Rather than tickets for its NY premiere, he studio sold war bonds and reportedly raised $5 million for the war effort.On top of that, suicide, murder, chaos, and us - the Guard.We added more than our fair share to the body counts, but it didn""t do any good.The dead were comin"" back to life.We should have been afraid of them, but we weren""t.They""re easy enough to kill, except when they were your buddies.Crocket reprimanded one of his superiors named Lou for mistakenly sending the Guard to a "hellhole," implying that he was responsible for causing the death of his zombified fellow buddy DJ (Joshua Peace).The awakened Smaug aunted Bilbo to reveal himself, and also sensed the golden Ring:Thief.I smell you.I hear your breath.I feel your air.Where are you? Where are you? Come, now, don""t be shy.Step into the light.Hmm.There is something about you.Something you carry.Something made of gold.But far more precious.(Voice of the Ring: "Precious! Precious!") There you are - Thief in he Shadows.At first, Bilbo attempted to flatter Smaug: "I did not come to steal from you, O Smaug, the Unassessably Wealthy." The egotistical, jaded writer agrees with her astute assessments about his harsh, conceited character:Lydecker: In my case, self-absorption is completely justified.