{"id":24809,"date":"2004-04-11T20:56:39","date_gmt":"2004-04-12T01:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2004\/04\/11\/wetas-matt-aitken-talks-eedvd-kong-2\/"},"modified":"2004-04-11T20:56:39","modified_gmt":"2004-04-12T01:56:39","slug":"wetas-matt-aitken-talks-eedvd-kong-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2004\/04\/11\/24809-wetas-matt-aitken-talks-eedvd-kong-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WETA&#8217;s Matt Aitken Talks EE:DVD &#038; Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/scrapbook\/view\/12803\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img-www.theonering.net\/images\/scrapbook\/b\/12803_b.jpg\" hspace=\"3\" width=\"136\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Matt Aitken Talks EE:DVD &#038; Kong\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>JR<\/b> writes: I went to my brother&#146;s graduation on April 6th in the Auckland Town Hall and the guest speaker was Matt Aitken (Digital Models Supervisor at <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wetadigital.com\">WETA<\/a> Digital).  <\/p>\n<p>He talked about all the problems they had making some of the digital creatures including the Balrog, the Eagles and Golum. 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