Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
My problem with the simul-view is that our DVD player is upstairs, my PC is downstairs...
No, I don't think the hamster can run that fast...
I actually have my home office set up right now so that I can't see either of the two televisions we have downstairs. But maybe I can watch it the night before and still follow the conversations.
Jackson Explains New Two Towers Footage
July 25, 2002 - They've been up to something the last few months down in New Zealand; and by "they," I mean Peter Jackson and the various actors that have been spotted at the airport or in the country's scenic burgs and boroughs.
Jackson explained to British film magazine Empire Online that although principal photography on the Lord of the Rings trilogy ended last year, he and his people have shot about 25 minutes of new footage for The Two Towers in recent months. Some of it will consist of new scenes being added to the second Rings chapter, and some of it was filmed to replace existing scenes.
"It was a process I always planned on," said Jackson. "It's a great way to shoot, like hand-crafting a film, allowing you to figure it out over time." Jackson went on to say that some of the new footage was shot to expand the Frodo/Sam/Gollum story thread. "[Ever] since we finished [principal photography], we really wanted [sic] to make the Gollum story more psychological, things we thought of later."
And as executive producer Mark Ordesky explained to the magazine, Two Towers is the Empire Strikes Back of the Tolkien trilogy it's where the characters separate, different storylines emerge, and the situation grows grim. "You've got Merry, Pippin and Treebeard in Fangorn and Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas at Helm's Deep and Frodo and Sam going to Mordor. It's like an aperture that opens wider. I mean, they literally get to the Black Gates. You get to see the Black Gates, with these gigantic cave trolls pushing them open."
Post-production crews are already hard at work, fitting the new celluloid into their working cut of The Two Towers; and what's more, they already have a rough preview of The Return of the King, the trilogy's final segment, completed. Even as the December 18th release date for Towers approaches, Jackson is looking ahead to the final installment. Maybe we'll see yet more reshoots, more of Jackson's organic filmmaking happening this winter or in the spring.
Click the pics for larger images! Good morning hobbitses When you wake!Unofficial Frodo Pocket Facial Tissue Paper
Strider @ 3:19 pm ESTWe've found it: the worst piece of unofficial merchandise ever whose sole purpose is to cash in on the success of The Fellowship of the Ring. What is it? Well Gollumayee from Singapore has sent in these pictures of..wait for it..the Frodo Pocket Facial Tissue Paper. Ever wondered what Frodo would look like beside Conan the Barbarian and the Grim Reaper? Wonder no more!
'This must take top prize for "worst fake LOTR product": Frodo Pocket Facial Tissue paper! Found it at a neighbourhood sundries shop in Singapore. It costs S$2 (about US$1) for 48 packets. There's no manufacturing info on the packets but it's probably made in Malaysia or Indonesia.
The tissue comes in 2 designs: both have haunted-looking Bagginses and bony "ringwraiths"; one has a pink-and-purple "Gandalf' while the other depicts a green screaming Gandalf/Gimli hybrid beside Conan the Barbarian (Boromir?), and a "palantir"-gazer who definitely doesn't look like Saruman. Please tell me that bow-wielding guy/gal isn't meant to be Legolas! Truly the shadow grows longer...'
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Yes, but I would just soon drink my ice tea while I'm mowing!!
It's supposed to be 100 here today without the heat index factored in....good excuse not to mow the weeds when I get home and just kick back with some ice cream.
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