# The Two Towers full-length trailer! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226 "2002-09-30T11:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/1 "2002-09-30T11:45:11Z")
[Quicktime version](http://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolentertainment/movies/2002/lotr/132757_638498_dl.mov) I think this trailer makes it clear that **The Two Towers** will be even bigger and better than **The Fellowship of the Ring** , and I couldn’t imagine how that would be possible! (At least, before I read the books, which I read after I saw the first movie) Ten more weeks… ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/2 "2002-09-30T11:56:04Z")
Thanks for the link, **Equipoise**. That made my morning! I think one gets a quick glimpse of an Ent in there, scooping up a Hobbitt. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/3 "2002-09-30T12:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*Thanks for the link, **Equipoise**. That made my morning! > > I think one gets a quick glimpse of an Ent in there, scooping up a Hobbitt. \*\* Yep, sure was. And wargs, and an oliphant too. And more gollum (I’ve spent lots of time capturing stills from it, and I even got gollum’s face while Sam is holding him). More Eowyn. Eomer speaking. More Gandalf and the Balrog. More everything! This is one trailer where we KNOW we’re not seeing the best parts, and where no one can say “well, I’ve seen the trailer, I don’t have to see the movie now” (unless of course, they’re loony toons to begin with). Eq ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/4 "2002-09-30T15:03:26Z")
I saw this on AOL just now…It looks like this movie will be fun to watch too. Liv Tyler and some other woman both speak in the trailer for about 10-15 seconds each. That’s probably all of their lines, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/5 "2002-09-30T16:35:34Z")
I am counting down the days! OMG! Was that more footage of Gandalf fighting the Balrog? Did I see Legolas shield surfing down a flight of stairs at Helms Deep, while shooting arrows? Did I see the bottom half of an Ent picking up a hobbit? Did I see Wargs? Was than an Oliphant? Sam and Frodo wrestling Gollum to the ground?? I…I…I…can’t…no…umpf…[faints] ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/6 "2002-09-30T16:42:57Z")
So, clearly they’re not bothering to keep the return of Gandalf as a surprise. Also, I may have been seeing things, but was there a black box over Gollum’s bottom in one (very brief) shot? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/7 "2002-09-30T16:50:12Z")
Yikes! Does anyone know if the last 30 seconds is featuring actual new music for the movie, or if that comes from another movie? That music at the end blew me away. Amazing trailer! I just checked for the “black box over Gollum’s bottom”. I think they did but a black blur over it. Probably to keep the trailer G rated. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/8 "2002-09-30T17:02:23Z")
The music at the end is from “Requiem for a Dream” [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0180093](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0180093) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/9 "2002-09-30T17:43:03Z")
> [@](#): > > So, clearly they’re not bothering to keep the return of Gandalf as a surprise. For some odd reason the site is going slowly (gee, I wonder why), but Gandalf showed up in the original trailer at the end of Fellowship of the Ring and in the Two Tower preview footage on the DVD. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/10 "2002-09-30T18:55:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Just Some Guy \* > \*\* > For some odd reason the site is going slowly (gee, I wonder why), but Gandalf showed up in the original trailer at the end of Fellowship of the Ring and in the Two Tower preview footage on the DVD. \*\* There’s a couple reasons they are not hiding Gandalf’s return. 1. When Peter Jackson had a poll on [theonering.net](http://theonering.net), Gandalf the White was voted the number one thing the fans wanted to see. Helms deep was number two. 2. The books came out fifty years ago. Sorry, we are a bit past spoiler space on this one. 3. It’s difficult to reveal any of the story(like this last trailer did) without a single shot of Gandalf. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/11 "2002-09-30T19:20:48Z")
Where’s a link to a Windows Media version? (They won’t let me install RealPlayer or Quicktime on my machine at work and I can’t want 3 more hours till I get home!) ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/12 "2002-09-30T19:35:21Z")
OOOOOO Ent feet and a quick arm picking up Merry or Pippin. Wowie this is going to rock even more than the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/13 "2002-09-30T20:09:55Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. When Peter Jackson had a poll on [theonering.net](http://theonering.net), Gandalf the White was voted the number one thing the fans wanted to see. Helms deep was number two. > > 2. The books came out fifty years ago. Sorry, we are a bit past spoiler space on this one. > > 3. It’s difficult to reveal any of the story(like this last trailer did) without a single shot of Gandalf. 1. You don’t have a distinguished and well-known actor like Ian McKellen in your movie then keep him HIDDEN until after the movie opens. There are interviews and other promotional things to be done. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/14 "2002-09-30T20:55:24Z")
I think the “black box” is just a bit of loincloth. What, you wanted to see gollum’s bum for the whole movie? bleh! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-full-length-trailer/130226/15 "2002-10-01T05:14:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gonzoron \* > \*\*I think the “black box” is just a bit of loincloth. What, you wanted to see gollum’s bum for the whole movie? bleh! \*\* Pervy hobbit fanciers… 😃