Finally, I’ve completed the Book 2 Chapter 5 rant. What took me so long? Well some ‘real life adventures’ as well as other things, but here we go! Enjoy the Chapter 5 Rant.
Look for Chapter 6 soon!
Month: November 1999
I’ve recieved some news on future filming locations on the South Island.
Paradise is describes as: Paradise… is not a city, or a town it’s an area just beyond a small (very small) town called Glenorchy, about 40 mins drive away from Queenstown at the head of Lake Wakatipu, surrounded by mountains it’s a really nice area. The only way to get there by road is from Queenstown. People go there for sightseeing and to do walking tracks etc…
Images from nearby Glenorchy
Sounds like a rather beautiful filming location to me! All you NZ Ringers, send me any and all info about Paradise!
Thanks to Seeper for the info!
Check out the Spy Reports for the full review, you will not be let down!
I had the oddest thing happen to me recently, I was sitting here, enjoying my cup of Earl Grey, when suddenly a package came through my window (the odd thing is, it’s cold as hell! Why is my window open!) so I opened the package and read the cover.
One Extras Trip on the Set
So, with great hesitation i peeled back the cover, and peered inside:
Last Friday 100 souls had to meet for fitting, from 6:30, we were then taken by bus to the set, where we waited for our moment.
The scene was Daytime Ext, beside an old ruin of a building
Aragorn, tells frodo to run, then is set upon by 20 Uruk Hai, he starts to get the better of them, when a seemingly endless swarm of Uruks comes over a hill towards Aragorn (viggo Looks great, so do the Bad Guys). Aragorn retreats with all in pursuit, when the Uruk Hai Band leader forces through yells “Find the Hafling!!”
The band splits into 2 or 3 groups then ran off in pursuit, it was mucho fun.
We did 4 takes the first time, with cameras behind, that nearly killed us, the heat was intense in costume, particularly I was in full Prosthetic.
Lunch Reset camera’s 3 takes from in front
A full day for mabye 20-30 secs of film.
PJ was there, Viggo was cool, 1st AD was there WETA were amazing help.
Hi Folks,
Just wanted to point you to the Hall of Fire logs from the last three sessions. Check them out on the Hall of Fire page in the Barliman’s portion of TheOneRing.netª.
This I have to post, it’s not really news, but it made me laugh. Ever worry that New Line will go ‘Batman & Robin’ and really cheese the whole production up? Even in your worst nightmare you’ve never seen something like this:
Hi there. My brother and I are avid LOTR fans and recently took a class at Rice University all about Tolkien. … we jokingly comprised a soundtrack of popular music for the LOTR movies. Some are plays on words, some are actual songs that would be the score for certain parts of the movie. We thought you and your readers might enjoy this. Thanks. Nick and Adam G.
Lord of the Rings Soundtrack
1) Main Title — London Symphony Orchestra
2) Eye of the Shire — Survivor
3) Livin’ la Vida Frodo — Ricky Martin
4) Straight outta Hobbiton — NWA
5) Pippin’s Theme / You Took Me All Night Long — AC/DC
6) Weathertop Battle / Cuts Like a Knife — Bryan Adams
7) Ent No Mountain High Enough — Diana Ross and The Supremes
8) When Saruman Loves a Woman — Percy Sledge
9) Strider on the Storm — The Doors
10) The Siege of Minas Tirith / Never Surrender — Triumph
11) Escape from Mount Doom / Take it to the Limit — The Eagles (get it? The eagles save them, we thought maybe Glenn Frey and Don Henley should voice the eagles in the movies)