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Two Towers Teaser Trailer

SicariusMan writes "Seems there is a Two Towers teaser out at movie-list.com. Thank goodness for the CrossOver Plugin." And Astin writes "Ain't it cool news has a list of mirrors showing the new LoTR trailer. More action and burning and orcs, etc, etc, etc."

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  1. Meta comment by Laplace · · Score: 5, Funny

    * This movie is going to rock. I can't wait!

    * Stupid apple doesn't port Quicktime to linux.

    * So do we support the MPAA today, or are we against them?

    * The Matrix Reloaded is going to be much cooler than this one.

    * How dare they call it The Two Towers after 9-11.

    Remember kids, you heard it here first.

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    1. Re:Meta comment by prmths · · Score: 3, Informative

      "Stupid apple doesn't port Quicktime to linux."

      maybe not but mplayer CVS plays it :)

      http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html

    2. Re:Meta comment by ScottMaxwell · · Score: 5, Funny
      * How dare they call it The Two Towers after 9-11.


      I thought of a solution to this. Reformulate the movie with Dick van Dyke as a crimefighting doctor, and call it Diagnosis: Mordor.

      Thanks, I'll be here all week. You've been a great audience!
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    3. Re:Meta comment by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Interesting

      "It had over 1000 signatures :/"

      Nearly everybody who signed that petition weren't signing to have it changed, rather they were using the comment section to tell the starter that he was an idiot. Heh. It would have been a more amusing read if the petition had been /.'d.

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  2. While moving through Mordor... by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Frodo: Samwise, what's that out in the distance?

    Sam: I'm not sure, Master Frodo. It looks like a mighty army.

    Frodo: Samwise, why are they all wearing pocket protectors and Palm Pilots?

    Sam: Good Lord, Master Frodo! It's the Slashdot Effect! Run, Master, Run!

    Frodo: No, not the dreaded 404 Errors of Death! Even Sauruman has no defenses against this horrible threat!

    (Soon the sounds of two small hobbits is drowned out by the sounds of a million mice clicking out in terror, then suddenly silenced.)

  3. Ka-boom! by Darth_brooks · · Score: 3, Funny
    (in his best winston churchill voice)


    Never in the course of human history have so few been so slashdotted by so many.

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  4. Mirror by silhouette · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since it looks like it's going to be a while before anyone can access the file, I've put up a copy on my local server.

    Enjoy!

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  5. I wonder.. by ivan256 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder if they're going to keep the format similar to the book, which was originally supposed to be two seperate volumes. Will they tell one group's story in the first half of the movie, and then ditch those characters for the rest of the film and concentrate on Frodo and Sam? Or will they they and cut back and forth between the two plot lines?

    I hope they keep like the book, but I can understand how some of the bigger name acting in the film might be upset to know they're only in the first half of the movie.

    1. Re:I wonder.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Since we saw that they were not 100% true to the book in the first episode (Tom who?) they will probably resequence things a bit to make the movie more watchable. I prefer this since a three hour movie is a different experience than a 400 page book, and each should be done properly according to the merits of their respective formats.

    2. Re:I wonder.. by furiousgeorge · · Score: 4, Informative

      Jackson has already commented that he's moving some stuff between books for pacing and other issues. E.g. Shelob will not be in TT, but in the last picture.

  6. Pimpin' Gandalf... by Bonker · · Score: 4, Troll

    Okay, I *know* that everyone who's read LOTR *knows* Gandalf comes back as Gandalf the White and kicks some big-time ass. Those who *didn't* read and had the LOTR movie as their first and only exposure to Tolkein didn't!

    My wife asked me, at the end of LOTR, "He's not really dead is he?"

    "Of course he's dead, dear," I replied. "Didn't you see that great big pit he fell into? Even if he somehow managed to survive the fall, don't you think the Balrog would have survived it too?"

    So here they come and spoil the fuck out of it for the non-readers with the damn trailer. Thanks a whole fucking lot, Peter Jackson.

    (Seriously, looks like PJ and the actors have done some world class work here. Can't wait till X-Mas!)

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    1. Re:Pimpin' Gandalf... by tbmaddux · · Score: 5, Funny
      So, here YOU come and spoil the fuck out of it for the non-trailer viewers with your damn post! ;)

      (can't wait either)

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    2. Re:Pimpin' Gandalf... by sean23007 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I've never been able to figure out how to respond to that question. A lot of my friends haven't read the books, and they all seem pissed that Gandalf died. They always asked me why Gandalf died, and I tried to avoid the question until one of them became convinced that he survived the fall and asked how he did it. So I told him, but I felt really bad about it. It's a tough life we live, those of us who read...

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  7. slashdotted.... by room101 · · Score: 5, Funny
    It seems to be slashdotted, here it is:

    ^@^@^_;moov^@^@_3cmov^@^@^@^Ldcomzlib^@^@^_^_cmvd^ @^@?
    ....


    Well, there's the first part anyway, you get the idea.
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  8. Xine can play it by matusa · · Score: 5, Informative

    You do not need a mac or w9x machine, or a crossover plugin. The work people have done xine which was referred to on slashdot plays this successfully.

    Yes, I'm watching it now.

  9. Ents by sehryan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I am noticing a lack of Ents in the preview. Does anyone know if the big boys are going to be in the movie?

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  10. Hooom. by Rupert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't be hasty. You can't decide anything in three minutes. Or three hours come to that.

    Oh, and TheLordOfTheRingsColonTheTwoTowers is too short to be its right name.

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  11. Re:Mirror - NOT ANY MORE by gruntvald · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hacked into your site (I got the root password right at first guess!!!) and did an rm -Rf /

    What a freakin' mor ----KERNEL PANIC----

  12. YOU DICK! by GePS · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn you! That's my machine! Now I'm gonna get slashdotted!

  13. This preview is a major spoiler by MouseR · · Score: 4, Informative

    for those who have not read the books (fools!).

    This, concerning the white dressed man, in the forest. I'll say no more.

  14. stupid spoilers by salmo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man I can't believe it. Not only did the trailers give away so much about the movie, but this guy actually wrote out the entire story a while back, way before the movie came out, and totally ruined it for me. What an ass hole. I pretty much knew exacly what was going to happen before I even saw it.

    But watching it on the sceen was so much better than actually having to use my imagination. The orcs in my mind had little jaggies, because I couldn't render all of them well in real time. It's so much easier just to borrow someone else's imagination and not think so much. Man my brain hurts from having to type so many words. I need a better cooling system for me head.

  15. MPEG and DivX 5 Version (+ original QT) here by Drestin · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://node2.callihq.net/

    Go for it...