Just as a small update to the ticket sales, I am still updating the database and doing the final count. There should be more information available before Wednesday. Sorry to all of those waiting to see if more tickets will be available!
Month: February 2003
Andy Serkis made a brief appearance on UK breakfast show SM:TV this morning. Serkis answered a few questions from the show’s hosts and mentioned he was originally told his role would involve just 3 weeks of voice-over work. He cited his cat’s problems with coughing up hairballs as the inspiration behind his Gollum voice. He also acted out a few lines from the ‘two sides of Gollum’ scene in the studio whilst being compared to the actual footage playing alongside him.
This weekend in Hall of Fire, we take the opportunity to examine the quality and effectiveness of the CG character creations of the Two Towers. [More]
This weekend in Hall of Fire, we take the opportunity to examine the quality and effectiveness of the CG character creations of the Two Towers. [More]
This weekend in Hall of Fire, we take the opportunity to examine the quality and effectiveness of the CG character creations of the Two Towers.
CGI in the Two Towers
Did CG creations such as Gollum, the wargs, the oliphaunts, Treebeard, and the Nazgul’s flying beast alter the visual texture of the film? Did they throw you out of the film at any stage? Did the greater number of CG characters demand more of an effort from the viewer to suspend disbelief and believe that this was a real world long ago, not merely a film? Which CG characters were outstanding and which were merely ordinary? And, finally, was there too much emphasis on “cool CGI”, making Towers less grounded in reality than Fellowship, and more of a sf/fantasy?
Upcoming Discussions:
Acting in the Two Towers
RoTK Book V, Ch2: Passing of the Grey Company
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Saturday Chat: 5:30 pm ET (17:30) [also 11:30 pm (23:30) CET and 7:30 am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat: 7:00 pm (19:00) CET [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 4:00 am (04:00) Monday morning AET]
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We’ve recently updated our TORN Digital section, featuring interviews and special events from the past year and beyond. The latest chapter was our visit to Toronto to see the TTT Exhibit last fall. Be sure to visit the ‘archives’ section to see exlcusive interviews with Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys Davies, Ian McKellen and more! [TORN Digital]