The Lord Of The Rings General Discussion Thread

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[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Cool.

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Don't say "cool" until you've seen the video! For all we know, you may end up hating it!

[chuck 154]

They should be on the new Hobbit movie.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Don't say "cool" until you've seen the video! For all we know, you may end up hating it!

I watched the first 3 minutes

[BloodBoal 7,538]

The best part of the video.

[Marian Schedenig 8,191]

That was hilarious, actually... I didn't mean to watch the whole thing...

[chuck 154]

Neither have I.

[Incanus 5,714]

Well that was certainly boring.

[chuck 154]

Snoring.

[Marian Schedenig 8,191]

Neither have I.

But I have. I didn't mean to, but I did watch it.

[chuck 154]

Neither have I.

But I have. I didn't mean to, but I did watch it.

Well that's you.

[Marian Schedenig 8,191]

I recommend it. It's heaps of fun. And I have to check out Beecake:

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Well that was certainly boring.

Don't make me go all "Harrumph Harrumph! Grumble Grumble!", please!

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[Incanus 5,714]

I remember reading the History of Middle Earth series and about the Trotter with wooden shoes. Thank you Tolkien for "finding out" who Strider really was before committing that idea to the final book.

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[KK 3,307]

I guess Incanus should change his name to Bladorthin

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[Incanus 5,714]

Incanus, Mithrandir, Gandalf, Tharkûn, Olorin. Just add Bladorthin to the list.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Steeftrandir I was in the West that is forgotten

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[Marian Schedenig 8,191]

I agree. From now on, I shall only call him that. Bladorthin The Magnificent.

Can we shorten it to Blado?

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[Incanus 5,714]

Blado. Sounds like a kick ass super hero action figure.

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[chuck 154]

There's nothing new that is not known already in this clip but I'm just gonna post this all the same:

Nice ditty remix of the Shire theme there.

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[Faleel 5,345]

That scene and music make me weep.

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[Faleel 5,345]

Just did this for fun and thought I should post this here, its the chapters/scenes from the EE arranged into an order based off what information we have on earlier cuts from the Annotated Score PDF's, Doug's Book, and various other info:

1. The Finding of the Ring
2. Journey to the Cross-roads
3. The Road to Isengard
4. The Voice of Saruman
5. Return to Edoras
6. Gollum’s Villainy
7. Éowyn’s Dream
8. The Palantír
9. Arwen’s Vision
10. Osgiliath Invaded
11. Minas Tirith (Pt. 1)
12. The Fall of Osgiliath
13. Minas Tirith (Pt. 2)
14. The Decline of Gondor
15. Cross-roads of the Fallen King
16. “The Deep Breath before the Plunge”
17. Minas Morgul
18. Sam’s Warning
19. Pippin’s Task
20. The Wizard’s Pupil
21. The Lighting of the Beacons
22. Théoden’s Decision
23. The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
24. Courage is the Best Defense
25. Peregrin of the Tower
26. Allegiance to Denethor
27. The Sacrifice of Faramir
28. The Parting of Sam and Frodo
29. Marshalling at Dunharrow
30. Andúril – Flame of the West (Pt. 1)
31. The Reforging of Narsil
32. Andúril – Flame of the West (Pt. 2)
33. Aragorn Takes the Paths of the Dead
34. No More Despair

Earlier Cut:

35. The Muster of Rohan
36. Dwimorberg – The Haunted Mountain

Later Cut:

35. Dwimorberg – The Haunted Mountain
36. The Muster of Rohan

37. The Paths of the Dead
38. The Siege of Gondor
39. The Corsairs of Umbar *
40. Shelob's Lair
41. Merry's Simple Courage *
42. Grond - The Hammer of the Underworld
43. The Tombs of the Stewards **
44. Breaking the Gate of Gondor
45. The Choices of Master Samwise
46. Denethor's Madness
47. The Witch King's Hour *
48. The Ride of the Rohirrim
49. The Pyre of Denethor **
50. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields **
51. "A Far Green Country"
52. The Nazgûl and His Prey
53. The Black Ships
54. Shieldmaiden of Rohan
55. Victory at Minas Tirith **
56. The Passing of Théoden
57. Oaths Fulfilled
58. The Houses of Healing *
59. Pippin Looks After Merry **
60. The Tower of Cirith Ungol **
61. The Last Debate **
62. Aragorn Masters the Palantír *
63. The Captain and the White Lady *
64. In the Company of Orcs *
65. The Land of Shadow **
66. The Mouth of Sauron *
67. The Black Gate Opens
68. "I Can't Carry It for You... but I Can Carry You."
69. The Last Move
70. Mount Doom **
71. "The Eagles are Coming!"
72. The Crack of Doom
73. Sauron Defeated
74. The End of All Things
75. The Fellowship Reunited
76. The Return of the King
77. Homeward Bound
78. The Grey Havens
79. Credits

[Bilbo 3,709]

Seeing th second largest collection of Lord of the Rings props and The Return of the King live to production on Sunday. Not a bad aul Bank Holiday weekend if I may say so myself.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Anyone else heard the BBC radio dramatization of the books? Haunting, deeply English score by the late Stephen Oliver. I have fond memories of listening to these tapes during long family car rides when I was younger.

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[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Probably not.

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[gkgyver 1,645]

Spend your time on those instead, not on that AUJ stuff.

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Its no good?

[crocodile 7,999]

There's about 9 hours of this stuff. I've watched about 6 so far. The extras are fine, even if you get almost nothing on Shore's music. A bit differently structured than the LOTR ones.

But what's really disappointing about those films is the "SW prequels effect" - almost all blue/green screen, actors not acting together, escalation of CG, very few locations... Ian McKellen seemed to have a pretty miserable time on this film, judging from those docs.

Karol

[Incanus 5,714]

There's about 9 hours of this stuff. I've watched about 6 so far. The extras are fine, even if you get almost nothing on Shore's music. A bit differently structured than the LOTR ones.

But what's really disappointing about those films is the "SW prequels effect" - almost all blue/green screen, actors not acting together, escalation of CG, very few locations... Ian McKellen seemed to have a pretty miserable time on this film, judging from those docs.

Karol

Well at least he got a scene or two with actors in the White Council and the dinner scene with Elrond.

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[crocodile 7,999]

There's about 9 hours of this stuff. I've watched about 6 so far. The extras are fine, even if you get almost nothing on Shore's music. A bit differently structured than the LOTR ones.

But what's really disappointing about those films is the "SW prequels effect" - almost all blue/green screen, actors not acting together, escalation of CG, very few locations... Ian McKellen seemed to have a pretty miserable time on this film, judging from those docs.

Karol

Well at least he got a scene or two with actors in the White Council and the dinner scene with Elrond.

Well, not really. Because Christopher Lee wasn't there. They used his stand in and then shot the rest of it in London. Yeah, on green screen.

Karol

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[crocodile 7,999]

I was more depressed by watching McKellen's breakdown (at first) - that he doesn't want to do this film and all.. At least he seemed to have enjoyed working with Blanchett.

Karol

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[crocodile 7,999]

Which everybody found miserable, yet again.

And this story repeats itself a lot in those extras.

Karol

[Faleel 5,345]

But what's really disappointing about those films is the "SW prequels effect" - almost all blue/green screen.

Karol

Except OSWT was in the 70's/80's.

the original LOTR trilogy was in the 2000's.

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