Re: Flotsam & Jetsam (list of extended and new scenes from TTT extended DVD

Michael Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:> Entish Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>>   Someone else said he hoped we'd get to see at least some part of
:>> the fight between Gandalf and the Balrog going up the Endless
:>> Stair.  I was too. Sorry, we're both out of luck there.  Just a
:>> bit more at the mountaintop. Hope this info is helpful,
:>> Entish Man
:>
:> They drew some pictures of the "Endless Stair" and of the "Slime
:> Balrog". They are on the extended DVD, but they are not
:> particularly interesting.

: On the contrary, I found them very interesting.  I went to the "Slime
: Balrog" part after seeing it on the booklet, and wondering just what
: it was.

I was wondering what it was too, but I guess I was expecting more
than just sketches.  After about the third or fourth sketch,
I started to lose interest.  I have a feeling that I will find
a lot of the extras on the second DVD less interesting than the
extras on the first, just because they are often more of the same.
I did not know much about movie making, and it was interesting to
see all the different things they did in the first movie, largely
because I had no idea what all was required in making a movie.
Seeing the same sort of stuff, just applied to a different movie,
will just not be as novel, and therefore, not as interesting.

The bit on MASSIVE (or however they spell it), was quite interesting.
Of course, that is more my field anwyay.  I liked the fact that
in some of their original tests, some of the soldiers ran away
from the battle, not because they were deserting, but because
they could not see the enemy, and their default action was to
run until they could see the enemy.

: But I also love development sketches, though they fill me with envy -
: I'd love to be able to imagine and draw like that.
: --
: Michael Martin
: Fides quaerens intellectum.
: Credo ut  intelligum.

What did you think of the Endless Stair sketches?  I had a hard
time figuring out what they were supposed to be.  I think I could
only see a stair in one of them, and even then it was not very 
obvious.

Stephen