Posted on 05/19/2002 5:01:59 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Beyond this point there be spoilers!
Like spoilers? – Keep reading!
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!
Other LOTR figures can be found here: Toy Biz: Lord of the Rings. The likeness of quite a few of them are quite detailed.
Have you checked out that third track from the Two Towers soundtrack that I posted in the latest thread? I'm not sure if it's Gollum's Song or Evenstar, but whatever it is, it sure is very beautiful and poignant.
For those that missed the images, there is a page of thumbnails that are linked to the larger images. You can find that page here: Topps TTT cards.
Feel free to host the images and relink them for others. A second source never hurts in such a case as this. :-)
Spoiler alert! 
To: HairOfTheDog; All
Per your request, I have asked the moderator to pull the post.
For those that missed the images, there is a page of thumbnails that are linked to the larger images. You can find that page here: Topps TTT cards.
449 posted on 11/13/2002 7:50 AM PST by JameRetief
Hey everyone! We have created an additional place
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It is a private place, for only Tolkien fans from Free Republic. This is just an additional place we have... We use the chat room sometimes for our idle chit-chat and to share live events like movie chat-views, and there are some cool files there that you can download, like e-versions of all the Tolkien books. If you do not already belong, contact any one of these good folk via freepmail:
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And we will send you the map of how to get there!
We are doing a chat-view of the Extended Edition FOTR tonight at 5:00 P - 7:00 C - 8:00 E time.... try to get in right away to join us!
| 11-13-02 Latest News |
The Spikey Wheel Is Baaaaaaaaaaack!
Xoanon @ 4:21 pm EST
Dennis sends this along
I know that there has been a lot of back and forth talk about the "Death of Saruman" on the spiked wheel thing, but as I was sifting through the 4th disc looking at the stills from the Orthanc miniature, two pictures of a EXACT replica in miniature of the spiked wheel in the picture that shows a white robed figure with a beard impaled on one of the spikes!
Xoanon here, I've gone through our archives to provide you with a little background on this story. Years ago when the films were being made a NZ newspaper crew captured this fascinating picture of what appears to be a white wizard with a LONG beard impaled by a spikey water wheel of some sort.
Click here for the picture and article in question.
TheOneRing.net was also given highly sensetive call sheets (day to day information on what, who, where, when, and how many things were being filmed on any given day) from the same day.
Click here for a scan of the exact shot being refrenced
It mentions Saruman bring impailed by the wheel and dropping the palantir into some water.
'Nuff said!
Spoiler alert!
Extended Edition Easter Eggs
Demosthenes @ 1:29 pm EST
We reported this a couple weeks ago, but with the Extended Edition now in general release, it's worth reviewing the easter eggs that are floating around on your new DVD!
If having two discs filled with amazing special features wasn't enough, the four-disc Extended Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring features two very cool Easter Eggs that just add to the awesomeness of the set.
These first two eggs are found on discs one and two of the set, and each one is of a video that many LOTR fans would be quite happy to have on DVD.
The first one is actually the MTV Movie Awards spoof on the Council of Elrond scene that is pretty hilarious. I've wanted to see this again since it first aired (and was repeated a thousand times on MTV), and now it's on DVD.
To find this one, go into the Scene Selection menu on disc one, and head to the final page where you'll find the real Council of Elrond scene. High light that scene and press "down" to find an image of the Ring. Press enter to view the entire clip from MTV complete with an introduction from Peter Jackson.
(NB: This Easter Egg is not necessarily kiddie-safe. Parents might want to watch this bit themselves before they unleash their children on it.)
The second egg can be found on disc two, and is the awesome four-minute "Fan Preview" of The Two Towers that was shown at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring this past March as it was on the way out of the theaters.
To watch this awesome trailer, go to the Scene Selection menu and navigate your way to the final page where you'll find the chapter with the Fan Club Credits. Move the cursor to the numbers on the far right of the screen, and when it's on "48" press down to make an image of the Two Towers appear. Press enter to view the trailer in full anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.
Thanks to Bernie and TORn staffer Scorpio for this information.
These really work! press the "48" once so that the official fan club credits appear in the menu... then press the down arrow from the 48 again and the two towers will appear.... -Hair.
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