Apolyton Archive  |  Preserved copy of the Apolyton Civilization Site and its forums as they stood in September 2005. Read-only; nothing here can be posted to or replied to.  |  Forum index |  About this archive |  The 1998–2001 UBB forums
Today on Apolyton WARDELL INTERVIEW PROMO A.C.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 4 GET CIV4 /w FREE PLUS! A.C.S. PHOTO GALLERY GET A.O.M. V1.1
Apolyton Civilization Forums
main| civ2| civ3| civ4| smac| ctp2| ron| moo3| galciv| galciv2| alt| about|
ApolytonPLUS | register | search | faq | new posts | pm (-/-) | upload | members
hall of fame new! | civgroups | civgroups news | interviews | the column | radio | chat | directory | news | store | PLUS
Apolyton Civilization Forums : Powered by vBulletin version 2.0.3 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Miscellaneous > Archive > Off-Topic-Archive > LoTR: The Two Towers
Show a Printable Version | Email This Page to Someone! | Receive updates to this thread | Report this to Apolyton news!

bottom of page
  
Author
Thread   
Pages (7): [ 1   2   3   4   5     >> ]
< Last Thread     Next Thread > Post New Thread     Post A Reply
FrustratedPoet is offline FrustratedPoet
Emperor
All Glory To The Hypnotoad!
Mar 2002
time: 05:24
  Old Post 17-12-2002 23:34 Visit FrustratedPoet's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#31 Report this post to a moderator
Suffering from ads?

quote:
Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
[q]
Are they just going to end it at Arwen and Aragorn's wedding? Or are they even going to show that?


If they cut The Grey Havens too then they are insane.

I don't think they'll do that. The final journey of Frodo, Bilbo and Gandalf is a crucial part of the story. The ending would make no sense if it stopped at the wedding.

Cutting the Scourging is bad enough, if the Grey Havens is cut too then it'll be a shite film. Like I said, though, I think Peter Jackson loves the books too much to end the film with the wedding.

SlowwHand is offline SlowwHand
King
of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:24
  Old Post 17-12-2002 23:41 Visit SlowwHand's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#32 Report this post to a moderator
Enter the AD-FREE zone

quote:
Originally posted by FrustratedPoet



He's one of my favourite authors.

It would make a good trilogy, with some editing to cut it down from 5 books. Chances of it happening are VERY remote, of course, if it ever happens at all it will probably be animated (surely cheaper than live-action).


LOTR was animated, long before someone felt like applying resources required to make movie worthy of the book.
Eddings is definitely Tolkien-influenced, and The Belgariad is sooo funny. Easier reading than LOTR, which one has to get into swing of reading.

DanS is offline DanS
Emperor
Kickball Capital of the World
Jan 1970
time: 00:24
  Old Post 17-12-2002 23:42 Visit DanS's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#33 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

The theatrical release didn't spend much time explaining the Gray Havens (but the extended version did). I don't know how they could add it without a lot of explanation.

Re the Scouring of the Shire, I agree that it's an important part of the book, but can't see how it would fit in the movie.

Gatekeeper is offline Gatekeeper
King
United States of America
Feb 2000
time: 23:24
  Old Post 17-12-2002 23:58 Visit Gatekeeper's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#34 Report this post to a moderator
Enter the AD-FREE zone

Damn. Why cut the Scouring of the Shire? Didn't Frodo have a "vision" of sorts in TFOTR alluding to the Shire's fate?

Gatekeeper

DanS is offline DanS
Emperor
Kickball Capital of the World
Jan 1970
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 00:00 Visit DanS's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#35 Report this post to a moderator
Enter the AD-FREE zone

"Why cut the Scouring of the Shire?"

It would probably take a half hour of movie to do it. At the end, it would be sort of a downer, and would feel like it was merely tacked on to the end.

Even the Gray Havens would only take 10 minutes, tops.

Gatekeeper is offline Gatekeeper
King
United States of America
Feb 2000
time: 23:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 00:05 Visit Gatekeeper's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#36 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

DanS:

True, but then again the movie also focuses a lot more on the Battle of Helm's Deep, which the book didn't apparently spend a great deal of time on (despite it being pivotal in humanity's future).

