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**Posted by kittykat** October 1, 2013 5:06 pm

*bounces up and down*

**Posted by Michele** October 1, 2013 11:38 pm

I think I've watched it about a hundred times already!!! Cannot wait!!
Looks incredible!!!

**Posted by Michele** October 1, 2013 11:45 pm

Also group swoon of the voice at the end??

**Posted by kittykat** October 2, 2013 1:11 am

Michele wrote:
Also group swoon of the voice at the end??

You mean the voice of pure sex?

**Posted by Michele** October 2, 2013 2:09 am

kittykat wrote:
Michele wrote:
Also group swoon of the voice at the end??
You mean the voice of pure sex?

Pure, pure sex! Never has a dragon been so sexy before!! He could have just talked to the dwarves at the start. With that voice I'd give up a mountain full of gold!!!

**Posted by the_dancing_woman** October 2, 2013 5:50 am

And a small clip of Martin promoting " The Desolation of Smaug".
So he will be checking on all of us??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xGajvaLOn0

Can I add that he looks really, really good there...

Last edited by the_dancing_woman (October 2, 2013 5:51 am)

**Posted by besleybean** October 2, 2013 5:53 am

Jesus, so I have always proniounced it incorrectly...I always say Smorg, but it is in fact Smowg!

**Posted by stoertebeker** October 2, 2013 5:55 am

Wow, I'm speechless!! It's so wonderful to see, how much Martin becomes to Bilbo.

**Posted by SusiGo** October 2, 2013 6:22 am

besleybean wrote:
Jesus, so I have always proniounced it incorrectly...I always say Smorg, but it is in fact Smowg!

For once easy for us Germans. It is how we would pronounce it.

**Posted by besleybean** October 2, 2013 6:24 am

My German speaking son always laughs at my dyslexic daughter, who always writes her nouns the German way!

**Posted by tonnaree** October 2, 2013 7:09 am

I did swoon mightily when we finally hear the Dragon of sex speak. But can we also take amoment to appreciate Martin's voice at the start of the trailer...........pretty sexy little Hobbit.

**Posted by the_dancing_woman** October 2, 2013 7:21 am

besleybean wrote:
Jesus, so I have always proniounced it incorrectly...I always say Smorg, but it is in fact Smowg!

Hehe, this is just how I pronounced it when I was little, until someone told me it was "Smowg", but you are right "Smorg" makes more sense.
But I guess there is a reason for how it is pronounced, since Tolkien wasn't one to leave anything to chance. An older family member of mine studied in Oxford while he was still professor there. He used to sit in a pub and read out of his works sometimes. Otherwise he wasn't really approachable.

Yes, I love hearing Martin's voice at the beginning of the trailer!

**Posted by SolarSystem** October 2, 2013 9:47 am

the_dancing_woman wrote:
And a small clip of Martin promoting " The Desolation of Smaug".
So he will be checking on all of us??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xGajvaLOn0
Can I add that he looks really, really good there...

He is just so hilarious! His humour is hilarious, his jacket is hilarious, the whole man is hilarious! I love him more and more...!

And can I just say that I'm quite curious to hear more of Smaug's voice... in this trailer it sounded a bit too much on the computer processed side and a bit too little like Benedict... which is probably unavoidable. Just saying. At this point it does not really blow me away.

...okay, then again, his "don't be shy" is indeed pretty sexy.

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**Posted by kittykat** October 2, 2013 1:51 pm

If you didn't know about the pronunciation, I'm very surprised. The name is said at least twice in the first movie, by older Bilbo and Thorin, possibly again. And the Comic Con video greeting, Ben says the name too. Please tell me you saw at least one of these!

**Posted by SilverMoonDragonB** October 2, 2013 1:56 pm

the_dancing_woman wrote:
And a small clip of Martin promoting " The Desolation of Smaug".
So he will be checking on all of us??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xGajvaLOn0

Can I add that he looks really, really good there...

Ooooh! He'll be checking on all of us hm? *giggles* I've got to keep an eye out then and try not to make a total fool of myself by jumping up and down and squealing!

**Posted by kittykat** October 17, 2013 2:42 pm

Details about new scenes in the Extended Edition of AUJ, sounds really great!

Spoilers ahead!

http://fortysixthhour.tumblr.com/post/64172420980/these-are-the-extended-edition-scenes-from-the

**Posted by kittykat** October 20, 2013 2:41 pm

**Posted by Russell** November 4, 2013 3:19 am

Hey…. apparently there's another neat Hobbit feature for Empire Magazine's December issue! Here's the cover, and a blurb from the inside I found on tumblr:

(is it just me, or Martin look a little more photoshopped there?)
http://johnlockedness.tumblr.com/image/65607053629 (some of the cast, speaking on Smaug - some great comments!)

**Posted by SolarSystem** November 4, 2013 9:10 am

He definitely looks photoshopped (to me), but I guess that's not really unusual these days.
And thanks for the link to those comments... "I smell you, thief"... oh yes!

**Posted by kittykat** November 4, 2013 1:14 pm

I can't wait to see Fili and Kili again