The Hype of the Rings

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 11, 2001 @03:38AM from the one-ring-to-be-on-the-view dept.

With the Fellowship of the Rings just around the corner, the Slashdot Submissions bin is overflowing with stories about the film since it premiered in the UK already for you lucky brits. If you don't mind a little spoilage, here is the guardian's review, the BBC review, the telegraph review, some pictures from the premiere, and one last review. Also, Scifi.com is reporting that the film has already been pirated. The reviews have their nitpicks, but on the whole its looking good. M : LOTR tattoos!

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what about the Hobbit? by diesel_jackass · 2001-12-11 03:40 · Score: 5, Funny

are they going to make a Hobbit movie to go along with them ?

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1. Re:what about the Hobbit? by domc · 2001-12-11 04:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Screw the Hobbit. I want a movie version of the Silmarillion!
  
  domc
2. Re:what about the Hobbit? by NewWazoo · 2001-12-11 04:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  domc said:
  Screw the Hobbit. I want a movie version of the Silmarillion!
  
  Heh. I can just see it now: "Hundreds die at movie preview, cause uncertain".
  
  Followed shortly by "Tedium declared weapon of mass destruction by UN"
  
  Brandon
That lasted a long time... by L41N14L · 2001-12-11 03:48 · Score: 4, Funny

"All members of the cast have got a tattoo. When we had it done in a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, we all swore never to tell anyone,' he told Reuters Television

What part of "swore never to tell anyone" did he not understand?
1. Re:That lasted a long time... by xinit · 2001-12-11 04:23 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Well, I think that they swore never to tell what the tattoo's image was. Imagine if the secret got out that they all had huge 12" pink unicorns inked onto their backs for the rest of their lives. I mean, the shame....
  
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spoilers? by rudiger · 2001-12-11 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

what self-respecting /.'er doesn't know how this movie ends?
1. Re:spoilers? by tb3 · 2001-12-11 05:37 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Oh, come on. He is obviously a troll. Probably a rock troll, or a cave troll, possibly an orc....
  
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Re:Sellout... by Black+Parrot · 2001-12-11 03:52 · Score: 3, Funny

> I'm just sick of seeing those commercials for the light-up goblets; it cheapens the film before it's even out.

<cynical>Yeah, but if they wait until after it's out they'll miss the Christmas action-figure rush.</cynical>

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Dont believe the hype... by __4096 · 2001-12-11 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny

I just hope they didn't recycle Jar Jar Binks and use him as Gollum.
1. Re:Dont believe the hype... by Bonker · 2001-12-11 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I just hope they didn't recycle Jar Jar Binks and use him as Gollum.
  
  "Weesa loosa ring to kwazy hobbit? Uhoh! Pretty ain't gonna lika dat!"
  
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2. Re:Dont believe the hype... by dswensen · 2001-12-11 08:32 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Funny? Why is that funny? Is there a +1, The Very Notion Fills Me With A Cold, Abject Terror?
OT: naming servers after LOTR caracters by ThePurpleBuffalo · 2001-12-11 03:55 · Score: 5, Funny

We name our servers after LOTR caracters... one day someone asked what type of network we were using. The answer:

Tolkien Ring

Beware TPB
1. Re:OT: naming servers after LOTR caracters by mj01nir · 2001-12-11 04:10 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  We name our servers after LOTR caracters... one day someone asked what type of network we were using. The answer:
  Tolkien Ring
  
  We clearly need a new moderation selection: Groaner
  
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2. Re:OT: naming servers after LOTR caracters by Dr.Dubious+DDQ · 2001-12-11 06:23 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  That does it.
  
  Slashdot Admins, please read!. We need two more moderation ratings!
  
  First, we need a "-1, Bad Pun".
  
  Second, we need a "+1, Bad Pun"....
  
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Re:Sellout... by Fatal0E · 2001-12-11 03:55 · Score: 5, Funny

I think Space Balls had one of the more astute observations when it comes to movies...

it was the scene where Bill Pullman meets Yogurt in the underground desert complex and he's showing off all the SpaceBalls stuff..."Moychendising, Moychendising, Moychendising!"

so expect LOTR The Toilet Paper, LOTR The bedsheets, LOTR The Crayon Set and best of all, LOTR The Flame Thrower (the kids love this one).

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Slashdot poll by Marcus+Brody · 2001-12-11 04:09 · Score: 2, Funny

As a LOTR enthusiast on slightly the wrong side of fanatical, what should I do?

