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- Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:12 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: CGI - When did photorealism become so important?
- Replies: 97
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Re: CGI - When did photorealism become so important?
I love photorealism in both still art and CGI. I take my fantasy seriously and want it to look as real as possible. When I look at Smaug on screen it is as close to the real deal as technologically possible - and that helps with the willing suspension of disbelief that is so important in the accepta...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:11 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 363837
Re: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Thanks for the article Ax. It really described many of my own feelings as well.
- Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:49 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 363837
Re: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Loved the visuals from the trailer especially the Azog over the army aerial shot and the dwarves on goats and the chariot. This should be amazing. This may get me criticized - but I did not especially like the Boyd song going with it. It just seemed out of place knowing its original use and what a p...
- Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:23 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 363837
Re: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
And the big contest to go to New Zealand for a premier. 75 winners plus each takes a guest. No announcement yet on how winners will be picked but PJ says they are looking for the most passionate fans in the world. So that takes care of half the spots with folks here. I am so there with my grandson.
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:08 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit Movie Tie ins [now with potential spoilers]
- Replies: 255
- Views: 171639
Re: The Hobbit Movie Tie ins.
The San Diego convention is in full force and WETA has announced a bunch of things that should drive collectors to the bank to check their balances. Their will be two versions of Smaug - one a rather large one on the scale of their earlier Azon on Warg effort and a smaller mini one with the dragon i...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:50 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 363837
- Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: Enya Returns?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7019
- Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:41 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Ukraine (and Russia)
- Replies: 235
- Views: 138179
The older I get, the test for me on foreign involvement is a simple one: would I have gone and fought this war - or (if older) would I want my son or daughter to go fight this war - and now with a 12 year old grandson - I ask if I would want him to go and fight this war. My father joined the service...
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:50 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH: DOS Box Office Watch
- Replies: 101
- Views: 38433
I'm not complaining! It's just a sight to see. And as someone who cares not a bit about the subject, I'm generally curious about the phenomenon! So yeah, keep em coming V! :) It is a way of keeping score so to speak. That is what I find interesting about it. I like seeing things I like do well. But...
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:00 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH: DOS Box Office Watch
- Replies: 101
- Views: 38433
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:03 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH: DOS Box Office Watch
- Replies: 101
- Views: 38433
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Gravity
- Replies: 139
- Views: 46491
I suspect that SF is suggesting the events following her despair in the cabin are hallucination. Its an interesting idea! SPOILER!!!!! skip if you have not seen it!!! here it comes I would go even further than mere hallucination. I would say that when she turned down the oxygen and went to sleep th...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Gravity
- Replies: 139
- Views: 46491
Saw this last night and was mesmerized for the 90 minutes. Great job by our friend the Browns favorite director of the moment. Without giving anything away - could anybody chime in on the big question the ending raises? All of the sudden - right after she turns down the oxygen and dozes off with arm...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:13 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH: DOS Box Office Watch
- Replies: 101
- Views: 38433
I see where they are going to rerelease the latest ANCHORMAN movie with additional footage to the theaters in limited release. I wonder how SMAUG would do if they did the same with it or had a five minute teaser after the showing? Perhaps that would be enough to get it over the billion dollar mark -...
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:42 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH: DOS Box Office Watch
- Replies: 101
- Views: 38433
Saturday numbers are looking even better. 83 million Yuan, compared to 44 million for AUJ. Great news! I wonder if this is the effect of the Dragon as the main draw there? I also wonder about the impact of the AUJ DVD on the appeal since many have already been introduced to it and it was not someth...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH:DoS on Blu-Ray/DVD
- Replies: 76
- Views: 46288
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:53 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: There and Back Again Anticipation thread [SPOILERS]
- Replies: 290
- Views: 96459
TheHutt has posted that Warner Brothers Germany has announced a release date of December 10, one week before the previously announced release date in the U.S., UK and elsewhere in Europe. He speculates that those places will soon announce earlier release dates as well Oh happy day!!!! One week earl...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:23 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: TH: DOS Box Office Watch
- Replies: 101
- Views: 38433
The more I think about it, the terrible winter weather has really been a factor and I would guess took off at least 10% of revenues here in the States. The last time I saw it - time #4 at the IMAX at the Henry Ford Museum - they had some terrible days where the entire museum complex had less than 20...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:42 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit Movie Tie ins [now with potential spoilers]
- Replies: 255
- Views: 171639
For the impulsive, BudK is running a 25% off everything sale through tomorrow night, Hobbit repro weapons and pre-orders included. That made Thranduil's sword and the Mirkwood polearm cost $150 each, and the Tauriel knife pair $165. That is a good price on those items. I order from anybody who has ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:55 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hobbit Movie Tie ins [now with potential spoilers]
- Replies: 255
- Views: 171639
They do offer the Morgul Blade, as well... http://www.lordofthetoons.com/images/smilies/witchking.gif yes - I have a Ringwraith sword from LOTR and I will settle for that as the blade is far too much the same thing. but thanks for looking out for me Elen. If you see any bad guy bow and arrow combin...