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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Jul 11 2014, 10:51am
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The ghosts of trailers past: revisiting The Lord of the Rings
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While everyone is waiting for the promised teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, I thought folks might enjoy revisiting trailers past. So I've spent a bit of time delving into our archives to dig up the details of all the trailers for The Lord of the Rings that I could find. When did they come out? What movies were they attached to? Did you know one actually debuted on US telly with the Josh Whedon series Angel? I had forgotten that! The other thing that struck me very forcefully was that -- in these days of highly managed press events for The Hobbit -- it's easy to forget just how chaotic (and fun!) the rumour mill around The Lord of the Rings could be at times. Just check out this page to see the swirl of yes/no/maybe that surrounded the teaser trailer for The Return of the King for a period of several weeks. Anyway, enjoy our little trip down memory lane.
The internet preview Released: April 7, 2000 Fronted: The internets, baby! Length: 1 min 44 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: link
The Lord of the Rings trilogy teaser Released: January 12, 2001 Fronted: Thirteen Days Length: 1 min 46 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: link
The Fellowship of the Ring teaser trailer Released: May 25, 2001 Fronted: Pearl Harbor Length: 2 min 27 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: link
The Fellowship of the Ring full trailer Released: September 24, 2001 Fronted: The television premiere of Angel Length: 2 min 51 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis
The Two Towers teaser trailer Released: June 25, 2002 Fronted: Leaked online! Then posted to Apple.com on 1 July. Length: 2 min 3 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: link
The Two Towers full trailer Released: September 30, 2002 Fronted: Exclusive to AOL users (humph!) Length: 3 min 3 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: link
The Return of the King teaser Released: July 30, 2003 Fronted: Leaked to TheOneRing.net (Then New Line made us take it down!) Length: 1 min 3 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: None, for obvious reasons!
The Return of the King full trailer Released: September 27, 2003 Fronted: Leaked on TheOneRing.net then attached to Secondhand Lions Length: 2 min 59 secs Our frame-by-frame analysis: link
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Rivendell
Jul 29 2014, 3:17pm
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i was too young to see them when the films first came out so i never saw the trailers, they seem so strange compared to the really fast paced, scene flashing modern trailers like The Hobbit.
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