Why So Blu?

So I read this yesterday and in one of the chapter selections where they talk designing Dol Guldur they mention that Gandalf encounters Thrain (Thorin's father) and frees him after years of being locked up and tortured. I don't believe that scene is in the theatrical cut of DOS, so it'll be neat to hopefully see it in the EE of the film.

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Well it doesn't help that Chan has slits for eye holes.

Jay G.

According the the Appendices of LOTR, Gandalf finds Thrain in Dol Guldur before the events of The Hobbit, with Thrain giving Gandalf both the map and the key for the quest to the Lonely Mountain. Thrain dies at Dol Guldur, leaving it to Gandalf to get those items to Thorin.

In the movie, Thorin already has the map, and Gandalf has the key, which he says Thrain gave him for "safekeeping". Gandalf has apparently not been to Dol Gulder before Desolation of Smaug, so it's possible he could actually rescue Thrain instead of just discovering him before Thrain dies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dol_Guldur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thr%C3%A1in_II

Some people noted this last year when the Appendices version did not appear in An Unexpected Journey:
http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/where...he-hobbit.html
Obviously, Gandalf meeting Thrain is not in Desolation of Smaug theatrical, so it'll either end up in the EE, or I think more likely showing up in There and Back Again next year, either theatrical or EE, during the part when Gandalf escapes his imprisonment (a plotpoint created for the movie).

Why So Blu?

^ thanks, that clears it up.

Also, Azog the Defiler was combined as father/son, because in the books (appendices or elsewhere) they're both dispatched relatively early as opposed to Azog being made one of the primary antagonists for The Hobbit films.

Either way it all works for me.

Jay G.

Actually, they're not combined, as Azog's son Bolg is the one that attacks the Dwarves at the river and follows them to Laketown, after Azog has been recalled to Dol Gulder.

In the books, Azog died in the battle at the gates of Moria, instead of just being wounded as in the movie. However, Bolg lived until the Battle of the Five Armies, which is featured in the next movie, so he wasn't dispatched relatively early in the books either.
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Azog#The_Hobbit_film_trilogy
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Bolg#Portrayal_in_adaptions

Personally, I don't think the movie mentioned that the orc that took over the Dwarf Hunt was Azog's son, and I didn't recall his name (I think Azog says it in Dol Gulder when giving Bolg command of the Dwarf Hunt).

Why So Blu?

Thanks again, I'm all scattered brain and was paraphrasing.

Yeah, they didn't expand on that relationship, but I did notice when the other Orc stopped Azog and his tracks and basically told him to get his ass back Dol Guldur. Azog just gives him a stare and takes off. Duh, it all makes sense now, because that Orc was about as tall as was and was also a skilled fighter. He fucked Legolas up.