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Lord of the Rings Media Movies

The L0tR Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition 118

Posted by timothy from the toys-to-drool-over-but-not-on dept.
cremegg writes " BBC News has a story on the upcoming exhibition at the London Science Museum where fans of the trilogy will be able to explore the high-tech toys used to create the special effects in this epic project."
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The L0tR Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition

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  • L0tR? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:05PM (#7013488)
    Since when did Slashdot get l33t headlines?

    • Re:L0tR? (Score:1, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Parent isn't really Off-topic, as it's bugging the hell out of me, too.

    • Re:L0tR? (Score:3, Informative)

      by presroi ( 657709 )
      Too bad I don't have any moderation points left. This Post is not "Offtopic" as long as my eyes don't fool me. This O is right now an 0 in the headline.

      I hope it will be corrected OR
      someone might explain the joke to me why it has to be a number 0 instead of O.

    • Re:L0tR? (Score:3, Informative)

      by Skreech ( 131543 )
      the letter "o" and zero are right next to each other on the keyboard... I make that mistake on accident myself sometimes. In most fonts, its hard to catch. Dont worry, /. isnt getting leet on anyone.

    • Since.. (Score:1, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      ..Peter Jackson took rights to the films.

      !!!!SPOILERS BELOW!!!!

      In Return of the King, after Faramir repents trying to steal the ring from Frodo, he is slain defending Merry and Pippin when an orc hurls a Palantir at his head.

      Pippin picks this up, and finds that it is a secret link to Sauron's trusty old Win2k Server in the basement of the Dark Tower, Barad-Dur.

      Later, as Gondor is brought to its knees by Mordor's military might, all hope seems lost of the Ring-bearer finding his way to Orodruin without b

    • Re:L0tR? (Score:3, Funny)

      by Diamon ( 13013 )
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  • This will be 10 Hr whole lot of fun.
    But we need to pee .... so don't how many times I have to disturb the other people ...

  • December==Autumn? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by WTFmonkey ( 652603 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:09PM (#7013508)
    The family exhibition, which will open before the eagerly awaited final instalment of the film trilogy this Autumn, will allow visitors to explore for themselves the fantastic world created for The Lord of the Rings films.
    What does "autumn" mean in the UK? I thought the movie comes out in December?

    • Re:December==Autumn? (Score:4, Informative)

      by bj8rn ( 583532 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:17PM (#7013553)
      Where I live, winter begins on 22nd of December. I figure it's the same in the UK.
    • You sir, are obviously a C/C++/Java/Related programmer, testing equality with two equal signs.

      I of course would never make this mistake in a TRUE programming launguage:
      If number=3 then goto 140

      Yay, BASIC rules!

      Nice Troll, it was just a joke, you can go back to your cave now, nice troll, nice trolly, nice ...
      *GULP*

      *burp*
      • Obscure Programming language time:

        -IF &NUMBER EQ 3 THEN GOTO LABEL140 ;

        Any takers?

        • well, the goto i never learned cause its bad programming form, but the rest looks like bash:-D
          • Nope, it has to be Upper Case, and -IF .. THEN .. GOTO used to be the only flow control. So it wasn't bad form, you had no choice.

            It now has loops, e.g.
            -SET &INDEX = 0 ;
            -REPEAT LOOPFLAG FOR &INDEX FROM 1 TO 5 STEP 1
            -TYPE HELLO, INDEX = &INDEX
            -LOOPFLAG

            And yes it is a pain, but it's a control language called DIALOG MANAGER for the FOCUS 4GL.

            Best bit of Focus is that assignments are the other way round so all the logic controlling a variables value may be in the same place, e.g. (excuse /. forma

  • Still can't beat the books (Score:4, Interesting)

    by fox2mike ( 706370 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:09PM (#7013509) Homepage Journal
    Somehow LOTR has an amazing feel when your reading the book...but not when your seeing the movie as such. Its been that way with almost *all* movies made from books...the book was better than the movie.

    Nevertheless need to give credit to the guys for making a movie out of such a huge book :) sadly I guess am too far off to be visiting the exhibition.

    • Re:Still can't beat the books (Score:1, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Next up: Wheel of Time, TEH MOVIE!!!11
    • well, i bet this fish has been beaten death quite a number of times..

      but they're different mediums.

      or you could argue that opera version of some theatretical play is better than the plain theatre version, but there would be very little point in it. as a game the quite new title pirates of the caribbean sucks but the movie on the other hand is ok, and they have just about much in common as a book and a movie would have with the same title and resemblance in characters.

      the movies are ok movies, and that is
    • I share your opinion that pretty much all movies are not quite as good as the book. (one of the few exceptions is that I liked the movie version of Minority Report better than the short story "Minority Report".) The LOTR movies however come very close to the fullfilling the the reality of the books. Considering the amount of decisons required to reduce a 1000 page work into a mere 12 hours(I think), they were remarkably true to their sorce.
      Only IMHO of course, feel free to flame me and mod me down.

