Posted on 05/19/2002 5:01:59 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Beyond this point there be spoilers!
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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!
Q: Will there be anything to help a novice find his/her way into The Two Towers, some recap of what has happened so far, or will we plunge right into it?
Philippa Boyens: Pretty much a big plunge, you might say - a rather large plunge! [Both laugh as if sharing a wicked, private joke.] - the deep breath before the plunge. Well, it's a terrible pun; and you'll understand it when you see it, but I think it's one of the most amazing openings ever - pure Peter Jackson!
Sounds like we're in for a whopper of an opening!
This would review the history of the Ring of Power, if we had a short section of Gollum hissing out his love of the Precious, his rage at the Baggins, and his fear of the Dark Lord. That'd catch the unitiated up, and give the initiated some story, too.
What do I think? I don't really know, but I intend to ask my friend to see if he can shed any light on it.
If I was to hazard a guess, and this really is a guess, I would say that the movie opens with Saruman staring into the Palantir, searching Middle Earth for the remains of the Fellowship, the camera zooms into the Palantir and seemlessly merges with a scene where we are high in the sky at a great height over the empty plains and suddenly start to drop downward till we zoom in on 3 little specks which grow to become the recognisable figures of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, the three hunters.
The limited-edition Two Towers album adds to the regular release a second disc featuring the Lost Lothlorien Suite, plus previously unreleased tracks from FOTR sessions. The limited-edition version also includes a special booklet and leatherette packaging.
Just to get the story going, I'd love to start not only with Gollum, but from his point of view. He could trail his knuckles in the slime as he stalks the Ring...and we could listen to his pathetic conversations with himself. It is a Tolkein theme--pity this wretch. He could witness Gandalf's descent into the Abyss, then trail Sam and Frodo, only to be captured by Faramir. By that time, the details of FOTR could be outlined for the poor confused non-veteran of Middle Earth.
I'm looking forward to Gollum...!
Oh boy do I remember that scene. I have iffy equilibrium anyway (since losing my hearing in my right ear) and it made me sick nearly every time.
My jedis and 2JD are outside working on their talan. The thing is going to be HUGE! At least 10'x10' with two storeys and is made with cut down cedar trees...the support posts are gigantic. They are cementing the posts into the ground right now.
The thing is going to actually be a room on stilts build around our large mimosa tree. The tree will actually come up through the middle of it and they'll have to climb the tree a tad to get up to the second story (like a lookout tower).
The only other bit of info I got from him today was the the very last "big" event in the movie (but maybe not the final actual scene) is "Aragorn getting Anduril and deciding to go on the Paths of the Dead".
The days sure are flying....I got a new Tolkien book to pass the time yesterday, Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle Earth Volume XXII: The People's Of Middle Earth.
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