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Crazy Handsome Fan Fic Film Trailer for THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM!
Hey folks, Harry here... I'm not usually one for Fan Fic Films, but every now and again, when I see one that just frickin' looks better than it has any right to.... well, I share with all of y'all. Coming up over the next year or two, we're going to be seeing an onslaught of HOBBIT news. I already have fans writing in to me wanting details - and Guillermo and crew are hard at work on pre-production. Hopefully, they'll be releasing more tidbits as we move forward.
Meanwhile, it seems some highly capable fans have created a prequel to THE HOBBIT, which from the below trailer - seems to indicate a quest to find the creature named Gollum, whom it is rumored... That GOLLUM HAS THE ONE TRUE RING!!!
These fans couldn't wait to see more Middle Earth adventures and it seems they've made their own. Take a look, personally, I'm curious to see the whole thing now. Thanks goes to the "Tailender" known as Conan_The_Humble for the heads up!
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Man I hope he shows up
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But how are they going to prevent Chris from throwing down the banhammer? Simply by not charging to see it?
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And if you ain't First, you're last.
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to my documentary on the Israel/Palestine situation: The Hunt for Goyim.
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Srsly that was excellent, but what is Strider doing sporting a handlebar?
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And that trailer's a decent PJ impression, but you'd have to somewhat demented to dress up like Aragorn and go running around the woods looking for Gollum. If you're going to spent time, energy and money on an indie film, why not use original characters so it'll be your intellectual property, and you can make your money back, as opposed to this "fan film" nonsense?
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a trailer for this like six months back or something?
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I wish these people would channel their energies into making something original. Clearly they know how to operate the equipment very well, but to channel all their resources and energy into making what amounts to pretend movies...what a shame. Just a bunch of technicians, but no ideas. Like that Sandy Collora guy, who made Batman: Dead End. Of course, they'll be right at home in Hollywood, should this catch someone's attention (I have no illusions that the big studios are looking for anyone with original ideas).
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a curious thing. Over the years the production values have gotten better and better and the stories are even amusing from time to time. But I wonder what is the ultimate goal? If you really want to make a film, why not make something original, especially with the amount of effort that goes into these projects? Or, are these used for demo reals for people looking to get into an FX house and the like?
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super gay.
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I saw a trailer for this at least four or five months ago. I think it was through a link at Dark Horizons. Still cool news. For a fan-made endeavor, it looks like a very handsome production. And I am pumped for THE HOBBIT.
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Then you wouldn't be hearing about it now, it would be ignored. You all complain that there is no originality, but at the same time you give attention to it. Original ideas get snuffed because you don't pay attention to them.
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you mean like making a movie based on a book?
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are the true bitches. (Bitches who comment on the comments are cool as fuck.)
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That was actually amazing. I will be watching that. I'm more excited for that than I am for Wolverine.
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My problem with fan films is always the same. Why can't they just put the time, money and effort into doing something original? Sure, there's plenty of backyard fan films that are utter shite. But something like this has a lot of talent behind it. I just think it's ultimaterly, a waste of time and talent.
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Apr 28, 2009 2:43:37 PM CDT
It *is* an original story, just not an original universe or char
by dreamwriter
Whatever story they are telling is not from any Tolkien book. The one time Gollum is hunted for in the books, I think *maybe* two paragraphs are given to it. And even that wouldn't make sense with how this trailer is setup, talking about Gollum knowing the whereabouts of The One Ring - in the books/movies, that wasn't figured out until after talking to Gollum.
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...just a load of shots of people turning 'round and looking at the camera, and a load of location shots? Man, I could do that!
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Isn't there a REASON Tolkein wrote *maybe* two paragraphs about the hunt for Gollum? Cause it's fucking boring?!?
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Granted, that one isn't quite as good, but it does rhyme. Still having trouble coming up with one for PATRIOT GAMES, though. "PATRIOT FLAMES"? Too generic. "SARUMAN GAMES"? Same number of syllables, kinda works, but the most recognizable word is lost...
