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I wonder

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Silly Jordan -- if you want to have a big selling Xmas item you release close to Xmas!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

(More to the point, initial indications are the theatrical DVD comes out at the end of May, extended in November.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

maybe they'll promote as next year's big easter gift!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

But wouldn't it make more sense to release it closer to my birthday, in Feb.?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

No, because Peter Jackson hates you and specifically you.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i think that the editing has become increasingly more of a "rush-job" with each picture, at least that was my impression after listening to the director/writers commentary on the T2T.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, considering they were still shooting final bits and scenes (not the chief actors but various extras) as late as October, I wouldn't be surprised.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

TS: Battle of Minas Tirith vs. Battle of Hoth

― robster (robster), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Battle of Hoth.
AT-AT walkers have better armor and have a distance attack. One volley of turbo-laser tusks and all of Sauron's Oliphonts would be a flaming pile of meat.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Yum!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw this yesterday and enjoyed it much more than the second, and possibly the first (although I have yet to see that one more than once, unlike the second instalment). Just wanted to add that I saw the battering ram and immediately thought "flaming razorback hog" and then later also remarked on the fine craftsmanship of the metalwork. I got much more involved in the battle scenes in this one, thinking that the only hint of them previously was in the opening flashback to the first movie, and also thought Miranda Otto's character should've gotten some regocnition for her slaying of the witch-king--it seemed like her plot thread was dropped right afterwards (does she end up with whatshisface Faramir?) and no one gave her enough props.

― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Faramir looks like my mate Dan.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

thank you sgs!

http://www.rjh.weber.k12.ut.us/new%20razor1.JPG

vs.

http://warofthering.net/images/newsimages/grond.jpg

if that doesn't work then:
http://warofthering.net/images/newsimages/grond.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

You are insane. But I love your kooky ways.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

damn, those fukkerz really don't want you leaching their pics.
try this instead:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:bMXaiPDUHnAC:warofthering.net/images/newsimages/grond.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I FINALLY SAW THIS AND I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS MOVIE SERIES OH YES

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

:-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked the movie a lot but I was disappointed how they left out so much of Eowyn's storyline too...I particularly like her, as she's pretty much the only female character in the series (Arwen and Rosie don't count, they're just love interests) and besides that she kicks a lot of ass. In the movie she came off as less dignified, I thought. And what's up with the dead being GREEN? Neon green?

I was so scared when Frodo and Sam were cowering on the rock surrounded by lava and the screen went white and it seemed like it was the end. I like how they handled the mood of the final ending.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

oh wait I forgot Galadriel. But she isn't as active or interesting as Eowyn anyway. (I haven't read the appendices, I'm sure the elves are very active there, but that's different.)

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

hey, whats the best time/scene to take a snack run/ break during the movie?

― kephm, Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

please!

― kephm, Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i went to the bathroom when gandalf and pippin were standing at minis tirith staring at the sky and didn't miss much. but i was only gone for a moment, snack run would probably take longer, just sneak in food if you must.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks. any idea how far into the film this is? i get terrible leg cramps , seats are way too small, etc

― kephm, Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

i have no idea.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

kephm, I loved the film and found it riveting, but I *adore* you for making these points :)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 1 January 2004 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

To end the "is the battering ram a pig, a wolf or a dog?" the answer is None of the Above. Grom is a Worg, which is a cross between a Dire Wolf and a Wild Boar. (Funnily enough, a dead Worg tastes just like chicken.)

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 1 January 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry if it's already been touched upon but HOW FANTASTIC is that bit where Sam is looking at Gollum sleeping and drifting off himself, then as soon as his eyes finally close fully Gollum's eyes open and his face is just an astonishingly perfect expression of solemn, evil intent

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 January 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought those hyena-like critters that dragged Aragorn over the cliff in T2T were supposed to be Wargs. Or is a Worg a different thing?

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 2 January 2004 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

And stevem, I agree, that moment was kind of like a distant-cousin parallel of the supremely fascist shot of a single tear rolling down Wormtongue's cheek when he realizes the sheer scale (and blind obedience) of Saruman's army of Uruk-Hai at Isengard (in T2T).

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 2 January 2004 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Er I liked it... my fav was the second one. Too long though and WAY TOO MUCH crying hobbits especially the last half hour. Oh well.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 2 January 2004 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

In the sober light of day I'd like to downgrade "I loved the film and found it riveting" to "I enjoyed the film and found it quite stimulating". Thanks.

(I also nicked TFOTR off my brother (in book form) and am contemplating whether to actually try to read it. If I do, I feel I'll have betrayed a part of my soul. Evil ring and your seductive charms, damn you!)

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

and his face is just an astonishingly perfect expression of solemn, evil intent

i forgot to mention the little gasps that echoed around the cinema when this happened, on both occasions that i saw it - awesome.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Watching this movie was the best four-hour erection that didn't involve sex that I've ever experienced.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 2 January 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I've missed you so much.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 2 January 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

a girl i talked to on NYE was annoyed that Eowyn was depicted as looking all feeble and afraid just before she slew the witch king. petty i say

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been reading lately about how Tolkien based much of the hobbits on Kentucky folk - the bare feet and tobacco lurv and such. Pretty cool.

I love the non-score musical moments in these films: Merry and Pippin singing and dancing on the table, Pippin singing to Denethor, Eowyn singing at Theodred's funeral (in the extended ed Two Towers). Of course, I also love the score, especially Howard Shore's thorough constant reinterpretations of the hobbit theme to match their circumstances.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been reading lately about how Tolkien based much of the hobbits on Kentucky folk - the bare feet and tobacco lurv and such. Pretty cool.

You merely seek to justify a way to smoke weed. Nicely done!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

it's the signature theme (i.e. the one you hear when the 'Lord Of The Rings' title appears at the start of the films) i find really spine-tinglingly lush

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Starting all three movies in the same quietly understated way for the titles was one of the smartest things Shore and Jackson did, hands down. It's the antithesis of the Star Wars hyperdramatic start.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

very true, although the turning of the SW title theme (the point when the text fades and the camera pans) is still my favourite 'something major is about to go down' musical moment

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I will not deny this. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i started thinking about how much more it is going to resonate in Episode III with the Vaderizing, woo fucking hoo! (i know i know, but now this trilogy has closed i must begin to turn my thoughts to the remaining one)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I fear what at this point I was well looking forward to some years back will now be an anticlimax. Jackson really did clean Lucas's clock in the end.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

totally and thoroughly.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

ok my least favourite musical moment is when aragorn starts singing at his coronation.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i quite like Gollum's Song tho (!)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It's actually a moment straight from the text (though there he speaks rather than sings it and it's quoting an ancestor who spoke on the establishment of the Numenorean Realms-in-exile and oh god I really should get to work).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

and no i don't mean the 'mountain pool, so nice and cool' thing, although that is great

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I figured as much, Ned, but it seemed to invite giggles from the audience.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

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