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beyondmyken

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The famous Lord of the Rings trilogy is being made into a movie trilogy (naturally). It is being filmed entirely in New Zealand. The book trilogy featured bladed weapons quite prominantly such as Sting (Bilbo and Frodo), Anduril (Aragorn), and Glamdring (Gandalf) among others. Does anyone have pictures of these weapons or know any movie trivia about them?

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I don't know if this will have pictures, but I bookmarked this site because it interested me. Check it out:http//www.eonline.com/Features/Specials/Lordrings/index.html?msn This is a website devouted to the new movie. Good Luck.
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I just finished reading the 3 books again. What a great story. And from what I've seen it looks like the movies will be very intersting.

As far as the blades go, you might want to post in Bernard Levine's forum....
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Brandon
 
Does anyone know anything about Tom Anderson?

BTW J.R.R. Tolken, in addition to his outstanding masterpiece in Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, was a highly regarded professor/scholar of history (Middle Ages) at Oxford. His non-fiction work is almost as interesting as his fiction. I am looking forward to this series but I doubt that Hollywood will do anything other than butcher this classic. Let's hope it's at least as good as the excellent (if incomplete work) animated film produced by Ralph Bakshi in 1978.

I would highly recommend Bakshi's The Lord of The Rings (Blockbuster usually has a copy).

 
Brandon, there are four books in the "trilogy".
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You have to read all four. It's required.
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Otherwise, you won't get a personal letter from Bilbo hisself. We all have one.

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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
Hoodoo,

There were actually 5 books in the series:
1) The Hobbit
2) The Fellowship of the Ring
3) The Two Towers
4) Return of the King (? I not sure about
the title on this one)
5) Simirillion

The Hobbit introduces us to Middle Earth and the ring story, Books 2-4 (the Lord of the Ring) tells of the conflict between good and evil), and Simirillion (released from JRRT manuscript shortly after he passed away) covers the mythology of Middle Earth.

Hmmm... Professor of Middle Ages writes on a place called "Middle Earth"... Actually middle earth draws heavily on the European mythology of the middle ages.
 
not2sharp,

Ya got me on that one. I only read that one once, a loooooooonnnnnngg time ago. But the Hobbit really is a must read for the story line, don't ya think? I would never just read 2, 3, and 4. 1 through 4 are essential (even though I believe 2, 3, and 4 were initially never planned as sequels.

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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
not2sharp, that fourth title you're not sure about was "Return of the Jedi." It was originally gonna be "Revenge of the Jedi," but then -- oh, wait, wrong trilogy :P

-- Carl, who wonders if he'll be able to remember the LotR books that he read 25 years ago as well as he recently discovered he remembered the Dune books he read 20 years ago, when the movies finally come out.
 
As to the letter from Bilbo mentioned by Hoodoo... actually, it is possible to get on the mailing list to receive invitations to Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday party later this year. The website for Shire Post is http://shirepost.tolkien-movies.com contact postmaster Will Whitfoot at willwhitfoot@tolkien-movies.com for other information.

And yeah... this film looks to be WAY better than Bakshi's! The preview is attached to the current film "13 Days" (which is an excellent recounting of the Cuban missile crisis from the White House perspective, and definitely worth the watch)

Hang loose Tom Maringer
 
I don't know Tom Anderson, but Robert Anderson is a famous movie sword choreographer, who did the Star Wars series and Highlander, among others. I am somewhat surprised he is still alive; he must be nearly 80 by now. Walt
 
Well the filming is certainly putting New Zealand on the map ... "Vertical Limit" was also filmed down here in the Southern Alps.

Unfortunately they're doing filming for LOTR in the South Island which is nowhere near me! However Xena and Hercules sets are around Auckland...

Plenty of news coverage on LOTR here in NZ and if you're into splatter type comedy movies, I urge you to check out Peter Jackson's (the director of LOTR) first movie, "Bad Taste" - plenty of sheep guts, machetes and a chainsaw as evil aliens invade rural NZ to turn the earth into a hyperspace fast food burger joint!
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Actually they completed the last of the filming just before Christmas. I just saw the trailer today and it looks awesome! I cannot wait.... I guess I'll have to re-read the series again (for about the 6th time...)

--Matt
 
Well, we just a post today from one of the all-time great sword people around, which encourages me all the more.

I watched my Bakshi video, "The Lord of the Rings", a couple of nights ago. I watched the Rankin/Bass videos last week: "The Hobbit", and "The Return of the King". They weren't bad, either.

Tolkien was also a noted linguist. He actually developed a number of working alphabets for the stories, and fragments of languages for the different peoples, basing them on relations among languages today.
 
Now returning us to our regular programming ...

Has anyone been able to get a look at some of the knives and swords used in the film? I suspect that most of us would feel a lot better about the end result if the weapon props used appear credible in design and implementation.
 
Anyone else find the Simirillion a bit dull?

I loved Tolkiens version of Beowulf? Hell was that him? It was a couple of years ago!

W.A.


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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Daniel L:
"Vertical Limit" was also filmed down here in the Southern Alps.</font>
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I didn't actually see Vertical Limit, but based on the previews alone I'd have to say that the Lord of the Rings has a more believable story line.
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General,

The Simarillion read like an economics text book. Then again we can't really blame JRRT it was litterally released over his dead body. The guy is probably still turning in his grave.

I can remember Bilbo's (later Frado's) short sword STING. Does anyone remember any other named swords/knives? I think Strider's sword had a name.
 
Yes, please my original post was to see if anyone had any info, pics on the look of the steel that plays such a prominant part in the LOTR. Not2sharp, please see my original post for the names of the weapons. Anduril means Flame of the West and was the original sword Narsil, that Ilsidur used to cut the Ring of Power from Sauron's hand. It immediately broke and was reforged by the Elves in LOTR. Are there any New Zealand, Aussie connections that might have info?
 
Striders was Anduril ( I think)

W.A.

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