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Nov. 13th, 2013 12:09 pmBasically the Peter Jackson "Hobbit" movies are what would happen if a batch of die-hard Vampire LARPers decided to play Dungeons & Dragons. It's all Drama with Drama and also there's some dramatic scenery and then people falling off stuff and also Drama.
"Okay, you turn the corner and there are five orcs. Roll Perception."
"18?"
"On their shields, they bear the grim symbol of Azog the Defiler, your 5 point Enemy!"
"I got 12 on initiative. I turn to Bilbo and tell him how I knew this day would come, that I knew I would never trust a hobbit without perspective of how harsh the world truly is beyond the Shire."
"Initiative 21. I cast Obfuscate at the darkness!"
"Okay, you turn the corner and there are five orcs. Roll Perception."
"18?"
"On their shields, they bear the grim symbol of Azog the Defiler, your 5 point Enemy!"
"I got 12 on initiative. I turn to Bilbo and tell him how I knew this day would come, that I knew I would never trust a hobbit without perspective of how harsh the world truly is beyond the Shire."
"Initiative 21. I cast Obfuscate at the darkness!"