Really? I can't believe that the university would do anything but the most basic. . . well, unless they got some huge deal for the many many 'puters they buy all at once.
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Watched RotK on Saturday night. Pippin made me cry again. He needs to stop doing that.
But something I noticed on the small screen that I didn't on the big was the very subtle, final transformation from Smeagol to Gollum in the prologue. All 3 of us pointed and said, "HEY!!"
Yeah, Aimee, it took my third or fourth theater viewing before I caught it, and then I had to see it another time to make sure. It was very subtle, as you say, but affecting nonetheless. PJ is a sneaky storyteller, isn't he?
Sneaky bastard he is.
I was watching the extended versions over the weekend, and listened to the director/writers commentary, and I must say that I'd love to see them do a chronological cut of the trilogy. I was thinking about it, and they could still do the Galadriel narration, but when she gets to "It snared a new bearer," they could cut to the Smeagol/Deagol prologue from RotK, and then cut back to the narration when Gollum says, "My Precious" at the end.
Oh, where his eyes change? I love that bit. I noticed it first time 'round too. t /proud
edit: referring to the prologue
I noticed it first time 'round too.
Oh yeah! Well, I watched the DVD of RotK AT HOME!
I never notice anything. :)
Any idea on what the easter eggs might be on the DVD?
Heh. Aimee wins. (Two more weeks, right?)
Yeah, his eyes do change. But I meant the change from Andy Serkis with appliances to CGI Gollum. The eye sockets changed, the bone orbits, from what you could apply onto a human skull to what could only have been done digitally. The shift was so subtle I wasn't really aware I'd noticed it the first few viewings.