[giant]Hey don’t bug him, he’s been mostly dead all day.[/giant]
Titanic sunk, news at 11.
“The Popcorn you’re eating has been pissed in, film at 11.”
Re: The OP
I’m with you treis. Someone who’s too young/underexposed/whatever to have read the books before, starts really enjoying this ‘new’ story. And then they go and unload this bombshell on him in a trailer.
O’course, it could be that the trailer just intrigues him more, and leaves the poor bugger hanging on for 6 months, dying to know what happened with that… so maybe he reads the books, finally…
But still. Damn. The occasional surprise is nice, too.
From what I’ve heard, the appearance of the W…errr, Gandalf is indeed a bone thrown to the hardcore LOTR fans. Jackson did some sort of survey of what fans would like to see in a TTT trailer, and the overwhelming response was you-know-who.
To add the perspective of someone who has read the books a zillion times: I was very disappointed that they showed Gandalf in the trailer. Not that it spoils the surprise, I know what’s going to happen, but I’d rather see it within the film.
I knew the Balrog was going to be found in Moria in FOTR, but my amazement and delight when I finally saw the Big Guy on film was fantastic. Seeing Gandalf again as the W…err… you know… would have been very cool. Now its somewhat spoiled.
Not that I won’t go see the movie anyway…
Is that any worse than Ian McDiamid playing both Palpatine AND Darth Sideous?
I mean, we don’t KNOW that’s a spoiler.
[Hijack]
Oooooh, yeah. Despite having read the books umpteen times m’self, I started thinking Jackson was going to take a Lovecraftian approach to the Balrog; shroud him in shadows, never give you a good look, and shoot the sequence around these constrictions. And then, there it was. It was a similar experience (for me) to seeing the first shot of the Brachiosaurus in the first Jurassic Park. The little kid who still lives in the back of my head yelled out, “Cool, man!” and started jumping up and down on the theater seat.
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<Monty>
“The balrog killed me.”
“But you’re not dead now.”
“Uh, well, I got better…”
</monty>
:eek: Vader is luke’s father?! Damn it, you spoiled the movie for me! 
[HIJACK]Max: Ooooohhh! Look who knows so much, eh! It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please open his mouth. [He inserts the bellows] Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead…well, with all dead, there’s usually only one thing that you can do.
Inigo: What’s that?
Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
From http://www.pbride.com/pbscript.html#Scene_13
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Guess that settles it… 
Grim
He gets nailed on a cross, dies in agony, feeling forsaken by God & THEN, BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT CHAPTER, THERE’S A PICTURE OF HIM RISEN FROM THE DEAD!!! AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!
sorry treis, I don’t have any sympathy either. When I heard that the movies were coming out, the first thing I did (after a robust woohoo!) was to read the LoTR to my kids, so that they would have the literary pleasure before the movie pleasure.
Gandalf would kick the Star Destroyer’s ass. Even Vadar said that the power of the Death Star was insignificant compared to the power of the Force, and I think that the power of the Force is insignificant compared to the power of a Maiar.
And the scene would be oh so much cooler yet, than the Yoda fighting scene.
Boramir: If only we had a ring of power, then
My strength, his sword-that-was-broken, and your axe against Mordor and the dark lord, and you think a little head jiggle is supposed to make me happy? Hmm?? I mean if we only had a ring of power, that would be something.
Frodo brings out the ring
Boramir: Why didn’t you list that among our assets in the first place? How prescious it is…Gimmie!
Hehehe hehehehahahahaha hahahaha!
Damn! Lousy not proofreading! Disregard the first “if only we had a ring of power, then”
Oh well, we can only strive for perfection.
Eonwe, I thought it WAS perfection. If I could get up there to VT from FL, I’d give you a hug for that post. It made me laugh and I needed a laugh yesterday.
Well, you’re welcome!
Beeblebrox said:
BEWARE, SPOILER IN THE LINK: If you truly can’t wait to see an Ent, then check out this image. It’s only a toy figurine, but I’m starting to get an idea of how Treebeard is going to look. He looks a little big to me, in proportion to the hobbits . . .
pugluvr, how tall did you think an Ent was? That piccy seemed spot on from my vague memory of the book. I mean they’re supposed to be BIG, right? Like bigger than average versions of their less sentient cousins I thought. Or maybe Ralph Bakshi has ruined me?
Oh, and BWAAH! pugluvr spoiled Ents for me! Bad pugluvr!
Bit of a hyjack here… I’m featuring in the Two Towers!! Well, not exactly, but my voice will be one of the many in a chorus of an Orc armys war cry… cool huh?
I’m one of the worthless souls who has never gotten around to reading the trilogy, and I would have been VERY VERY surprised had Gandolf not returned in the next film.
It would be almost like thinking, “Batman will never get out of this one” or “Looks like the DA has Perry beaten this time” or “This must be the one where Gilligan finds a way off of the island.”