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Hey folks, Harry here with a tidbit about what's going on down on that magical country somewhere very far away called New Zealand... as is typical the man with the plan is Xoanon from the most excellent TheOneRing.Net... so check it out and think... it's only about 4 months to the next new trailer... but in theaters this time!!!

From: Xoanon

Ringer Spy PVC recenly flew back from his long trek to New Zealand with this amazing buch of info!!

Xoanon,

I was a fly on the wall at the set of The Lord of the Rings recently.

There was a whole bunch of extras AND Sauron (20 Elves 20 Gondors) and six Orcs.

I saw Sauron sitting on a chair on a dolly with the 40 Elves and Gondors shouting at him

The 6 Orcs were just dead bodies in the scene. Having been recently dispatched by the Elves and Men. Saurons outfit is pretty cool its black evil looking armor all over with a full face helmet, that has 4 big spikes on it, one in each corner, they had SPFX smoke coming out the back of his suit.

He reminded me of the bad guys from the movie KRULL except they only had three spikes on their helmets

Now here's the BIG news Sauron is played by.....MICHAEL HUGHES. As an actor he's nobody but he's a major player from the WETA workshop, he still works there part time and he's the one who designed and made Saurons suit (made to order perhaps hmmmm, apparently he's the only one who can fit in it) I'm thinking maybe he'll be a sort of Darth Vader character with somebody else doing the voice perhaps, he's got a full face helmet, and we never see his face.

The day before they filmed something using the gate to Rivendell which was a great looking (if basic) set consisting of an arch way and a bit of wall each side of it.

The Orc weapons were very cool rough shaped and each was different some of latex foam and some of crude aluminum they looked like scimitars.

That's all for now, keep the raid close-by PVC

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Sounds pretty cool.
by Acid_Rain327
Aug 29th, 2000
04:59:07 PM
Damn enter/shift button...
by Acid_Rain327
Aug 29th, 2000
05:02:19 PM
HUH?
by gryphon
Aug 29th, 2000
05:09:09 PM
Please don't mention LotR and Krull in the same sentence...
by Cassius the Evil
Aug 29th, 2000
05:10:17 PM
Presence?
by Slugg
Aug 29th, 2000
05:17:43 PM
Probably flashback scenes...
by Brannigan!
Aug 29th, 2000
05:19:09 PM
Still dealing with "The Last Alliance "? ...
by Skyway Moaters
Aug 29th, 2000
05:21:16 PM
Chris Lee
by flynno
Aug 29th, 2000
05:21:28 PM
Sauron's Presence
by Khyron200
Aug 29th, 2000
05:41:31 PM
Christopher Lee...
by Caligula the God
Aug 29th, 2000
05:45:55 PM
Sauron's Presence II
by Khyron200
Aug 29th, 2000
05:49:38 PM
Stormbringer...
by Skyway Moaters
Aug 29th, 2000
05:58:18 PM
We need an interview with John Rhys-Davies ASAP!
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 29th, 2000
06:04:36 PM
Sounds good, though I dunno quite what to make of it.
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 29th, 2000
06:17:05 PM
"our own little Saurons"
by dW3H
Aug 29th, 2000
06:22:16 PM