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How are they even allowed to show anyone a film involving characters from Lord of the Rings? I know it will be freely distributed so they will not make a profit, but surely hits on the website to watch/download it will generate advertising revenue for someone other than those who own the characters? The trailer will probably generate income, hell this article is generating cash for AICN. I don't get it.
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Aragorn catches Gollum, they give him to some elves, and he escapes into Moria. Yay?
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...when it hasn't got an Alien or Predator in it? Every fan film has them, be it Batman or IMPS:The Relentless. Surely Aragorn goes looking for Gollum in the hot season and gets more than he bargained for?
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allowing this to be released, free or not. They did too good of a job aping the characters in the film, so New Line is bound to have an issue with it. If this sees the light of day, it may be the biggest upset in film history.
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Let's see it
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Exactly what I was thinking. Copyright law is strange. ThePirateBay people go to jail for creating a search engine and this is allowed to be made. Strange.
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in that 99% of them suck ass and don't include a shred of original creative thought. It's just like all the batman and star wars turds out there. Filming some bullshit with the rules of the world already established as well as the characters takes no skill at all.
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Is a story on this really neccesary!?
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This looks like just a cheaper copy of the worst sides of the blockbusters we wet our panties over, rather than using the low budget in a way that compliments the movie, a la John Cassavetes and Jim Jarmusch.
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heh, I kid... this looks much better than anything produced by SCIFI.
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FIRST! The Musical!
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Life Aquatic rocks!
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Apr 28, 2009 3:46:10 PM CDT
Harry, thank God you didnt get to produce "A Princess of Mars"
by m_reporter
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if you think this is "crazy handsome".
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Am I the only one who can't watch these fan trailers (LOTR, Zelda, etc.) without thinking of a bunch of sweaty live action role-players chowing down fast food between takes? HUZZAH, M'LADY! Sorry. Looks like they put a lot of work into this, etc...
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A film made by fans. Anyone asking why must never have been a huge fan of anything. It may well be something made by people with too much time on their hands, but its made by people that truly love and respect the property. They had an idea that they thought would fill out the universe somewhat and went ahead and did it.and this stuff doesn't get shit on by studios and that as much as you think. its about as illegal as any fan fic. hell chances are you'll probly end up seeing this at some convention in the future. I think it looks amazing for a fan production. this like some of the fan made stuff i've seen for Half Life really make me admire the dedication some fan have to something they love. I personally hope New Line or some other studio sees this and offers these guys a job.
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of the real film while we film in our backyard
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You're an ass. It is "Crazy Handsome" for a fan made production. A film with no real chance at turning a profit or earning any money at all. The people that put money into this, put money into it - to just see it get made... PERIOD.
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...how can they possibly make an entire film about looking for Gollum? As far as I can remember in the Appendices/Council of Elrond, Aragorn basically looked for Gollum's trail for a while, went through pretty hard times, almost gave up, but found Gollum at the edge of Mordor. Then he spent weeks dragging Gollum back to the wood-elves in Mirkwood. I can't imagine this being a very compelling storyline.
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Basically, this fanfic is going to show why Aragorn is Bilbo's bitch. "No one can" my arse.
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Sometimes my fingers are faster than my mind. So I apologize if I offended you in any way Harry.
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These people should be working filmmakers if they aren't already, doing such a thing.
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original, at least make a fan flick on a book that hasn't gotten the screen treatment, yet. There are many fantasy novels that are far superior to LOTR to choose from.
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The site says its only going to be 45 minutes long at best. So its not like you are going to spend 3 hours watching a guy dressed up as Aragorn drudging through the woods.meh, whatever man. Maybe if more works like this get made the studios will realize you don't hundreds of millions of dollars to make a film that looks good.
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Blow our minds with your awesome presentation reels. Put your motherfucking money where your motherfucking mouth is and lay the smack down. There is not a reason in the world you can't show us. Post them.
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Judging by the amount of time that Sci-Fi network movies spend in the woods, I think so.
