Re: European Military Not Up To Par?

["Erik Sandelin" <esand@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Being a HUGE Lord of the Rings fan for the last 20+ years, I was very
pleasantly surprised at how well NZ evoked the feel and look of Middle
Earth. Obviously Tolkien was envisioning England when he wrote LOTR, and so
I had my doubts when it was announced that New Zealand was where the films
were going to be shot, but it turned out to be just about perfect.

My wife and I wanted to go to NZ for a vacation someday anyway (having
already been to England and loving it), but now the opportunity to see some
of the places where LOTR was filmed just adds to the motivation.

(that and the chance, however remote, of maybe getting to see a big
Architeuthis getting pulled out of Kaikoura Canyon :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Harrison" <juni0r@clear.net.nz>
To: <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: European Military Not Up To Par?


> At 15:14 8/02/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >A quick vote of thanks to my cousins in NZ for the fantastic scenery in
> >LoTR!!
> >
> >Ann
> >(British, transplanted to US)
>
> No problem at all Ann, was a pleasure.  I think it adds to the whole
> feeling when you see such a place (speaking from a foreigners point of
> view) and can't sort of say, oh I've been there, I know that
> place.  (though indeed some who have been here can) For us it was great
for
> the opposite reason, seeing places we've been or visited as kids and go -
> woooh cool.  A mate of mine got to be one of the Urak-Hai.  He was in the
> front ranks of one of the major battles so got bashed about quite a bit
> :)   It's just incredible the comments that have been coming in.  I'm sure
> that some people think the entire thing was one big set, but I say, nope,
> I've been there.  We can often take so much for granted.  A real buzz is
> felt to think the greatest story ever told was filmed in my very own
country.
>
> It's a ,magical place and I think Tolkien would have loved the efforts
> made.  Peter Jackson (Director) has come a long way.  The only thing that
> upset me was the first film ended and we have to wait another year for the
> next installment :(
>
> Leon
>
>
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