Heard some disturbing news. Apparently Liv Tyler as Arwen is actually involved in some battle scenes. I wonder what other things will be changed?

I'm currently in the process of re-reading the Trilogy to prepare.

Anyone else heard anything interesting?

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I'm dying to see it!!!!!!!!

I've been hearing lots of interesting and cool stuff about it, but confidentially, eh.... ITS A SECRET!!!!!!

Anyways. I'm gonna be among the first in line to see it I think.

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I'm with you. It doesn't excite me all that much, but it'll probably be a good flick. For me, Willow is my movie! Go Midget Brigade!

"The last thing she's going to want is a hairy chest!"

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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woo dungeons and dragons i'm just cumming in my pants right now

i want guns lots of guns... oh wait if we had guns magic would mean fuck all cos you could just take down a dragon with a rocket launcher. thats why stargate rox

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Originally posted by Dark Knight Bob:

i want guns lots of guns... oh wait if we had guns magic would mean fuck all cos you could just take down a dragon with a rocket launcher. thats why stargate rox

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Im thinking you never played Shadowrun.

I hate dragons. Always have, always will.

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i too get shivers when i see the movie trailers. ooooo.

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Some of those geek dudes who I used to discuss that stuff and play with are really hot now...

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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This is probably one of the only movies that could compete with Harry Potter.

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I think I should gag you with a rabid horses fecal matter.

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I second.

All in favor?

*chorus of ayes*

The motion passes...proceed Anztac...please proceed

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Originally posted by chmod:
How come I keep seeing shit about Arwen in the movie? She was barely in the first book at all! I'm really hoping they didn't pervert the story or anything...

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That's basicly the only major change they made to the story, from what I've read on all the internet sites and interviews. She was in the books, just not much of a part. Basicly, they needed a love interest in the story, which isn't far from the trueth since this was hinted at in the books. They put in this love interest and took out one or two semi-homosexual parts. They weren't concidered homosexual when the book was first published, but over the decades our culture has become more and more homophobic, so they just wanted to be save and took them out.

The only other changes I've heard of are that we get to see Sauron briefly (like a flash back thing) during the first age (READ THE SILMARILLION, better than Hobbit or Lord of the Rings IMHO), and we get to see more of Sauron in the movie so that the enemy seems more real.

They have some of the best people working on this. They are making all the armer like they would have back in medival times (anvil, furnace, big burly smith), all the chain mail is being linked by hand, each race has their own liquist that works with them to get their acsent down and all pronounations just right. Bascily, they aren't throughing the movie's budget at the catering. Oh, and there will be no Tom Bombidil. He added too much time to the movie(they are all around 3 hours right now!), and he didn't advance the story line very much.

I'm already camping out infront of a theater waiting to get in. If not in body, at least in mind and spirit. Go Hobbits!

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They are based on some of the best fantasy books ever written, plus the CGI is awesome, I don't know if it is worth a thread before it comes out but i am going to go see it.

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Who the FUCK is 'Arwen' the elf?

And yes, it has to be said again...

One more thing, you all keep saying how she was introduced in the (forgotten name) Forest in the first book of the triolgy. I don't recal this at all, and as far as I know, the nly female elf the ever actually put a name to was Galadriel.

Word on the street is the Dude With Blue Boots™ (read, Tom Bombadil) isn't in the movie.
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And wow! Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like . . . ow . . . ound . . . round . . . ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground!
I wonder if it will be friends with me?

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This message has been edited by TheTaxMan on November 27, 2001 at 05:20 AM

demonk: how could you say the Silmarillion is better? It reads like a damn text book, which is essentially what it is anyway. Interesting, yes...entertaining, no.

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Originally posted by TheTaxMan:
Word on the street is the Dude With Blue Boots™ (read, Tom Bombadil) isn't in the movie.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TheTaxMan:
[b]Word on the street is the Dude With Blue Boots™ (read, Tom Bombadil) isn't in the movie.

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FUCK THAT. Tom Bombadil is a fundamental part of the movie ... he isnt affected by the ring ... and he gives merry his sword after the run-in with the barrow-wights -- which is important later on. You can't change that!

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Originally posted by incubus:
FUCK THAT. Tom Bombadil is a fundamental part of the movie ... he isnt affected by the ring ... and he gives merry his sword after the run-in with the barrow-wights -- which is important later on. You can't change that!

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Good point. Maybe Tom Bombadil isn't so bad after all! Oh wait, let's see here:

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Originally posted by Tom Bombadil:
Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

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Right. Nevermind.

This message has been edited by chmod on November 27, 2001 at 05:46 PM

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Originally posted by Beldurin:

demonk: how could you say the Silmarillion is better? It reads like a damn text book, which is essentially what it is anyway. Interesting, yes...entertaining, no.

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It all depends on the person reading it. I thought that the stories in it are more grand in scope than The Hobbit or LoTR, but I can see how you would see it more as a text book. It is very dense reading, and if you aren't used to it, it can seem very dry and boring. The first part is just something you have to wade through, because it sets up the rest of the book. They are all good books, and I don't know of anyone, alive or dead, that has ever written such a masterpiece as the Universe of Middle-Earth.

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Originally posted by Tom Bombadil:
Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

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Dildo this, dildo that.
I'd rather use my baseball bat.
Long and strong,
All night long,
Baseball bats make a good fake dong.

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Originally posted by incubus:
FUCK THAT. Tom Bombadil is a fundamental part of the movie ... he isnt affected by the ring ... and he gives merry his sword after the run-in with the barrow-wights -- which is important later on. You can't change that!

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and what the hell is a borrow-wight?!

but no more spoilers. the party just met Strider.

Classic

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