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At least, in that shot near the end he is.The actors actually look a lot better than in most of these types of things, especially their Gandalf.Eh, why not? Looks like they had fun making it!
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Not true... I am a HUGE LOTR fan and a HUGE Star Wars fan (less so about the prequels) and I am a HUGE Indy fan and a HUGE BSG fan. I am a more moderate fan of the ALIEN, Star Trek and Bond franchises.
That said, my fandom manifests itself in ways that don't make me want to create a fan film. First, being a Star Wars and Indy fan as a kid got me into films and then film studies in university. Now I produce TV news and docs which use visual story telling skills in a different, but similar way to dramatic film or TV. For the other series that are mentioned above I still collect books on the "making of" and "art of" and their soundtracks among other things... even though I no longer work in dramatic TV or film.
You can be a huge fan and collect, read, listen etc etc without feeling that you need to dress up and make a knock off film. Most feature film directors I know of are "fans" of other films, but they don't usually make a film that is an impression of the original (remakes aside). Spielberg is a fan of John Ford films, so he pays homage to Ford though his work, not by aping The Searchers and doing a film about what Lucy's life was like living with the Comanche natives. -
Would love to see the presentation reels, Harry. Why not give us a peek?
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Set during Two Towers where he had to go look for Eomer,
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The people at Pirate Bay are facilitating the distribution of copyrighted, pay-to-have/own material. If you want the new Black Eyed Peas album (and got help you if you do) you have to pay for it. Pirate Bay makes it so you don't have to pay for it. That is called stealing. These movies are for and by fans. NO money is made or exchanged before, during or after the process. It is made to be given away for FREE. You can't steal something that is free. Owners of the original copyrighted material let them do what they like (in a good faith gesture) as long as it does not infringe on their own money making endeavors. No one is going to watch this fun little movie INSTEAD of paying for the original LOTR movies.
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..in my pants with precious...which is cool like this video.
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Nope... seems more like Aragorn and Gandalf's search for Gollum post Hobbit, but during/right before Fellowship. Note Gollum's anger over losing the riddle match.
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nothing less will do
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Excellent job by these guys, capturing the essence of the films and all.
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With Michael Douglas- and get this Shia LaBeouf! I shit you all not. It's in THR.
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Please? Stop motion? CGI? Marionettes? Anything!?!
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I'm not saying that fans HAVE to make fan films, or write Fan fics. I'm a huge Discworld fan, a moderate Star trek fan, and a big fan of a number of other things. But I too never felt the need to do those things. But I can understand. And I wouldn't knock them for tryingand its not like we are talking about a spielberg here, or a lucas, or any other actor/director/writer/etc that has made it big. I mean, the biggest film credit listed for the people involved here is one guy that Played the baby clark in Superman 4. numerous people making money in hollywood started doing their own little films. playing around with a camera, making tiny shit projects, often taking them from movies they love. if not directly at least inspired by. And then made their break later, either through one of their tiny projects getting recognized, or working their way up through other people.s films. Its just this tiny shit project isn't quite so tiny and is hardly shit.all this is is just something that is going to end up as an extra on a blu-ray for a movie one of these guy do in the future. and like someone said the fact its LOTR-based is the only reason you even know about it now. (it looking as good as it does has something to do with it too.)
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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=56393438
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F*ck The loser haters, you guys went and actually did something, hopefully someone high up sees this and hires your crew for paid work, you deserve it, well done!
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Fair enough... As I said in a post further up this talkback the quality and production values of these projects is getting better and better... these guys have talent.
BTW, this is probably the best "fan film"/homage/ad that I have ever seen:
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... but I just can't help cringing a little bit whenever I watch these fan trailers. Great job though.
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Didn't he do a King Kong remake with a bunch of toys using stop motion animation?
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...is a first-class douche. What have YOU done lately that looks even REMOTELY as good as this? Like 1/100th as good as this?
Allow me to answer for you: JACK SHIT.
