[thechat] Leaked Trailer for The Return of the King (fwd)

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Mon Jan 27 04:58:01 CST 2003


A recently leaked trailer for The Return of the King has Tolkien fans
outraged over the apparent addition of a new character - Jar-Jaromir.

The scene depicted in the trailer shows Jar-Jaromir shouting, "Gondora
gonna fallsa"; he then trips over a corpse and knocks down a couple of
Uruk-hai.

Producers of The Lord of the Rings trilogy confirmed the addition of the
half-brother of Boromir and Faramir. "While The Two Towers is performing
better at the box office than The Fellowship of the Ring, we are worried
about a demographic that is skewing much older than desired. More mature
fans are very good to have, but it's the younger fans who buy the
merchandise. That's really what brings in the bucks on a movie like this,"
said producer Tim Wilcox.

"People complained a lot about Gimli just being there for comic relief,"
continued Wilcox. "We answer that criticism by directing the humour through
Jar-Jaromir in The Return of the King. There's this funny scene where
Jar-Jaromir decides it's best to hand the ring over to Sauron, but then he
drops it and kicks it into Mount Doom. Hi-larious."

Purists, miffed by the deviations in The Two Towers, were so enraged by
Jar-Jaromir as to be rendered speechless. A less pure, calmer fan who was
able to form words said, "Tolkien mentioned a lot of different races and
creatures, but never a Gungan or even a half-Gungan. I think I'm going to
vomit."

One fan tried to rationalize the move. "Maybe the Star Wars universe and
Middle-Earth intersect. Middle-Earth certainly is a long time ago and why
couldn't it be in 'a galaxy far, far away?' Nothing said it's our earth."
He then broke down and started crying.

Director Peter Jackson explained how the Jar-Jaromir character was added
after all the other footage had already been shot. "That's the brilliant
thing about digital editing and graphics. We didn't even imagine
Jar-Jaromir in the movie until a couple of weeks ago, but now we can just
edit him right into the key scenes. I really think it's going to be a hit
with the toddlers." Jackson added, "I just love it when he shouts, 'Yousa
steala precious from meesa!'"






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