{"id":3073,"date":"2012-11-30T16:33:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2020-12-06T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:27:21","slug":"the-hobbit-world-premiere-wellington-november-28-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/the-hobbit-world-premiere-wellington-november-28-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit World Premiere, Wellington, November 28, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3073-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/HOBBIT-PREMIERE.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/HOBBIT-PREMIERE.mp4\">http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/HOBBIT-PREMIERE.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to all the fans who lined the red carpet, many of them there since the early morning just to get a spot. Their enthusiasm was matched only by their volume. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to forget that without a public most forms of art and spectacle would simply not exist. Most sincere thanks to all those people who were there. I hope you remembered to bring sunscreen.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few more photos, courtesy of 111Emergency, who clearly had a good spot, a quality camera and a fine eye:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228141012_2a246dd6d6_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3097\" title=\"The Hobbit World Premiere, Wellington, November 28, 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228141012_2a246dd6d6_o-250x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228141012_2a246dd6d6_o-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228141012_2a246dd6d6_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228141012_2a246dd6d6_o.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225897599_4e0ef3e99e_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3096 alignright\" title=\"The Hobbit World Premiere, Wellington, November 28, 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225897599_4e0ef3e99e_o-250x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225897599_4e0ef3e99e_o-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225897599_4e0ef3e99e_o-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225897599_4e0ef3e99e_o.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225900507_6d76bcba05_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3095 alignleft\" title=\"The Hobbit World Premiere, Wellington, November 28, 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225900507_6d76bcba05_o-250x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225900507_6d76bcba05_o-250x183.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225900507_6d76bcba05_o-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8225900507_6d76bcba05_o.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228139992_1c78575dbe_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3094 alignright\" title=\"The Hobbit World Premiere, Wellington, November 28, 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228139992_1c78575dbe_o-250x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228139992_1c78575dbe_o-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228139992_1c78575dbe_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8228139992_1c78575dbe_o.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8227072305_07b420bf4b_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3098\" title=\"The Hobbit World Premiere, Wellington, November 28, 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8227072305_07b420bf4b_o-250x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8227072305_07b420bf4b_o-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8227072305_07b420bf4b_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8227072305_07b420bf4b_o.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On another note, I didn&#8217;t manage a newsletter for November, like some suddenly rudderless ship, it hit the Deadline Shoals and sank without a trace in the Sea of Notenoughtime&#8230;. Things have been very very busy, especially of late. I have been keeping notes, though, these last three and a half years, so perhaps one day I&#8217;ll be able to write a proper account of it all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/615584_539837059376472_1651224720_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3081\" title=\"615584_539837059376472_1651224720_o\" src=\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/615584_539837059376472_1651224720_o-250x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/615584_539837059376472_1651224720_o-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/615584_539837059376472_1651224720_o-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/615584_539837059376472_1651224720_o.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, things have calmed down a little, so I am hoping to resume newsletters as usual very shortly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks to all the fans who lined the red carpet, many of them there since the early morning just to get a spot. Their enthusiasm was matched only by their volume. \ud83d\ude42 It&#8217;s easy to forget that without a public most forms of art and spectacle would simply not exist. Most sincere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8227072305_07b420bf4b_o.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1PY8Y-Nz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}