I have no idea if this thing is going to be any good, but the trailer alone is exceptional for a fan film. Hell, it compares favorably to most of the crap Sci-Fi churns out on Saturday nights. I'm checking it out for sure... I'd even pay something to watch it I think (not a lot, maybe $5 max, but hey, that's great for a fan film) -
I hope these guys get a job on Game of Thrones over at HBO. They'd be perfect to plug into that production pipeline.
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Yeah, we're sane enough to NOT run through the woods skewering guys in orc make-up and pretending we're Viggo Mortensen, and we're the "douches". May want to rethink that, you putz.
And I stand by my initial comment...that anyone who spends time, energy or money making any sort of independent film should produce their own original creation so they can either: 1, try and make their money off of it; 2, use it break into the film industry, is that's their goal; or 3, parlay it into a feature, (see the Neil Blomkamp or whatever's "District 9"). Anything else is fan wank and waste of time. And BTW, I'm a huge Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Alien, and Predator fan, and have done some pretty geeky things, (including traveling like 5 hours to see ROTK in the cinema), and I still think fan films seem excessive. -
Forgot about my strange affinity for the idiot Ash!
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I would also love to see your Mars reels, not for any smarmy, "wow me" reasons but because I am genuinly intersted in your project and the evolution of a film fan into a creative force of his own. I hope you get it or something else made at some point. Good luck, Red.
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This is NOT a prequel to THE HOBBIT as far as the timeline goes. The hunt for Gollum took place over intervals of several years, sometime AFTER Bilbo's farewell feast, and before Gandalf sent Frodo packing to Bree.
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Looked better than anything I've seen on "Legend of the Seeker".
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That's what Gandalf seems to be thinking. Half of the clips just showed them sitting. No real ideas going through their heads. Yep, just sitting around, yep.
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Looks better than the Lonely Bones.
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Gandolf at first told Frodo he was delayed because he was held captive. That doesn't sound very exciting, but during the Council a lot more was revealed. Maybe the same is true for Aragorn, He didn't want to say that he almost gave up because he had to cut down the mightiest Ent in the forest with a herring.
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What Logan_1973 said, except without the uneducated bastard part.
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Because you are the one and only ASS on this site. Once again you shit on us by not doing your dvd section. Fuck you, you asshole!
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better shoot the bastard before he gets to the set of the Phantom Menace!
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Apr 28, 2009 7:35:45 PM CDT
Yeah, isn't this when Gandalf and Aragorn were hunting Gollum?
by themarinebiologist
You know... before the Lord of the Rings but after the Hobbit? Then wouldn't that be a prequel to LOTR and sequel to the Hobbit?
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Several have beaten me to the proverbial punch.
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Some dickhead paralegal is probably thinking that right now.
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...this is very impressive work...yet it makes me feel slightly sad. And vaguely embarrassed. And sometimes...when something makes me feel slightly sad and vaguely embarrassed...I start to feel angry for no good reason.
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...but not if it involves reading non funny books.
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Apr 28, 2009 8:17:44 PM CDT
F. MURRAY ABRAHAMS NOSTRILS! What a great idea!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred thinks this is very Professionally done.
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I just want to say that the early reviews for Wolverine on Rottentomatoes are all positive. I say this because you really dissed it in a hard way last week because of what seemed like a lack of knowledge on your part. I just hope that if this movie truly is good that you will be honest and confess your blunder. I am not saying that I think Fox deserves any apology whatsoever. Fox deserves a kick in the buns for its behavior as of late. They deserve to fail. That being said, Gavin Hood and Hugh Jackman deserve to succeed and really deserve an apology from you if the film turns out well.
I would also like to see you admit that your anger had nothing to do with whatever it was you claimed you were upset about. Truth is it was at Fox. I just want an admission because this site has always rooted for the superheroes when no one else would and it was upsetting seeing you pee all over Wolverine without fair treatment.
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Figured that's a good TB explosion ready to happen.
