OT- LOTR fan discussion thread - SPOILER WARNING

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 January 14th, 2004, 02:36 AM

right, thanks.

dogscoff · #2 January 14th, 2004, 01:46 PM

OK, here's a special LOTR treat for anyone with the bandwidth for 300 megs of download:

1- Go to http://compactiongames.about.com/gi/...p%3Fsection=et and download Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for free. Activision is giving it away for free, so this isn't piracy. Install the game and the patch.
2- Go to http://www.thegameserver.com/et/downloads/etmain/ and download the mml-helm's deep map. Rename the file extension from .pk3.zip to .pk3 and copy it to your game's ETMAIN dir.
3-Run around a beautifully modelled (but not yet entirely complete) map of Helm's Deep, exactly as depicted in the film. It's all there: you can blow up the walls, climb the tower, run around the keep, slide down Legolas' surfing-stairs... every detail is there. The only shame is that you are fighting in WW2 uniforms, taking down the main gate with a tank rather than a batering ram and chucking grenades at Saruman's forces but it's well worth a look nonetheless.

General Woundwort · #3 January 27th, 2004, 08:36 PM

ROTK...

Nominated for 4 Golden Globe awards - wins all four.

Nominated for 11 Aca-duh-my awards - wins...?

(Given the Aca-duh-my's record, I'm not holding my breath...)

Loser · #4 January 27th, 2004, 09:24 PM

It's Fantasy, so it won't get Best Picture.

Three kinds of movies can't get Best Picture: Fantasy (or Sci-Fi, same thing), Animation, and Foreign.

Of course, I could be wrong...

gregebowman · #5 January 27th, 2004, 11:12 PM

Ain't that the truth. I still won't watch a Woody Allen film because one of his films got best movie for 1977 instead of Star Wars (I forgot which one right now). But I hope PJ does get best director. He deserves it.

Speaking of Jackson, I heard the other day that he will go back to Middle Earth and film The Hobbit. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, that would be great news. Can anybody confirm this? I stopped reading the sci-fi/fantasy movie mags a long time ago, and I don't have the time or inclination to scour the internet for such news.

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 January 28th, 2004, 02:28 AM

given that the new 1 and 2 have gotten bad review's, that might not be such a stretch.

General Woundwort · #7 January 28th, 2004, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gregebowman:
Speaking of Jackson, I heard the other day that he will go back to Middle Earth and film The Hobbit. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, that would be great news. Can anybody confirm this? I stopped reading the sci-fi/fantasy movie mags a long time ago, and I don't have the time or inclination to scour the internet for such news.

www.theonering.net usually has the scoop on these matters. From what I read there, the Tolkien estate is giving PJ a hard time about doing The Hobbit, because... well, I don't really know why, except they're Luddites.