by Khyron200
Aug 29th, 2000
06:24:52 PM
Speaking of the Pelennor fields...
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 29th, 2000
06:26:20 PM
Dear oh Dear...
by Sergio Kidmark
Aug 29th, 2000
06:31:19 PM
"There's a little bit of Sauron in all of us."
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 29th, 2000
06:35:55 PM
Patrick Stewart! Patrick Stewart!
by 6 of 24
Aug 29th, 2000
06:41:43 PM
Awww....it were only a good natured jab in the ribs with a sharp
by Skyway Moaters
Aug 29th, 2000
07:14:14 PM
Denethor
by dys-
Aug 29th, 2000
07:50:49 PM
I agree w/ Skyway Motors
by Elros20
Aug 29th, 2000
09:37:18 PM
The Aviator is.....
by BigRick
Aug 29th, 2000
11:41:08 PM
What's going on in the corner...
by Tailkinker
Aug 30th, 2000
03:02:46 AM
For the love of God, the animation is....
by Splinter
Aug 30th, 2000
04:11:24 AM
From Here to Absurdity
by Andy Travis
Aug 30th, 2000
04:43:54 AM
Life After Bane........
by Walkenwoman69
Aug 30th, 2000
06:22:56 AM
Denethor - David Warner or Nigel Terry
by RangerRob
Aug 30th, 2000
09:13:29 AM
Yay!
by StarUnlit
Aug 30th, 2000
09:53:18 AM
James Earl Jones???
by 1977
Aug 30th, 2000
09:57:27 AM
ringer lordz
by buster29
Aug 30th, 2000
10:49:14 AM
Yes, flynno, you most certainly DID miss something!
by Dan42
Aug 30th, 2000
10:57:05 AM
trubba not, moaters
by connexion man
Aug 30th, 2000
11:26:03 AM
James Earl Jones for Treebeard!
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 30th, 2000
01:45:03 PM
To 'kcopen' and 'Skyway'... The movie is a totally different id
by Bregalad_
Aug 30th, 2000
02:06:15 PM
Intense Evil
by Shingster
Aug 30th, 2000
02:12:17 PM
I still want Peter O'Toole for Denethor and Brian Blessed for Tr
by gingeracrockford
Aug 30th, 2000
03:24:20 PM
I still want Peter O'Toole for Denethor and Brian Blessed for Tr
by gingeracrockford
Aug 30th, 2000
03:24:21 PM
Tom Waits for Treebeard!
by connexion man
Aug 30th, 2000
03:25:13 PM
of floating death lords
by I_AM_SPARTACUS
Aug 30th, 2000
05:55:53 PM
Denethor casting
by Baggins
Aug 30th, 2000
06:17:40 PM
LOTR IS THE COOLEST TRILOGY BOOK THINGY EVER!
by greenleaf
Aug 30th, 2000
08:03:53 PM
My pick for Denothor (envelope please)...
by pseudoplotinus
Aug 30th, 2000
10:08:20 PM
From now on I shall refer to Gimli as...
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 30th, 2000
10:08:32 PM
Faulkner
by Pippin's Diamond
Aug 30th, 2000
10:21:47 PM
Sauron in the movie
by swavill
Aug 30th, 2000
10:31:38 PM
Temporal discontinuity
by Dan42
Aug 30th, 2000
11:49:33 PM
A forgotten quote that may shed some light on the voice...
by Hazel_Ra
Aug 31st, 2000
02:25:28 AM
Well you know what they say DAN42....
by Skyway Moaters
Aug 31st, 2000
07:20:44 AM
Please accept my humble prostrations ...
by connexion man
Aug 31st, 2000
11:23:01 AM
Peter O'Toole! Peter O'Toole!
by 6 of 24
Aug 31st, 2000
01:48:57 PM
Ar-Pharazon etc.
by 6 of 24
Aug 31st, 2000
03:28:33 PM
Sauron's got...ring around the collar!
by Baggins
Aug 31st, 2000
06:09:23 PM
Concerning Cinematic Analogies to Sauron.
by pseudoplotinus
Aug 31st, 2000
07:11:40 PM
Diminished? Denethor?
by Seepgood
Aug 31st, 2000
09:03:00 PM
NOT AGAIN!
by Dan42
Sep 1st, 2000
10:41:22 AM
COR!...where's me manners?
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 1st, 2000
02:07:06 PM
Oh, and....
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 1st, 2000
02:14:07 PM
First Faulkner book to read...
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 1st, 2000
05:39:32 PM
POSTING ORDER HOSED NOTIFICATION...