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Yeah, Harry, I thought not. Your "mind-blowing" presentation "reels" are probably more impressive if they're unseen. That way, you can insist they're awesome and never have to prove it. The same squishy legality that lets you post this LOTR fan film on your site would easily allow you to post your John Carter stuff, but we all know that ain't happening. It's one thing to berate someone, Harry, but to berate them with the threat of something you have no intention of exploiting? That's called "bullying."
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Apr 28, 2009 8:32:23 PM CDT
Can someone explain the John Carter issue to Fred?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred does not understand Harry's involvement with that.
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...based on some of that filthy dirty XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS lesbian fan fiction? I'd watch that...get to work!
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He had a bunch of stuff that was later published as Unfinished Tales, Book of Lost Tales etc. some of which might make for interesting films fan or otherwise. There's a load of Tolkien stuff outside the Hobbit-LOTR arc waiting to be mined.
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Apr 28, 2009 8:50:56 PM CDT
Haha. They can make it look basically as good as the real deal.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Hilarious. As the years go by, I'm starting to think LOTR really kinda blew.
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...strictly by the fans, for the fans. Of course.
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I like how Ugly McPlain tries to look handsome like Viggo by standing in the right light and pouting like a J. Crew catalogue model. EPIC FAIL.
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Gollum gotta eat. Give a brotha his ring back, damnit!
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Epic lame
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... Why hasn't AICN reported on Shia in Wall Street 2 yet? I used to come here first for all the daily movie news. Now it's contests, fan fiction, DVD boxsets and Harry's stoned ramblings. Awwww sheeeeeeeeeeeit.
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You're as gay as fuck. Suckle my peen. I bet you're the ugly bastard who played Aragorn in this cosplay golden fantasy, aren't you?
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Can't you people shut the fuck up and appreciate the time and effort that these people put in to making this film. Even though you can poke logic holes in the premise, who fucking cares! I have yet to see any of you present a film for the talkback wolves at AICN to shit on and tear down. All you haters are bitches, put up or shut up yo!
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I hate calling you out on your mistakes like so many people like to do, but this isn't a prequal and has been on theonering.net for a while now. It it about the quest to catch Gollum before he gets to Mordor to tell Sauron the whereabouts of the ring. In the books Gandalf hunts for Gollum because he has suspicions about the ring. The elves in Mirkwood actually catch him and he manages to escape.
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You know that'll work. I'm hunting hobbits-ahahahahahahahaha.....
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..you stole the words right out of my mouth, awesome.
I've made several original short films as well as one full length. I've shown them at festivals and have gotten some good feedback. Along with those I made an Assassin's Creed fan film for a contest, I didn't win. My point is, it wasn't 100% my creation, and sure we looked like a group of LARPers running around, but it was still a group of film-makers and actors doing the same crap we do on our Original pieces. Are we any bigger dorks, just cause we're basing it on something else? No. Fan films are made for a very specific audience, hard core fans not for money and not for overly pretentious people like many posters here. I appreciate fan films, it's geekism at its best. -
Having original thoughts takes effort and making your own fan base takes time. That is why most online entities do PARODIES, because being original would be thinking. Isn't it easier to jump on someone else's success. But don't worry, I've got something for you newbs. Soon, you will get what you desire.
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You're pissed because people are hating on it? You obviously know what goes on in these TB's "...a film for the talkback wolves at AICN to shit on and tear down."Do you have a personal/emotional investment in this particular piece? Or are you upset because you don't see enough love being given?If it's the former too bad, if it's the latter FUCK OFF!
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Those fat fuckin pricks! How insensitive!
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yet no one will even bother to take a look
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And while I greatly admire the dedication and talent it took to shoot that film, I can't get over the actors in it. It comes off to me as a bunch of people who want so much to be the characters in LOTR, that they actually shot a film so they could be them.
I can almost picture them fighting over who got to be Aragorn and who got to be Gandalf in pre-production; all of them doing their best impressions for their friends to decide.
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Apr 28, 2009 10:56:28 PM CDT
I take that back. I'm starting to think LOTR really
by dannygl0vers_dickblood
kinda blew my mind.
