Lol!!!! (errors and easter eggs)

Arwentomboy · 01-04-2002, 07:18 PM

I must say I adored the movie, but my mom found a HILARIOUS website on movie mistakes, not only in FotR, but also Star Wars, Titanic, etc...
For example, you know the scene with sam, frodo, and the scarecrow? Look closely in the background, and you will see a car plainly visible, going from right to left. I had to go back a second time to see it! The website is Movie-Mistakes.com.

Check it out!

Feraway Hawkbriar · 01-04-2002, 07:27 PM

...Really? o_O..I noticed another mistake in that scene. In the close shot they're closer th the scarecrow..by..like ...ALOT than they are in the wideshot. We're talking atleast 10 foot difference between shots here.

Darth Tater · 01-04-2002, 10:04 PM

Moviemistakes.com is usually pretty accurate, but they've got quite a number of errors in their list of LOTR bloopers at the moment. Next time I have some free time I'll put my own list together, including corrections to theirs.

bropous · 01-05-2002, 01:19 AM

Wow, arwentomboy, I will certainly have to look closely for that when I see the film [time #5] tomorrow. If it is there, it almost makes the film a candidate for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment! I kept looking for contrails in the wide shots, but this one slipped right by me, if it is there. Mike and the 'bots would have a field day!

Gandalf The Grey · 01-05-2002, 10:09 AM

When Sam and Pipin are talking about apples Aragorn throws Sam a apple and then he throws pipin a apple but if you look real closely before pipin falls down down on the ground pipin already has a apple in his hand.

***anduin*** · 01-05-2002, 10:18 AM

Arwentomboy....I hope you don't mind but I changed the title of your thread a bit to make others aware of the topic.

AngieBaggins · 01-05-2002, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gandalf The Grey
When Sam and Pipin are talking about apples Aragorn throws Sam a apple and then he throws pipin a apple but if you look real closely before pipin falls down down on the ground pipin already has a apple in his hand.

Hi,
Not meant to be rude or disrespectful Gandalf the Grey, but didn't Sam give Pippin the apple before Aragorn through the one that hit pippin on the head? that's what i thought i saw.
Angie

FrodoFriend · 01-05-2002, 08:18 PM

It's Merry!!! Aragorn throws Merry an apple, Merry then gives it to Pippin and walks off, then Aragorn throws another apple at Pippin which hits him in the face. Pippin has TWO apples. There are no mistakes there (unless I'm totally off my rocker!)

Gandalf The Grey · 01-06-2002, 01:59 PM

bropous · 01-06-2002, 03:14 PM

I am pleased, dear FrodoFriend, to report that you are, apparently, firmly ensconced in your rocker.

Funny that Pippin was hit in the head with an apple; "pippin" is an old term for "apple".

bropous · 01-06-2002, 03:24 PM

Jsut a minor, minor, minor aside, Anduin: I don't get the "and easter eggs" bit. Maybe I've been struck once too many times on the helm by an Orcish scimitar....

samwise of the shire · 01-06-2002, 10:10 PM

I've been wanting to try pippin apples, but right now I'm hooked on the small braeburn apples(which are the same type of apples that Merry and Pippin eat in the movie)that grow in New Zealand. Did any one notice the carrots stuck in Merrys pockets? I thought that was funny. When they were walking through the forest you still see carrot tops sticking out of Merrys breastpockets. Just something interesting.

Renille · 01-06-2002, 10:42 PM

Merry ALWAYS seemed to be eating apples, didn't he? At the party, at the apple scene (of course,) and even in Rivendell! (I THINK it was Rivendell.) I just thought that kinda strange...I thought Sam was supposed to be the apple lover.

And did anyone else notice the pillows that they used in Lothlorien? They looked exactly like normal pillows covered in old, stripy, pillowcases. It didn't quite fit in.

