OT- LOTR fan discussion thread - SPOILER WARNING

[Parasite]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
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WHERE IS THIS HUGE DVD SET YOUR TALKING ABOUT>......

I think this is just a "hope" for a collection, not actual news of one. It assumes that if there is a way to make money someone will do it. If this is a true statement (at least in America maybe), then a combination set will be coming out.

I can't wait either. Discounting the first three seasons of B5, way over half my DVDs are of LotRs. Wide screen, Full Screen, Extended edition, Lord of the (G-St)ring, ect.

[Fyron]

4th season of B5 is out. Time to expand.

[Loser]

Originally posted by Someone Else:
"Do you know how cats came into being? They were dogs, once. Then they were captured by the Dark Powers. Tortured, and mutilated. A ruined, and horrible form of life!"
-Saruman

[geoschmo]

The moth in the movie is not Radagast. In the book it's not a moth or radagast that comes to Gandalph on the tower. It's an eagle sent by Radagast to relay a message that ends up rescuing him. Radagast wasn't even aware at the time that Saruman had turned and imprisoned Gandalph. It was just a fortunate happenstance. In the movie they just turned it around and Gandalph talks to a moth that just happens to pass by and sends a message to the eagle himself.

Geoschmo

[Growltigger]

Geo, that's how I remember it.

I like the bit in the movie however at the Battle of the Morannon where the moth wafts its way in front of Gandalf, and then two seconds later, Tora Tora Tora the eagles are diving in and giving the Nazgul a kicking. Artisitc licence maybe, but great cinema.

And loser, as an inveterate cat lover (I have three) and someone who dislikes dogs, I am choosing to abide by Atrocities' sentiments on his other thread, and not rise to the bait

[geoschmo]

Actually I guess I shouldn't say definitivly that the moth in the movie does not represent Radagast. I don't know the intentions fo the screen writers afterall. But nothing that is shown in the movie would give you any indication that it is Radagast in insect form. And they never once mention him by name or othewise that I can remember.

[Growltigger]

They dont in the movie. And he is only mentioned in the books a few times as being a member of the White Council, and one of the Istari - the 5 wizards being Saruman, Gandalf, Rhadagast and two "blue" wizards who went into the East apparently when they landed on Middle Earth.

Dont think the book ever tells you who made up the White Council either? save that it says it was Galadriel's idea to set it up, and that it was primarily by Saruman's expertise did they manage to drive Sauron out of Dol Guldur

I think all we ever find out about Radagast is that he lives at Rhosgosbel near Mirkwood, and is friend to animals and particularily birds (I assume the feathered kind). Doesn't take part in the War of the Ring, which I always thought was a bit strange for one of the Maia

[TNZ]

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]

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]

that was on the extra cd's

Think a ball park and record the fans