Thanks for telling me where that hidden clip was, Al!:fuzgrin: It was so funny. I laughed really hard. :lol: I watched it about five times.

So, does that mean the extended FOTR has a hidden feature as well? If so, I'd like to know where that one is.


-oddguy:fuzcool:

Yes, there is a little hidden clip on the Fellowship extended disk 1. Go to the last scene in the screen selection, and do the same thing you did for the TTT to see an alternate version of the council of elrond scene, that MTV created. Its funny, but I would have to say a bit too much gross humor.

I think theres also a trailer for TTT somewhere hidden on one of the FOTR extended disks.:fuzsmile:

That alternate version of the council of Elrond that MTV did was funny! I like never watch MTV anymore, so I keep missing the LOTR stuff.:fuzwink: Anyway, being a big Buffy fan, it was cool to see Sarah Michelle Gellar in that skit. Pfft, using the one ring as a prince albert. :rolleyes: Thanks for telling me where that stuff was, Al.......I would never seen them otherwise.

-oddguy:fuzcool:

I also thought it was funny when they started showing the reactions to Jack by the other characters. I think MTV did a really good job editing it. I also thought it was funny when aragorn says you have my sword, and gimli brings the axe out, etc. Overall, just a really funny sketch.

You welcome though Oddguy.:) It was no problem really, I found most of the stuff only because I looked on theonering.net one day when they had a news article on lotr easter eggs in the dvds.:fuzwink:

I saw it, thought it was the best of the three films, Gandaulf remains the coolest, and I still hate Orlando Bloom

Yeah I saw it the beginning of the month. The second time I was able to see some cool things I missed in the battles and such, and get a better understanting of things that I missed the first time. :)

That was funny! I just about wet myself! It was so funny when Jack Black was talking to Frodo, and he's like, " Frodo, eyes up here!" I love it! And plus it had Sarah Michelle Gellar in it! YAY!

UPDATE: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is now #4 in the box office. ROTK was in the #1 spot for an entire moth. So ends the reign of the King. :fuzemb:

-oddguy :confused:

Oh well, doesnt mean the other films that are ahead of it are better than it. ;)

Also look how much money its taken in within its first four weeks.

one of my only problems with the film was Legolas's character. Mr. Perception/obvious. "A Diversion..." thanks a lot Legolas, welcome to 5 minutes ago! :rollseyes:

it had to be drawn out in the end. But even though it seemed to be dragging in the end, it was very much rushed. over 4 years passed in that short time from when Aragorn is crowned to when Frodo leaves at the Grey Havens.

HURRAH for Mr. Jackson's interpretation!

One of the only reasons I didnt mind the long ending after Mt. Doom, was I like to know everything that happens to the chacters, and I like longer epilogues, and complete closure so I'm not left with any big questions. :fuzsmile:

Thats one thing that was plaguing me after the third Matrix, I just wanted more closure.

I couldn't agree more.


Now, the real reason I'm posting...
The Golden Globes are on tonight and I'll be watching to see if ROTK gets any awards. I'm also hoping Nip/Tuck gets something. What a crazy show!:rolleyes: Anyway...if ROTK does well at The Golden Globes, it could help Peter Jackson and his team for The Academy Awards. *crosses fingers*

-oddguy :fuzcool:

Well I watched them about two hours ago and ROTK won four awards.

Best Musical Score

Best Original Song

Best Director

and

Best Picture (Drama)

I was really pleased tonight with how things worked out. I was cheering in my living room as soon as Peter Jackson got best director, and when ROTK got best picture. :fuzsmile:

They even played some LOTR music as they went up to accept the award. :)

I live in California, so I'm watching The Golden Globes right now. ROTK just won for Best Original Song where I am and I was cheering in my living room as well. It was the first time I'd seen Fran Walsh...ever. She usually shies away from the public spotlight.

Well, I'm glad I know ahead of time that ROTK won Best picture and PJ won Best Director...but I'm still watching the show. I wanna see what PJ says!:D

-oddguy :fuzcool:

After you finish watching it, make sure to stop by theonering.net they have full coverage I think and recaps. :fuzsmile:

I'll be sure to do that. Right now, they're honoring Michael Douglas. Lalala

-oddguy :fuzcool:

Also I noticed during each time LOTR wins something at the golden globes they play the song Andurial from the ROTK soundtrack. :fuzsmile: I just noticed because I was listening to it earlier. :p

Whoooo! The nominations for The Academy Awards are out and ROTK has been nominated in 11 categories!

Best Picture
Directing
Writing - Screenplay - Adaptation
Makeup
Music - Original Score
Music - Original Song
Art Direction
Costume Design
Sound
Visual Effects
Film Editing

-oddguy :fuzcool:

Best move ever. I didint like the 1 move very much. the 2 was good. I love the 3. I was sad when it was over after all that. im trying to read the books but I can't find them

My ranking of the movies (even though I love all of them) are:

ROTK

FOTR

TTT.

Well, hopefully ROTK will steal a lot of the oscars that it was nominated for, including best picture. :fuzsmile:

My movie rankings:

ROTK

FOTR-TTT are tied.

-oddguy :fuzcool:

Mine: FOTR
ROTK
TT

It also appears that ROTK may not be at the top of the box office anymore, but its money gained continues to grow. :fuzsmile:

Well, I'm going to see ROTK for the third time tommorow, so I'm continuing to support PJ! :kiss:

-oddguy :fuzcool:

Yeah, I saw it with a very good friend of mine. She just had rented the first two the week before to finally see them (the extended versions) and we saw ROTK last friday. It was my third time seeing it though. :fuzsmile:

I am just glad I got my extended Fellowship and extended Two Towers.