Gatekeeper

Saint Marcus is offline Saint Marcus
King
Scio Me Nihil Scire
Jan 1970
time: 06:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 00:11 Visit Saint Marcus's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#37 Report this post to a moderator
Increase the size of your Attachments

I got 6 tickets for the friday show at 10:30pm, in the second biggest movie theater in the world. Anyone care to join me?

Saint Marcus is offline Saint Marcus
King
Scio Me Nihil Scire
Jan 1970
time: 06:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 00:14 Visit Saint Marcus's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#38 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

and they'll probably include the scourching of the Shire in the Extended Edition of RotK.

Lorizael is offline Lorizael

Prince
The Cult Wins
Sep 2001
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 00:48
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#39 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Wednesday will be a good day. Get up, make like I'm going to school, go to my brothers' apartment instead, watch Fellowship with my brothers and a pseudo-brother, get on the subway, head down to DC, watch The Two Towers at 2:50 at the Uptown, go home. Very fun indeed. But oh the lies I'll have to tell to my parents...

DinoDoc is offline DinoDoc
Emperor
AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
time: 23:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 01:40
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#40 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

quote:
Originally posted by Saint Marcus
I got 6 tickets for the friday show at 10:30pm, in the second biggest movie theater in the world. Anyone care to join me?
If you'll take care of the plane ticket?

hexagonian is offline hexagonian
King
Gnawing on your mind...
Jun 1999
time: 23:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 01:55 Visit hexagonian's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#41 Report this post to a moderator
Put an end to popups!

Watched the extended DVD last weekend to get ready...

Bought my tickets last night for a showing tomorrow night at 6:00...

Planning on going again next Saturday...

Yeah, I'm ready for it!!!

RE: Frodo's vision - It was defined as 'possibility' in the movie if the Ring was recovered by Sauron. I'm also guessing Peter Jackson has Saruman killed in TTT, so 'Scouring' will be reduced in importance. Just speculation though.

Grey Havens needs to stay in!!!

Immortal Wombat is offline Immortal Wombat
Prince
in perpetuity
Dec 2000
time: 05:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 02:06 Visit Immortal Wombat's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#42 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Incidentally, SEE HEX'S SIG

DinoDoc is offline DinoDoc
Emperor
AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
time: 23:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 02:09
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#43 Report this post to a moderator
Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I don't have CTP2. Is there a Civ version of the scenario?

Immortal Wombat is offline Immortal Wombat
Prince
in perpetuity
Dec 2000
time: 05:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 02:13 Visit Immortal Wombat's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#44 Report this post to a moderator
Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Only Harlan's. But you must have played that already, right?

Saint Marcus is offline Saint Marcus
King
Scio Me Nihil Scire
Jan 1970
time: 06:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 02:53 Visit Saint Marcus's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#45 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

quote:
If you'll take care of the plane ticket?


If you can convince me you are a cute gal I would

DinoDoc is offline DinoDoc
Emperor
AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
time: 23:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 02:54
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#46 Report this post to a moderator
Got spare money?

quote:
Originally posted by Saint Marcus
If you can convince me you are a cute gal I would
That's fine. I'll go see it in an American theater then.

Saint Marcus is offline Saint Marcus
King
Scio Me Nihil Scire
Jan 1970
time: 06:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 03:19 Visit Saint Marcus's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#47 Report this post to a moderator
Remove this text

quote:
I'll go see it in an American theater then.


pfff...American...

fine, you go see it in a tiny little theater then, with a screen half the size. Just come here, I got a 7.10 euro ticket to the movie here waiting for you on my desk.

Anun Ik Oba is offline Anun Ik Oba
Emperor
Grace of God
Sep 1999
time: 00:24
Talking  Old Post 18-12-2002 03:38
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#48 Report this post to a moderator
Inflate your Upload Space

My eyes are runny from tears of anticipation for TTT.