AngieBaggins · 01-06-2002, 11:15 PM

HI,
Thanks for clearing that up for me FrodoFriend. Sorry for the mess-up. Renille, when does sam eat apples in the book? I can't remember, i guess i'll just have to brush up on my Tolkknowledge.

Renille · 01-06-2002, 11:22 PM

When they're leaving Bree. Sam has a pocket full of apples, a present from Nob and Bob, and he throws one at Bill Ferny and says "waste of a good apple." And there's sometime when he says "Apples for walking and a pipe for sitting. But I reckon I shall miss them both before very long." But maybe that was the same time.

jerseydevil · 01-06-2002, 11:30 PM

bropous:

Easter eggs are things that are purposely placed in the film - they're not mistakes. Sometimes it's just a a camera man or set designer that sneaks something on the set.

Cartoons a lot of times are full of easter eggs - because the animators can insert a couple of frames.

Software also has easter eggs - because the developers put their names and small bits of info in. Or with certain key strokes - an animation may run or something.

bropous · 01-07-2002, 01:06 AM

Samwise: Good observation there on the carrots. I'll look for those next week when I see the film again.

Renille: Sam says the thing about apples for walking right before they pass by Bill Ferny's house and his hits him in the nose with the apple. ;- )

jerseydevil: thanks for the definition of "easter eggs"!

emplynx · 01-07-2002, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Renille
And did anyone else notice the pillows that they used in Lothlorien? They looked exactly like normal pillows covered in old, stripy, pillowcases. It didn't quite fit in.

I HAVE NOTICED THAT ALL 3 TIMES! It has driven me CRAZY!! Did they briing those from thier hotel!?!?!? I can't stand them!

garrfin · 01-07-2002, 07:42 AM

did anybody else see the car drive past when sam is stood by the scarecrow at the start?
Also why, when frodo and sam are talking in rivendell, is the railing only waist high to a hobbit?it should be waist high to an elf obviously.did anyone see anymore?

***anduin*** · 01-07-2002, 09:03 AM

Thanks jerseydvil for the definition....I wasn't online to give him a answer and definitely wouldn't have given him such a thorough one.

01-04-2002, 07:18 PM	#1
Arwentomboy Sapling Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Near Parsippany in Morris County, NJ Posts: 3	Lol!!!! I must say I adored the movie, but my mom found a HILARIOUS website on movie mistakes, not only in FotR, but also Star Wars, Titanic, etc... For example, you know the scene with sam, frodo, and the scarecrow? Look closely in the background, and you will see a car plainly visible, going from right to left. I had to go back a second time to see it! The website is Movie-Mistakes.com. Check it out!

01-04-2002, 07:27 PM	#2
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	...Really? o_O..I noticed another mistake in that scene. In the close shot they're closer th the scarecrow..by..like ...ALOT than they are in the wideshot. We're talking atleast 10 foot difference between shots here. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

01-04-2002, 10:04 PM	#3
Darth Tater The man Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: MA Posts: 4,572	Moviemistakes.com is usually pretty accurate, but they've got quite a number of errors in their list of LOTR bloopers at the moment. Next time I have some free time I'll put my own list together, including corrections to theirs. __________________ Visit the worlds greatest webpage! No, not The Tolkien Trail! Just click this! The Tolkien Trail ~Camelot

01-05-2002, 01:19 AM	#4
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Wow, arwentomboy, I will certainly have to look closely for that when I see the film [time #5] tomorrow. If it is there, it almost makes the film a candidate for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment! I kept looking for contrails in the wide shots, but this one slipped right by me, if it is there. Mike and the 'bots would have a field day! __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-05-2002, 08:18 PM	#8
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	It's Merry!!! Aragorn throws Merry an apple, Merry then gives it to Pippin and walks off, then Aragorn throws another apple at Pippin which hits him in the face. Pippin has TWO apples. There are no mistakes there (unless I'm totally off my rocker!) __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

01-05-2002, 10:09 AM	#5
Gandalf The Grey Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20	Error When Sam and Pipin are talking about apples Aragorn throws Sam a apple and then he throws pipin a apple but if you look real closely before pipin falls down down on the ground pipin already has a apple in his hand.