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Apr 28, 2009 11:17:36 PM CDT
It's amazing what geeks with too much time can accomplish..
by malificus
..still and all, when is enough fucking Tolkein gonna be enough? Jeebus there's like fucking DVD collections with enough ring shit to keep even the most rabid fan occupied for days. Move on douchebags, god these ridiculous fan actors walking around looking all grim and gritty and then getting into these sword fights where their limp-assed wrists can't take the swords slamming together, and they're all slow and shit, fuck that shit sucks! Makes me want to punch 'em in the face when I watch that lame-assed shit, it's like they're the bastard children of those D&D losers who all got together and pro-created in defiance of all common sense and decency.
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wolverine/?name_order=asc and I mean, lol. The film was yesterday night 100% fresh with over a 7,0 average, now one rotten review made it go down to 88% and 6,3. I mean, if the movie was so universally panned by those who downloaded it, and there was that notice that the screener is basically the same movie than the one about to be released... doesn't it means we already know which film critics are actually on Fox's payroll?
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It's amazing what geeks with too much time on their hands can do when spending too much time in tb's for a story they don't care about can rant on. That was a quality trailer for a fan-made film which may actually be good.
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Indian giver. Wait. I take that back.
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Geeks with too much time...do you mean the creators of this, or the fake DGDB above you on the TB? There are TWO of them, the fuckers! One with a double underscore, and one with a Zero ('0') instead of a letter O ('O'). Fucking amateurs.
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'Suckle my peen'. Way to make your point, dude. I'm convinced.
No, wait. I think this trailer actually looks pretty cool. So I guess that makes me 'Gay as Fuck' too. And if that's the case, sign me up and get me my complimentary Judy Garland album, 'cause I do love the fucking (pussy mind you, but we do what we can). -
It could've used a few more passes in the editing room (less is more... a lot less in this case...) but it looks good. And I'm all for people who are passionate about films and go out and do something about it. And not only that but actually make something respectable. Kudos.
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stupidmop: Did I not use the term "amazing"? It does look damn good considering the source, that's awesome, personally I just wish someone would put that sort of time and effort into a property that hasn't already had 3 mega-buck motion pictures already done, like say a great John Carter or Major Matt Mason or Rat Patrol. I don't think I'm the only guy on here that "meh"'d this movie, why you singling me out? My points are valid and I stand behind them irregardless of whether they rub you the wrong way, AGAIN, this is a discussion board, I'm discussing, get over it. fain88: I can imagine no sadder or more pathetic creature save Gollum himself that would actually co-opt DGDB's moniker in some lame grab at reflected glory, if glory be the proper term. Rest assured that when you see the malificus moniker on the outside, it is pure creamery hate-jelly on the inside, none would DARE tread where I walk, the shoes are far too big, the stride way too long, the journey all too difficult.
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WETA props, though, unless they had time. Sure, they can buy replica swords for close ups, but chain mail and embroidered costumes...there are many hobbyists who make beautiful chainmail, but it takes a fuck load of time and expense.
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These people are not doing it to be original - they just want to see it made. Not everone can be creative. I remember when TPM came out theforce.net hosted loads of fan films. It is simply easier to get an audience for your home made flick if the concept is already there. A Question of Faith was my favourite back then. The light-sabre fights kicked arse.These people aren't trying to take your money so you can't compare them to Hollywood studios who would rather flog dead horses and rape childhoods instead of risking original ideas.
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fucksocks!
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and apparently has better acting/actors in it.
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I'm not in. I HATED Lord of the Rings. Watched the first one on video, then the second in theaters on the same day. I felt like fisting my eye sockets afterward.
Never saw the third. Never will.
I .... HATE... LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!
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Maybe earlier, and good riddance. If fan movies can look this good, then the Indies will start to heavily cut into the major studio's profits.
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Good on yer, folks! More of this sort of thing, please!Meanwhile, the suits have greenlit a remake of 'Drop Dead Fred' with Russell Brand...