  • LOTR (Score:2, Funny)

    by Gantic ( 460802 )
    We all know who the real lord of the rings is, Cowboy Neil! I mean that literally rather than metaphorically which is what is so grim about it
  • That reminds me. My current plan for getting out of spending the holidays with the family is to find a place far away from them to catch a LOtR 3 Movie Marathon in a theatre. My family is on the East Coast U.S., so I'm looking for the midwest or west coast, but do people know of any theatres that plan to do this?

    • How many hours sitting in one spot?

      Why not do this:
      Wait until all extended versions are out and get/rent a big screen tv.

      Watch at your own pace with more movie.

      • Re:LOtR 3 Movie Marathon (Score:5, Informative)

        by sllim ( 95682 ) <achance@earthlink . n et> on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:27PM (#7013595)
        The ARE the extended versions.
        It is a promotional gimmick. They are rereleasing the first two movies on celluloid a couple weeks before the premier of ROTK. The rerelease is the extended version from the DVD's.

        However Peter Jackson has been upfront about this thing. He says it is purely promotional and they are only doing like 100 theaters with it.

        So you are gonna have to be lucky if you want to see it.
    • These same extended version will be shown separately, so that you don't have to see them at the same time. I personally was thinking about the marathon session, but my brains got the better of me and said "hey fool you'll sleep through the l33t showing of r0tK if you do that!"

  • high tech? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by hangingonwords ( 581642 )
    i took a look at the link, skimmed through the little article and i must admit, the the suits of armor in the picture i saw looked VERY high tech... i'm sure any knight these days would love to replace his old rusty 20th century suit of armor with one of the high tech one's shown in the picture...

  • 0? (Score:1, Redundant)

    by TwistedGreen ( 80055 )
    ...any particular reason that LOTR is spelt with a zero?

  • "L0tR" (Score:5, Funny)

    by dupper ( 470576 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:13PM (#7013528) Journal
    Aren't you the hip little AOLer.

  • : D (Score:1)

    by CGP314 ( 672613 )
    w00t!

    Glad I just moved to London just in time :)
  • It is a common misconception that LotR is a trilogy. It is not. It is a single novel, composed of six books, commonly published in three volumes. From this, the movies are really more like the first, second and third discs in a really really long movie.

    (Sorry. Just one of my pet peeves.)

  • Great timing! (Score:4, Interesting)

    by FrostedWheat ( 172733 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:26PM (#7013594)
    Just the right time for those traveling to the Linux Expo 2003 [linuxexpo.co.uk]. Sweet!

    And here was me thinking this country was boring. :)
  • Who finds it a little strange that a science and history museum is having an exhibition dedicated to a work of fiction ?
    • Not at all... however such places are usually the only spots you can find i-max films.

    • Re:Am I the only person (Score:5, Informative)

      by dswensen ( 252552 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:39PM (#7013641) Homepage
      RTFA.

      It focuses on the science and technology that made the films possible - from computer-generated
      special effects to animatronics.

      Separate areas of the exhibition will explain major technological aspects of the films.

      It's not dedicated to the work of fiction itself, but to the science and technology that allowed the creation of said work of fiction.

      The purpose to which the technology is put doesn't render it invalid as technology. Frankly, given the predominance of film and computer entertainment in modern day, I think this is very relevant from a cultural perspective.
      • Actually the publicity is just justification for showing the exhibition. I saw it when it was in Wellington. Although the science and technology (greenscreen and forced perspective and CGI; and I suppose prosthetics count too) were significant aspects of the exhibition, the main portion of the show were the exhibits/props themselves.

        Most of the costumes and props were in the movies for seconds or less, or from a distance. The exhibition allowed for extended close-up viewing and appreciation of the craft

    • I find nothing strange about an exhibition dedicated to "the cutting-edge technology used to bring the story to life." Wouldn't it be normal for a science and history museum to showcase a piece of technology that has significantly affected culture in the English speaking world?

      Not enough movies with expensive CG are based on a true story to justify the obvious response.

    • Re:Am I the only person (Score:3, Informative)

      by ckd ( 72611 )

      Who finds it a little strange that a science and history museum is having an exhibition dedicated to a work of fiction ?

      It's not the first time they've done something like this...they did a James Bond exhibition [sciencemuseum.org.uk] earlier.

      Y'see, many of the museums in the UK no longer charge admission for regular exhibits (though many have donation boxes at the entrances)...special exhibits like this are a way to both get more people to visit and to make some extra money.

  • Yawn :-) (Score:4, Interesting)

    by traskjd ( 580657 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @04:37PM (#7013632) Homepage
    This is old, we had the exhibition here in NZ for a year or so.

