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Our First Look at Rather Ugly 'Hobbit' Exclusive RealD 3D Glasses

by Alex Billington
August 1, 2012
Source: HobbitFilm.it

What the heck are these? Okay, before we really get into this, know first that I am a huge Hobbit/LOTR fan. I am kind of excited for three more Middle Earth movies from Peter Jackson, and love everything we've seen so far, it looks wonderful. But all that changes with these glasses. Our Italian friends at HobbitFilm.it found photos of a pair of "limited edition RealD 3D glasses" that will be given out at "selected cinemas in December" with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Unfortunately, they don't look that great, they look kind of weird. I get it, they're all Middle Earth-y, but who would want to wear these? Take a look below.

So here's the thing - we don't know if these are limited to certain area, just in Europe, or are a mock-up version. But I don't like them much. They remind me of those cheap plastic glasses given out in birthday goodie bags when you're six. But maybe that's the demographic they're aiming for with these. Why haven't designer 3D glasses caught on? Here is one big, glaring example of why. Who wants to wear big, clunky, square-edged 3D glasses that should sooner be worn by Elton John than any movie audience. Here they are:

My hope is that these are just early versions and they design some other glasses with a Hobbit theme. Why not Gandalf's hat version, or Gollum's eyes version? (I'm joking, I hope?) Either way, I'm not going to enjoy wearing these things if they're as uncomfortable as they are ugly. I do get the whole idea behind fun themed 3D glasses like this, but now they're just stretching, just for the sake of saying "oh and here they are." Let us enjoy The Hobbit in its likely 3-hour run time comfortably, without distractions like obnoxious 3D glasses. That's all I have to say. Maybe I'll warm up to these in time, we'll have to see. What do you guys think?

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit... J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, being directed by Peter Jackson as three separate movies, is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in a trilogy ten years ago. The films, with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, were shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest cameras. The Hobbit follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in theaters in 3D & 48FPS on December 14th.

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