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Go to SyFy Channel's Sci-Fi Wire for the funniest fight ever, and it is real!!!
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You're an idiot.
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I saw people piling in to a press screening in London's Leicester Sq just a few nights ago. Come on, someone, tell us what it was like? X2 is still one of the niftiest comic book movies out there...
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There is an implication in the book that the Ring affects fate and circumstances around it, to move it to where it wants to be. There is also an external fate that positions the good guys (or conflicted guys, such as Gollum), to be in the right place at the right time to thwart Sauron's plan.Gandalf would've succumbed to the temptation to take the Ring for himself. If an Eagle flew it alone, something coincidental would've happened to it: such as, upon attempting to toss it into the lava, the Ring would've bounced off a rock and rolled down the mountainside. These are the vague rules hinted at by Tolkien for Middle Earth. Silly, yes, but...The Hobbits aren't as susceptible to being corrupted by it as are the other humanoid races, for reasons I won't get into unless you are curious (but they did indeed succumb to temptation at the end; Frodo tried to take it for himself -- he had to have his finger bitten off to let it go -- and the external fate had Gollum there to be the one to personally "deliver" it into the lava). Smeagol's desire for the Ring was also an unconscious wish to be freed from his torment.
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were under orders to not interfere directly with the fate of the peoples of Middle Earth by taking on Sauron themselves, but to merely guide them toward their destinies. Saruman defied those orders.Oh, and the Eagles would've had to contend with the Nazgul riding the fell beasts.
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Yes it is !
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Isn't that a Sontarian at around 1.30?
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is that even somebody over at National Review linked this before AICN!
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No evil flying beasts got Gandolf when he rode the thing.
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Fox is being very threatening about reviews leaking out before Friday. Saw it yesterday and everyone at the screening was specifically warned to not even Twitter about it.
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...which is exactly the problem with really good fanfic films, as someone earlier mentioned. Why can't you spend all this time, energy, money, and talent on something original that people will actually be able to see and you'll be able to get paid for?
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A movie about Aragorn in elementary school. He used to get picked on, until one day he cleaved the school bully in twain. It also helped that he was sporting stubble by age 7.
That film will be followed by "Aragorn Games", which tells the tale of Aragorn learning to play the ancient game of dodgeball...with an elven blade.
Then, of course, comes "Hobbit Recon", which is about Bilbo and Gandalf in search of some extra-potent pipe weed. Along the way, they meet up with a deranged elf played by Neil Patrick Harris, who steals Gandalf's cart. They also get imprisoned for a short time at a place called Guantanamo Shire, but they eventually escape and return to Bag End.
After that comes "Gaybow 6", about a group of prissy elves who team up to take down an Oliphaunt. Most of them die, but not from what you think.
And then, because the producers are really milking it for all they can, comes "O.R.X.". In a departure from the other movies, it tells the comic tale of a group of Orcs who follow the Nazgul around, tending to their winged mounts, the fell beasts. They wash them, feed them and clean up their "fellings".
One day, one of the Orcs decides to try his hand at riding the winged lizard, and he has such a great time gallavanting through the sky, terrorizing the race of men and other denizens of Middle Earth, that the rest soon follow him. Much hilarity ensues. In a tragic turn of events, however, they fly too close to the Eye of Sauron and plunge thousands of feet to their doom. Mount Doom, that is. -
Apr 29, 2009 11:07:42 AM CDT
For this great amount on work and time they put in making this .
by furan
... it needs far better directing. And it is a missed chance to make something great on a movie based level and not some awkward hollywood echoing in the woods. But alone the endurance to make and finish such a movie is a big archivement.
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Tailender indeed.Pretty decent effort for fan-fiction and, technically, it IS covered in the Appendices of LotR, the book. So, it's already covered under the LotR licensing. Much like PJ/GDT had planned for the source of their now abandoned "bridge movie".Good on ya folks for doing this film...it's certainly not a waste of time and we Tolkien fans appreciate the effort. Imagine that, art for the sake of art...what a novel concept.