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 1st, 2000
05:43:17 PM
POSTING ORDER HOSED ADDENDUM....
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 1st, 2000
05:51:23 PM
AWWW HELL! you'll figure it out...
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 1st, 2000
05:56:44 PM
No JRD interview... Oh, PJ, how could you!?
by Pippin's Diamond
Sep 1st, 2000
08:06:17 PM
Hey morGy!
by Pippin's Diamond
Sep 1st, 2000
08:14:29 PM
Are We Being Led By The Nose?
by Goodgulf
Sep 1st, 2000
08:33:19 PM
eonline
by Dan42
Sep 2nd, 2000
12:07:17 AM
IT AIN'T A F@\
by greenleaf
Sep 2nd, 2000
07:17:36 PM
We ainm to please greenie; what's the URL...
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 2nd, 2000
10:17:23 PM
morGy's puzzler....
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 2nd, 2000
10:41:27 PM
Uh_Clem... Yew out dere mon?
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 2nd, 2000
11:29:44 PM
Well if that aint "the pot calling the kettle black" morG...
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 3rd, 2000
11:49:14 AM
Minas Tirith set pics
by JD1866
Sep 3rd, 2000
12:48:10 PM
For you JD1866, re: "Loss of innocence"
by Baggins
Sep 3rd, 2000
04:18:34 PM
Magic? What's That?
by Goodgulf
Sep 3rd, 2000
10:43:46 PM
OOOOooOOoooooOooOps!
by greenleaf
Sep 4th, 2000
07:47:32 AM
Message for Greenleaf
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Sep 4th, 2000
08:11:34 AM
Engliche, ze langage of LUUUUUUVV!!
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Sep 4th, 2000
09:55:01 AM
Marineva
by greenleaf
Sep 4th, 2000
10:19:54 AM
Udderly amazing
by greenleaf
Sep 4th, 2000
01:32:12 PM
Hey, greenie
by Dan42
Sep 4th, 2000
02:28:50 PM
Of Magic
by Dan42
Sep 4th, 2000
02:34:04 PM
DAN42 - Long Time No See
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Sep 4th, 2000
11:11:55 PM
hi there marivena ;)
by morpheus
Sep 5th, 2000
02:06:18 AM
same morGoth time, same morGoth channel
by Bregalad_
Sep 5th, 2000
02:32:19 AM
"Magic" in Middle-earth...some links
by Baggins
Sep 5th, 2000
12:44:17 PM
Erratum
by Baggins
Sep 5th, 2000
12:49:14 PM
Awww c'mon morG...
by Skyway Moaters
Sep 5th, 2000
02:19:04 PM
Amroth with Elostirion ! Amroth with Greenleaf !
by Swan
Sep 5th, 2000
03:25:24 PM
Those filthy rings...(again, Ingold)
by Baggins
Sep 5th, 2000
05:41:16 PM
Clarification
by Baggins
Sep 5th, 2000
05:49:46 PM
More on Magic
by JD1866
Sep 5th, 2000
06:30:30 PM
DarthSauron
by BG
Sep 5th, 2000
06:54:12 PM
Arise, arise, Peoples of the West!
by greenleaf
Sep 5th, 2000
07:46:10 PM
Silver swan upon blue
by Seepgood
Sep 5th, 2000
07:59:38 PM
Swan!!
by greenleaf
Sep 5th, 2000
08:18:37 PM
The I.D.
by greenleaf
Sep 5th, 2000
08:46:33 PM
Magic...
by BG
Sep 5th, 2000
09:03:09 PM
morGoth...
by BG
Sep 5th, 2000
09:37:27 PM
morGoth, thy craven lies once again befoul this talkback!
by Dan42
Sep 5th, 2000
10:25:52 PM
About magic
by Dan42
Sep 5th, 2000
10:58:11 PM
For Dan42 (giving JD1866 credit where credit is due)
by Baggins
Sep 6th, 2000
12:39:26 PM
Magic - The Deciets of the Enemy
by Goodgulf
Sep 6th, 2000
02:30:41 PM
Quit arguing!
by greenleaf
Sep 6th, 2000
02:34:33 PM
Quit Arguing ???
by Dan42
Sep 6th, 2000
06:24:35 PM
Amroth with Seepgood
by Swan
Sep 6th, 2000
06:32:07 PM
An Essey in Seriosity
by greenleaf
Sep 6th, 2000
09:18:17 PM
DAN42 - Double Bubble Toil and Trouble
by Goodgulf
Sep 6th, 2000
10:55:22 PM
In that case...
by Dan42
Sep 7th, 2000
11:49:54 AM

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