01-05-2002, 10:18 AM	#6
*anduin* Entwife Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: louisville Posts: 3,718	Arwentomboy....I hope you don't mind but I changed the title of your thread a bit to make others aware of the topic.

01-06-2002, 01:59 PM	#9
Gandalf The Grey Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20	oh

01-06-2002, 03:14 PM	#10
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	I am pleased, dear FrodoFriend, to report that you are, apparently, firmly ensconced in your rocker. Funny that Pippin was hit in the head with an apple; "pippin" is an old term for "apple". __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-06-2002, 03:24 PM	#11
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Jsut a minor, minor, minor aside, Anduin: I don't get the "and easter eggs" bit. Maybe I've been struck once too many times on the helm by an Orcish scimitar.... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-06-2002, 10:10 PM	#12
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	I've been wanting to try pippin apples, but right now I'm hooked on the small braeburn apples(which are the same type of apples that Merry and Pippin eat in the movie)that grow in New Zealand. Did any one notice the carrots stuck in Merrys pockets? I thought that was funny. When they were walking through the forest you still see carrot tops sticking out of Merrys breastpockets. Just something interesting. __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

01-06-2002, 10:42 PM	#13
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	of apples and pillows Merry ALWAYS seemed to be eating apples, didn't he? At the party, at the apple scene (of course,) and even in Rivendell! (I THINK it was Rivendell.) I just thought that kinda strange...I thought Sam was supposed to be the apple lover. And did anyone else notice the pillows that they used in Lothlorien? They looked exactly like normal pillows covered in old, stripy, pillowcases. It didn't quite fit in. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

01-06-2002, 11:15 PM	#14
AngieBaggins Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cali Posts: 36	HI, Thanks for clearing that up for me FrodoFriend. Sorry for the mess-up. Renille, when does sam eat apples in the book? I can't remember, i guess i'll just have to brush up on my Tolkknowledge. __________________ Loverly, just loverly. She looked over the hall way doors, and noticed him there. It was odd, for she had never met anyone like him. And she never expected she would again.

01-06-2002, 11:22 PM	#15
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	When they're leaving Bree. Sam has a pocket full of apples, a present from Nob and Bob, and he throws one at Bill Ferny and says "waste of a good apple." And there's sometime when he says "Apples for walking and a pipe for sitting. But I reckon I shall miss them both before very long." But maybe that was the same time. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

01-06-2002, 11:30 PM	#16
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	bropous: Easter eggs are things that are purposely placed in the film - they're not mistakes. Sometimes it's just a a camera man or set designer that sneaks something on the set. Cartoons a lot of times are full of easter eggs - because the animators can insert a couple of frames. Software also has easter eggs - because the developers put their names and small bits of info in. Or with certain key strokes - an animation may run or something. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

01-07-2002, 01:06 AM	#17
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Samwise: Good observation there on the carrots. I'll look for those next week when I see the film again. Renille: Sam says the thing about apples for walking right before they pass by Bill Ferny's house and his hits him in the nose with the apple. ;- ) jerseydevil: thanks for the definition of "easter eggs"! __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-07-2002, 07:42 AM	#19
garrfin Sapling Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Marsden Moor, England Posts: 13	some mistakes!! did anybody else see the car drive past when sam is stood by the scarecrow at the start? Also why, when frodo and sam are talking in rivendell, is the railing only waist high to a hobbit?it should be waist high to an elf obviously.did anyone see anymore? __________________ Rod y as jascinth Garrfin

01-07-2002, 09:03 AM	#20
*anduin* Entwife Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: louisville Posts: 3,718	Thanks jerseydvil for the definition....I wasn't online to give him a answer and definitely wouldn't have given him such a thorough one.