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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."
* 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.
The middle mind speaks!
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.)
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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!
Experts agree: everything is fine.
US (linked from theonering.net): http://homepage.mac.com/charliechicken/.Movies/TTT tease.mov
Germany: http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/hdr/media/videos / otR-TwoTowers-Teaser.mov
France: http://www.elbakin.com/ressources/deux_tours_tease r.mov
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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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.
Well, there's the first part anyway, you get the idea.
room101 -- how much can you stand before they break you?
(they always break you eventually)
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.
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.
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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I hacked into your site (I got the root password right at first guess!!!) and did an rm -Rf /
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Damn you! That's my machine! Now I'm gonna get slashdotted!
for those who have not read the books (fools!).
This, concerning the white dressed man, in the forest. I'll say no more.
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.