Andrew1999 is offline Andrew1999
Warlord

Aug 2001
time: 23:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 04:04
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#49 Report this post to a moderator
Tired of ads?

The movie reviewer at CNN is officially a frickin' idiot.

Some quotes from his review of the Two Towers:
quote:
The overprotective Sam harbors an immediate dislike towards Gollum, but the ever-trusting Frodo, perhaps feeling a kinship for someone who has also had to bear the pressures and consequences of holding the ring, takes pity on the strange, hairless little being. Gollum joins Sam and Frodo, leading them to the fortress of the evil wizard Saruman, played by Christopher Lee, whose hairdo looks a lot like Cher's in her latest music video. But I digress. Saruman intends to regain the ring, which will give him the power to throw Middle Earth into everlasting darkness and despair.



quote:
Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli face much more action, intrigue and deception in the Kingdom of Rohan, while Sam and Frodo -- who have penetrated the fortress at Barad-dur deep within the dark forests of Mordor -- barely survive numerous attempts to kill them and steal the ring.


I'm assuming it's the CNN reviewer (Paul Clinton) who's the idiot, and Peter Jackson hasn't changed the story beyond recognition. Did he even watch the movie, or was he just making it up out of his ass?

Here's the whole thing:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Mov...wers/index.html

FrustratedPoet is offline FrustratedPoet
Emperor
All Glory To The Hypnotoad!
Mar 2002
time: 05:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 04:55 Visit FrustratedPoet's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#50 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton

Weird review.

korn469 is offline korn469
King
Poetic Justic
Apr 1999
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 06:29
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#51 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

i scored tickets for myself and a friend at the midnight showing tonight, i'm about to go get cleaned up and get ready for it, but all i'm saying is i can't wait!!!!

i hadn't read any of the LotR books before I saw the first movie, but after seeing it on the first night i have being waiting for this day to come around, i read the first book after seeing the movie, and i will read the second after seeing the movie (this may sound weird but i don't want the book spoiling the movie for me) so i go into this not knowing exactly what will happen

i'm excited!

Darkworld Ark is offline Darkworld Ark
Warlord
of the Capitalists
May 2002
time: 05:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 07:14
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#52 Report this post to a moderator
Full PM-box? Change here!

I'm going to go see LotR:TT tonight at midnight, so I'll give my opinion around 4 when I get back. (I have to drive a hour to get to the closest movie theatre playing it at midnight)

Imran Siddiqui is offline Imran Siddiqui

Deity
The Potterverse
Jan 1970
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 07:55
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#53 Report this post to a moderator
Increase the size of your Attachments

quote:
Did he even watch the movie, or was he just making it up out of his ass?


Hmmm... if he was making it out of his ass, how would he have known what Barad-dur was?

DanS is offline DanS
Emperor
Kickball Capital of the World
Jan 1970
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 08:23 Visit DanS's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#54 Report this post to a moderator
Tired of ads?

"I got 6 tickets for the friday show at 10:30pm, in the second biggest movie theater in the world. Anyone care to join me?"

How many seats does the theater have? Stadium seating?

korn469 is offline korn469
King
Poetic Justic
Apr 1999
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 09:11
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#55 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

i'm leaving in 10 minutes!
i can't wait!!!!!!

FrustratedPoet is offline FrustratedPoet
Emperor
All Glory To The Hypnotoad!
Mar 2002
time: 05:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 14:09 Visit FrustratedPoet's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#56 Report this post to a moderator
Inflate your Upload Space

Someone let us know if it's Paul Clinton or Peter Jackson who is a complete idiot.

