If you want to rewatch Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, you're going to need to set aside nearly a whole working day of eight hours, and that's not even counting the extended editions. Actor Topher Grace (That '70s Show) decided that was too long and managed to whittle the unwieldy series down to a mere two hours.
Topher Grace is on the podcast! He sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about his re-cut of Star Wars, being better at life in person than in social media, and his new website CerealPrize.com! With all the Star Wars VII casting news fervor slowing down due to the movie actually being cast, the world is left with nothing but a general sense of unease about the future of its movies about space wizards. Thankfully, a new video has arrived to temporarily relieve some anxiety by saying “Hey, if it sucks we can always turn to Topher Grace to fix it seven years later.”. The use of Obi-Wan Kenobi's voiceover is extremely effective, and this makes me desperate to see how Grace cut down all three of the prequels into a better prequel to the iconic sci-fi trilogy.
Grace revealed the existence of the edited film to IndieWire while promoting his role as Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke in director Spike Lee's upcoming film BlacKkKlansman. Grace chose to reedit The Hobbit trilogy as a way of unwinding after filming the stressful role.
Jackson's original effort adapted J.R.R. What is a license code. Tolkien's single book into three long movies: An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies. Grace told IndieWire his version feels 'a lot tighter.' It even improves time-wise on a well-known four-hour fan cut called The Tolkien Edit.
The Hobbit's journey
Grace famously recut the Star Wars prequels into an 85-minute version called The Editor Strikes Back while he was learning to use editing software.
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The shortened Star Wars cut got one screening in 2012 and isn't available to the public. Grace's take on The Hobbit may prove to be just as elusive. He told IndieWire he doesn't plan to edit professionally and he likens the experience to having a woodworking hobby in his garage.
The Editor Strikes Back inspired other fans to make their own shortened takes on the Star Wars films, so there's a chance we'll see a similar phenomenon with The Hobbit. It sure would be nice to experience the whole story in a reasonable amount of time.
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