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Ancanar Teaser Trailer Available

Posted by michael on from the support-independent-film dept.

Still Gainfully Unemployed writes "A teaser trailer for Ancanar, an indie Tolkien inspired fantasy film, has been released. Check it out. It's not a Tolkien story, but rather inspired by his works."

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  1. Ancanar has not the bandwidth of Tolkien by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Give us a mirror to gaze upon, oh mighty wizzard! :)

  2. Based on the works of Tolkien by Well... · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you mean based on as in the way The Two Towers is based on Tolkien, or is it more accurate than that?

    1. Re:Based on the works of Tolkien by Paolomania · · Score: 4, Funny

      i guess that to some, anything less than scrolling the text of LOTR over the movie screen would not constitute as a "movie adaptation".

    2. Re:Based on the works of Tolkien by NaturePhotog · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It wasn't what was taken out, it's what was added.

      I didn't mind surfer-dude Legolas, but the "Mr. Frodo, we shouldn't even be here!" line from Sam when they're taken to Osgiliath makes my wife and I chuckle each of the times we've seen Two Towers. And we missed the huorns taking out the orcs at Helm's Deep. The extra footage on the DVD for Fellowship says a lot of the changes they made there were to 'keep the ring moving towards Mordor', and I could apprecitate them. But in Two Towers, the side trip to Osgiliath / making Farimir into a Boromir clone in terms of ring-lust, and Aragorn's tumble over the cliff just made no sense to us.

      But back on topic, I'm happy to see more fantasy films inspired by Tolkien's work. I just hope (as an earlier poster said) that it's not like Red Sonja or some of the other action-fantasy movies of the 70's and 80's.

    3. Re:Based on the works of Tolkien by macshit · · Score: 3, Funny
      i guess that to some, anything less than scrolling the text of LOTR over the movie screen would not constitute as a "movie adaptation".

      Ha ha ha! You think that would suffice?

      If they did that, there'd be violent protests that the text was not the right version...

      `` Clearly, there should an extra comma on page 453, line 10, after the word "Alpo." I can't believe that awful hack Peter Jackson left it out! bastard. Bastard! YARRRRG!!!!''
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  3. Tolkei n inspired ? by EpsCylonB · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not a Tolkien story, but rather inspired by his works.

    Doesn't that describe the vast majority of fantasy novels ?

    1. Re:Tolkei n inspired ? by flogger · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Heh, True. I was gonna say the same thing.
      The Dogma movie was probably, somehow, inspired by the bible. Yet I know plenty of church-going people that just don;t like it.
      I wonder how many Tolkien lovers are gonna hate it becuse it ain't Tolkien.

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  4. I know nothing of Anacar... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The LotR series is so popular, I'm sure we will see many LotR-inspired films in the next few years.

    Hopefully this round will be better then "Conan" & "Heavy Metal" clones like "Beastmaster", "Red Sonja", etc. from the 70's and 80's

    This looks like a lower budget movie, which should be entertaining.

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  5. Download it... by Theom · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here. I hate to look at movies within a web browser, is there actually a QuickTime plug-in for Mozilla?

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  6. Yeah... quite a bit has been inspired by Tolken... by autopr0n · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And the vast majority of it sucks.

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  7. Two Towers now showing at Slashdot... by SkoZombie · · Score: 4, Funny
    Starring:
    • Cowboy Neal, as Gandalf as Not-so-gray
    • ./ readers, as the orcish hordes
    • micheal, as Saruman (He is directing the orchish hordes, remember?)
    • http://www.ancanar.com/, as the wall of helm's deep
    • Apache Server, as aragon and gimli (trying to hold back the orcish hordes)
    • Slashdot Effect, as the pyro effects that destroy the walls of helms deep.
  8. Umm.... by LordYUK · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The search begins?? for what, better actors and a plot? Sheesh, this is one of these storys that got rejected from Xena isnt it? seriously, it looks horrible, but it has elves and swords, so what the hell, I'll go see it...

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  9. "After the King" by devphil · · Score: 4, Interesting


    is a collection of short stories, all inspired by Tolkien and written to honor him. Some major fantasy/SF authors participated. One of the stories even has Bilbo make an uncredited cameo. I highly recommend it.

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  10. Re:Some A LOT more than others. by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the king of one group of people is having his judgement clouded by a wicked chancellor who is actually working for the evil one.

    Yeah, not like that particular story element goes back to the Bible or Homer or anything.

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  11. Re:Fantasy and Fantasier by DarthWiggle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Flamebait? Jeez, that'll teach me never to make fun of fantasy again.