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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.

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Jessica - Dec 23, 2003 9:39:17 am PST #782 of 3902
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

In RotK, I had time to think "fake...blue screen...blue screen...fake...fake," and in TTT, I really didn't. By the second (third, fourth, fifth) time I saw it, I knew it was CG, but was so used to the way it looked that it didn't bug me.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if they tidied it up for the EE DVD release.

§ ita § - Dec 23, 2003 9:43:01 am PST #783 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if they tidied it up for the EE DVD release.

It's the same as the theatrical. We went back and ran it right away. It might be a screen size thing, or a getting acclimatised thing, I suppose.

Aims - Dec 23, 2003 9:44:35 am PST #784 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Funny, the horse mounting scene throws me off way more than the Oliphaunt scene, because he goes up the horse on the wrong side and his wrist is all catty-whoumpus! The Oliphaunt scene, like Jess said, is fake fake fake, but still really exciting. The horse scene they TOTALLY could have done for real with a crane and stuff.

tina f. - Dec 23, 2003 9:45:32 am PST #785 of 3902

Ohhh - help!

Non-Tolkein friend just asked me who the guys on the elephants were (like their actual name - not just - "bad guys" which is what I said at first) and I can't remember...anybody?

DavidS - Dec 23, 2003 9:45:33 am PST #786 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The horse scene they TOTALLY could have done for real with a crane and stuff.

As I recall, Orlando was injured on that day and couldn't mount the horse properly so they did a little CGI pickup and made it more spectacular.

§ ita § - Dec 23, 2003 9:46:08 am PST #787 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The horse scene they TOTALLY could have done for real with a crane and stuff.

And a double -- Orlando had a broken rib.

Jessica - Dec 23, 2003 9:46:19 am PST #788 of 3902
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

It's the same as the theatrical.

In that case, it's probably a resolution thing. Or they cleaned it up on both DVD releases.

Image quality aside, I still can't figure out how he grabs the reins with the back of his hand. Elves must be massively double-jointed.

Aims - Dec 23, 2003 9:47:09 am PST #789 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Injury, scmingury. He is the Jackie Chan of the Elves. He wouldda done it had they asked.

ETA: Broken rib owie. Ok, minus the injury though.

§ ita § - Dec 23, 2003 9:48:02 am PST #790 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He is the Jackie Chan of the Elves. He wouldda done it had they asked.

Well, he re-evaluated his relationship to his wellbeing, so maybe not.

laughs her own ass off at her fangirly self

Aims - Dec 23, 2003 9:49:01 am PST #791 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Well, he re-evaluated his relationship to his wellbeing

There's a lesson to be learned here, ita.

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