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Do you pack your own food when you go...
to the museums, etc? We just went to a museum yesterday and spent $24 on lousy food. I should have packed our lunch. Do you? What do you bring that travels well and satisfies?
Cheeses, deli meats, breads, cole slaw, even tastycakes. Bottle of wine,iced tea, or lemonade.
tomatoes, veggies, pickles.
Definitely! The usuals include kimbap, jumeok bap (rice balls), or just plain rice; mandu (dumplings), soy braised beef or galbi, SPAM, fried tofu, soy sauce eggs or gaeran mari (rolled egg with seaweed), and/or pickled radish; and cut fruit. Other favorite combinations include wine, cheese, mustard, pickles, and an aged, dried meat like salami; my sad approximation of a banh mi or Italian cold cut sub; or just hard boiled eggs and a bunch of cut up fresh vegetables. Basically anything that does well during a short hike.
No but we are going to start! Last week lunch at the zoo for 4 of us was $51 and it was just cheeseburgers. I think typical picnic fair of sandwiches, fruit and chips is where we will start but I hope to branch out so this thread will be great!
Zoos are one thing, museums are something else. Bringing food into many museums would be...discouraged, let's say, but that's just my guess. Zoos, on the other hand, are open territory.
It's usually easy to check out the menus at museum restos, but not their snack bars, which are often as expensive as, oh, ball parks. Not unreasonable to put up a CHOW request for nearby restaurants when you know you're going to visit a place. I have a list of spots I suggest to folks when they visit our local ones or places like the Metropolitan in NYC.
re: lemons
From the OP, i did not get that the food was taken into a museum. Assumed was picnic outside, maybe my bad.
re: Delucacheesemonger
I have taken food into a museum although I know they discourage it. I might bring a sandwich and then buy something from the museum's restaurant/snack bar such as coffee or a cookie. That way I'm only halfway a cheapskate.
When my kids were younger I always packed lunches whenever we went to museums, aquariums, the beach, sporting events, etc. Certain things should be frugalized, in my opinion, and spending ridiculous amounts of money on bad food-service foods is a no-no in my little world. $24.00 could have purchased a tank of gas at the station for a nice day-trip somewhere else. When the kids were young, it was PPJ all the way, Capri sun, fruit and a little sweet. Now it's a baguette, cheese, or a salad, or a nice sandwich on good bread. All from leftovers or what I have in the house. The economy ain't gettin' any better and I refuse to spend more than I have to.
re: jarona
I used to hate it when amusement parks would check your bags on the way in and confiscate food. I once had my daughter hide one of those yogurt tubes in her shirt to foil the security at Six Flags. Their food is so overpriced!
re: NYCkaren
I never carried any extra baggage when it came to places like Six Flags. Always stuffed the food in my oversized purse and the kids pockets! These places get more than enough money in admission fees--the price of food in these places is ridiculous.
I will say, the Bronx Zoo was a great place to go when my kids were younger b/c they never checked my bags b/c we belonged to the zoo. Ohhhhhh. I miss those days!
re: NYCkaren
Isn't that crazy! The first time it happened to me I came right home, emptied a package of (whispers) feminine product and used that to pack our snacks in. When they whipped open my backpack next time there it was for the world to see. It got closed and handed back to me quick fast and in a hurry! Special diets, food allergies....AND THEY TAKE OUR FOOD???
re: NYCkaren
In HS when ever we went to the Six Flags in NJ we would bring a cooler w/sodas and snacks and stop at a deli for sandwiches. Because they allow you to leave and come back in we would leave the park when we got hungry. And go eat our lunch while driving through the Safari Park (and no, even as teenagers we never fed the animals). It was a nice air conditioned break to allow us to rest between rides.
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But if you live in New York City and don't have a car and take the bus to Six Flags, you have no place to stash a cooler. It's either eat their overpriced food or try to smuggle some in.
re: jarona
Jarona! Exactly my thoughts! I can certainly "afford" the $24 for lunch, but it was 2 slices of bad frozen cheese pizza, chicken nuggets, fries, and a premade turkey sandwich. I did not let the kids get drinks. We had water. Just way too much to spend for bad food. I would have much rather bought 3 dollar double cheeseburgers and 3 small fries at McDonald's! That would have only been $6 and change! And, to me and the kids, it is yummy!
