Palantir clip from ROTK

Captain Stern · 12-09-2003, 09:57 PM

Don't know if you've come accross this yet:

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/l/lotrrotk.php

It's clip 5 by the way.

So, instead of using the scene to show Aragorn's will power withstanding that of Sauron's (like in the book), they've made even this scene another scary, action type sequence.

*sigh*

squinteyedsoutherner · 12-09-2003, 11:12 PM

That must be the Palantir Jackson got from the Repo Man set. Hey was that car in Fellowship a beat up Malibu?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 12-09-2003, 11:17 PM

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Originally posted by squinteyedsoutherner
That must be the Palantir Jackson got from the Repo Man set. Hey was that car in Fellowship a beat up Malibu?

I thought it was an SUV.

jerseydevil · 12-09-2003, 11:24 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Stern
So, instead of using the scene to show Aragorn's will power withstanding that of Sauron's (like in the book), they've made even this scene another scary, action type sequence.

*sigh*

All I can say is MORE OF THE SAME.

Overblown action sequences as usual.

**Nurvingiel** · 12-09-2003, 11:26 PM

I couldn't get it to play. (And I really don't want to download RealPlayer. I already have Windows Media Player, DivX, and Winamp.)

Does anyone know another source for that?

jerseydevil · 12-09-2003, 11:30 PM

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Originally posted by Nurvingiel
I couldn't get it to play. (And I really don't want to download RealPlayer. I already have Windows Media Player, DivX, and Winamp.)

Does anyone know another source for that?

well it analyses your system and sees what media players you have installed. It showed that I had both Real Player and Windows Media Player and allowed me to select which I wanted to use. It didn't do that for you?

Silpion · 12-09-2003, 11:45 PM

Is that the extent of Aragorn's willpower with Sauron and the palantir?

The sound of hysterical laughter, that's me.

**Nurvingiel** · 12-09-2003, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
well it analyses your system and sees what media players you have installed. It showed that I had both Real Player and Windows Media Player and allowed me to select which I wanted to use. It didn't do that for you?

Yes. I selected Windows Media Player, which is the only one I have. Then it said "connecting to media" for about 10 minutes until I gave up and closed the window.

Cirdan · 12-10-2003, 03:57 AM

Ummm, Foolofatook? Again?

*imagines touch late night script writing session at NL*

Boyens: "Ya know, I just don't know what Gandalf should say in this scene?"

Jackson: "Well, what does the book say?"

Boyens: "Don't with that book business again!"

Jackson: "Just kidding, heh heh!"

Boyens: "How 'bout he says, 'Fool of a Took!', again?"

Jackson: "Whatever. I'll have the WETA boys juice it up so no one will even notice he's talking."

Boyens: "I still can't believe I got this huge a project the first go round. Writing is way easier than they made it sound in those correspondence courses I took."

jerseydevil · 12-10-2003, 04:40 AM

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Originally posted by Cirdan
Ummm, Foolofatook? Again?

*imagines touch late night script writing session at NL*

Boyens: "Ya know, I just don't know what Gandalf should say in this scene?"

Jackson: "Well, what does the book say?"

Boyens: "Don't with that book business again!"

Jackson: "Just kidding, heh heh!"

Boyens: "How 'bout he says, 'Fool of a Took!', again?"

Jackson: "Whatever. I'll have the WETA boys juice it up so no one will even notice he's talking."

Boyens: "I still can't believe I got this huge a project the first go round. Writing is way easier than they made it sound in those correspondence courses I took."

So VERY true. I don't know what smilie should go here. On the one hand your scenario is funny in which case I would use

, on the other it is probably closer to the truth than any of us would care to think, in which case I would use

or possibly

.

jerseydevil · 12-10-2003, 04:42 AM

Oh hell this is how I feel -

<- Cirdan's post

<- scenario

,

<- Jackson and Boyens

<- what Jackson was thinking and knows about Lord of the Rings

,

<- the fact that Jackson was able to pull the wool over so many people's eyes for so long

,

<- overall feeling on the Lord of the Rings. movies and Jackson

**Nurvingiel** · 12-10-2003, 04:46 AM

Yea! I got it to work. They really went to town on that Fool of a Took line. They also overdramatised the scene, naturally. In case you were wondering, they're in Minas Tirith because they took out the whole Orthanc story arc.

jerseydevil · 12-10-2003, 04:53 AM

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Originally posted by Nurvingiel
Yea! I got it to work. They really went to town on that Fool of a Took line. They also overdramatised the scene, naturally. In case you were wondering, they're in Minas Tirith because they took out the whole Orthanc story arc.

