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Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

I heard on the radio this morning that shooting for a new live-action "Lord of the Rings" begins very soon in New Zealand. Budget for the first movie alone is $190.8 million: there are plans to produce a movie for each volume of the trilogy as they (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeff Stembel

(...) And Lego would have an excuse to make the Hobbits and Dwarves regular minifigs, since Elijah Wood has been cast as Frodo in the movies! Can you tell I'm disgruntled by this? (And if Keanu Reeves is cast as Aragorn, I'm gonna scream) Jeff - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) of (...) minifigs, (...) Keanu isn't old enough for it. Has casting been completed? I remember having a conversation with a friend about who we'd cast as whom. Quite fun conversation actually. ObLego: I'm enjoying making a space cannon with (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Mike Stanley

(...) Well, Elijaw Wood the actor is normal size. He'll be cgi'ed down to hobbit size for the film, tho. Too bad Sean Connery isn't going to be Gandalf. (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) minifigs, (...) Years ago in several ongoing discussions a friend and I had, we agreed that Patrick Stewart would make a good Gandalf, and Connery would make a good Theoden. I don't think we came up with a good Aragorn protrayed by any working (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Pete Postlethwaite. He was the cliche hunter guy in the Lost World. Good actor, terrible movie. (...) Leonardo DiCaprio? :-P Or perhaps Gene Wilder... (...) Glenn Close as Galadriel and Uma Thurman as Eowyn. (...) That does it. I'm OUTTA UTAH (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal

(...) ~~~...~~~ ??? Wow. I loved it. 'Course, I read Jurassic Park years before it became a movie, and Lost World. Movies can't do justice to the books on which they are based [1], but they do a good job of graphically portraying the characters, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) I kinda liked the book (loved JP), but I saw the movie first, and what a bad first impression. The good guys were making mistakes no sane person would make, half the movie was obviously filmed to sell the toys, the physics were all bad, what (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jasper Janssen

(...) Well, the movie did have one advantage over the book: It didn't have to start the very first scene with the apalling retcon of how Ian (?) the mathemagician really _isn't_ dead. Other than that... both the book and the movie, even compared to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) You mean the guy who wanted to waive his fee and instead take a trophy T-Rex? That guy most definately is *not* my impression of Aragorn. Wrong look, attitude, and age. (...) They need a small, weasely type. Maybe the guy who played 'little (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Well, put hair on his head. :-, He's got the look of someone who's being driven by something in his past, something haunting him... I dunno how he'd do with a sword in hand though. Aragorn needs to be able to handle a sword. And Aragorn's (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) That guy just seems to old. Did Aragorn have a beard? I always seem to picture him with a beard. (...) Weasely yes, but too large. Besides, we wouldn't want all the teenage girls to be falling in love with Gollum. (...) Oh please! That's just (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) Rex? (...) bids (...) He needs to be tall too. And he also needs to look kingly in a pinch. Sounds like this is all a tall order for an actor. Anyone want to nomiate Liam Neeson (again? :-) I nominate Steven Segal for Boromir. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Mel Gibson? He can carry that "tragic knight" character he's been typecast into. John Malkovich? (...) Nonononono, I'll enjoy watching him die too much. Plus, Segal is too slinky (and a wimp :-) How about that guy from Home Improvement, with (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) how (...) Neeson (...) Mmm, yeah I could see that, except for the height. And he'd probably soak up too much $$. Like he did in Braveheart as William Wallet. We'd probably have to get someone "undiscovered" for this role. (...) Which movies (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Mary Reilley, Empire of the Sun, Dangerous Liasons (...) I was watching Futurama, eating watermelon, when one of Bender's lines caused me to inhale a chunk. (...) Uma's voice can get pretty dang husky if you pay her enough. (...) Who's this (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) !?! Get a clue, man! She was in "Zorro" with Antonio Banderas, and that recent heist-caper flick with Sean Connery. Competent actor, great bod and face. (...) Maybe. He is pretty good at capering about. (...) Now that I could see. Lloyd would (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Ooooh, *that* Jones. She was good in Zorro. I've started to avoid Sean Connery flicks, ever since the Rock, so I haven't seen her except in Zorro. (...) I always thought Saruman needed to be a little more...psychotic. And the role of Rasputen (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) Yep, *that* Jones. :-) Connery star has dimmed a bit of late. I think one of my fave roles he was in was in "Hunt For Red October". (...) Yeah. And he looks pretty good in white too. Makes a good mad scientist and/or secretly evil wizard. -- (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jasper Janssen

