No Name Change For Rings Sequel

By Jack December 27, 2001 9:33 AM

(SB) - Director Peter Jackson has acknowledged that he has qualms about releasing the first sequel of the Lord of the Rings trilogy under its original title, The Two Towers. However, he told the Wellington, New Zealand Evening Post that, despite its similarity to The Twin Towers, the alternative name of the World Trade Center, he probably won't change it. "Tolkien fans would kill us," he said. "It's true that I've thought about what that title means now," Jackson told the newspaper. "I just pray that by the time the second movie comes out, it won't cause any controversy." It is due to be released in Dec. 2002. The newspaper also revealed that Ian McKellen will return as Gandalf in the second film, looking younger and stronger than he does in the Fellowship of the Ring. (In recent interviews McKellen has demonstrated how he affected an old-man's voice to accompany his old-man's makeup in the current Rings episode.)

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RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on December 27, 2001 9:44 AM

I doubt anyone would be offended, however the PR staff are obviously under the gun right now, and will simply have to exercise good and sensetive judgement.

RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on December 27, 2001 10:02 AM

Anytime anyone shows the slightest strain of success they go under the gun.. that's just the way it is.

RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 27, 2001 4:46 PM

Jack,
You are wrong, but I think your still sweet. The world does not go under a gun, only people can put you under gun. Nice try though.

Skullfire

RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on December 27, 2001 5:37 PM

I understand..

RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 27, 2001 5:52 PM

I don't think you have the intellect to understand. I have been argueing with a large amount of Americans for some time now on this site, and I really do think that your all a bit foolish, and cannot percieve things as well as South Americans can. No offense to you personally Jack, but you just don't have a fuking clue. Perhaps over time I can educate you.

Skullfire

Hee Hee reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on December 27, 2001 7:27 PM

I always think it's funny to watch someone [cowardly pretending to be skullfire] with no grammar skilz trying to crack on another's intellect.

Rock on Skullfire! You could have a field day bashing stupid Americans in the town I'm in right now - with grammar skills or otherwise.

I didn't even think of this reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on December 27, 2001 10:24 PM

I read the book a long time ago, and to me "The Two Towers" has always meant the title of the very book. Now if it was called "The WTC explosion" or "Sept 11. 2001 - a space odyssey" or "Firey hole in the ground where lots of people met their fate after a plane crashed" I could understand.

But I think it's just completely absurd that this is even an issue. Too many people in this country who forget that they're naked underneath their clothes to accept their reeality.

RE: I didn't even think of this reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 28, 2001 1:00 AM

Great! Thanks to sensitive Americans over-reacting we will never get to see a movie with a tower or a plane crash or anything they feel like crying about. No offense, but I think that this is going too far and needs to be addressed. I mean the spiderman movie deleted a scene that I thought was absolutely awesome and a great idea but because it used the twin towers it has been deleted, even though it was made before the tragedy. Come on you yanks... stop your crying, I thought you were tougher than this, but I guess thats all hype too. There are countries all over the world who have suffered similar tragedy and sometimes worse... do you think they have a nervous breakdown if they saw something similar in a movie?

Agreed reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on December 28, 2001 5:59 AM

No kidding! Remember that cool movie 'Alive' Imagine if the release date for that was 16 Sep. 2001. They would hav had to scrap the whole film, and a great story for the ages would have been supressed.

RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on December 28, 2001 11:13 AM

Don't try to impersonate me discussing with other people just because you don't like my opinion. That only shows you're a coward and an intolerant person. South americans have the view of the oppressed, which is sometimes more rich than yours. I'm just showing mine, and if you're as smart as you think you are, could do the same with respect for the others.

If you can't, maybe I would shoot a video with other impostors named "The Real Skullfire", and then sit next to Britney Spears.

RE: Agreed reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on December 28, 2001 11:21 AM

If USA erase WTC of everything, then the terrorist will reach the objective, which is disrupt a way of life. I think that's not a way of remember all those dead people, and the courage showed by the survivors, the police and the fire department. Facing WTC image, you should remember with pain, but with pride, to honnor them.
Besides, it's stupid act like nothing was there. What about, for example, Friend's reruns? Or old movies of NY? Denial isn't a good way.

oops reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on December 28, 2001 11:30 AM

I've been reading back comments to learn more about you, skullfire. This comment was the first, and so all of you I knew was the impostor. Imitation is flattery.

I commend your immaculate grasp of English grammar, and shift my previous comment to support this comment to which I reply.

RE: No Name Change For Rings Sequel reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 28, 2001 4:52 PM

ed - u - ma - cate

RE: Agreed reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 28, 2001 4:54 PM

how will king kong end if they ever blow up the empire state building?

alolthe cool people get copied anyway reply

Posted by power-trip (powertripz@hotmail.com) on December 28, 2001 5:38 PM

Relax skully--all the cool people get copied anyway. Right, tiny?

RE: Agreed reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 29, 2001 9:09 PM

I think we should put the WTC in as many films as we can so that the terrorists know that we are proud not afraid. But judgeing by all the controversey (Spiderman, LOTR sequel etc...) we are not only afraid but a wee bit sensitive too. I mean its not like we can pretend that the WTC never existed, after all it was a huge part of NYC and now its been reduced to an unmentionable and unviewable icon. I mean we should be making tributes to the place not bloody boycotting the issue alltogether. Friggin Pussy's!!

People need to be more sensitive reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2002 11:10 AM

I think that from now on-

-There is no more number "11" as it looks too much like the WTC. It is now to be known as "14-3" (notice that I avoided 12-1 as that has 2 "1"'s in it)

-The word "world" is now "Big Blue Ball" to avoid any references to 9/14-3.

-The word tower is now forbidden. It is now replaced with big rectangle (or whatever basic geometric shape).

- Planes no longer "crash", they now have "aborted upward mobility".

- beginning next month all Americans will have a chip implanetd in their heads that will fire an electric shock whenever any thought about the "look kinda like each other big rectangles" that experienced 5-3 occasions of aborted upward mobility by wingy thingies that caused more warm events then normal to be experienced. The big rectangles then had vertical stance retrograde.

OK? This should help.