Good Afternoon esteemed Tolkien peeps. Just wondering if you guys have seen the Desolation of Smaug trailer in Lego form yet? What did you think of it? I must confessed I laughed....I thought it was great.

Sorry for the absence, kept meaning to reply to this thread but....life and such. But becaue Tolkien is my life, I of course own most of the ME games, including Lego LOTR.

Now, as awesome as it is playing Tolkien characters in lego form, I was pretty disappointed with this game. The films are of course a cut, distorted, and shorter look at the books. The game is an even more cut, distorted, and shorter look at the movies. Not even the extended editions, either.

I understand it's a kid's game and needs to be short and sweet, so I let it slide. But wow, you don't actually play through AT LEAST 1/3 of the movie. If not 2/3. And seeing as how it's a video game and not a movie, I actually thought you'd being play through, well....all of it. Now if it were a few things here and there that were cutscenes or whatever it would've been a straight up fun translation of LOTR. But it was so much more. On top of that, the Star Wars/Harry Potter Lego games were actually pretty well played out, whereas this wasn't. So I felt pretty let down and, though I really try not to think this about anything, thought this was just a cash grab at the Tolkien name.

Thus, I'm a little hesitant for The Hobbit. But on the other hand I love anything Tolkien...