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LOTR:Return Of The King Trailer

Posted by Hemos on from the one-ring-to-make-AOL's-q4-profits dept.

noda132 writes "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King trailer is now available! I just found it on theonering.net. It's only 9mb big, but it's a start." You can also get it from AOL as well. Update: 09/29 20:13 GMT by S : The official site now has the new trailer as well.

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  1. Obligatory analysis by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Informative

    The frame-by-frame analysis can also be found here.

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    1. Re:Obligatory analysis by bzzzt · · Score: 4, Informative

      I believe it was announced 2 years ago that the movies would not contain the "scouring of the shire" chapter...

    2. Re:Obligatory analysis by CaseyB · · Score: 2, Informative
      Under the premise that "Scouring" scenes have been shot at all, some "Extended DVD Collection" will contain the "bonus" ending scenes.

      Shots of ruined Hobbiton were shot, at least, for Frodo's vision in the mirror.

    3. Re:Obligatory analysis by bziman · · Score: 2, Informative
      but something tells me that they're just going to totally screw up the beauty of the original ending.
      Dude, PJ has already said he axed the Cleansing. From what he said, they didn't even film it for the extended edition. Too bad. I'm looking forward to the "Phantom Edit" equivalent for LotR.
  2. Torrent here! by arnoroefs2000 · · Score: 2, Informative


    Here's the .torrent for the new trailer as all the sites are bogged down already.
    Be sure to keep your download running to help others with their download!

    1. Re:Torrent here! by jrest · · Score: 5, Informative

      My download through this torrent link is corrupt. At 1:42 into the movie the sound becomes distorted and video stops.
      I'm using BitTorrent 3.3, the newest as far as I'm aware.
      I tried it twice. Did not help. Is anyone else having problems?

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  3. Japaneese version has been around for weeks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Japaneese version of this trailer (identical but with subtitles and ads on the side) has been available for weeks around the net.

    Also, the quality on this seems funky but if it's on AOL streaming, I guess it's for real.

  4. Also: 12 minute preview by bigmouth_strikes · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the torrent for a 12 min preview by Peter Jackson. It includes most of what is in the trailer and then some background goodies.

    http://bittorrentmovies.de/~supernova/torrents/2 33 /ROTK_Preview_(12mins).torrent

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    1. Re:Also: 12 minute preview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      It would help if you actually had the .torrent file at the link you specified (yes, I removed the spaces that slashdot puts in there). The file doesn't exist. Try again, monkey.

  5. Re:Bittorent? by ob1knob777 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yep, I spent awhile trying to d/l it on theonering.net only to find out I could have got it through bittorrent a whole lot quicker. There are already 79 people seeding it over on suprnova. suprnova

  6. Yes, it is corrupt. by kiddailey · · Score: 5, Informative

    The mirror that TORN put up is a corrupt download, so my bet is that that is what the torrent is :( Bummer... I've been trying to get it from another site for over an hour now.

  7. Norwegian mirror by Stig_Soleng · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can get it from http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~stigespe/lotr3_trlr_dl.mo v

  8. Some clarity on the trailer versions by kiddailey · · Score: 4, Informative
    There are at least three versions of the trailer floating around that are NOT the 12 minute preview or the short montage that was part of that preview (from TTT DVD)

    • There's a very poor quality, so-dark-you-can-hardly-see-it version with Asian type all over the frames (ROTK_Trailer.mpeg)

    • There's the better quality, 320x240 version that AOL released last night at midnight EST (lotr3_trlr_dl.mov)

    • A Danish site released a BEAUTIFUL, 19MB, 480x280 version (rotk_trailer_480x280.mov) ... but it's downloading at 2.8k/s at the moment :(

    • TORN mirrored the file from the Danish site, but it was corrupt and was cut short at 11MB. They've temporarily removed the link.

    • There's a few Torrent links mentioned here for the 480x280, but it is a copy of the corrupt version. Make sure the one you're grabbing is 19MB
    1. Re:Some clarity on the trailer versions by asuzuki · · Score: 3, Informative

      Ok, here's a direct HTTP link to the fixed version, as posted on TORN.

      However, there seem's to be a problem with mplayer, it crashes instantly, strange because it seemed to player SVQ3 files with no problems whatsoever.

