After accusations of being a studio plant and less then a Tolkien scholar, AICN‘s Wide-mouthed Frog chimes in with a followup to his Monday report. (WARNING: there is a lot of strong language in this article. If you are offended by EXTREMELY strong language, please don’t visit the report) [more]
Day: November 15, 2000
If you hadn’t already guesed, Ringer Spy John Doe is really in the know. He’s someone I can trust to deliver, and this time he’s got the skinny on Flying Nazgul or Oliphaunt…highlight to read
The dead thing that everyone is discussing is indeed an Oliphaunt. I was speaking to a mate who watched the filming of the scene. It has a small house like structure on its back and carries a number of dwarf actors. The scene he described to me was of the creature being killed. Can’t remember who kills it, but it’s defiantly an Oliphaunt.
The ‘Wheel’ we can see in those two TVNZ pics from yesterday, are a wind turbine, I think. And if the wizard is on a white horse, it’ll be Gandalf… [more]
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The ‘Wheel’ we can see in these two
pics are a wind turbine thingy, I think. And if the wizard is on a white horse, it’ll be Gandalf.
This is from the chapter The Seige of Gondor:
“In rode the Lord of the Nazgul, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax….”
Plus the white horse has no bridle or saddle, which is how Gandalf rides him.
It’s big, and it’s black, and it looks kind of squashed. The Evening Post revises its opinion and one of our spies tells us why (more)
Well,the big squashed thing at Queen Elizabeth Park has stirred up some rumours. How could it not? Our correspondent writes:
“the picture of the ‘Nazgul’ creature from the Evening Post has caused a bit of controversy. The angle of the photo makes it difficult to make out the shape of the creature, but i went to the Park and got a good look it and it looks more like an Oliphaunt than a Nazgul.
This creature has 4 legs, rough leathery skin, and a platform strapped on its back. This makes me believe that it is an Oliphaunt and not a Nazgul as first thought. The platform on the creature’s back is quite large and could hold several men. I always imagined the Nazgul-steed carried one passenger only, so therefore would only need a single saddle.
A very tall actor in armour was spotted on set. Could this be the Witch King? If so, then maybe the Nazgul will be a CGI creature.”
Thanks for that! Meanwhile the Evening Post has revised its opinion too, as you can see over at Stuff