Well, two issues here - cost and quality. The cost doesn't bother me (especially since you don't say if the $24 fed 2, 4, 6....people). But more generally, the reason the cost doesn't bother me is because the museums need the revenue generated by food and merchandise sales to stay open. This is particularly true in the days of state and federal budget cutting and a recession that caused donations to drop. Here in DC, where the museums (except the Spy Museum and the Newseum, which are privately owned) are free, this revenue is particularly critical.
So the cost doesn't bother me.
But lousy food - at any price - does bother me. There is no reason they can't offer a variety of reasonably fresh, reasonably healthy foods.
We do take our own food when traveling by air, for obvious reasons - extremely lousy airport food at ridiculous prices (there are some exceptions, like Argo Tea in the main concourse of of terminal 3 - across from a Starbucks and next to a Cibo, as you head to the H gates). And of course the lousy airline food at ridiculous prices.
But to a museum - generally not, for the above-mentioned reasons. You didn't say which city, but most museums allow you to leave and re-enter, so you can always go to a nearby restaurant if the museum food really is bad.
re: Just Visiting
While I'm all for supporting museums, zoos and aquariums, they so often have terrible food. Especially at zoos. I actually worked for a food vendor at a zoo when I was younger. The burgers were cooked in the morning, and then dropped into a pot of beef broth (chemical-laden, artificial tasting broth) to keep them warm but not dry them out. I'd rather drop a fiver in the donation bucket. No overhead, so they get more money that way.
re: Terrieltr
Most of the art museums I've visited have good, even excellent, food. Other museums (e.g. sports museums) may differ--I don't typically visit those.
I never have have taken food into a museum or similar place. I think that any kind of day outing for me is always a chance to sniff out a new restaurant in the neighborhood that I'll be in. Makes the whole day more fun!
I haven't taken my own food to a museum yet but I can't rule it out for the future. I wouldn't eat in the museum but I see no harm in leaving to sit outside and enjoy my own food.
I do take our own when we travel by air and train. Just did a flab lunch, with wine, on a two hour train ride two weeks ago.
When our son was younger and we would go on outtings, I would almost always take a small lunch bag for him. There was no way I was feeding him the garbage offered at the zoo or where ever we were. I am not cheapskate and the Philly Zoo, Hershey Park, etc. bottom line didn't suffer because of my son's fresh fruit and cheese.
I never pack food because we try to travel light. I stick a credit card and some cash in my pocket, and we're out the door.
It's a hassle to lug around a heavy bag filled with water bottles and lunches. This is especially true at a water / amusement park. You're always looking for places to stash your stuff when you go on the rides. Or, you're the one holding the stuff while everyone else gets wet.
I know the prices are high, but to me, it's like paying for the convenience of not carrying my supplies around all day. Besides, part of the fun of a day trip is trying new food. I've actually had some pretty decent food at zoos - great Gyros and delicious BBQ.
I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but we steer our day trips toward restaurants or food choices that we're interested in. Like heading to the Baltimore Aquarium as an excuse to get crabs for lunch.
All of the zoos and amusement parks I frequent let guests leave the park and reenter on the same day, and most have picnic areas just outside the gates. Growing up, we always packed a picnic in a cooler and left it in the car. It was kind of nice to take a break from the noise and crowds in the middle of the day. Now, I mostly go to Busch Gardens, which has pretty good food with sharable portions, so it isn't too expensive. My cousins also live very close to the park, so we will sometimes just go home for lunch in the middle of the day. For museums, it really depends on the cafeteria options, restaurants in the area, and if there's a good picnic space nearby.
If it's just snacks, and not a full meals, then it's pretty easy to carry a few small snacks in my purse, and either buy drinks or drink from a water fountain. I've also found that most places, especially outdoors, are happy to give away cups of tap water for free - it's much better to give people free water than to have them pass out in the middle of the park :)
Peanut butter always fills me up and you can also bring a banana and put it on the sandwich later. Depending on how long a turkey sandwich may hold up too, just dont put any condiments on it. Either bring with you take from the dinning options available. Protein bars are good. You can always bring oatmeal backs & ask for hot water. I usually always have an apple or an orange on me. Carrots and dip or hummus is a good pick too.
re: treb
+1. Why rely on someone else? And be disappointed-like that lady who threw her airplane meal at the flight attendant because she didn't get a veggie meal. (Just be sure it doesn't smell, as a courtesy to your fellow passengers.)
