ROTK traaaaaaaaaailer!!! **SPOILERS**

***IronParrot*** · 07-30-2003, 12:21 PM

Go to TheOneRing.net now to pick up your copy! Not the official release yet, so it's not perfect quality... on the other hand, I'm still downloading mine (really slowly) so I haven't seen it yet... but I'll post thoughts when I do!

***IronParrot*** · 07-30-2003, 12:37 PM

Okay, it's official - TOR.N just crashed the Internet.

***Fat middle*** · 07-30-2003, 12:43 PM

grrrr!!!!

those links don't load.

***Fat middle*** · 07-30-2003, 01:01 PM

well. It's downloading now (the 22MB version). *cross fingers and waits 1h 10 mins.* this is going too slowly!!!

***IronParrot*** · 07-30-2003, 01:24 PM

I got one, I got one! Will post comments as soon as I watch it...

***IronParrot*** · 07-30-2003, 01:53 PM

Initial thoughts:

Well, first of all, I really do have to see a much bigger version of this. There's so much going on, and it just isn't right to see it in so small a frame.

- This trailer definitely features Merry and Pippin more than any that we saw for the first two films. Hopefully this carries over to the film. We do see a shot of Gandalf riding away with Pippin, as well as Merry and Pippin parting just before.

- We see nothing of the confrontation at Isengard... yet.

- The look of the Mordor orcs is appropriately much grimier than the Uruk-hai. Very Mordor-ish.

- As I suspected, the inclusion of Osgiliath in TTT was indeed a way to lead into Faramir's flight back to Minas Tirith (as opposed to having it be a "background event" as in the book).

- More Eowyn is a good thing.

- Minas Tirith looks great. In one shot, they all ride out of Minas Tirith with Aragorn in the lead with the White Tree on his armour - this looks very much like it is after the defence of Gondor, and on the way to the Morannon.

- Eomer leads the Rohirrhim in the charge! Woohoo!

- The catapult siege looks beautiful. I can't make out if the projectiles they are using are actually human heads (not that they'd show this in a trailer, of course) as is the case in the book, though.

- Shelob's lair looks really creepy. Already makes the Aragog scene in The Chamber of Secrets look like child's play (and that was a good scene).

- Aragorn waving a torch and Legolas in the background, in what seems like the Paths of the Dead...

- Gandalf appears to be facing a mounted Nazgul on the walls of Minas Tirith rather than at the gates... I hope they don't shaft the gates, though - that's one of the great climaxes of the events in Book V.

elf queen · 07-30-2003, 01:59 PM

I got it about half an hour ago and OMG

quick it could be deleted soon!!!!!!!
(since it isnt offical

)

***Fat middle*** · 07-30-2003, 02:18 PM

Got it!!!

Let's see it

Sween · 07-30-2003, 02:57 PM

can anyone show post me a link for it here?

***Fat middle*** · 07-30-2003, 03:34 PM

wow! wow! wooooow!!!

I really love the trailer. Great. Does PJ direct the trailers himself? I doubt it. All the trilogy trailers have been far better than the movies... a pity

Sween: not here, please. TOR.N have retired it, you know

***IronParrot*** · 07-30-2003, 04:32 PM

Actually, he's directly involved in editing the trailers, and directing which effects shots are to be rushed in post-production in order to meet trailer release deadlines. And besides, all of those shots were directed by him (or his ADs) in the first place, no?

Warrior · 07-30-2003, 04:51 PM

of course the one day this week i had to work early, this comes out and then vanishes. grrrr - there must be some way...whos got this thats on AIM right now? haha

Artanis · 07-30-2003, 05:13 PM

I got the 10MB trailer, and I downloaded the 22MB, but I wasn't able to unrar it.

But the small version still looks good.

Black Breathalizer · 07-30-2003, 09:48 PM

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! The trailer is amazing. I especially loved Gandalf's conversation with Pippin.

I was blown away by the grand sweep of the war. This movie is going to blow people away!!!!!

gimli7410 · 07-30-2003, 11:02 PM

wow that was amazing now i cant wait for the movie

Black Breathalizer · 07-30-2003, 11:07 PM

I just noticed something interesting after my umpteenth viewing of the trailer.

It begins with the ring in the palm of Frodo's hand....then I realised IT'S NOT FRODO'S HAND!!!!!

gimli7410 · 07-30-2003, 11:31 PM

is it sams?

***IronParrot*** · 07-30-2003, 11:51 PM

Whoa!

As a matter of fact, the hand might be Smeagol or Deagol's! Think about it... look at the shot carefully... looks like we're getting a flashback on Gollum's past!

***Fat middle*** · 07-31-2003, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by IronParrot
- Gandalf appears to be facing a mounted Nazgul on the walls of Minas Tirith rather than at the gates... I hope they don't shaft the gates, though - that's one of the great climaxes of the events in Book V.