Mann I got to go see ROTK again. I am deeply inspired by Tolken's work that I myself am produceing my own myth an fantasy world. Oddguy knows a little bit about it.

Tolkien is indeed inspiring to me as well. I have a world I'm writing in a novel, so whenever I get somewhat discouraged, I know it took Tolkien 14 years to complete Lord of the Rings, so I realize I have plenty of time.

-oddguy :fuzcool:

@ParamiteAbe and Odd Guy:
You don't know how many people I've heard say almost he exact same thing as you. There are about a million people in the world right now who are all working on their great fantasy epics ;)

Yeah, I know what ya mean. It's almost like American Idol. Everybody thinks that they're going to make it.........every single person thinks this, which is impossible.

-oddguy :fuzcool:

yeah, thats true, but it's still ncie to create your own world, even if nobody else does apperciate. Well, I think so anyway.

I personally have had a story Ive been creating in my mind, but I probably wouldnt publish the completed story. I could change my mind down the road though, its mainly just for my own interests and not for really anyone else, I seriously doubt anyone will top what Tolkien spent almost his entire life creating, the mythology, history, stories, maps, etc. I dont event think he finished his full plan for LOTR either, and that even his son had to finish up his early notes from the trenches of World War I.

One day I was drawing and I saw this amazing character before me. I continued on the drawing and made it even better. Then, based on how it looked etc, I created a small story behind that kept building and building in my mind. Finally, I decided I wanted to write a novel and I have about 25 pages. Of course, it's far from finished. I keep going back and fixing things on it.

Oh, and be careful Al, when Tolkien started, he wasn't planning on publishing either!:p

-oddguy :fuzcool:

But you guys don't understand I am creating maps of my world, I am developing new kinds of cultures, createing stories from these cultures, produceing illustrations of this world. Everything I do is all original work from me. Its going from my head onto paper and thats what counts. My friends that takes a lot paitients and talent.

I am not worried on wether I will get my stories and illustrations published and sold to clients. I simply want to it and I am going to do it. I am a free lance artist and writer and its basically my lifes work. I want to build my career from this. I have been working my myth for almost 5 years now. It started out as a Science fiction epic now its a little bit of both worlds. Science Fiction and fantasy.

Have you ever read the book "The Wheel of Time." There is another inspiration for me. One of my favorite things to do as an artist is to go to borders, order myself a cup of coffie, and take an art book off the self and just skim the books at the awesome work done by others. And I would spend by myself a few hours at Borders just simply sitting down and reading and looking at the work done by others. If your going into comercial art or Illustration such as I, I do recomend you do that. Just constantly look at books and use what you looked at in books for your advantage as an artist to produce your own work. As artist we are visual communitcaters. We communicate visually. Its more than sitting at a table and makeing pretty pictures. You have to know how to write, speak, research, and be real real observant of detail around you. People have ideas and there all neat but a selected few actually go and create their worlds. I don't want to sound like I am bragging here or anything but I feel I am one of those selected few thankyou very much!

I do that all the time at Borders. Coffee, a cookie and a nice book to look at...very fun. I do prefer Barnes and Noble, but I don't live close enough to one. :eek:

-oddguy :fuzcool:

Hey Oddguy have you ever heard of Bud Plant Comic Art?

Its located in Grass Valley CA.

I say this because they mail out catalogs where you can order art books from like Spectrum and so on. Even Giger's books. They even issue art books that have not yet made it to stores. Its a catalog where you can order the art book from the catalog eather on line or by mail. I just looked at it and a friend of mine who is in my illustration With Pen and Ink class showed me this. He told me its free to get on their mailing list. Once you do that you get a new catalog every season for free. I saw some of the prices on art books that are for sale in this book. And its cheap but it verys. You could also order printed pieces from this book. Here is the web site. They also sell comic book art and all kinds of stuff. When u sign up though for the catalog your going to go through billing information. That is only for when you place an order for the book you want from the catalog. The catalog is free and if you sign up you altimatically get a new catalog every season. Its pretty cool. www.budplant.com

Yes I do understand, I also know a lot of other people are doing this and that a lot of people will do this. I can see you are obviously trying your hardest and would like to become the next Tolkien, and it may be so. I was merely saying that a lot of people are creating their own universes, maps, cultures, social customs, civilisations, races, names, people, gods, mythical creatures, inside-world fairy tales etc etc. But good luck to ya.

Its all cool mann. The one thing I learn to overcome in my entire free lance career is to not take critisisem so harshly. Being critisised is all part of the process of becomming a professional. I am a great artist and very professional at what I do but I am no legond. But you know I don't really care on wether I become the next legond or not. All I care about is my work my vision I layout on paper. Thats what satisfies me and that is being an artist.

Yeah I agree, anything is possible. :) I would like to see something new that could atleast come up to be even up to Tolkien's level. :fuzsmile:

I can't wait until ROTK comes out on DVD, I saw it twice at the cinema and it was the best movie I have seen yet. :fuzgrin:

As the Oscars are happening tommorow, I thought I'd bump this thread up so we can discuss it.

Anyway, this cartoon strip sums up my feelings on the matter quite nicely.:D

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2004/ft040228.gif

-oddguy