I'm glad you got it to work, I wasn't sure what else to suggest.

Yeah - I could tell they were in Minis Tirith with the wooden doors, I'm wondering if it's Denethor's Palantir that Pippin looks into and NOT Saruman's now. I like the Palantir scene in the middle of the woods as it is in the book.

They even seem to be using "horror" type music.

**Nurvingiel** · 12-10-2003, 04:59 AM

*Makes appropriate "ree ree" music from Psycho along with stabbing motions* Hello Pippin...

I also noticed the non-metal gates. Weren't they plated with mithril? That would have looked cool.

Edit: And I love that scene from the book too! They could have had a funny scene without taking cheap shots at Pippin or Gimli! What a novel idea. (Gandalf waking up with a rock for a pillow!)

squinteyedsoutherner · 12-10-2003, 10:15 AM

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In case you were wondering, they're in Minas Tirith because they took out the whole Orthanc story arc.

I thought the doors and walls looked like they were back in Edoras, or at least somewhere in Rohan.

Quote:

I'm wondering if it's Denethor's Palantir that Pippin looks into and NOT Saruman's now.

I'm pretty sure I've read spoilers that say Denethor doesn't have a Palantir. Who knows.

EDIT,

I just watched it again and I've changed my mind. I think it's Minas Tirith too.

Cirdan · 12-10-2003, 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
Oh hell this is how I feel -

Hmm, no

though, I see. Funny, I thought about the same thing when I posted it. We need an ambivalently disgruntled smiley. maybe :~

EDIT: wow, i've never been scolded by the software for too many smileys before..

Almie · 12-10-2003, 11:18 AM

Too much action there. For some reason this clip looks like a bad horror movie. Maybe it's the music.

Cirdan · 12-10-2003, 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by Almie
Too much action there. For some reason this clip looks like a bad horror movie. Maybe it's the music.

You mean like the Frighteners?

jerseydevil · 12-10-2003, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cirdan
Hmm, no though, I see. Funny, I thought about the same thing when I posted it. We need an ambivalently disgruntled smiley. maybe :~

I think that's what we need. :~

Quote:

EDIT: wow, i've never been scolded by the software for too many smileys before..

That's why I had to break my post up into two seperate ones.

**Nurvingiel** · 12-10-2003, 03:10 PM

If it is in Minas Tirith, what the heck was Merry doing there!

*panics* What if he doesn't swear fealty to Theoden and join up with Dernhelm!?

12-09-2003, 09:57 PM	#1
Captain Stern Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 319	Palantir clip from ROTK Don't know if you've come accross this yet: http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/l/lotrrotk.php It's clip 5 by the way. So, instead of using the scene to show Aragorn's will power withstanding that of Sauron's (like in the book), they've made even this scene another scary, action type sequence. sigh __________________ Then hate overcame Fëanor's fear, and he cursed Melkor and bade him be gone, saying 'Get thee gone from my gate, thou jail-crow of Mandos!' And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all dwellers in Eä.

12-10-2003, 03:57 AM	#9
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	Ummm, Foolofatook? Again? imagines touch late night script writing session at NL Boyens: "Ya know, I just don't know what Gandalf should say in this scene?" Jackson: "Well, what does the book say?" Boyens: "Don't with that book business again!" Jackson: "Just kidding, heh heh!" Boyens: "How 'bout he says, 'Fool of a Took!', again?" Jackson: "Whatever. I'll have the WETA boys juice it up so no one will even notice he's talking." Boyens: "I still can't believe I got this huge a project the first go round. Writing is way easier than they made it sound in those correspondence courses I took." __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

12-10-2003, 04:42 AM	#11
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Oh hell this is how I feel - <- Cirdan's post <- scenario , <- Jackson and Boyens <- what Jackson was thinking and knows about Lord of the Rings , , <- the fact that Jackson was able to pull the wool over so many people's eyes for so long , <- overall feeling on the Lord of the Rings. movies and Jackson __________________ 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

12-10-2003, 11:18 AM	#17
Almie Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 36	Too much action there. For some reason this clip looks like a bad horror movie. Maybe it's the music. __________________ "I could think of a long story about the land of Númenor." (Alboin in 'The Lost Road' by JRR Tolkien)

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12-09-2003, 11:12 PM	#2
squinteyedsoutherner Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 198	That must be the Palantir Jackson got from the Repo Man set. Hey was that car in Fellowship a beat up Malibu?

12-09-2003, 11:45 PM	#7
Silpion Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 103	Is that the extent of Aragorn's willpower with Sauron and the palantir? The sound of hysterical laughter, that's me.