korn469 is offline korn469
King
Poetic Justic
Apr 1999
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 14:09
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#57 Report this post to a moderator
Remove this text

ok i'm home from the movie, i completely enjoyed it, houston we have a good movie

we got to the theater about 11:30 and i live in a small town in rural virginia, our theater has 8 screens, and i jokingly told my friend when we got there that they'd be showing the two towers on every screen and much to my suprise they were! for the first time ever they had all 8 screens playing the same movie, i haven't ever seen the parking lot that crowded, and it's midnight on a tuesday night...i'm sure that their won't be that many people at a midnight showing of a movie for a long time

we tried the first four screens but they were completely full so we settled on screen 6, we found us seats and although wasn't completely full it was packed, while the lights were on there was some guy reading his copy of the two towers, it just stood out to me when the movie finally started you had a theater full of happy people

i'm not going to give any major spoilers, just impressions

the movie was long, but it had a good pace, and it wasn't draggy, in my opinion the first movie was draggier than the two towers, while some of the scenes in the first movie stood out more, there really wasn't a bad or needless scene in the entire movie imo

it was also a very funny movie! the entire audience broke out into laughter on many occasions, here are my top three funniest moments in the movie

semi spoilers ahead!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


1) when gimli falls off of his horse and is like "nobody panic, that was delibriate!"
2) when frodo and sam are detained, and they ask sam if he is frodo's body guard and he said "no i'm his gardener"
3) when gollum had the argument with himself, the entire theater was laughing

there was one really cool scene where legolas spots some wolf riders and sounds the alarm, and when gimli rides by he jumps on the horse, it was cgi and completely elf like! a very nice touch...the guy setting behind me was "holy fvck!"

i think that this movie is more light hearted than the first, it is certainly funnier, the pacing is good, and it entertained me for 3 hours and 17 minutes!

two thumbs up

Darkworld Ark is offline Darkworld Ark
Warlord
of the Capitalists
May 2002
time: 05:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 14:15
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#58 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

I just got back from seing it, & I've got to say, it's better than the first movie.

OldWarrior_42 is offline OldWarrior_42
Prince

Apr 1999
time: 00:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 16:11
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#59 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

Watched a program on tv last night, I forget which channel.. DirecTV... it was called The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. Return To Middle Earth.

Basically it was a "The Making of" type show... very informative and interesting. Making me want to go see it again. I think I will go again this weekend. Besides, It doesn't cost me a dime to watch. :-P~~

aahz_capone is offline aahz_capone
Prince
The Hague
Feb 2002
time: 06:24
  Old Post 18-12-2002 17:22
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#60 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I'm going to see it friday morning, when no ones at the movies but me and my mates. But first we are going to see the animated movie The Hobbit, then the Fellowship DVD extended, and then go to the movies. WOOHOO! Gonna get up at ungodly hours for this.

Paul Clinton had his head up his a$$ the entire movie. "Saruman intends to REGAIN the ring"? He never had it in the first place, it was Sauron's. Read the book you ignoramoose!

 
Pages (7): [ 1   2   3   4   5     >> ]
< Last Thread     Next Thread > Post New Thread     Post A Reply
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:24.
Apolyton Time is 00:24.
    top of page
Rate This Thread:
archivepost
Forum Jump:
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
 




Contact Us - Apolyton Civilization Site - Support Us!

Building a better Apolyton through better information. Click here and take our poll!
Non-US visitors, click here!

Powered by: vBulletin Version 2.0.3
Copyright ©2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.

Page generated in 0.0533 seconds (91.39% PHP - 8.61% MySQL) with 31 queries
Page Loading Time:

Support Apolyton: Amazon USA | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR |
Support Apolyton and get FREE PLUS, Buy from Chips&Bits: Galactic Civilizations | Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition | Call to Power 2 | Civilization: The Boardgame | GURPS/ Alpha Centauri | Alpha Centauri | Civilization IV | Civilization III: Complete |


Front Page | Civilization IV | Civilization III | Civilization II | Call to Power II | Alpha Centauri | Master of Orion III
Rise of Nations | Galactic Civilizations | Galactic Civilizations II | Misc
Alt.Civs | Civ I | C:CtP I | About | News | Directory | Apolyton Store | Forums | Chat | Columns | Interviews | Newsletter
Scenario League | CSC | Clash of Civs | Spanish Site | CtP Maps | Cradle of Civ | WesW's Ctp1/2 Site | Civ3 Haven

apolyton.net | apolyton.com | civilization2.net | civilization3.net | civilization4.net | civilizationiv.info | calltopower.net | galciv.net | galciv2.net | moo3.net