But isn't that what you wanted? The company facing more "natural dangers" rather than just orcs or Sauron's forces?Passdagas the Brown wrote: The enchanted stream bit would be redundant, as eventually, they all go a little loopy anyway.
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I thought it had a very organic look - much like a cross between something very primeval and the best aspects of great set design. It was very much Mirkwood.Passdagas the Brown wrote:In general, yes. But Mirkwood looks like a set to me (and thus, unnatural) so it doesn't count.
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It's just so obviously an indoor soundstage, that's all. Otherwise a decent (though conventional) "scary forest." I prefer Tolkien's Mirkwood, with tall trees like pillars and seemingly a little less tangle...sauronsfinger wrote:I thought it had a very organic look - much like a cross between something very primeval and the best aspects of great set design. It was very much Mirkwood.Passdagas the Brown wrote:In general, yes. But Mirkwood looks like a set to me (and thus, unnatural) so it doesn't count.
Though the area around the spiders looked much better. Perhaps because the webs and spiders obscured the set design? Not sure, but I was fully immersed during the spider fight, while the soundstage landscape during the "stoned" routine took me out of the film momentarily.
IMO, it's really hard to fake a forest. Better to shoot on location for that. Think of the wonderful location where the troll cave was shot in AUJ. Throw some dark filters on that, and you've got yourself a Mirkwood!
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I wasn't wild about the 'stoned' or rather 'tripping' scene. Perhaps because I have too much experience with the real thing for it to have seemed authentic to me.
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12 minute documentary on DoS from ComingSoon.it...
Behind-the-scenes shots and some unseen footage/alternative cuts?
Behind-the-scenes shots and some unseen footage/alternative cuts?
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I have a feeling the DOS EE is going to turn a lot of fans who disliked the film into fans.Elentári wrote:12 minute documentary on DoS from ComingSoon.it...
Behind-the-scenes shots and some unseen footage/alternative cuts?
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I didn't notice this the first time, but I think there was a cut scene of the Master giving a speech as the dwarves depart for the mountain. He ascends a specially prepared podium and acts like he's about to begin speaking, then it cuts away, and later it cuts back with him acting like he's just wrapped up.
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