Robin Hood and the Knights of the Round Table

[Fat middle]

we have a new controversial pic:

http://www.elfenomeno.com/peliculas/noticias/imag/11_2000/castillo3.jpg

and here you have a larger version: www.tolkienonline.com/gallery/archive/quiet_armour.jpg (http://www.tolkienonline.com/gallery/archive/quiet_armour.jpg)

okey, i really hope that pic is a fake. if that's what they're doing i'll be very dissapointed.

i know that people envision Middle Earth in very different ways, but i don't think it could be envioned so. if i had seen that pic outside a LOTR related site i'd nver thought it came from PJ films. :(

[Fat middle]

okey, and also this from somebody who has seen 20 mins. of filmed footage:
"This morning I was one of the priveleged few to see 20 minutes of rough footage from the most awaited film of next year at Fox Studios in Sydney. The Executive Producer, Mark Odesky, flew over from New Zealand with the footage and showed it with much pride and excitement to the assembled marketing audience. The footage consisted of dramatic interaction between the lead characters, the Hobbits interacting with humans, Gandalf's introduction, the Ringwraiths searching for Frodo and a battle scene featuring Boromir and Aragorn. The last clip, however, was from the finale of the second feature, The Two Towers. This was the night siege of a castle and featured hundreds of extras suited in authentic medieval armour. It resembled the battle scenes from Excalibur...just on a huge scale and with Orcs attacking instead of knights. And that it resembled Excalibur is no bad thing. Apparently, they even made all the armoury on a medieval forge for authenticity! The accompanying music was culled from many soundtracks including The Thin Red Line and Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan. We were also treated to several featurettes about the making of the epics. This included the 'making' of the 300,000 strong Orc army. Even without a film grade and finished effects the footage sent a shiver up my spine. To say I can't wait for Boxing Day 2001 is a slight understatement."
(bold marks mine)

[arynetrek]

OK, i'm REALLY trying to stop nitpicking this movie before i've even seen it, but PLATE MAIL? i don't think they even MENTIONED that on LotR...everyone had chainmail...

grr

and, stealing from other films' soundtracks? what, LotR isn't good enough for its own music? they better use the piecemeal-music only for pre-previews.

this does not bode well.

aryne *

[Film Hobbit]

Actually I don't think they ever said the orcs DIDN'T where plate
mail. I don't think Tolkien spent a lot of time discussing it
at all to be honest. Perfectly reasonable, and well fitted to
the setting.

[Xivigg]

Well as i alway's do
i don't listen to the rummor and i
don't look the preview

I'll see the premier of the movies
and then and only then i will make my mind on the film

[Miralys]

I second that. I used to get really into releases of movies I
was interested in the chaos with the last Star Wars movie changed
all of that. I read the news on it at times but never take any
of it to heart. I wanna see the movie with a clean slate, so
to speak