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Lord of the Rings Theatrical Trailer
BadmanX writes: "The brand new Lord of the Rings trailer that ran on several shows tonight (including the season premier of Angel) is available for download from Apple's Quicktime site." Hmmm. Mirrors definitely needed.
http://www.tolkien-movies.com/media/officialtraile rs.shtml
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
oh sh*t, i lied!
:-(
follow the link and it just takes you to the apple site
big DOH
however, it does have a scene by scene account with pictures here:
http://www.theonering.net/
Yes, i know its not the same, but it looks pretty cool just from the pics....
If you are in search for more information - I highly recommend TheOneRing.net. It's a really cool site, updated very often.
It's all freaking simple, people.
shut up man
Well I could plagiarize it for the free karma, or I could just point out the obvious and mention there is a ten page feature in this month's Wired about Tolkien the man, the author, the professor, his books, his legacy... and why this movie is going to be such a big f**king deal.
hell, half the posts i have read already quote it word for word... interestingly without giving credit...
search Morpheus for "fellowshipoftherings_fs.mov"
it's the full screen version, and *hell*yes*it*rocks*
I've throttled the max uploads to save myself, if you get it, spread it around...
The forces of Mordor would have crushed the army. The might of Gondor had been waning for decades -- the nations were much much weaker than they were at the battle of the Last Alliance. You will see this at the scene "The Black Gate Opens" (probably near the start of the third film), and perhaps sooner if they play it up.
The only way to victory lay in sneaking undetected into Orodruin and depositing the ring. The hobbits were chosen because they were hardy and the most likely to overcome the temptation of the ring. Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel etc. declined to take on the ring because they thought they would be unable to resist the temptation to use it.
Also, the elves had departed from the affairs of men after the Last Alliance (it wasn't call the _Last_ one for no reason). Many of them had already departed Middle-Earth; there were only a few left and they certainly had no plans to engage in a war.
Don't bother. Others have received criminal convictions for illegally obtaining such footage
http://homepage.mac.com/johnemdall/.Movies/lotr-tv 240.mov
1. Get Morpheus.
- tv 240.mov
2. Install and run it.
3. Select "Video" and search for "Lord of the rings"
4. then you should be able to get in a few mins. The problem is figuring out what the hell the file is called.
With apples shit site, I have to upgrade to a new version of quicktime, which took me forever and it still doesn't work. I wanted to get the zip file from the sorensen server... but it's dead.
... or you can just view the file here:
http://homepage.mac.com/johnemdall/.Movies/lotr
-Kraft
Live and let live
Well, actually.. quicktime is less crappy than windoze mediaplayer.
Well, that's a matter of taste, really. I don't think either of them are particularly great. Same with RealWhatever. Roll on DiVX and MPEG!
Second, believe it or not but the official MPEG4 standard is based on.... quicktime!!!
IIRC, they didn't use the codec, just the data format. Most QT movie trailers use the Sorenson codec.
Personally, I think they should release trailers in as many format as possible. MPEG1, MPEG4, WinMedia, Real and QT. Cover all the bases, and you get some form of inherent mirroring as well (MSN would host the WM on their site, Apple would host the QT, and so on)
Thanks to all those posting links to tolkien-movies.com and Ain't it Cool News, but the trailers they have from Sept 6th are not the same as the one from last night, Sept. 24th.
:-).
To my knowledge none of the mirror sites have it yet (although that could change). TheOneRing.Net just posts a link to the broken Apple/Sorenson server. They may be available on the Morpheous/Kazaa network; I'm at work and haven't been able to check. I'd post a mirror, too, except I haven't been able to get the latest trailer myself
"He's more machine now than man, twisted and evil."
I mirrored the Large version (480x204), it's 18MB. If I find the fullscreen version I'll put it up there too. Grab it here:
;)
http://lotr.infernix.net/
Note: PLEASE SATURATE THIS LINK.
I repeat: PLEASE SATURATE THIS LINK.
It's our (yet) unused new uplink and I'd like to stress-test it.
Thanks
infernix
Jesus!
You can't cut Bombadil. Bombadil is not unimportant. This almost made me weep, Tom Bombadil is my absolute favorite character in all of Tolkien's book, including Silmarillion and the Book of Lost Tales series.
Bombadil's elvish name, Iarwain Ben-Adar, translates roughly to the oldest without father, because he was in Middle Earth before the elves came the first time. Some even think Bombadil is one of the Maiar or even the Valar.
Personally, I think he might be a Vala, because the other mighty Maiar in Middle Earth were affected by the ring, while Bombadil was not.
Whatever he is, though, things such as Bombadil are in my opinion what makes Tolkien's stories as great as they are. If it wasn't for these "meaningless" passages, The Trilogy could have been any fantasy book out there. It is all the strange, elaborate stuff surrounding the main story that makes Tolkien's universe as magic as it is.
:wq!
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Search on fellowshipofthering
several t3 speed sites have it....
By nationality:-
British
Sean Bean (Boromir)
Ian Holm (Bilbo)
Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
Billy Boyd (Pippin)
Dominic Monaghan (Merry)
Orlando Bloom (Legolas)
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
The voice of Andy Serkis (Gollum)
Australian
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
John Noble (Denethor)
David Wenham (Faramir)
New Zealand
Martin Czokas (Celeborn)
Karl Urban (Eomer)
American
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
Sean Astin (Sam)
Viggo Mortenson (Aragorn)
Liv Tyler (Arwen)
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
As for pronouncing it as Tolkein put in the appendix, the purists have lost that one - the trailers definitely pronounce Gandalf as Gandalf, not Gandolv.
It's a shame only the Americans will invest in movies. Since half the actors are Brits, the top Hollywood cinematographers are Brits, and the book was written by a Brit, you'd reckon you could drum up some finance in Britain. But no... Silly buggers, money-men.
Grab.
How about another idea. When files like LOTR trailers, Counter-strike updates,, or new Quake engine game tests are released, the few mirrors (usually just fileplanet) are bogged down to almost nothing. If you somehow are able to get the file early, then post it to a binary newsgroup and then post on the forums where it is located. There can be no better mirror than a local server...your news server! I did this for the HL and CS updates recently and got a ton of thank you replies. I tried to get it from fileplanet before I found a small mirror elsewhere and started at like 650 in line with 80 minutes to *start* the download.
Cave, wreck, and deep diver.
The 480x204 version i grabbed from Morpheus starts with the golden ring and a lot of fire. It's nothing more than a quicktime movie.
:)
:)
The fullscreen version starts with a storyteller while viewing a horse and wagon walking on a bridge. It's 2:51 long and has a nice progress bar (some Quicktime feature I think).
I think the 480x204 version is some other (older?) trailer, but one thing is for sure:
The FULLSCREEN version and the 480x204 version on my mirror http://lotr.infernix.net/ are DIFFERENT!
And I like the fullscreen one a whole lot better, so you better get 'em both
Regards,
infernix
---> Note to moderators: please mod this up as high as my first post. Thanks
http://www.psychosis.net/lotr/fellowshipoftherings _fs.movm ov
and
http://lotr.infernix.net/fellowshipoftherings_fs.
For the masses apparently not in the know, LOTR is directed by Peter Jackson, who has made some remarkably well known films, most notably "Bad Taste", "Meet the Feebles" and "Dead Alive".
If this discourages you, I'd HIGHLY recommend renting "Heavenly Creatures", one of the most amazing fantasy-like films I've ever seen. Jackson has a amazing flare for surreality.
Why should you be excited? Because he's probably the best choice for someone who could pull off this movie and keep the beauty and magic of the story.
Have fun.