OT- LOTR fan discussion thread - SPOILER WARNING

TNZ · #1 January 10th, 2004, 06:05 AM

Some interesting stats on The Lord Of The Rings from The Rough Guide To The Lord Of The Rings, page 136.

270,000,000 US dollars: to produce the motion picture trilogy.

12,500,000 pLastic rings: used in chain mail in the Fellowship Of The Ring.

1,600,000: times The Fellowship Of The Ring trailer was downloaded within the first 24 hours of its release on the internet.

25,000: the number of cricket fans used to create the war cries of the Orcs during the Helm�s Deep battle sequence in The Two Towers.

1,600: the number of latex ears and feet produced for the Hobbits.

274: the number of days of shooting it took to film the three parts of the trilogy, back to back.

66 lbs: the weigh of Gimli�s armour.

30: the number of pounds in weight Sean Astin had to gain for the role of Samwise Gamgee.

20: the number of hours the Helm�s Deep battle footage in The Two Towers Lasted before it was cut.

16: the number of months the shoot was spread over.

7: the number of months it took to build the Helm�s Deep battle set.

2: the number of hours it took Sean Bean (Boromir) to climb to the top of the snowy mountain set for The Fellowship Of The Ring. Everyone else went by helicopter but Bean is afraid of flying.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 January 10th, 2004, 06:14 AM

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25,000: the number of cricket fans used to create the war cries of the Orcs during the Helm�s Deep battle sequence in The Two Towers.

1,600: the number of latex ears and feet produced for the Hobbits.

what's a cricket fan and what does it have to do with orc war cries?

1,600? there weren't a quarter that many hobbits.

tesco samoa · #3 January 10th, 2004, 06:18 AM

that was on the extra cd's

Think a ball park and record the fans

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 January 10th, 2004, 06:27 AM

oh, that kind of fan.

Will · #5 January 10th, 2004, 07:41 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
1,600? there weren't a quarter that many hobbits.

They had to replace the ears daily (sometimes more than once). Gelatin sort of stuff, melted easily.

Parasite · #6 January 12th, 2004, 06:04 PM

[Edit:] OT the OT topic

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
4th season of B5 is out. Time to expand.

All Right!

Thanks, I will look for it. I have the VHS tapes I recorded, but I have less fear DVDs will go bad.

[ January 12, 2004, 16:14: Message edited by: Parasite ]

Growltigger · #7 January 13th, 2004, 12:54 PM

Cricket fans did the orc cries during helms' deep? I will have to watch that bit again and see if I can hear some of them pesky uruks shouting "Howzat" or "Good shot Quentin" or something similar..

Cricket? more painful than having your haemmorroids caught round the U-bend of the loo