A Hobbit-related speculation.

[vulgarweed]

So obviously Peter Jackson and WETA and the whole crew are spending massive energy and brainpower and money and creativity to work out just how to do the bestest, hugest, most imposing, most convincing dragon character of all time. I bet they'll succeed at that, too.

Might they be doing it with an eye to using this knowledge even more in the future? PJ did buy the rights to the Temeraire series a few years ago...

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[applegnat.livejournal.com]

My thoughts about this: squee.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[eyebrowofdoom.livejournal.com]

OMG LET IT BE SO.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

PRAYING DRAGON PRAYERS.

[fyrdrakken]

Oh, yeah. I was having thoughts about that during my recent Temeraire reread. (Went through the full series and on to fic on AO3 -- found a couple that were really good, too.)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I WANT IT.

[fyrdrakken]

Of course, a side effect of having that in mind on my recent Temeraire reread was mentally imagining Temeraire as being voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch -- and Laurence as being played by Martin Freeman...

(Also, the single best Temeraire fic I ran across.)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

But then he'd be typecast as "that guy who always plays opposite Martin Freeman." Which isn't a bad place to be, but....

Thanks for the rec, that looks awesome!

[sirius-luva.livejournal.com]

PJ's making Temeraire into a movie? EEEEE!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Well, no, no guarantee at all. He did buy the film rights, but I'm sure he buys the rights to lots of things. I was just thinking, hey, he's learning how to do dragons....

[sirius-luva.livejournal.com]

*nodnod* We shall cross our fingers and hope, then. And reading the other comments, I'm certainly hoping for a miniseries too since it would likely come with less time constraints. I can't quite imagine Temeraire sounding like BC though, but that might just be because I imagined Temeraire as sounding sort of warmer. Now that I'm really considering it, however... I would certainly not complain. XD

[robling-t.livejournal.com]

Oh please, oh please oh please....

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

SO SAY WE ALL.

[persephoneflame.livejournal.com]

OMG YES PLEASE CAPSLOCK OF SQUEE

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

YES! MAKE IT SO.

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

That would be massively awesome!!!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it?

[defaultlyric.livejournal.com]

I really, really hope so, because I really, really WANT Temeraire on my screen. Regardless as to whether it's a movie or a miniseries. I do not care. I just WANT.

Someone else mused "Wouldn't it be weird and amusing if Benedict Cumberbatch started getting typecast as dragon voices? What an odd pigeonhole."

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I WANT too. But the dragons can't look stupid, they just can't. They need a filmmaker who knows his critters. For all his flaws, PJ IS that man.

Well, BC is on a villain roll right now too, especially considering his other role in The Hobbit. But it's that voice. He's the new Alan Rickman for voice fetishists. Hee, cast him as both Temeraire and Laurence and he can just talk to himself the whole movie.

[defaultlyric.livejournal.com]

Oh no, of course they can't look stupid. What I meant about it being a movie OR being on tv is that last I heard, PJ was leaning more toward Temeraire being a miniseries rather than a movie.

That would be totes okay with me, if they were applying the same effort and skill towards it.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I didn't know he was considering doing a miniseries. DO want, with that caveat. Sometimes you can do a lot more with a miniseries if you have less time constraints.

[sarahsan]

THIS POST IS RELEVANT TO EVERY INTEREST I HAVE.

If anybody could make the most kickass dragon of all time, it's WETA. I'm convinced.