    It is a good one however - I highly recomend everyone who can see it to go and see it :)

    - traskjd
    • Yeah, and the part that most impressed me was the notice that "we regret that Gimli and Legolas's constumes have been returned for further filming"--it gave the exhibition a wonderful authenticity.

      BTW, did anyone else in NZ notice the waterwheel on the Hobbiton mill was spinning the wrong way?
      • I'll be looking for that backwards waterwheel the next time I see the film, but I'd bet that was aliasing, just like wagon wheels in old westerns.
    • Do you know if the exhibit has a url where I can check if/when it will show in the northeastern United States?
      • Check with the Science Museum in Boston for exact dates, but ETA is August 2004 by the looks of it, after London and Singapore. Only Sydney gets to see it after Boston, but there are vague hints on the London Science Museum site that they may already be thinking about another tour after this one finishes.

        http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/10441767 29

  • Old News (Score:1, Redundant)

    by popo ( 107611 )

    The exhibition launched prior to the film and was first displayed in Wellington, NZ where it received enormous amounts of international press.

    The content and existence of the exhibition are OLD news. Hell, I saw it a year ago.

    The real news here I suppose is that now its showing in London. ... gee... that's nice.

  • What's the point? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    For years after the original "Star Wars" trilogy, the media fawned over Lucas's talent for special effects. Oooh, aaah, stop-motion model animation and claymation and hand-drawn elements. I remember the documentaries on the making of "Return of the Jedi"--all about models of Jabba's barge and such.

    So when "The Phantom Menace" arrives, we get our reward for years of patting George on the head and saying "Good BOY!": brilliant special effects that scream THIS IS A SPECIAL EFFECT, and a script apparently ad
    • ...and a script apparently adapted from a group of six-year-old boys playing Jedi Knights in their back yard.

      Not only that; Lucas cut out all the interesting parts.

      • Re:What's the point? (Score:1, Funny)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Not only that; Lucas cut out all the interesting parts.

        But I really didn't want to see Jar Jar naked.

  • Also at the London Science Museum... (Score:5, Informative)

    by FTL ( 112112 ) * <slashdot&neil,fraser,name> on Saturday September 20, 2003 @05:01PM (#7013725) Homepage
    If you are visiting London's Science Museum don't forget to visit [fraser.name] the Charles Babbage exhibit [sciencemuseum.org.uk]. You'll never look at a computer in quite the same way again.

    • I was there last Wednesday - the Differential Engine II is built according to the specs Babbage laid out but they were unable to build it in his time - the Science Museum commisioned it I believe.

      Apart from the Babbage stuff, the computer department wasn't too impressive IMHO. I did like the real WW2 V2 rocket they have on display - I didn't realize it was so huge till I saw it! And the actual Apollo 8 capsule that went around the moon (test-driving for the Apollo 11) was also neat.

      Their display of sevent

    • I never looked at a computer that way in the first place, l4m3r.

  • Seen it - It's great (Score:3, Informative)

    by Coryoth ( 254751 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @06:10PM (#7014096) Homepage Journal
    It was on show in Wellington New Zealand for a few months. I went a couple times. It is a fantastic exhibition, with a huge amunt of the props, costumes and models, as well as a lot of detail on how various CGI things were done. Everything from the shards of Narsil, to orginal design sketches by Alan Lee.

    I highly recommend attending if it you get the chance.

    Jedidiah
  • This show is pretty good. It consists mostly of videos describing how various special effects were made, and various props on display.

    However, the only "high tech toy" that you can explore of any memorability was the altered perspective wagon chair that lets you see yourself twice the size of the friend sitting next to you.
  • It is 'forced perspective' not 'false perspective' as it is stated in the article. It is amazing how many people say this wrong, but I must admit that it makes sense both ways...
  • It is there now... I know someone who went there last week

  • Been there, done that... a year ago! (Score:3, Interesting)

    by mindslip ( 16677 ) on Saturday September 20, 2003 @08:20PM (#7014754)
    It's a great exhibition. I saw it when it came out in Wellington, NZ.

    Give yourself at *least* 2 hours to really appreciate the detail in all the costumes, etc. It's amazing the work Weta has put into it.

    mindslip
  • We had a St4r Tr3k exhibition here not too long ago.
  • ...comes the new 'L0tR'. It's Zero Cool!

  • Geekiness (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I suppose this will get modded down to Troll status.....but LoTR has surpassed Star Wars, anime/hentai, "Wizard" magazine, and even Star Trek as quite possibly the geekiest thing ever. Remember the thread here on /. about the people who'd invented an Elvish language and all the hoots they got?

    I'm sick of hearing about it. This from a man who has watched & followed SW religiously since 1977; was a devoted fan of ST until B5 came along, and who can't wait for the next Alan Moore comic book.

    Jeez, guys. R

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