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."

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L0tR?

[Anonymous Coward]

Since when did Slashdot get l33t headlines?

December==Autumn?

[WTFmonkey]

The family exhibition, which will open before the eagerly awaited final instalment of the film trilogy this Autumn, will allow visitors to explore for themselves the fantastic world created for The Lord of the Rings films.

What does "autumn" mean in the UK? I thought the movie comes out in December?

Re:December==Autumn?

[bj8rn]

Where I live, winter begins on 22nd of December. I figure it's the same in the UK.

Still can't beat the books

[fox2mike]

Somehow LOTR has an amazing feel when your reading the book...but not when your seeing the movie as such. Its been that way with almost *all* movies made from books...the book was better than the movie.

Nevertheless need to give credit to the guys for making a movie out of such a huge book :) sadly I guess am too far off to be visiting the exhibition.

"L0tR"

[dupper]

Aren't you the hip little AOLer.

Great timing!

[FrostedWheat]

Just the right time for those traveling to the Linux Expo 2003. Sweet!

And here was me thinking this country was boring. :)

Re:LOtR 3 Movie Marathon

[sllim]

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.

Re:Damnit it's not a trilogy

[Gherald]

This is about the movies which are, in fact, a trilogy. The books are irrelevant to this event.

Re:Damnit it's not a trilogy

[american dissident]

The books are irrelevant to this event.

Sadly, they were pretty much irrelevent to the movie makers as well.

Yawn :-)

[traskjd]

This is old, we had the exhibition here in NZ for a year or so.

It is a good one however - I highly recomend everyone who can see it to go and see it :)

- traskjd

Re:Am I the only person

[dswensen]

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.

Also at the London Science Museum...

[FTL]

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.

Re:Damnit it's not a trilogy

[Overly Critical Guy]

Honestly, that's a silly and uptight pet peeve.

There are three books. What harm is there in referring those three books, as a collective whole, a trilogy of books?