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demnation
Rohan
Feb 22 2015, 2:41am
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Have to ask: who or what are the All Blacks?
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I think I may have answered the interviewers question about whether the Tolkien brand is more recognizable overseas than the All Blacks.
But anyway a very interesting article. A few things I take from it: these films have been good for New Zealand, the studios have not done enough to capitalize on this gold mine, and NZ will obviously will have to look to different places to attract more people in the future. Thanks for sharing!
"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule." Gandalf, "The Last Debate."
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Starling
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Feb 22 2015, 2:46am
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The All Blacks are the best rugby team in the world //
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Bombadil
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Feb 22 2015, 12:21pm
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Bom LOVES how they do a "Haka"
before each GAME...In Fact there is!... a place on the Internet
That allows you to watch the TOP TEN Hakas
before World Cup games...
IT is hilarious!!!!... to see HOW Intimidated
the OTHER TEAMS get....
Found it! just Type.... New Zealand Haka
SSOooo...WAyCOOL!
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 23 2015, 3:01am
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yes they are! and they also have the best Haka
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http://www.allblacks.com/
I discovered them around the time I went to NZ and I'm completely addicted.
do a search for "new Zealand all blacks haka" to see I mean.
My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 23 2015, 3:05am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gbj_ig09WQ
My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Kirly7/LOTRNewZealandTour#
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 23 2015, 3:21am
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Financial commentator Bernard Hickey
said
"New Zealand wasted an opportunity to create something really spectacular," Hickey says. "Why there is not a proper studio tour in Wellington is a mystery.
"Hobbiton is nice but it is really just a stroll around a paddock. And the Weta Cave is a visit to a small house to see some props in a glass case ... it is over in the blink of an eye.
"The Harry Potter tour costs a small fortune but you get a full day out and a 3D, high-tech experience.
Warner Brothers also made the Middle Earth films and they are just as popular, so why is there nothing similar over here?"
Hickey thinks better infrastructure should be in place, because significant tax breaks were granted to get the movies made here.
"Sir Peter Jackson's films are timeless and will generate love for a very long time to come. The films are worthy of investment in a proper, international-class studio tour in our capital city.
"Can we really expect people to fly 24 hours to New Zealand for a walk about Hobbiton and a cup of coffee when there are far more impressive movie set attractions elsewhere in the world?"
Hickey completely misses the point that the "studio" IS New Zealand itself. Its incomparable beauty IS the backdrop for these movies. The entire country is the studio tour! As much as I would love to have all the props and such in a single museum (Te Papa, perhaps?), and I do so hope that will happen some day, what we get in the landscapes is unbelievable.
My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
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Starling
Half-elven
Feb 23 2015, 7:19am
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They have the best All Blacks haka, but not the best haka
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If you are interested in haka, don't base your learning only on the All Blacks. There is a world of glorious haka out there.
This is a haka!
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Feb 23 2015, 3:49pm
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Starling... Is there a Translation?
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In English would it mean "War Dance"?
Funny, since
Bom has been thinking
About the Movie "The Imitation Game" but
You could call a Haka, An "INTIMIDATION Game"?
WHICH could be a Alternative.... Definition for HAKA..
Sorry, but Bomby is Laughing & his OWN joke...
*..TeeHeHe..*
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Feb 23 2015, 5:26pm
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GREAT... you Always have the Best
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most Complete Story to help us
who are NOT Kiwi's to understand...
WayCOOL, Thanks
bom
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Feb 23 2015, 5:58pm
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I've seen the props in a travelling tour....
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... in Boston, and that was cool. I wore out my arm holding my sketchbook, because, no cameras.
BUT IF I COULD, I WOULD FLY TO NZ IN A HEARTBEAT!!!!
Because, Middle Earth.
And hakas.
And I'd need about 265716491 major GB camera cards and batteries...
Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Feb 23 2015, 6:00pm
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... The Maoris and the Hawaiians are related....
and I can't figure out through Mr Google if the Hawaiians have a haka... hula yes, but that's different... sort of...
Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Feb 23 2015, 6:11pm
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this guy needs to read Last Child in the Woods...
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"Financial commentator Bernard Hickey has taken his two kids to Hobbiton and to the Weta Cave Workshop Tour in Wellington.
He believes neither compare with overseas "film tourism" attractions such as the smash-hit Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio tour in London, which he has also visited."
Last Child in the Woods (Richard Louv) points out our culture's disconnect with nature, our constant plugged-in-ness, best illustrated by the 8year old's quote: "I like to play inside, because that's where all the electrical outlets are..."
Middle Earth and NZ do not need a gazillion dollar high-tech 3D extravaganza. That's not what Middle Earth is about. Tolkien's work is infused with a deep respect and awe of the natural world. The films reflect this.
It's nice to see the props, to learn something of the wizardry behind the effects.. but the real star of the films is NZ itself. The mountains, rivers, far flung fields.
If I want high tech wizardry, I'll check out the extras on the DVDs.
if I want to immerse myself in Middle Earth, I'll come to NZ.
Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 23 2015, 9:19pm
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Indeed! Thank you for that info! ///
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My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 23 2015, 9:20pm
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The traveling show didn't come to my city. ///
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My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Kirly7/LOTRNewZealandTour#
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 23 2015, 9:22pm
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You said it so much better than I did. 
My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Kirly7/LOTRNewZealandTour#
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Feb 24 2015, 1:57am
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it was a very good travelling show!
the whole Dead Boromir in a Boat thing was kind of eerie though...
Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...
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