"Kiran, out!"

Because at this point, any tidbit is a breath of fresh air; a short Kubrick story from Kiran Shah, whom Ring fans might remember as a scale double on Lord of the Rings, and now The Hobbit:

[he] got to know Kubrick a little bit, but even being on friendly terms with the maestro didn’t save him when he popped in for a visit on the set of Eyes Wide Shut. Stanley spotted him and said, “Kiran, out!” We all know the stories about how Kubrick didn’t like a lot of crew around and that was Kiran’s little tale about it.

This from Ain’t It Cool’s An Unexpected Journey, Part 1, a great travelogue for anyone excited about The Hobbit, as are parts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

And a happy new year. When this baby hit’s 88mph, you’re going to see some serious shit.

Del Toro for The Hobbit? Just Say No!

I’m so fucking tired of people gushing over Guillermo Del Toro as the director of The Hobbit. What the fuck are you gushing over? Blade 2? HAH! Or is it how Hellboy looks like the long-lost, but severly swollen cousin of the real Hellboy? Hellboy as a film lacks all of the charm and enchantment of the comic, not to mention the fact that it’s lit like a cheap TV series, and has none of the graphic grace of the comic. And let’s face it, Ron Perlman ain’t that fucking good, okay!?

Pan’s Labyrinth? Yeah, it ain’t bad, but let’s be truthful, it’s also way way overrated. And now that Del Toro’s still tripping on the admittedly nice visuals of Pan, they somehow found their way into the The Hellboy 2 trailer, which is TV-lit swollen Hellboy meets SFX from Pan’s Labyrinth!

But more than anything?

I tried my best to read Lord of the Rings, the trilogy. I could not. I could not. They were very dense. #

Try harder you fucking hack!

I rest my case.