There was still plenty to enjoy. The long Edoras episode in the movie just blew me away, and I didn't have the presence of mind to pay attn to costuming or set design. I like costumes as much as you like horses in movies, though I love the horses, too! So seeing the sketches of Theoden King and his evolving costume story was interesting to me. At the end of the series, I hope there's a just-costume book for that brilliant and hardworking gal who managed and oversaw the design of these costumes. I'd even go for paper dolls, which is a surprisingly good way to archive images of movie costumes. (Dover pub has great ones for costume history).
Do you think there'll be a book, "The ARt of the movie Chicago"? Bah. Of all the Oscar unfairness, giving the art editing award to any picture but TTT was bogus.
Hear Hear! Silly.
While I am here I will paste in some other news from TORN...
Mystery Towers Video Clip!
4/15/03, 8:58 am EST - Demosthenes
An anonymous spy dropped this little gem into our mailbox just yesterday. What is it? Well, it's a short video sequence of Gandalf chatting to Aragorn about the Ring in far more depth than we've seen previously. It could be from a Two Towers EE scene, a clip from the Two Towers PS2 game, or even a snippet from RoTK - we're not quite sure yet. You will need the latest div-x codec - which you can obtain from here - to view this file, but it's a free download. [More] Spoilers! ~[I have seen this clip somewhere before, but I guess it is new to TORN. You will have to re-download the latest Divx if yours is old - Hair]
Empire Online - Early RoTK Preview
4/15/03, 6:40 am EST - Demosthenes
Empire Online has this very early preview of Return of the King on their site. No really new information, but a few olds snapshots and a quote or three about Mouth of Sauron and the Dark Lord himself from Peter Jackson that you might have forgotten about. [More]
Towers Extended Edition: Word From Jackson
4/15/03, 3:16 am EST - Demosthenes
In the most recent edition of the LoTR 'Fan Club Official Movie Magazine', an interview with PJ states that FotR EE had 32 extra minutes, and the Two Towers EE will have 43 additional minutes. That means the extended Towers will come in at 222 minutes in length - that's a whopping 24 per cent more movie! Thanks to all who reported this! [More]