The Hobbit is is a beloved book which should be treated with the respect that it deserves, and which Peter Jackson as the creator of the extremely successful adaptations of The Lord of the Rings is capable of providing. The Hobbit films promise to be huge technological, commercial and artistic successes, but for this one element - an axe stuck in the head of one of the company of the dwarves who accompanies Bilbo Baggins on the quest to Lonely Mountain to retrieve the Dwarves' treasure from Smaug the Magnificent. This gag is so "off" that it threatens to fatally distract from the films for many loyal fans, and should be eliminated before it is too late.