Telescope in Lord Of The Rings: ROTK!

I wonder if in the Battle outside Minas Terith (sp?)

Minas Tirith and the battle is called the battle of pelennor fields iirc

if Peter Jackson wasn't intentionally giving a nod to Lucas, with Legolas
fighting the huge elephant in much the same way the 'walker' was defeated
in SW Empire Strikes Back?

now if he had harpooned the leg of a mumak and run around
him with the rope, then it would be a homage

back on topic. I saw the telescope too. didn't look overly well made to
me, I was hoping for a close up of it, but to no avail. looked like a 6"
open truss achro refracter to me though.

dave

I wonder if in the Battle outside Minas Terith (sp?)

Minas Tirith and the battle is called the battle of pelennor fields iirc

if Peter Jackson wasn't intentionally giving a nod to Lucas, with Legolas
fighting the huge elephant in much the same way the 'walker' was defeated
in SW Empire Strikes Back?

now if he had harpooned the leg of a mumak and run around
him with the rope, then it would be a homage

back on topic. I saw the telescope too. didn't look overly well made to
me, I was hoping for a close up of it, but to no avail. looked like a 6"
open truss achro refracter to me though.

dave

I completely agree, ROTK was an amazing film. I missed the telescope, and
now I'll have to go again and see it. Always a good plan to have a reason
to give the wife.

I wonder if in the Battle outside Minas Terith (sp?) if Peter Jackson wasn't
intentionally giving a nod to Lucas, with Legolas fighting the huge elephant
in much the same way the 'walker' was defeated in SW Empire Strikes Back?

These seamless special effects that we see today I think can all be traced
back to the work done by ILM.


"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.

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.




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"Stephen Paul" wrote in message
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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.

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?? I know they've been out
since before I was born, but I have to admit that I was not familiar with
the characters or names until the movies came out. Am I missing something by
seeing the movies without having read the books first? The movies have great
special effects, but the whole experience of viewing them left me flat in
just about every other way.

Jackie

On 2003-12-19, Jackie wrote:

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?

The book is a worthwhile read. I haven't seen any of the movies yet.

On 2003-12-19, Jackie wrote:

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?

The book is a worthwhile read. I haven't seen any of the movies yet.

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 03:22:48 GMT, "Jackie"
wrote:

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?? I know they've been out
since before I was born, but I have to admit that I was not familiar with
the characters or names until the movies came out. Am I missing something by
seeing the movies without having read the books first? The movies have great
special effects, but the whole experience of viewing them left me flat in
just about every other way.

Hard to judge, since I had read the books first - my guess is that the
start of the first movie would be a bit awkward to pick up on, but
after that it should be fine.

I thought they were absolutely brilliant; but the best parts, I found,
were the scenes involving battles and the decisions being made around
them - perhaps if one isn't interested in military history, those
wouldn't have been as enjoyable other than for the special effects?

If you liked the special effects, watch the third - they're even
better there than in the first two.

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 03:22:48 GMT, "Jackie"
wrote:

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?? I know they've been out
since before I was born, but I have to admit that I was not familiar with
the characters or names until the movies came out. Am I missing something by
seeing the movies without having read the books first? The movies have great
special effects, but the whole experience of viewing them left me flat in
just about every other way.

Hard to judge, since I had read the books first - my guess is that the
start of the first movie would be a bit awkward to pick up on, but
after that it should be fine.

I thought they were absolutely brilliant; but the best parts, I found,
were the scenes involving battles and the decisions being made around
them - perhaps if one isn't interested in military history, those
wouldn't have been as enjoyable other than for the special effects?

If you liked the special effects, watch the third - they're even
better there than in the first two.

--
"Sore wa himitsu desu."
To reply by email, remove
the small snack from address.
http://www.esatclear.ie/~rwallace

Having read the books 28 times, I have to agree. The Two Towers, for
example, took one chapter of the book (Helm's Deep) and streched it to over
1 hour on the screen. Needless to say, they dropped a HUGE portion of the
storyline for that. Also the charaters in the book are pretty much
archetypical... Aragorn and Faramir are poet, historian, warriors...
unfailingly noble. Peter Jackson rendered Faramir as little more than a
bumbling bully. I'm almost reticent to see the third movie, but if it has a
telescope, I suppose I should.

The elves were, it seems, great astronomers. My 12.5" Dob is named
Morwinyon, the Elvish name for Arcturus--roughly translated as "the glint at
twilight."

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"Stephen Paul" wrote in message
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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.

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?? I know they've been
out
since before I was born, but I have to admit that I was not familiar with
the characters or names until the movies came out. Am I missing something
by
seeing the movies without having read the books first? The movies have
great
special effects, but the whole experience of viewing them left me flat in
just about every other way.

Jackie

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:45:55 +0000, Kevin Rehberg wrote:
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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.

I've seen the "real thing" - it's one of the props on show at the LotR
exhibition that's been in Wellington and London. Nicely made, sadly though
when I looked at it the two lenses didn't seem to line up at all... so it
wasn't ever going to work very well I shouldn't think.

Barns