[ ] Not go and see any of the films - it would corrupt my imagination

[ ] Wait until 2002, and see all three films in one 9 hour sitting.

[ ] Stop being a nincompoop and go and enjoy the film.

This may look like a joke, but I am serious. I will stand bye the /. majority. So go ahead, please cast votes 1, 2 or 3 as an AC.

Also, some more purist than me are apparantly a bit pissed off. They cook tomatoes in the film (gasp - a new world fruit!) and the elves have a penchant for polyurethane garden accessories. Furthermore, how come is it that I post all but one of the links given in the parent (about 12 hours ago), but my comment gets rejected?
Re:Devil's Advocate: The Purposes of the Crap by mj01nir · 2001-12-11 04:16 · Score: 5, Funny

...and the pornographic feature based upon the film is in high demand at the local adult bookstore.

There's a porn version!? Where in the hell do I get that. Waitaminit. Hot hobbit-on-hobbit action? Nevermind.

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Re:Devil's Advocate: The Purposes of the Crap by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-11 04:26 · Score: 2, Funny

Hot hobbit-on-hobbit action?

I KNEW Sam was gay!
So, the new inscription goes like this... by devphil · 2001-12-11 04:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Three drinks for the Burger Kings under the sky,
Seven burgers for the Dwarves who are stoned,
Ninety million consumers doomed to buy,
One cut for the Dark Lord, the franchise he owns.
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.
Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to dine them,
Onion ring to bring them all and in the deep-fryer bind them
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.

I would give an attribution if I had seen one. Probably it's evolved from several sources.

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1. Re:So, the new inscription goes like this... by devphil · 2001-12-11 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I forgot to mention that I had a dream the other day, where I walked into a Burger King after the release date of the movie. All the workers had nametags (like they do now), but their names were written in the Tengwar of Feanor.
  
  I think I woke up shaking at that point; I'm not certain.
  
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Re:Reminds me of Star Wars by Unknown+Bovine+Group · 2001-12-11 05:05 · Score: 3, Funny

I can see it now:
Bilbo Baggins
Frodo Baggins
Jar-Jar Baggins

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Synopsis of the story for those who don't know: by Dr.Dubious+DDQ · 2001-12-11 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny
It goes like this. A bunch of peaceful little guys are minding their own business in their village at the beginning of the first book. The mysteriously disappearing/reappearing wizard Gandalf shows up and says bad things are coming. Several of the little guys decide to head off from the village. Here's where the story gets underway.
1. Good guys head for some destination or other.
2. Good guys notice they're being chased by really mean but mysterious bad guys of some sort
3. Good guys flee, alternately running and hiding
4. Bad guys nearly catch them, but just in time, Good guys stumble on a group of other Good guys, and the Bad guys leave.
5. The newly-met good guys give them all magic food and they all sing songs and recite poetry.
6. Repeat as necessary.
Disclaimer - YES, I'm kidding, dammit! But you've got to admit, there IS a grain of truth to it...

Anyone who DOESN'T know the story (both of you), it actually IS a good, complex tale. I just couldn't help noticing this pattern in it...
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Re:You'll hate it by sam@caveman.org · 2001-12-11 05:57 · Score: 2, Funny

the HP books are basically like long scooby doo episodes. long bunch of walking around, then at the end there is a flurry of action and the enemy has his big plastic mask pulled off, screaming 'if it weren't for you kids...'

-sam

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Re:My Sort of Review by Black+Parrot · 2001-12-11 07:30 · Score: 2, Funny

> How could nobody else realize that they've totally destroyed the Shire scenes by making Bilbo's eyes the wrong color :-)

Hey! You promised no spoilers!!!

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Re:Sellout... by Dr.Dubious+DDQ · 2001-12-11 07:36 · Score: 3, Funny

Eat at real locally-owned restaurants instead of fast food chains
I agree completely. I much prefer to go to a nearby small local restaurant, where I can be away from the unnecessary hype of the Lord of the Rings movie...

Except, of course, that the restaurant in question is named "Butterbur's"...(I kid you not!)

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So what does Hitler think? by Decimal+Dave · 2001-12-11 09:02 · Score: 2, Funny

Thomas Sutcliffe's review mentions "...Hitler would have adored this film, with its hideous Untermenschen, its homeland-loving hobbits and its Aryan beauties." That isn't a very positive endorsement.

So should I see this film or not?

On one hand Sutcliffe doesn't like it. On the other hand, Hitler gives it two thumbs up!

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