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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. Did you know... by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 0, Troll

    You can already download The Two Towers from various *cough* sources?

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  2. I only hope..... by Kenja · · Score: 0, Troll

    I only hope they got around to hiring a script supervisor by the time they started shooting the footage for the second movie. LOTR was so full of inconsistencies it ALMOST detracted from the movie.

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    1. Re:I only hope..... by Kenja · · Score: 0, Troll
      While I don't normally reply to sarcastic Hobbits. What the hell, I'm board.

      Who says he's dead? He's just disabled and bleeding to death.
      That must be why he looks at the camera, gets a panicked expression and then puts his head back down.

      If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, even the book says that Legolas picked up orc and goblin arrows along the way. Besides, if you sat through the movie counting the arrows, I think it's possible that you might have missed the point.
      It's like in westerns when the good guy shoots ten times with a six shooter. When the guy has three arrows left and he shots five times, I cry foul.

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  3. Re:NEW CATEGORY by jayratch · · Score: 0, Troll

    (begin trolling)
    Right, this is a spoiler, because we now know that a movie based on a classic book contains a significant event from the book and incidentally uses some pretty cool effects technology. Fortunately, none of us have seen the Table of Contents to the volume, which gave us significantly more spoiler information than this thread.

    I'm not going to spoil it for you, but just so you know, they already released the ENTIRE story in book form- and it's better, longer, and of course, uncut, and even comes in an innovative media format that requires no separate viewer hardware or software; chances are your library has a dozen editions. And if you haven't read it, you're missing out more than if you miss the movie.

    Be warned, here's the biggest spoiler of all- it will have a cliffhanger ending, they DON'T get to Mount Doom, etc, but don't worry, if you're really stuck on what happens next, you can wait a year for the Return of the King, or you can read the book!

    There is no such thing as a spoiler for a movie made from a well-known book, especially when posted among geeks who, as a whole, tend to have read the books at least once.

  4. Re:I like this movie and all, but where are the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    So what? I see nothing wrong with an all-White cast of actors in a movie.

  5. Re:The AI used by moonbender · · Score: 0, Troll

    A sin that'd prevent you from ever being president, amongst other things.

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