MacJedi wrote in about Saruman’s “bombs”: On page 12 picture nr. 4 of your frame by frame of the new trailer you can clearly see an Uruk chieftain running towards the Helm’s Deep Wall with a lit ‘Molotov from Hell’. The Molotov/Mortar has some smoke coming out… And if you watch the trailer in slow/mo then it becomes even more obvious…”
Carwyn also wrote in and said, “In the new trailer at 2:16, you can see a guy running towards the wall (he’s moving faster than the rest of the crowd), and he’s holding something that is creating a lot of light, sparks and smoke… the kind of sparking you’d get with a fuse for a bomb.”
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Leandro of Elfenomenon.com sent us this link to their news today about a mysterious object seen in Games Workshops ‘Two Towers’ images. Apparently the Uruk besiegers come with “everything from ladders to bombs.” And Elfenomeno posts the image for the bomb here The folks at Elfenomeno speculate that these are the objects that cause the explosion we see at Helm’s Deep in the trailer.
TORN staffer Demosthenes reminds us that the use of mortar-bombs could be just what Tolkien had in mind – nowhere does it say that Saruman used ‘magic’ to destroy the Deeping Wall. Couple that with Saruman’s “mind of metal and wheels,” Tolkien’s distaste for “magic” and Gandalf’s own use of fireworks … and you’re not far from explosives.
Quotes from the Two Towers chapter “Helm’s Deep” reinforce this:
” Even as they spoke there came a blare of trumpets. Then there was a crash and a flash of flame and smoke. The waters of the Deeping-stream poured out hissing and foaming: they were choked no longer, a gaping hole was blasted in the wall. A host of dark shapes poured in. ‘Devilry of Saruman!’ cried Aragorn. ‘They have crept in the culvert again, while we talked, and they have lit the fire of Orthanc beneath our feet.’ “
And later Aragorn speaks to Theoden inside the Hornburg:
” ‘But the Orcs have brought a devilry from Orthanc,’ said Aragorn. ‘They have a blasting fire, and with it they took the Wall. If they cannot come in the caves, they may seal up those that are inside. But now we must turn all our thoughts to our own defence.’ “
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My friend who works for New Line’s DVD quality control reviewed the 4-disc FOTR SE DVD and said there was no ‘isolated 5.1 sound effects mix’, nor was there an ‘isolated 5.1 music track’. He double and triple checked this when he was at work. I was so upset I bet him $100 he was incorrect.
I cannot say who he is (for fear of his job security), but he sent me things (possible audio + video things) that proved he did indeed have the disc. I even had him tell me what Elijah Wood said at around 29 minutes into the movie in the commentary. He proved he indeed had the disc.
tkathan got this bit of information for us:
I don’t know how someone can get the fact of having an isolated score and sound fx tracks wrong, but someone did.
I can’t tell you how upset people will be, and in fact I even know of people who have already sold their soundtrack CDs based on the idea that they would have the entire movie score isolated in 5.1.
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Thioden was kind enough to translate bits of the French Premiere article we posted just a few hours ago. Take a look at some massive spoilerage!
I have taken a look at the TTT article in the French magazine premiere, and have translated for you some interesting tidbits:
[…] some changes from the book have to be predicted, for example Elrond and Galadriel’s participation to the battle of Helm’s Deep, and the demise of the wizard Saruman.
Now that pretty much confirms that Saruman dies in The Two Towers, as earlier stories reported. And I assume that both Elrond and Galadriel send contingents of Elves to Helm’s Deep to help the Rohirrim.
ALSO:
…Fran Walsh promises us a real tragic follow up to Arwen and Aragorn’s love-story.
…John Rhys-Davies has given a Welsh accent to the Ent Treebeard, whom he voices.
…The construction of Minas Tirith has taken itself 32 weeks of hard work.
…The flashback scene of Smeagol before he was enslaved by the power of the Ring is in the can, and directed by Fran Walsh.
Xoanon here, I’m not too sure about Fran directing the Smeagol/Deagol scenes, I do know she was writing them the last I spoke with her a while back, could it be she directed that segment with a 2nd unit? Who knows…
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Ringer spy Cheeky writes: “Found something interesting last night and wondered if anyone else had noticed it. I was watching the Full-Screen version of Fellowship of the Ring and there it was during Bilbo’s long-expected party! Up until then, I had only watched the Wide-Screen version and this doesn’t show up in that one. After the first firework of the green tree, they bring in the cake and you catch a glimse of Merry dancing along in front of the cake and then he is lost from view in the wide-screen format, but in full screen you get to see where he goes. Merry moves on up to the top part of the screen in a view that is missing from the Wide-Screen version. Merry is up on the stage watching Frodo dance and talking to Pippin. It seems that Pippin is in the band! I was totally surprise to see Pippin on the Hobbit stage behind Frodo and the dancers holding a guitar and drinking a mug of ale. Merry is beside him pointing out toward the dancing. It’s a brief shot from a distance, but I enjoyed the image of Pippin and Merry on the stage looking as though they were maybe plotting the firework theft or just enjoying Frodo’s dancing. I also thought it fitting since Billy Boyd does play guitar. Too bad the shot is missed by most people as you have to watch the Full-Screen version in order to see it. By the time Frodo is pushing Sam into Rosie’s arms for a dance, the stage shot is over so it isn’t very long.”
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If you missed Entertainment Tonight’s Exclusive look at The Two Towers, not to worry. We’ve got your back. Here are some links and images that should show you what you missed.
Thanks to Ringer Thomas, we have a Windows Media Player version available. Download the 3MB file. [Download]
LightsoutEntertainment.com also has a version online in both hi-res and lo-res Quicktime format. You can go to their download page by following the link. [More]
Thanks to the efforts of Ringer fan Bernie, here are some screen caps of the Entertainment Tonight Two Towers story. As Xoanon’s report earlier states, there wasn’t much shown, but what we did get to see was pretty darn neat!
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