Cinemas will be known as 'Mannies' by 2020, as in 'want to go to the mannies'?.  'cos they'll only be showing Bat MAN, Spider MAN, Super MAN, Iron MAN, etc. 

And it'll be hard to remember which sequel of which reboot we're up to.

Then DC and Marvel will merge their franchises in the great singularity event of 2024.

It should have been a colon, because we all know what comes out of them

Agree with all the above. 3D means no miniatures and fewer practicals. And too much Smaug is revealed. Was hoping not to see any of Smaug until the movie.
Will still see it for all the eye-candy, though, but expectations have been lowered. LOTR was the Star Wars of our time, whereas the The Hobbit x 3 is just generic tentpole fodder.