I’ve never heard of bootlegged toys before, but who knows in this day and age, blyxa sends us a ‘buyer beware’ letter from the Philippines, just take a look at those pics…very odd indeed… [More]
Day: April 7, 2002
Ford of Rivendell says “On the official Lord of the Rings site, the main page, there are pictures in the middle of the screen. If you put your mouse over the one that says “SPECIAL PREVIEW IN THEATERS: See the extended preview of The Two Towers now in theaters,” it will then widen, and give a brief explanation. It also says in gold print, “for Tickets Click Here.” If you click there it sends you to the information about where The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring is playing. But what also pops up, in another window, is a Quicktime video of Peter Jackson. Here he gives an explanation of The Two Towers Preview, and also why it is a preview, not a trailer. He also said that he put it at the end of FOTR so that fan’s would be the first ones in the world to see footage from the next movie. It’s rather interesting, so check it out.”
Meanwhile the TTT trailer pops up in various places on TV, though from the emails we’ve been getting, most of the showings are just a few brief shots from the TTT trailer. According to Tyler: “On TV I saw a Fellowship preview and at the end there is a brief add for Two Towers traler at theaters: it has the logo, and beitiful shot of Eoywn in front of Mesulad, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas on horse back, and a drool-inducing shot of Helms Deep.”
Tommy sends us a very cool story about a place in Japan where you can buy a gold lettered ‘ticket’ for TTT right now! [More]
Tommy writes: I am not sure if such has been sent in before, but in Japan one can now purchase a ticket for the Two Towers, which will premiere in 2003.
The ticket is called a “Platinum Ticket” and comes with a tiny One Ring sticker and a great envelope/pamphlet etched in Elvish with “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” in the middle, all in gold lettering. The envelope/pamphlet is a nice heavy bond of paper like stiff parchment, and along the inside sports the map of Middle-earth along with a summary of the film.
The ticket inside is a map of Middle-earth with the title again but written in Japanese. I wish I had a scanner to show it off. The price is 1300 yen, roughly $12 American dollars. Compare that to 1800 yen at the box office upon release. Yes, Tolkien fans in Japan not only have to put up with late arrivals but also dreadfully high ticket prices.
BILLabong the Pony writes: My bro-in-law just got back from Japan and he scoped out the LOTR merchandise at the Japanse movie theaters. He found the Elusive Leaf-brooch pin for 500 yen (around $5) was sold out at the time, but you can see it on the scan included here of all the cool stuff. [More]
Yesterday, Ice Hobbit wrote:
Last night I was flipping thru the channels at high speed. (My wife was upstairs so I could get away with it) and I saw the last frame of the (a?) trailer and the TTT logo. Unfortunately I flipped past it and had to go back and only caught a brief glimpse of the logo both times. Is a trailer on TV now? Am I crazy or what? I thought you would have mentioned it earlier today so I didn’t write in sooner. It was on one of those third tier cable channels late at night.
Well many Ringers have been mailing in to say that the commercial was indeed a advertisement for Fellowship of the Ring, stating the four Academy Awards it had won and advertising the new footage of The Two Towers attached to the end of Fellowship of the Ring.
