not your taste but there is nothing wrong with it. It only has to be done right for this pin to shine.
The animations on the LCD together with the sound are letting me hope that JJP knows excactly what I want. And I think someone said Keith is a big fan of this theme. I trust him to do it right.

#71 9 years ago
Quoted from PinballRulez:

For now it don't see it happen. 2 years of development and the TH shown at the expo was a big disappointment for me.

Yes it was, but please don't give up. I am sure that the endproduct will be great, perhaps not the game that would be built with unlimited resources. But I still think it has the potential to be one of the best games ever.

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