(...) "Vassily, confirm their position. One ping, and one ping only" "But sir -" "Just do it man!" "Just be careful, many thingsh in there don't react at all well to bulletsh." Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) in (...) oh bulletsh, they do too. :-) (BTW Jasper, you've been away too long :-) Yeah, I've seen a coupla sites and been kinda keeping up on the casting. I am sorta concerned about a lot of CGI though: while it's very good now, stretching (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jasper Janssen

(...) Thanks. That warms my heart, it does.. (or is that the scotch?) (...) This is true, but using it for armies of orcs and dwarves shouldn't have those problems. Then again, on-set representation (preferably by a live actor, bodypainted (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) <snolk!> (...) Galadriel (...) Let's not go there. Family newsgroup, yada yada.. (...) See Entrapment with Sean Connery. It came out about a week or two after The Matrix. (...) Aragorn's betrothed, daughter of Elrond, the Evenstar of her (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Rowan Atkinson. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) Hey not bad! At first I didn't connect the name with the face, but with one quick search I'm inclined to agree. He's definitely got that licking and blinking bit down. -Tom McD. when replying, this summer send your kids to Camp Spamcakawaka. (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —James Brown

(...) Good call. (...) Easy. Gene Hackman. And DeNiro as Denethor. Hmm. Rutger Hauer as Bromir, anyone? He certainly does obsessed captains of guards well :) (Ladyhawk) Although he's getting a little old for it, now. James (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Adam Yulish

(...) I had to rack my brain over where I'd seen him before--I've only seen Home Improvement a few times in my life, so it took me awhile to figure it out when he appeared in the movie _Sling_Blade_. It's a very slow movie, which sets the tone (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeff Stembel

(...) Anyone know who did the voice of Gollum in the animated movies? It fit what I thought his voice sounded like very well. (...) Who is Bridgette Neilson? (...) Isn't Galadriel supposed to be the most beautiful woman in Middle-Earth? No offense (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jasper Janssen

(...) W[1]|N>K. [1] Water. Explanation? Water Through Nose To Keyboard. Letters obvious, other symbols are unix pipe commands. (...) I believe the Tom Bombadil scene is going to be absent from the movie, as it should be given that we're dealing with (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Steve Campbell

(...) Somebody else to take some of the heat. Now does that then mean half as much heat or TWICE as much? (...) Something along the lines of an X-year contract with renewal options. That way if the marriage fades you don't renew. The End. But don't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy Sproat

(...) Twice as much heat plus half as much. Plus, you'll have to share your power tools. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Frank Filz

(...) Even worse, you'll have to share your Lego bricks... (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) YES! Big, dumb, likable! Perfect! -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jasper Janssen

(...) How about oral sex? Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy Sproat

(...) Hmmm. We talk about it a lot. Does that count? I was watching my neighbors do that just the other day -- talking about it. You'd think they could at least close their window. I was so shocked I almost dropped my binoculars. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) Liam is not bad, but he lacks a certain regality. (...) Big, kind of dumb. Maybe... but no. (...) Umm... let me revise that a little. Not a 'beard' in the sense of those characters, but rather a short, tough-looking beard. That is the way I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) Neeson (...) Hard to cast this character, it is.. (...) usually (...) Okay, yeah. I could live with that. (...) Okay, Jar Jar as Gollum ;-) (...) happy... (...) ACK! He did it! :P -Tom McD. when replying, no spamcake line till my headache goes (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) My turn to say ACK! (...) Yep. And without resorting to listening to the song. What can I say, I like that song. Now tell me what I've won. And it better not be a years supply of...... -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jasper Janssen

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:08:45 GMT, "Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote: <aragorn> (...) They're going to be doing much CG stretching and shrinking for actors anyway (dwarves and orcs will be portrayed this way), so tallness is not a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Thomas Main

(...) Rumors as well as confirmed reports can be found at: (URL) would also recommend the Rolozo Tolkien site for a good all-around Tolkien site: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu Webpage: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John VanZwieten

(...) Who'd the guy who played the cannibal on ConAir? Put him on a serious diet, and he'd make a great Gollum. -John Van (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Blake Christopher Gettig

(...) I really liked reading the hobbit and the other three lord of the rings books. I think you could base some great lego set on the theme. Hmmmm... a lego Minas Morgul...and don't forget that shelob creature. You could use the wizard mini-figure (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) One of our servers at work was named "gandalf" -- it had my Lego-made mascot, complete with sword and staff, taped to the monitor. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) Minas Tirith playset - think of all that white... (...) hehe I'm also waiting for the Belville Barad-Dur "Lidless Eye" Torture Chamber set. -Tom McD. when replying, what has it got in it's pocketses? spamcake! (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal

