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Re: Finally! In Cinemas! The LOTR preview!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:18:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Simpson writes:
> O' Mighty Tolkien!, who can stand in thy counsels?
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> I realize that everyone has no doubt seen the previews on the web, but, alas, I
> had not. I was saving myself for the cinema experience. Finally, it came...
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> I saw the first preview for LOFR last night (and I fortunately didn't have to
> again sit through Meet Joe Black to see it), and I think that we are in for
> something great. Star Wars Episode II? Hah! But a mere footnote in 2002 to
> The Two Towers.
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> For those Tolkien fans amongst us, the preview started with the ring spinning in
> a red background as the One Ring poem was recited. Then we saw an Orc host
> marching over a hill. Incredible. Cut to Gandalf and the Hobbits, cut to
> Galadriel speaking to Frodo, brief milli-second shot of a dark-haired beauty
> reclining (Could it be Eowyn?), cut to shot of the 9 traversing a snow-covered
> mountain pass, and then a shot of the 9 cresting, in turn, the brow of a
> mountain ridge. Outstanding. We have 3 1/2 years to anticipate and revel in
> the greatness. December, 2001? I'm getting in line this Thanksgiving.
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> james
I've been waiting for something of this scale for 33 years. Get behind me
in line. :-)
Bruce
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