      Anyway for all you Windows/Mac Users, a friend of mine confirmed that it works fine with Quicktime 6.

      Here you go:

      http://n.ethz.ch/student/asuzuki/download/rotk_tra iler_480x280_fixed.mov [20MB]

      Have fun,
      Alex

      PS: If anybody could convert it to DivX or something, let me know, I want to see it aswell!! :-/

  9. Re:Yah MPAA!! by Silverhammer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Blockquoth the poster:

    Yah! Lord of the Rings and Matrix trailers! Yah we love the MPAA this week 'cause they made stuff geeks like! Yah! Next week we'll go back to hating them for being evil! yah consitency!!

    Read the FAQ.

  10. Re:Bittorent? by Covener · · Score: 2, Informative

    My mplayer didn't mind, using ffsvq3 as the codec.

  11. Another mirror by Mayk · · Score: 3, Informative

    Another mirror to /.

  12. Fullscreen Version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The fullscreen version will be released at some point today, on the http://lordoftherings.net website.

  13. Re:Bittorent? by John3 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Available here.

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  14. Apology for the truncated 11MB version... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    I set the 19MB 'official' version rsyncing before we noticed that /. had linked - and the upload stream onto our binary server disintegrated resulting in the truncated upload which ended up being live for 30 minutes or so. This has been fixed now - see http://www.theonering.net for more information - and once you've got a connection to Apache on our binaries server it's actually quite fast. (You have to queue to get a connection atm, however). This is definitely the version to get, however - any of the 19MB bittorrents is probably the best way to go. -- Arathorn (theonering.net sysadmin)

  15. Re:hmmm by ddimas · · Score: 2, Informative

    Narsil was reforged before the fellowship left Rivendell. Aragorn made a big stink about leaving it at the door at Edoras.

  16. Hello? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Someone asks this in every LOTR article.

    For the last time, Peter Jackson announced years ago that there would be no Scouring. They included an homage to it in the Mirror of Galadriel scene.

    The reason is because he didn't want another story after the main climax.

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  17. Fixed (and working) link by Otto · · Score: 3, Informative

    That particular server is always down. Never works right. Try this one instead.

    http://www.emptylogic.com/suprnova/torrents/233/RO TK_Preview_(12mins).torrent

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  18. swedish mirror by asuzuki · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a swedish mirror site up now aswell, pretty fast.

    http://farbror.acc.umu.se/pub/test/maswan/rotk_tra iler_480x280_fixed.mov

  19. ffmpeg workaround by noda132 · · Score: 2, Informative

    ffmpeg's SVQ3 decompression seems to crash with the 19MB version of the trailer. The workaround: use the win32 dlls. For mplayer:

    mplayer return_of_the_king_trailer_480x280_fixed.mov -vc qtsvq3 -vf pp=al

  20. DivX version - direct link by asuzuki · · Score: 2, Informative

    I had problems viewing the 19MB Quicktime (SVQ3) File with mplayer, and no, it wasn't the corrupted version posted early on TORN and seeded via bittorrent.

    Anyway, a colleague converted it to DivX, for your viewing pleasure...

    http://n.ethz.ch/student/asuzuki/download/rotk_tra iler.avi

    Enjoy.

  21. Boy are you without a clue! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative


    This is the official theatrical trailer for the movie. The "trailer" (if you even want to call it a that) on the TTT DVD was just a preview of some finished scenes.

    There is SOOO much more to this new one.

  22. Spolier Alert (Answer to your question) by The+Closet+Optimist · · Score: 2, Informative

    ANSWER/SPOILERS below!








    The Scourging of the shire is not in the movie. Instead Saruman is killed at Orthanc (roughly in the same way).

    Before people flame PJ for such a "betrayal" of the story, consider this departure from a cinematic perspective: 9 hours of movie lead up to the spectacular ending of the ring only to lead off into another hour to cover The Scourging?

    This unfortunately just wouldn't fly from the cinematic perspective, even though the book lovers like most of us want to get every little last bit out of the story of Middle Earth. It is a film adaptation after all.


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  23. Official trailer, better than the others (!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Download from this URL:

    http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/dceb98a304a021 /1 a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02 589f25382f668c9329e0375e81785ea61cd36a40938aa0f83f 86ad847ad2189ee59c23097/returnoftheking_m480.mov