It's been quite a while since I read the Trilogy. I remember having my mom buy The Silmarillion, and only being able to read the first 50 pages or so-- couldn't follow it:-p We just finished reading The Chronicles of Narnia series with our kids-- (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) buy (...) couldn't (...) You can't follow 53,409 names that all sorta sound similar after awhile? ;-) Try it again sometime, I bet you can follow it now. (...) I'm reading book 5 _A Horse and His Boy_ for the umpteenth time.. My favorites out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal

(...) Time, dammit. I need more time! (...) Do you consider The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the first book, or The Magician's Nephew? I always advise folk to read the former first. (...) 'preciate it. (...) Yeah, instead of a Lego Aslan, we (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Ditto. It bugs me that they switched the numbering so that the Magician's Nephew is first -- if I'm not mistaken, it was originally book 6. Bits of that book just don't make any sense unless you read several books before it. (...) I'm there. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) favorites (...) Yes! I don't like that either. I saw that and it made me wonder what those people were smoking. It seems like you can do anything with a dead author's books. Hey publisher: Read them (and sell them) in the order they were first (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal

Tom McDonald wrote: <snippage of valid criticism of spamcakehead publishers> (...) Ah yes, I think the kids and I shall read those next. I remember reading Perelandra with the radio on as a kid, and to this day when I hear "Living Thing" by ELO, I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald

(...) Thing" (...) dreamiest:-) (...) I've never even thought of Jeff Lynne and CS Lewis in the same context. John, go check and make sure you're not using your gas stove as a heater again. :-) (...) get in (...) Just don't abuse it :-) Todd's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) If those were the "lean years", the nineties must have been the "decidedly chubby" years. :-) -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John VanZwieten

John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:379019BC.74F840...est.net... (...) Just for the record, it's not a trilogy, but one book in three volumes. (...) Sections of are difficult to get through, but parts are great. The story of Beren (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Blake Christopher Gettig

(...) Hmmmmm...wonder how an ABS plastic Beville would look after the "rack". (...) *laugh* (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Blake Christopher Gettig

(...) set. Hmmmmm...wonder how an ABS plastic Beville would look after the "rack". (...) *laugh* (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Sanjay D'Souza

The production company is based here in Wellington, not far from where I work. I've had to fend off many of their talent scouts looking to secure my services as one of the lead actors. I'm not sure I want to be involved, but if it'll mean getting a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Mike Walsh

Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) I know where New Zealand is, in fact I actually been there! Now that is a long flight from the US! Actually, no kidding aside, New Zealand (I spent almost all of my visit on the South Island) is one of the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Sanjay D'Souza

Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) A flight from NZ to the UK is about 24hours. Not sure if that's a non stop flight but with the 747-400's it may be possible. Actually, no kidding aside, New Zealand (I spent (...) The bottom half of the South (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Richard Dee

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 21:32:21 GMT, Sanjay D'Souza uttered the following profundities... (...) Via Los Angeles on Air New Zealand, and via Sydney and Singapore on British Airways, IIRC. (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Matthew Miller

(...) Everybody knows that: it's where Xena comes from! (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal

(...) And Herc, too, until the end of this season. I heard that Majel Roddenberry is spinning up another Star Trek series which will feature Kevin Sorbo. True, UL? -John (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Fredrik Glöckner

(...) That's where Peter Jackson comes from, right? And where "Brain Dead" was filmed. Spot the reference: "I'm a Derek, and Dereks don't run!" Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal

(...) Not sure, but I know who it *could've* come from-- Derek Smalls in "This is Spinal Tap";-) -John (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Selçuk Göre

Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) Most of them I think (excluding US citizens). For the lugnet population. virtually all of them (including Us citizens)...:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —John VanZwieten

Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote in message news:FF4GH0.8LL@lugnet.com... (...) At one point a study found that only half of adult US citizens could correctly locate USSR on a map. Something close to 1/3 couldn't even find (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller

(...) I just bought a new world map, and I searched for hours for 'USSR'. I finally gave up. (1) -- Terry K -- 1. Just kidding. (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Mark Harrison

It's seventh state of Australia where everyone has trouble saying "6". ; .) Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Sanjay D'Souza

Mark Harrison wrote in message <37933E5C.82E4B4E7@o...net.au>... (...) ;-) ....speaking of which as part of TLG's fitness program LEGO NZ **may** become part of LEGO Australia's operations. Under the new structure New Zealand would be considered a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Lord of the Rings —Tyson Brower

If you're looking for the latest casting news, keep an eye on (URL) they are usually one of the first to get the scoops, since they have so many informants. -sW (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)