# Gah!! The Two Towers trailer!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995 "2002-03-31T00:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/21 "2002-04-02T13:21:02Z")
I refuse to believe that we’ve all seen it before Fingolfin. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/22 "2002-04-02T13:39:44Z")
I have the Chinese version… it’s only a partial though (1.5 minutes). It looks good for as much as I have. I WILL FIND A FULL VERSION!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/23 "2002-04-02T13:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pugluvr \* > \*\*I refuse to believe that we’ve all seen it before Fingolfin. \*\* LOL! pugluvr 🙂 I still havn’t seen it yet! Aaargh! My wife and I were going to see it on Friday, but conflicts came up and we couldn’t go. Been busy all weekend. NCAA Championships. But alas, we are going tomorrow! I can’t wait! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/24 "2002-04-02T13:47:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pugluvr \* > \*\* And Pippin clinging to what is obviously Treebeard’s face? \*\* Since I can’t find the darn trailer, how did Treebeard look? I’ve really been worried they’d essentially have a guy wearing a tree trunk with his face sticking out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/25 "2002-04-02T14:03:59Z")
[http://www.starwars-forever.ch/herrderringe2.mov](http://www.starwars-forever.ch/herrderringe2.mov) This worked for me a few minutes ago. It’s only 1-2 min long but better than nothing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/26 "2002-04-02T15:07:39Z")
Try [http://www.movie-times.com](http://www.movie-times.com) They have it. It’s a bootleg, but it’s full. It has three mirror sites and you can use a download agent if you want. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/27 "2002-04-02T15:07:51Z")
The link I gave to the full 4 minute trailer has been dodgy…I tried it several times myself last night before I got it to work. I did get the entire file downloaded to my pc, though…so if anyone’s interested in downloading it from me (the file’s about 20 meg, so it can’t be emailed), let me know. I’m home in the evenings from about 6-11pm EST, and my ICQ number is 196415 (ICQ has a file transfer option). I can also usually be found in #straightdope on Undernet, where I can dcc the file on IRC. w00t!! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/28 "2002-04-02T15:10:44Z")
Correction. Try this link. [http://www.movie-list.com/l/lordoftheringstrilogy.shtml](http://www.movie-list.com/l/lordoftheringstrilogy.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/29 "2002-04-02T16:27:55Z")
carnivorousplant, we see only a glimpse of what I am 99% sure is Treebeard; it’s a quick close-up of Pippin, who is clinging to what he believes is a tree, unaware that the tree sports two large clear brown eyes! We do not see all of Treebeard. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/30 "2002-04-02T19:03:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pugluvr \* > \*\* We do not see all of Treebeard. \*\* I found the trailer, and dang it, it sure looks like a guy’s face (well, his eyes with brown makeup around them) sticking out of a tree. Rats. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/31 "2002-04-03T13:36:30Z")
It doesn’t look like a real guys face… unless some guy has eyes about 18 inches apart… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/32 "2002-04-03T14:15:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Who\_me? \* > \*\* eyes about 18 inches apart… \*\* Well, maybe a foot. 🙂 Still, Treebeard looks like an extra from the Wizard of Oz or an alien from the 1969 Star Trek. I have no better suggestion except to make him look more human and less tree, but Tolkein describes the ents as being trees. ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/33 "2002-04-03T14:29:08Z")
I have seen it! OMG! Gandalf the White! Faramir! Denethor! Eowyn! Treebeard! Grima! That was Sam and Frodo crossing the Dead Marshes! That was Aragorn walking up to the Palantir! And, holy shit, I saw about 1 full minute of footage from the Helm’s Deep Battle!! At night, in the rain. Thousands of Uruk-Hai Orcs storming the walls! Legolas is kicking ass with two long knives on horseback! OMG!! The cinematography looks fantastic! The camera work is ingenious as always! The CGI looks great! The cast looks great! I can’t wait! God Bless Peter Jackson!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/34 "2002-04-03T14:45:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fingolfin \* > \*\*I have seen it! > > OMG! Gandalf the White! Faramir! Denethor! Eowyn! Treebeard! Grima! > > That was Sam and Frodo crossing the Dead Marshes! That was Aragorn walking up to the Palantir! And, holy shit, I saw about 1 full minute of footage from the Helm’s Deep Battle!! At night, in the rain. Thousands of Uruk-Hai Orcs storming the walls! Legolas is kicking ass with two long knives on horseback! OMG!! > > The cinematography looks fantastic! The camera work is ingenious as always! The CGI looks great! The cast looks great! I can’t wait! > > God Bless Peter Jackson!!! > > 😃 \*\* Not excited, are you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/35 "2002-04-03T14:59:36Z")
Calm down. Have some pipeweed. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/36 "2002-04-03T17:17:52Z")
We wont truely know about Ents until we see them walk, or whatever it is they do to move around. The old ones grow their roots deep. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/37 "2002-04-03T18:31:01Z")
I can’t wait to see the Ents. I’m especially eager to see how the effects guys handle their attack on Isengard. As I recall, Merry and Pippin described the sight of their powerful hands crushing solid rock as “like watching tree roots grow through stone in an instant.” That’s gotta be hard to do in visual effects. But man, it’s gonna be cool… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/38 "2002-04-03T18:49:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\* hard to do in visual effects. \*\* Much easier than their general appearence. I sure hope they look better than a face-on-a-tree. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/39 "2002-04-03T20:36:44Z")
Not to sound ungrateful, but… is that it? I downloaded the trailer, and it’s only like 3.5 minutes! What happened to the teases of 10 minutes of TTT footage? Sorry. Just grumpy 'cause it all looks so darn cool that I want to see more and more. ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995/40 "2002-04-03T20:44:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by toadspittle \* > \*\*Not to sound ungrateful, but… > > is that it? > > I downloaded the trailer, and it’s only like 3.5 minutes! What happened to the teases of 10 minutes of TTT footage?\*\* Where did you hear that this was suppossed to be a 10 minute trailer? I never heard that. You have a good 3 minute + trailer of TTT at your fingertips, don’t worry be happy. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-two-towers-trailer/100995.md?page=3)