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The New Hobbit Hole
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Lil'freeper
Teehee
To: Lil'freeper
And a sneak to boot. :-)
To: JameRetief
Teeheee, you got the sneak. *wink*
To: Lil'freeper
Well, I couldn't have done it without your help. Thanks for the bumpage. ;-)
To: JameRetief
No problem. 10 min until the TTT special!
To: Lil'freeper
Can you give us a play by play, Lil' Spammer, uh, I mean Freeper? I don't have cable.
;-)
To: JameRetief
Now it's time for those hearts to pound again for the second filmOh my...better fetch my medicine...
To: ksen
The series: I'm not sure how the series relates to the movie as I've only seen bits of the movie. Um, is the movie about Hitomi and Van and Allan?
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12/09/2002 5:20:22 PM PST
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JenB
To: 2Jedismom
Nothing terribly new, really. I'm quite sure I've seen it before- more on FoTR rather than TTT. But,
It began with a nice biographical synopsis of JRR, his context and upbringing. Several talking head experts weighing in. Actors commenting on the richness of the works and their love for them.
Followed by the spread of the works and attempts at filming them. Then my mother called, bless her heart, and I got distracted.
Intro Jackson, some of his background and his sillier films, story of Miramax backing out.
Some on the technical challenge of making it- 3 movies at a time, the many costumes, etc.. Very demanding, big crew.
Robin Leach's brother- the WETA dude- going on about hobbit feet.
Camraderie of the cast. Hobbit bonding. "I've found my brothers," sez Dominic. BILLY BOYD IS SO DARLING!!
More to follow after commercial...
To: 2Jedismom
They keep showing TTT trailers....*goosebumps*
To: 2Jedismom
Now, back to WETA and post production.
How to make a gollum. Serkis, as voice and stand in, evolving to motion capture actor. Gollum became Serkis.
Epic anticipation. 1.7 million downloads of trailer. (Big'ol and I were reminiscing about the first time we saw that trailer.) World premiers, hitting the box office. Going on about the money (as if that makes the movie- ugh, my pet peeve). The salvation of New Line.
Academy awards, nominations etc. Legacy of causing people to read the book, purchases of the book up 1000%. Astin is proud to help make a gateway to the literature. Very nice wrap up- it's all about bringing people to the book. And epic for the ages.
To: 2Jedismom
All in all, nothing new. Everything covered in the special was provided in greater detail in the special features on the DVDs. So no worries about missing this one.
To: Lil'freeper
Looking forward to it.... I just so the first of the Riverdance Specials.... so I am just two hours behind! another Riverdance now. Funny, they showed them in reverse order I think... The first hour was the second lead male after Flatley, and this hour is the original with Flately. He is a stand-out dancer.
To: Lil'freeper
Thank you! I figured as much.
Did you see I saw a different scene in a TT commercial today? Aragorn saying "These are my people and I will fight with them." Very powerful.
Only a little over a week now.
To: HairOfTheDog
The Riverdance specials...are they on Bravo? I'm chatting in C and F and they would want to know.
To: HairOfTheDog
Yeah, but Flatley is a supreme megalomaniac and that gives me a bad case of ICK. Even so, Riverdance is epic and I love it. You'll have to give us a good play by play when the Ring special gets to your time zone. I spent most of the hour on the phone.
To: 2Jedismom
Yes Bravo.... #2 just started here on the West Coast. But Bravo replays things!
To: 2Jedismom
I did notice the trailers are using the actual soundtrack now, I believe I heard "Isengard Unleashed" on one instead of the "Requiem for a Dream" they've been using. *goosebumps*
To: Lil'freeper
Eh... I just watch their feet! - Don't care about their egos!
To: HairOfTheDog
Ok, I told them.
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