Chatty Hollywood

? As a fan of TRPG games (board games), Howard has been looking forward to the movie "The Lord of the Rings" adapted from Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" for a long time.

He, Rajesh, Leonard, and Sheldon often go down to the Moria Mine together on weekends.

-- in tabletop games, of course.

At that time, others always cast Howard, the shortest, in the Hobbit role.

Howard has been working hard to resist this...

However, this is not the point.

The point is, when four people play a tabletop game about "The Lord of the Rings" together, they can't help but enjoy what this movie version of "The Lord of the Rings" will be like...

Anyway, not only Howard, but also the foursome have been looking forward to it.

However, at this time, as the release time of "Lord of the Rings 1" is gradually approaching, Howard is a little confused whether he should go see it or not.

From the bottom of his heart, he really wanted to go;

However, although 911 happened in New York and Washington, it actually had a great impact on the otakus at Caltech——

Among other things, Sheldon even became a doomsday survival enthusiast.

——Only on paper, of course.

In Howard's view, if this thin bamboo pole who always discriminates against his master's degree cannot overcome his obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia, then he will not be able to play in Forest Park for long, let alone survive in the apocalypse...

And Leonard is no less generous——

Because of the excitement of 911, he had the audacity to propose to Penny, who had finally agreed to date him!

What's even more exaggerated is that Penny actually agreed to him! !

This is simply a flower stuck in cow dung! ! !

——Howard feels that the end of the world must be coming soon.

Especially the reason why Penny agreed——

"I always thought I was still young, but this incident made me realize that death can come at any time, and when I don't want to die, I will still be alone..."

Because of the impact of 911,

This usually carefree girl suddenly became extremely emotional.

This made Howard couldn't help but doubt that even if he proposed marriage, he might be able to succeed.

"However, as Leonard's good friend, I still won't compete with him!"

Howard thought feeling good about himself.

As for Rajesh, Howard's Indian friend was not greatly affected by 911, but the main reason Howard thought was that he was from India.

That place in India...

Well, Howard hasn't actually been to India.

However, as a typical American, it is not strange for Howard to subconsciously feel that places outside North America are chaotic.

What's more, as an Indian young man who is unwilling to return to India, Rajesh rarely instills a positive image of India into Howard...

In short, like his friends, Howard was also affected by 911——

More often than not, he is reluctant to go to public places, preferring to stay at home and be yelled at by his mother.

——Well, as a qualified Jewish young man, it is not strange to live with his old mother.

Who said that in a broad sense, all people born to Jewish mothers are considered Jews?

——The Jews are the most famous nation in the world that uses matrilineal descent to judge generational relationships.

In this case, Howard didn't think there was anything wrong with his situation.

He just really wanted to watch the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings", and because of the impact of 911, he was a little worried about going to the cinema. This made Howard quite entangled.

Until he saw the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings", which is the second trailer of "The Lord of the Rings"——

"This should be Rivendell Valley, right?"

Looking at the beautiful elf land in the trailer, Howard's originally anxious mood gradually became peaceful.

He thought the scenery was so beautiful.

"It would be great to live in a place like this!"

Howard thought leisurely in his mind until the scene in the trailer changed and switched to the scene of Ciel.

——That is the hometown of the protagonist Frodo and other hobbits.

Out of his love for The Hobbit, Peter Jackson gave 120% of his performance when filming scenes about the Shire.

Coupled with the all-out efforts of the special effects department of Spectre Studio and the cheerful and leisurely music - the scenery of the Shire really looks like a beautiful oil painting in the trailer.

"It's like heaven!"

Howard sighed in his heart.

Especially when he saw the hobbit's cozy cabin that looked like a garden on the outside but a bit like a cave on the inside, Howard instinctively felt a sense of warmth.

"Maybe after I get married, I can build a house like this!"

Howard thought so.

But he forgot that because of his short stature, he was always asked by his friends to play the role of a hobbit in TRPG games.

——It is estimated that if he really lived in a hobbit-style house, his nickname would be even more difficult to escape...

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And Howard is not the only one who likes the cozy cave-like cabin of the Hobbit.

Emily and Gianna also like this natural, comfortable and warm style.

Especially Emily, while admiring the trailer, which was completely different from the first version, she recalled the tree house she built with her dad when she was a child.

"I wonder if that tree house is still there?"

Emily was a little distracted.

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There are actually many viewers who are as lost as Emily.

On the one hand, everyone was surprised by the beauty of Shire and Rivendell in the trailer;

On the other hand, everyone is also curious, is the "Lord of the Rings" in this trailer really the same movie as the "Lord of the Rings" in the first standard epic movie trailer?

People who have read the original "Lord of the Rings" want to know more about this visualized world of Middle-earth;

And for those who have not read the original work, their curiosity has been completely aroused——

"Since the scenery in the second trailer can be so peaceful and beautiful, it at least shows that this movie will not be a pure fight and killing - just being able to appreciate the scenery of this fantasy world is already worth the ticket price! "

Anyway, that's what Diana told her boyfriend Andrew.

And there are many, many viewers who hold the same idea as her...

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In fact, some major commercial productions in Hollywood will release two or three trailers one after another before they are released. However, the normal practice is to gradually increase the content of the trailers and reveal to the audience bit by bit. A corner of the story veil.

Overall, the style and context of the trailer is still the same.

However, under Charlotte's leadership, this second trailer for "The Lord of the Rings" is completely opposite to this conventional approach, and it even looks like a completely different story.

This is a trick Charlotte learned from the Internet in later generations——

After all, at that time, even "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" could be edited into "Fist of the North Star" without any sense of violation.

The trailer of "Interstellar" can be connected with the trailer of "Star Wars 7", making others think that Matthew McConaughey is preparing to see "Star Wars" again after so many years. The story continues and I am deeply moved...

Therefore, it is not unusual for two trailers with completely different styles to tell the same movie story.

However, in 2001, this method was still quite novel.

Many viewers also became interested in "Lord of the Rings 1". Even the panic caused by 911 seemed to have dissipated in the picturesque pastoral scenery of the Shire...