... and Pippin is riding with him when he faces the Nazgul!!

squinteyedsoutherner · 07-31-2003, 09:30 AM

If anyone is looking for the trailer it is now being traded on Kazaa. There are many fakes, the real one is 30,390KB.

07-30-2003, 12:21 PM	#1
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	ROTK traaaaaaaaaailer!!! Go to TheOneRing.net now to pick up your copy! Not the official release yet, so it's not perfect quality... on the other hand, I'm still downloading mine (really slowly) so I haven't seen it yet... but I'll post thoughts when I do! __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-30-2003, 12:37 PM	#2
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Okay, it's official - TOR.N just crashed the Internet. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-30-2003, 12:43 PM	#3
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	grrrr!!!! those links don't load. __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot.

07-30-2003, 01:01 PM	#4
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	well. It's downloading now (the 22MB version). cross fingers and waits 1h 10 mins. this is going too slowly!!! __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot.

07-30-2003, 01:24 PM	#5
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	I got one, I got one! Will post comments as soon as I watch it... __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-30-2003, 01:53 PM	#6
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Initial thoughts: Well, first of all, I really do have to see a much bigger version of this. There's so much going on, and it just isn't right to see it in so small a frame. - This trailer definitely features Merry and Pippin more than any that we saw for the first two films. Hopefully this carries over to the film. We do see a shot of Gandalf riding away with Pippin, as well as Merry and Pippin parting just before. - We see nothing of the confrontation at Isengard... yet. - The look of the Mordor orcs is appropriately much grimier than the Uruk-hai. Very Mordor-ish. - As I suspected, the inclusion of Osgiliath in TTT was indeed a way to lead into Faramir's flight back to Minas Tirith (as opposed to having it be a "background event" as in the book). - More Eowyn is a good thing. - Minas Tirith looks great. In one shot, they all ride out of Minas Tirith with Aragorn in the lead with the White Tree on his armour - this looks very much like it is after the defence of Gondor, and on the way to the Morannon. - Eomer leads the Rohirrhim in the charge! Woohoo! - The catapult siege looks beautiful. I can't make out if the projectiles they are using are actually human heads (not that they'd show this in a trailer, of course) as is the case in the book, though. - Shelob's lair looks really creepy. Already makes the Aragog scene in The Chamber of Secrets look like child's play (and that was a good scene). - Aragorn waving a torch and Legolas in the background, in what seems like the Paths of the Dead... - Gandalf appears to be facing a mounted Nazgul on the walls of Minas Tirith rather than at the gates... I hope they don't shaft the gates, though - that's one of the great climaxes of the events in Book V. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-30-2003, 01:59 PM	#7
elf queen Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 33	I got it about half an hour ago and OMG quick it could be deleted soon!!!!!!! (since it isnt offical )

07-30-2003, 02:18 PM	#8
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	Got it!!! Let's see it __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot.

07-30-2003, 02:57 PM	#9
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	can anyone show post me a link for it here? __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

07-30-2003, 03:34 PM	#10
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	wow! wow! wooooow!!! I really love the trailer. Great. Does PJ direct the trailers himself? I doubt it. All the trilogy trailers have been far better than the movies... a pity Sween: *not here, please. TOR.N have retired it, you know __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot*.

07-30-2003, 04:32 PM	#11
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Actually, he's directly involved in editing the trailers, and directing which effects shots are to be rushed in post-production in order to meet trailer release deadlines. And besides, all of those shots were directed by him (or his ADs) in the first place, no? __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-30-2003, 04:51 PM	#12
Warrior Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 19	of course the one day this week i had to work early, this comes out and then vanishes. grrrr - there must be some way...whos got this thats on AIM right now? haha

07-30-2003, 05:13 PM	#13
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	I got the 10MB trailer, and I downloaded the 22MB, but I wasn't able to unrar it. But the small version still looks good. __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die.

07-30-2003, 09:48 PM	#14
Black Breathalizer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 828	OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! The trailer is amazing. I especially loved Gandalf's conversation with Pippin. I was blown away by the grand sweep of the war. This movie is going to blow people away!!!!!

07-30-2003, 11:02 PM	#15
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	wow that was amazing now i cant wait for the movie __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

07-30-2003, 11:07 PM	#16
Black Breathalizer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 828	I just noticed something interesting after my umpteenth viewing of the trailer. It begins with the ring in the palm of Frodo's hand....then I realised *IT'S NOT FRODO'S HAND!!!!!*

07-30-2003, 11:31 PM	#17
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	is it sams? __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

07-30-2003, 11:51 PM	#18
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Whoa! As a matter of fact, the hand might be Smeagol or Deagol's! Think about it... look at the shot carefully... looks like we're getting a flashback on Gollum's past! __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-31-2003, 09:30 AM	#20
squinteyedsoutherner Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 198	If anyone is looking for the trailer it is now being traded on Kazaa. There are many fakes, the real one is 30,390KB.

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