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Post number 16194

maudlin — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:36:34 -0800

"It's the ring. It's getting heavier". This site is offering a 20Mb Quicktime download of the trailer for LOTR: The Two Towers. Very obviously a bootleg filmed in a theatre -- it's got an annoying flicker and the sound is a bit mussy -- but pretty decent quality otherwise.

By: nprigoda

nprigoda — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 17:38:23 -0800

Ooooooo! I can't wait! It looks really good. I'm a real sucker for LOTR though.

By: banished

banished — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:08:54 -0800

Given the sensitivity of Hollywood to 9/11, it surprises me that they would of chosen such a title as LOTR: The Two Towers. Is this trend wearing off? (Although I suppose it is better than "LOTR: THE TWIN TOWERS")

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:10:20 -0800

Now I know what LOTR:TTT will look like if I were to watch it in black and white with a strobe light. My head hurts.

By: Catch

Catch — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:20:50 -0800

Ah, I'm going to be a sentimental fool and pay to see Fellowship again to see the new trailer. At the Embassy, of course. banished: you're not serious, right?

By: kittyb

kittyb — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:21:07 -0800

I didn't even think of the 9/11 connection, actually, so blinded am I by the niftiness of all things Tolkien. I think it would rankle and bother me more if the name was changed, seeing as "The Two Towers" is just simply the name of the story. There's no New York in Middle Earth, and Frodo doesn't hijack Gwahir and plow him into Orthanc. For me, at least, escapism will prevail despite the name. Anyway, I've been weeping and gnashing my teeth over this trailer all weekend... [spoiler] Gandalf the White! ! Hobbits in peril! Treebeard!! Gollum!! I'm so glad to see Eowyn kicking all kinds of ass.[/spoiler] And it appears to me as though Arwen contracts some sort of wasting disease in the next episode, what with all the shots of her lolling around and all. Oh ho ho... I kid because I love. Roll on December!

By: kaefer

kaefer — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:22:01 -0800

banished: You realize that Tolkein chose the title back in 1954?

By: fletcher

fletcher — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:28:03 -0800

banished: the subject did come up, but it was decided to keep the original title.

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:35:55 -0800

Frodo doesn't hijack Gwahir and plow him into Orthanc. Great! Go ahead and ruin it for everyone, kitty! Some people...

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:52:33 -0800

Ugh, somethings should just not be achrinomizied: LOTR:TFOTR, LOTR:TTT, LOTR:SOMETHINGOROTHER. Geez, just call it Rings:fellowship and Rings:towers. Much more sensible.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 19:16:49 -0800

obiwanwasabi: "Now I know what LOTR:TTT will look like if I were to watch it in black and white with a strobe light. My head hurts." Aw, just blink a lot and you won't even notice.

By: kittyloop

kittyloop — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 19:48:47 -0800

Something's up with our DSL and it will take forever to download right now, so I have to ask, do they show the Ents? Are they strong and treelike? *sigh* I can't wait...

By: kittyb

kittyb — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 19:57:01 -0800

Kittyloop... We get a glimpse of Treebeard.... just the tiniest teaser shot, and it doesn't look nearly as cool in this bootleg version of the trailer. But it was enough to make me squeal "Eeeee! Look!!" like a total freak when we saw it in the theatre.

By: kahboom

kahboom — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 20:22:34 -0800

c.a.n't d.o.w.n.l.o.a.d. t.o.o. s.l.o.w.w.w.w.w... I also can't seem to find a theater in Boston that has the extra footage attached. Alas.

By: Lionfire

Lionfire — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 20:31:16 -0800

Having just seen this in the theater the other day, I can tell you that it shows all sorts of things... including some fairly major spoilers. Obviously this isn't a problem, unless you're one of the losers that haven't read the books already :)

By: Settle

Settle — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 20:34:26 -0800

I'm reading proust. It doesn't have any elves in it, but it's pretty good nonetheless. LOSERS oh god I've made them angry now..

By: ao4047

ao4047 — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 21:14:58 -0800

Ugh, somethings should just not be achrinomizied: LOTR:TFOTR, LOTR:TTT, LOTR:SOMETHINGOROTHER.

I vote we call it either T3 (which will confuse people with a third Terminator movie) or just pronounce it as TiTTy and they can cross-market with Hooters.

By: malphigian

malphigian — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 22:05:23 -0800

Settle, that was either the funniest post in this thread, or the most pretentious post in mefi history. Maybe both? Don't think we've forgotten that trolling is flirting post, either!

By: ook

ook — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 22:17:06 -0800

Settle, are you telling me Mme. de Villeparisis isn't an elf? Damn, now I have to start from the beginning again. And I suppose the madeleine wasn't really a lembas wafer, either...

By: azazello

azazello — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 22:38:12 -0800

*vent on* damn it banished, you just couldn't resist, huh? Get stuffed. Chose? Yes, the title was chosen by J.R.R. Tolkien about 50 years ago. I'm tempted to cite the Gandalf banishing Wormtongue speech, but I guess that will be over whatever top I'm setting. *vent off*

By: azazello

azazello — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 22:59:54 -0800

lol, at least settle is an honest troll =) I define that as giving an option to say "I don't give a fuck what you think" in your mind and cruise on.

By: robbie01

robbie01 — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 09:39:07 -0800

Re: "it surprises me that they would of chosen such a title as LOTR: The Two Towers. Is this trend wearing off?" My funniest moment in a bookstore happened right before Christmas. I was in a Borders books and happened to walk by their Lord of the Rings mega-display right as a, shall we say, "redneck" family was perusing the titles. The parents of the 14 year old daughter nodded their heads in approval as she exclaimed, "They made a book out of it already?!" She then proceeded to pick up Fellowship, glanced for a half a second at the back cover summary, and mumbled, "Ugh, I can't be bothered to read this. I'll just see the movie." GET OUT OF THE BOOKSTORE.