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fuck off. If you can't grasp why people think this is rediculous, despite our articulating our points clearly several times, then that's your problem. Personally, I can't believe adults want to dress up like Dunedain Rangers and slay orcs after they get off work at the gas station.
BTW, for a perfect example of why fan films suck: http://www.hiddenfrontier.com/
The above makes Enterprise, Voyager, and JJ's Drek Trek look like Ikiru by comparison. -
In an interview with the two beards in this months Empire, they reveal that the story of The Hobbit will be spread over both movies, with the Gandalf/White Council/Sauran asides beefing it out. Maybe we'll see further Middle Earth films, some day though. Fingers crossed.
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N'uff said.
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I'm excited to see this.
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"Personally, I can't believe adults want to dress up like Dunedain Rangers and slay orcs after they get off work at the gas station"What the fuck website do you think you're posting on, you stain?
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....yes, but not through you!!! If you are trying to convey a coherent thought, use correct spelling and syntax! I'm just sayin'...
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Awesome work on the trailer!!!
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...Predators and Aliens suddenly show up in a dark and rainy Shire alleyway and Gandalf has to fight them alone?
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...the Shire becomes the setting for a story of horror when a young Merry and Pippin have to survive: "Farmer Maggot: Shire Pitchfork Massacre: The Beginning"!
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...well I've got proof of my contribution right here so I'll expect a good percentage, plus residuals as well as a cut of the merch profits.
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Really well done. The upload was a bit dark in parts but wow. I thought it was a well produced looking online film! Dailymotion helped produce it?
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Well, apparently no one here has ever dressed up like a Dunedain Ranger, nor looked for Gollum, so I'm posting on a website which would be as impartial (at best) to this crappy looking crap as anywhere else.
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Just watched it again...still sweet. Well done folks!
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Whilst plenty of Talkbackers are able to express their personal issues with the whole idea of fan films, whilst at the same time acknowledging the BLATANT talent on display in this trailer from all involved, some of you just insist on the usual prattle of 'OOH, DO SOMEFINK ORIGINAL!!' It might be a novel idea for some of you to perhaps go out and make your own movies - based on your own original ideas - and allow us to see if they come up to scratch with this particularly well made fan film. Once you've done something original, then you've earned your right to demand it of other fans already 'having a go' at film making. Until then, why not try simply understanding the skill involved? I agree with other Talbackers that fan films would be the perfect forum for OTHER Tolkein works that will likely never see the BIG SCREEN. With talent and ability of the level on display in this one, I'd say the Tolkein fan film community could come up with quite a cool little series of net movies.
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that one has to make a fan film before one is allowed to share one's opinion about someone else's fan film. So, by your logic, I'd have to be leader of a country before I declared George W. Bush a complete and utter sub-mental clusterfuck of epic proportions. Yeah, doesn't quite make a lot of sense...
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Apr 29, 2009 6:59:21 PM CDT
BTW, the ability to completly APE Jackson's style
by fa_tass_dinomolester
without any new or distinctive thing to add to the mix...is not what I'd call "obvious talent". Get a clue...
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It just wouldn't be right.
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I swear, some of you are argumentative just for the sake of being argumentative. Just because you can make a case that they are stealing the style of the LOTR movies, and it's not original, etc. doesn't mean you have to come on here and take a shit on everyone who thinks it's kind of cool. If you don't like it, don't watch it, but don't come on here just to shit on it. It's one thing to talk about making a fan film like this, it's another to actual go find the people, resources, and spend all that time actually doing it. I think it makes the people who come on here to be negative just look pathetic - contrasting action vs. board trolling that anyone can do. And yes, I do think it is trolling if you come on here to be negative for no good reason at all.
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...Studio accountants: Yeah, you're right, of course. Those F'ers make mob accountants skidmark their drawers, that's for sure.
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i'm just saying
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seems to REEEALLLY want to get a job on the new HOBBIT films....(long pause)...and that would be me.Feel free to gime a ring Peter and Gullermo!
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