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New Lord of the Rings Trailer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-lust-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple is hosting the new trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Of course, the trailer is in quicktime. Looks pretty darn good, in my opinion." I just finished the 4th disc on FotR, and am ready for TTT to be out now!

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  1. And while you're so hot about the movie... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...remember NOT to whine about the next tactics of MPAA and/or DRM implementations and/or Palladium. When you buy the movies, you finance those operations.

    Think about it.

    1. Re:And while you're so hot about the movie... by Floyd+Turbo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Oh, for crying out loud, can we please stop seeing this post modded up to +5 insightful every single time there's an article about a good movie or CD?

      There is no inconsistency between (a) enjoying the creative work of the artists who make these movies and music, and (b) decrying the oppresive tactics of the "executives" who both corrupt the laws of the varying nations to protect their stranglehold on content and rip off the artists who actually create the content.

      So yes, enjoy the film, continue to complain about the actions of the suits, and understand that doing one is not the opposite of the other.

    2. Re:And while you're so hot about the movie... by hswerdfe · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Dude, I so disagree with you:

      yes, there is [almost] nothing wrong with enjoying the movie.
      But, I think you should be aware of who is getting your money, and how they are going to use it.

      p.s. Have you ever noticed that posting to have something modded up or down is usually more effective than actually moding it up your self (assuming you have points).
      Or even just asking to be modded in the text of your own message.
      If you ask me thats F*ing retarded

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      --meh--
    3. Re:And while you're so hot about the movie... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      "...remember NOT to whine about the next tactics of MPAA and/or DRM implementations and/or Palladium. When you buy the movies, you finance those operations."

      I didn't whine about Macrovision and keying.
      I downloaded smart ripper.
      Makes nice pretty copies of MY movies.

      LOTR2 is content that I don't mind spending money for.
      In fact I'll buy the DVD when it comes out, just like I did the Fellowship.

      Good movies, on DVD, are priced right.
      CDs are a whole different issue.

  2. read the book by AstroMage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As nice as seeing the movie is, if you still haven't, read the book! It's worth it :-)

    Signed: an old-fashioned geek :-)

  3. Movie industry by Gary+Franczyk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't it funny how the same people who complain about movie and recording industry "fatcats" are the same ones that slobber over the newest trailer for a series of movies that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce?

  4. Re:interest in LOTR == sign of a sick mind by po3t · · Score: 3, Insightful

    not that I disagree, because, for the most part, I don't. However, do you honestly believe that it's your place to say? I doubt that most of the people who spend their lives indulging in these fantasy worlds care about the psychological motives behind doing so. I don't. I think that though fantasy worlds offer someone to unplug from the real world for the time being, isn't that something that all very popular activities have in common (video games, books, TV, movies for a start)? It's not just restricted to fantasy. When you open up the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, are you thinking about your wife who says that she's unhappy, or your kid who's doing poorly in school? Did your reading that one of the possible reasons the Roman Empire collapsed was widespread homosexuality somehow make you remember about the taxes that you weren't be able to pay? Whether it's fake or real, you can escape reality through almost any medium.

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  5. Re:About Quicktime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You really don't know what your talking about.

    I'm not generally a big huge fan of quicktime, but it's currently the best media distribution format out there, end of story.

    Sorry.

  6. Re:how to play on a REAL computer by EvilAlien · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course if a Microsoft format had been used we'd see streams of anti-Microsoft hate invoking antitrust etc etc. When it is Apple's format that they don't have the courtesy of releasing a *nix player for its all "yay for the underdog!"

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