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| # Posted 2008-01-08 05:49:51 | |
| jeffw: | I thought the same thing while watching these movies. I guess this must go under the topic, "You know you are an orienteer if..." |
| # Posted 2008-01-08 07:42:47 | |
| Bash: | A sprint around Hobbiton would be awesome. |
| # Posted 2008-01-08 08:56:27 | |
| jjcote: | I like the terrain that Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are on at the beginning of The Two Towers, when they're chasing the Uruk-Hai, before they get to Rohan (although that first glimpse of Rohan also looks very cool). The really excellent thing is that almost all of that stuff is real terrain that exists in New Zealand. In contrast, I saw The Golden Compass this past weekend, and I'm pretty sure that there wasn't a single frame shot outside of a soundstage. A few scenes were presumably on constructed sets, but I'll bet most of it was just shot in a big empty blue room, with everything else added later by computer. |
| # Posted 2008-01-08 22:32:00 | |
| cmorse: | The extended DVD's I have at home have a bit about what parts of NZ different scenes were shot in. Hobbiton was built up for the movie and presumably all removed after filming (a shame).
But the TT opening sequence was shot on pretty much unmodified terrain - perhaps its already been mapped :-) It'd be pretty cool to go to NZ and run a series of races on LOTR related terrain maps... |
| # Posted 2008-01-08 22:54:19 | |
| Cristina: | There's a neat map of filming locations which make it clear that the Wellington area is worth visiting for such a purpose. I'll be on the North Island later this month and will report back! |
| # Posted 2008-01-09 03:08:39 | |
| peggyd: | My niece went to NZ as an exchange student almost exclusively because of her love of LOTR. But she doesn't orienteer, so it wasn't so she could run around in the terrain. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 04:49:14 | |
| Bash: | When we were in NZ last year, you could pay to take a tour of the Hobbiton terrain - but many signs of the hobbit village had been removed. We decided to give it a pass even though it looked beautiful. Really, the whole country looks like Lord of The Rings!
The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook has some beautiful and interesting photos showing many of the movie locations. Although it provides GPS coordinates, it doesn't include detailed maps or directions. Some of the locations are on private property or inaccessible by road, and thus can't be visited. However, the main reason is that the author simply wrote the guidebook to show the locations, not to direct people to visit them. (Too bad.) |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 07:26:02 | |
| barb: | Cristina, I have some O maps from the north island. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 07:27:12 | |
| barb: | I think I may have already revealed this embarrassing secret, but:
You know you are an orienteer when you fantasize about doing a rogaine with Viggo. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 08:02:30 | |
| Cristina: | I'm not sure that that has much to do with your love of orienteering, Barb. Especially since you say Viggo rather than Aragorn... I imagine that you are not the only woman who would want to spend 24 hours alone with him. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 08:10:32 | |
| kissy: | Count me in! |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 08:15:42 | |
| Cristina: | Sorry, we already worked it out. Barb gets even days, I get odds. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 11:32:09 | |
| Swampfox: | And just what are we to presume happens when barb goes rogaining with PG???? What a scandal! |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 17:55:17 | |
| Charlie: | Not the first time PG has been portrayed by a movie star. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 18:15:22 | |
| barb: | I'm confused. What would happen other than... rogaining? I can honestly think of no activity more enjoyable. At least in retrospect, or anticipation. |
| # Posted 2008-01-10 18:36:21 | |
| Cristina: | Well, now barb is showing what an orienteer she is. Sheesh. |
| # Posted 2008-01-11 07:34:43 | |
| Bash: | Au contraire... what real orienteer would fantasize about trading PG for Viggo as a rogaine partner if she's actually planning to rogaine? I mean, *really*. |
| # Posted 2008-01-11 09:10:20 | |
| Swampfox: | Charlie, here's some inside movie trivia: that's not Tom playing PG, that's PG playing Tom playing PG. You can tell by close inspection of the O' pants, which are just a little too leathery and shredded. Hollywood has never quite succeeded in getting faux O' pants to look like the real thing, and those babies are definitely the real thing. |
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