Posted on 05/19/2002 5:01:59 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Beyond this point there be spoilers!
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Don't want spoilers? – Click HERE and don't look back!
Don't say we didn't warn you! Spoilers are what this thread is all about. So bring your rumors (substantiated or not!), spoilers, spy reports, and bones of contention about them here as the snippets of TTT news, photos and interviews come rolling in.
I wouldn't even recommend pinging people to this thread unless you know they want to see them. There are a lot of purists out there that hate to have anything given away before the movie comes out. I, however, am not one of those.
I will start a "TTT spoilers ping list" separate from the other Tolkien ping lists… so let me know if you want to be on the spoiler alert list!" If we use this thread for that kind of stuff, we won't shock people who don't want to see it. (though I bet they look anyway!)
Report 'em if you got 'em!
These new pics from The Two Towers were actually posted at TORN yesterday, but their server was so slow I didn't try to post them till some of the load was off... Today I will risk a couple... they are fabulous! (There are also a lot of Extended Version FoTR pics in there - They are all mixed together, so you have to decipher a bit what you are looking at!
They are still slower than a snail I see... so here is a link to the rest: (they are a bit like childbirth... slow to load, but worth the wait! (sorry Jen)) Ringer Spy Lutz's Scrapbook
Spoiler alert! 2J! - We were wondering over in the hole when this picture became available what could possibly be ticking Frodo off here? Well now it has words! - from that clip!
Copy this link... they are limiting linking and the picture will fail:
http://orlandomultimedia.net/screencap/dvd_tttprev49.jpg
Hee! Hee!! I hear THAT one!! Funny how it isn't even offensive, is it?!... ;o)
Off we go!
TTT promises to have some great fight scenes...I cannot wait, but I reckon the release of the FoTR DVD will have to tide me over for now.
Middle-Earth FReegards...MUD
Cinescape Scoop
Jackson talks next two LORD OF THE RINGSFrodo’s wild ride…
Dateline: Friday, August 2, 2002
By: CHRISTOPHER ALLAN SMITH AND ERIC MOROBy: While talking recently to CINESCAPE’s own Eric Moro, LORD OF THE RINGS director Peter Jackson teased the dark journey fans of the film trilogy Frodo will be going on in the next two installments, and why he might not even be the hero of the trilogy by the end.
“What basically happens is [the films] become darker and they emotionally go places, which is very interesting,” Jackson said. “As Frodo’s journey with the Ring continues, the Ring starts to affect him more. There’s an interesting dynamic that is going to happen in these films where in the first movie, Frodo is the audience. He’s the Everyman character. In the second film, THE TWO TOWERS, the Ring starts to act on him in a much stronger way. By the third film, Frodo has such a burden to carry and is starting to behave in such a strange way that I think the empathy of the audience will switch to Sam, who is accompanying Frodo on this journey. Frodo becomes so troubled by this Ring that we are now going to be looking at this story through Sam’s eyes by the time THE RETURN OF THE KING comes out, because we can no longer really go there with Frodo because he has his own tortuous journey that he takes on. It will be very interesting to see the three films together because there’s going to be this switch as each film becomes more intense.”
Granted, for those of you who’ve read the books this might not be much of a shock, but for those who haven’t read them, it’s a sweet glimpse.
For more on THE TWO TOWERS and THE RETURN OF THE KING, pick up a copy of CINESCAPE’s SEQUELMANIA at newsstands now.
Platinum Edition DVD has 4 discs, with lots of behind the scenes stuff. I just noticed it is the version to be released in November, duh. I think I am like you, I will get the movie now, and the extended version later. And of course the super extended version in 2004 :-)
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