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Bg · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 4:31 am

Argh, still two damn long days till I can see the movie.. I joke with my friends how they're gonna make the Balrog.. if he is a huge devil or a tiny annoying imp

The picture:

Jezebel · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 5:10 am

*dies*

hehehe! I love that soooo much!

Ko · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 8:34 am

I assure you... The Balrog in LOTR is cool as hell!!!

- Ko

Osmodius · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 10:18 am

I get to see it after school today...whoo hoo for me! So the balrog is that fat thing in the previews right? They should've made it more like the orks...more angles, instead of flab. Doesn't make it too freaky. But that's all off the subject..like the drawing...heh

Jabberwocky · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 10:20 am

Saw it last night at 12:01. It is really worth seeing. And in 4 hours I get to go see it again!

The orcs are butt ugly, but heck they aren't suppose to be cute huh? And I'm with Ko on that he is done really cool.

[ December 19, 2001: Message edited by: Jabberwocky ]

grimsheep · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 10:24 am

heh, love it

Quasar · member Member # Joined: 01 Oct 2001 Posts: 355

Uhh no osmodius the fat thing in the previews was not the balrog.

Well I dont want to spoil anything but one of them guys in the pic comes a little close.. but how can you make anything that cool in 2D..just seen the movie and I am still blown away

SporQ · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 3:47 pm

no, the fat thing is the cave troll, read the books

omg that movie just rocked so hard. i just wanna talk all about it, but dont wanna ruin it for those who havent seen it. *SporQ bites tongue painfully*

great pic bg, i really like the little guy a lot. his expression is great

Bg · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2001 3:19 am

Thanks all for the kind comments!

Osmodius: (In the trailer) The only thing you see of Balrog is his big burning leg.

One day left... must stay strong..

BooMSticK · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2001 9:33 am

great painting Timo...

,Boom

Suniron · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2001 2:40 pm

I have seeen it on world wide premier you will be surprised how the Balrog loks because its just like the big one on your pic!

sweetpea · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2001 8:19 pm

three words:

best movie EVER!

JeffTheKing · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2001 10:10 pm

just got back from seeing it, must draw balrog.....
*fights with hand over intuos pen* must sleep, no draw balrog!!! i may never recover from this perdicament until i die some 12 days later of exhaustion.

What a beautifully shot film too..

strata · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 2:08 am

grrr and I won't get to see it until the 28th... argh!!

I always figured the balrog to look the way he does in the animated movie... in fact I always figured everyone of the characters to look the way they do in that movie since I was like 4 when I saw it and it was the first thing I heard about the ring...

So a balrog with a jolly big flaming mane, big hoofs, hairy legs, a flaming sword and a whip! Tis mine =)

Oh yeah, and wings.

ken · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 6:55 am

oh man! that is too cool!

-Ken

Bg · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2001 10:23 am

Finally seen the movie, it's definitely the best movie I've ever seen and the best movie I'll be seeing in the next couple of years!! (sequels doesn't count =))

Peter Jackson was very good 10 years ago when he directed Braindead (Dead/Alive in England), but now he's incredible.. Weta Workshop did excellent work with the sets, items, miniatures etc. and Weta Digital doesn't come far behind. The cave troll was very well done and the face was the best part of it.

The Balrog was impressive but I would've done it differently.. The scene where the corridor was lit by the flames and the archer scene after it were awesome, but when "the thing"

itself was finally shown, I would've hoped much more dynamic camera angles.. the character design was fantastic though.

The battle between the elves and orcs in the beginning and Gollum, sweet, veryy sweet!

I'll go watch it again tomorrow!

Daydreamer · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2001 3:39 pm

/me doesnt like khazad-dum..its depicted as an incredible wide hall of huge stonepillars, huh ? yeah, right...and there's the time thingy, i personnaly had the impression that the whole voyage took about say, 2 weeks or something, when it in fact would've taken around 3/4 of a year...

well, whatever, waiting for part II...

Nice pic, made me laugh ;) i dig the lil' imp, and yes, u've come quite close to the original..

.:LR:.