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Massive Two Towers Battle

Posted by timothy on from the looks-impressive dept.

ShadowLight writes ""In December vast hordes of eager filmgoers will mob cineplexes across the land and witness, at the climax of The Two Towers, one of the most anticipated scenes in recent movie history: the great Battle of Helm's Deep." This article talks about the software, named Massive, used to create this 50,000 creature battle."

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  1. Re:Peter Jackson You Rock! by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Just after the four Hobbits get past the watchman in Bree, on their way to the Pracing Pony, Peter Jackson appears on the right hand side of the screen, and announces his presence with a lovely belch.

  2. Re:NEW CATEGORY by mekkab · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    titanic. google it. I did (gawd! I wasn't gonna watch that dreck!)

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  3. Re:BFD. by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Not like anyone's gonna care but I can read the trilogy in two days myself. I've done it in both paperback and PDF (obviously I'm used to being in front of the PC for long stretches, ha ha.) When I was in elementary they put me on a speed reading machine (as part of my GATE experience), and I'm sure they thought they were doing me a favor but they made a criminal of me.

    See, I can't afford to buy books considering the speed at which I read them... thank god for USENET!

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  4. Re:Good point. by Viking+Coder · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Good Lord! Someone actually agreed with me?!

    I've actually been closing my eyes in the movie theater when Two Towers trailers come on. I tried plugging my ears, but theaters are too loud - you can still hear everything. One of my friends actually steps out into the hallway while they play trailers, exactly because of this.

    To everyone who doesn't believe me that trailers ruin movies - pick a movie that you know is coming out, but possibly haven't seen any trailers for, yet. For instance, The Matrix 3. Whenever you realize that you're watching a trailer for it, or seeing footage from it, close your eyes or turn the channel. I bet you'll like the movie more, because of it. I first tried this with Face/Off, and I think I was one of the few people in the theater who enjoyed it, because every stunt was brand new for me, when I was watching it in the movie.

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