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The L0tR Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition
cremegg writes " BBC News has a story on the upcoming exhibition at the London Science Museum where fans of the trilogy will be able to explore the high-tech toys used to create the special effects in this epic project."
Parent isn't really Off-topic, as it's bugging the hell out of me, too.
Too bad I don't have any moderation points left. This Post is not "Offtopic" as long as my eyes don't fool me. This O is right now an 0 in the headline.
I hope it will be corrected OR
someone might explain the joke to me why it has to be a number 0 instead of O.
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The ARE the extended versions.
It is a promotional gimmick. They are rereleasing the first two movies on celluloid a couple weeks before the premier of ROTK. The rerelease is the extended version from the DVD's.
However Peter Jackson has been upfront about this thing. He says it is purely promotional and they are only doing like 100 theaters with it.
So you are gonna have to be lucky if you want to see it.
This is about the movies which are, in fact, a trilogy. The books are irrelevant to this event.
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RTFA.
It focuses on the science and technology that made the films possible - from computer-generated
special effects to animatronics.
Separate areas of the exhibition will explain major technological aspects of the films.
It's not dedicated to the work of fiction itself, but to the science and technology that allowed the creation of said work of fiction.
The purpose to which the technology is put doesn't render it invalid as technology. Frankly, given the predominance of film and computer entertainment in modern day, I think this is very relevant from a cultural perspective.
the letter "o" and zero are right next to each other on the keyboard... I make that mistake on accident myself sometimes. In most fonts, its hard to catch. Dont worry, /. isnt getting leet on anyone.
If you are visiting London's Science Museum don't forget to visit the Charles Babbage exhibit. You'll never look at a computer in quite the same way again.
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It was on show in Wellington New Zealand for a few months. I went a couple times. It is a fantastic exhibition, with a huge amunt of the props, costumes and models, as well as a lot of detail on how various CGI things were done. Everything from the shards of Narsil, to orginal design sketches by Alan Lee.
I highly recommend attending if it you get the chance.
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It's not the first time they've done something like this...they did a James Bond exhibition earlier.
Y'see, many of the museums in the UK no longer charge admission for regular exhibits (though many have donation boxes at the entrances)...special exhibits like this are a way to both get more people to visit and to make some extra money.