Telescope in Lord Of The Rings: ROTK!

"Kevin Rehberg" wrote:

Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

All of 5 seconds? Doesn't sound like a good movie to me. The last
movie I saw was 'Contact' in 1997. There were many shots of
telescopes, including Arecibo and the VLA for a significant portion
of the movie. All in all it wasn't too shabby, but 'Apollo 13' is still
my favorite.

"Bob Ames" wrote in message
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"Kevin Rehberg" wrote:

Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

All of 5 seconds? Doesn't sound like a good movie to me. The last
movie I saw was 'Contact' in 1997. There were many shots of
telescopes, including Arecibo and the VLA for a significant portion
of the movie. All in all it wasn't too shabby, but 'Apollo 13' is still
my favorite.

I don't know if you meant it, but it seems that you judge movies based on
the amount of astronomy/space equipment in them. If only "Casablanca" showed
a Televue NP101 in Rick's office:
"Of all the observatories in all the world, she had to walk into mine."

Bob

"Bob Ames" wrote in message
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"Kevin Rehberg" wrote:

Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

All of 5 seconds? Doesn't sound like a good movie to me. The last
movie I saw was 'Contact' in 1997. There were many shots of
telescopes, including Arecibo and the VLA for a significant portion
of the movie. All in all it wasn't too shabby, but 'Apollo 13' is still
my favorite.

I don't know if you meant it, but it seems that you judge movies based on
the amount of astronomy/space equipment in them. If only "Casablanca" showed
a Televue NP101 in Rick's office:
"Of all the observatories in all the world, she had to walk into mine."

Bob

"Kevin Rehberg" wrote in message
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Hey all,


Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

Comet Elrond--now coming to a sky near you. :-)

"Kevin Rehberg" wrote in message
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Hey all,


Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

Comet Elrond--now coming to a sky near you. :-)

"Kevin Rehberg" wrote in message
news:26c7782bcbc57e939ae9d6029ce14cbf.61639@mygate .mailgate.org...
Hey all,

Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

Sauron's eye was of much greater aperture--imagine all the deep-sky stuff he
could have seen (if only all those flames didn't ruin his dark-adaptation).

"Kevin Rehberg" wrote in message
news:26c7782bcbc57e939ae9d6029ce14cbf.61639@mygate .mailgate.org...
Hey all,

Did anyone else that has seen it catch the crude refractor (it's
basically an objective and a couple other elements held together with
sticks)in the foreground of one of the Rivendel? You can only see it
for a total of about 5 seconds, but it's still nice to see some type of
astronomy equipment in one of the greatest movies of all time.

Sauron's eye was of much greater aperture--imagine all the deep-sky stuff he
could have seen (if only all those flames didn't ruin his dark-adaptation).

All of 5 seconds? Doesn't sound like a good movie to me. The last
movie I saw was 'Contact' in 1997. There were many shots of
telescopes, including Arecibo and the VLA for a significant portion
of the movie. All in all it wasn't too shabby, but 'Apollo 13' is still
my favorite.

The Dish was another good one.


john

All of 5 seconds? Doesn't sound like a good movie to me. The last
movie I saw was 'Contact' in 1997. There were many shots of
telescopes, including Arecibo and the VLA for a significant portion
of the movie. All in all it wasn't too shabby, but 'Apollo 13' is still
my favorite.

The Dish was another good one.


john

"Kevin Rehberg" wrote in message
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Hey all,

Anyone else see the last installment of the LOTR trilogy yet? If you
haven't....GO SEE IT! I saw it last night, and it was
un-fricking-believable! Seamless special effects, epic battle scenes,
endearing character-building moments....this movie has it all. Unlike
the original Star Wars trilogy, which ended with a whimper, this series
ends with a BANG (and really makes Lucas's last two prequels look
pitiful)! I can't wait to see it again. A true masterpiece.


I am taking the next two weeks off from work. The first thing on my list of
things to do when nobody is looking, is to sneak off and see this movie as a
weekday matinee. There's a good chance I'll have the entire theater to
myself at that time, which means I can lose myself completely in the film.
Maybe I'll go early and watch it twice. g

Thanks for the upbeat review!!

--
-Stephen Paul