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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. 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 :-)

  2. Why is this on Slashdot?? by PsORoK · · Score: 5, Informative

    What kind of news is this? I skimmed it and thought there was a new trailer, got my hopes up, watched it, got mad. Instead it's just that the trailer I've watched 100 times is being hosted by Apple? Even that is weeks-old news. Why is this on Slashdot?

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    1. Re:Why is this on Slashdot?? by TerraFrost · · Score: 4, Informative

      This is the second trailer that was released... the one with music from Requiem.
      Even slashdot mentioned it when it came out, here:
      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/30/171725 9&mode=thread&tid=97

  3. Direct Download by daveirl · · Score: 5, Informative

    Direct Link 40MB - HERE

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  4. Not a new trailer by wpugh · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not a new trailer. It has been out for quite a while, at least a month, but probably several.

  5. how to play in linux (& link) by oskie · · Score: 5, Informative

    To play this crap in linux:

    1. wget "http://progressive.stream.aol.com/newline/gl/newl ine/lordoftherings/TheTwoTowers-tlr_fs.l.mov"

    2. Follow instructions on http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/qt-libwine-howto.txt

    I'm not sure it will work, but it's worth a try...

  6. Am I missing something? by 10Ghz · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have this very same trailer on my computer. Have had it for a long time now. Slashdot is only about 1.5 months late with this one ;)

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    1. Re:Am I missing something? by koorneef · · Score: 5, Informative

      The 2 Towers trailer is also included on the 2nd DVD of the extended version.

      To find it you'll have to go to the 'select chapter menu' and have a look at the last chapter. When you move up again you'll see in the bottom right of the screen two towers. Select that, press ok .. and you'll see the director congratulating you for finding this easter egg.

      Have fun !

    2. Re:Am I missing something? by DarkEdgeX · · Score: 5, Informative

      sigh...

      It's on the R1 disc, the instructions weren't quite clear exactly WHERE you had to press DOWN at. You press down from the far-right group listing, NOT from the chapter name itself (mentally split the three areas you can navigate left and right into three columns, you want to be on the bottom right item, then press DOWN, and you'll get the Towers graphic as the original poster described). On the FIRST disc of the Extended DVD you can get to the MTV spoof of the Council of Elrond scene by going to the last chapter (this time the SECOND/MIDDLE column of selectable menu items) and press DOWN on the last item (doing this on the 2nd disc moved you to the first chapter, on the 1st disc it brings up a small ring icon in the bottom/middle area, press ENTER on this ring icon).

      Sorry for my previous rant. I still think regions are lame though. ;)

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  7. Re:background music by Bunjo · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's called "Requiem of the Rings," and it's a mixture of Clint Mansell's Requiem for a Dream and some LOTR sounds. The maker is Ajax Projection and they used to have it up for download. It then moved to War of the Ring but now it's gone from there too. But I'm sure you know where else to look.

  8. Note that this trailer has a big spoiler! by eddy · · Score: 5, Informative

    .. so if you haven't read the book already (what kind of a geek are you?) but are watching the movies, then DON'T WATCH THIS TRAILER, IT'LL SPOIL IT FOR YOU.

    What were they thinking?

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  9. Re:And while you're so hot about the movie... by gotih · · Score: 4, Funny

    whew! good thing i plan to use my roommate's printer, scanner, and paper to forge us some tickets! then i get to see the movie, avoid supporting the MPAA and void the argument that the only way to see a new release for free is to watch a bootleg. don't worry, some day i'll buy dvd to make up for the studio's loss.

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  10. 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.

  11. Excerpt from Clip by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny
    Camera zooms in on face of Aragorn...

    "I was entering my quest plans on a PC and it went, like, beep beep beep..."

    OK, you know the rest.

  12. Re:And while you're so hot about the movie... by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm not entirely sure this is relevant, but it's an interesting tidbit nonetheless.

    The best reports are that New Line spent about half a billion dollars making and promoting The Lord of the Rings, all three films, and that includes money budgeted but not yet spent on promotion and advertising for the last movie. Of that half a billion, about $300 million went into making the movies themselves. The $500 million figure includes all the cost of making, distributing, promoting, and showing the movies; basically, the studio's total costs.

    According to boxofficemojo.com, The Fellowship of the Ring has made about $860 million worldwide for New Line since its release last year. That's only gross revenue to the studio generated by movie theaters; it doesn't include DVD sales or any other sources of revenue.*

    The punchline: if nobody in the world buys a ticket for the next two movies, New Line still will have made about a 72% profit on the Lord of the Rings. They could put The Two Towers and The Return of the King on a shelf, finished but unreleased, and still have made a fortune.

    * Historically, the ratio of worldwide box office receipts to worldwide revenues from all media is about 1:1.5. In other words, for every dollar of box office gross, a movie can be expected to generate about $1.50 in video sales, rentals, TV rights, book and toy tie-ins, and so on.

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