Agreed... 4 and 5 will likely comprise 3 seasons.  I don't remember what all happened in book 3 (they all kind of blend together for me), so I'm not sure if they'll do one season or two for it.

If you're lucky.  But I don't know... I'm thinking he won't want to derail production of the TV series if he can avoid it.

But some of the Orcs looked...OFF.  Some of the Warg riders looked very much like the Orcs you saw in LOTR, like guys in makeup & prosthetics.  But Azog looked like he was completely CG to me.  Which is weird, because I knew the actor who played Azog, but I couldn't recognize him.  Was Azog like Gollum, a character who was done completely via motion capture?  And there were at least a few other Orcs that looked that way, too.

Yeah - I was surprised they went full-on CG for Azog.  That was absolutely not a guy in costume... it was mo-cap like Gollum.  And I found it jarring to have him next to traditional prosthetic orcs.

You mean HFR (high frame rate).  FPS = "frame per second" - something all movies have.   

Ironic, since the world ends next week, not next year...

Pacific Rim looks AWESOME

I'm gonna see it in 48FPS.  Usually 3D doesn't work well for me, but this is supposed to correct that.  The only complaint I heard was that it makes the sets and make-up look obvious.

I didn't notice any difference.  Maybe I don't know enough Trek...