And recently when I went to the Natural History Museum in NYC, I did bring a lunch. It was in an insulated lunchbag in my backpack. I don't recall having to check my backpack while in the museum. I ate it on a bench in a little park.
Yup. Snacks, and drinks at Disneyworld in a wheeled knapsack. Water, crackers, diet coke (for the kid, of course) granola bars, etc. One of the guards protested until I pointed out the six year old.
They made plenty off me everywhere else. Those guys are masters at painlessly separating you from your money. I had to admire that "disney" card they give you if you stay in the hotels. It doesn't even feel like spending real money, so everyone goes crazy. I can't believe I bought some of those tchotkes.
we love to eat in the national gallery of art's garden café. they have a wonderful buffet themed on the current exhibit. we also like to get tea or coffee to re-gather our energy in the national gallery of art's cascades cafeteria. and my favorite tea break is at the smithsonian castle's little café for an excellent tall cup of earl gray.
as to otherwise taking food, no, because we live very close to the museums...and i don't want to be hauling stuff around in any event. <'cause it would be me doing the hauling ("hey could you put this camera in your purse?"), and not my husband, 'cause that's how it rolls. so i save my self. ;-)>
Nope, we never pack anything. We care much more about convenience than money. We also view outings as opportunities to try new restaurants. It might mean walking around a bit, but we do a lot of that anyway.
As a child, I actually was always annoyed when my family would inevitably pack lunches wherever we went on outings. Mostly because my family always had terrible food and even as a young child, I liked trying new things. It always seemed like a missed opportunity to escape the canned beans and hamburger helper that was ubiquitous at my house.
Funny, I've often found that museums have pretty good food: MOMA & DeYoung in SF, the big art museum in Philly.
We always pack our own. We usually do pb&j since it's easy to transport and doesn't need to be kept cold. We bring grapes, strawberries, carrot sticks, granola bars, and dried fruit as well. Sometimes we bring goldfish....we have 2 toddlers :)
No, like others we try to plan our visits around meals. But then again, it's easy when you travel w/out kids. I do usually have a granola bar or two in my bag and a refillable bottle of water just in case. And luckily I either go to free musuems (DC), have museum memberships, or get free passes from my local library so when we do spend money at the musuem it's not as painful.
I don't see the big problem...as others suggest, eat a good meal before you go and pack a baggie of almonds or any other nut along with raisins that easily fits in a pocket or purse if you feel hunger coming on...it will sustain and nourish you til your next meal.


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Kendall Taylor and her family are driving to North Carolina for a golf tournament.
"We're leaving Thursday so we won't get caught up in the traffic tomorrow because anywhere tomorrow is going to have a lot traffic. No doubt," said Taylor.
According to AAA Mid Atlantic, slightly more than one million people from Virginia will be on the road. That's down 1.6 percent from last year. Despite those predictions, Taylor said Monday's traffic will still be bad.
"I think Friday and Monday are the worst days to travel around Memorial Day weekend because of the amount of traffic there is everywhere," said Taylor.
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AAA predicts more than 923,000 vehicles on the road. That's down about 4,000 compared to last year. The state police will continue its increased patrols until midnight Monday. To reduce major traffic and congestion, VDOT plans to stop most of its construction on the highways starting noon Friday running until noon on Tuesday.
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White Lacquer Apartment
New York Magazine 5.19.08
We were especially excited to see the newest New York Magazine in our mailbox on Monday — it's their Interiors Issue! Flipping through the six featured homes, we read the White One first. Totally over-the-top, this midtown apartment is nearly 100% high gloss white. The white quartz floor and lacquered ceiling are so bright-white "At night you can see the taxicabs in the ceiling — on the 39th floor!"...
Though the white-ness is intense, the pops of bright color help ground it (a little). Designed by architect Wayne Turett(there are additional pictures of the space here) and decorator Christopher Coleman, the space took three years to renovate to the owners' specifications. This story and the additional photos shouldn't be missed: Eleven TVs. A White Lacquered Ceiling. No Bookshelves.
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Yikes. This apartment really gave me the creepsâand what a cozy guest room! Guess that's one way to discourage overnight visitorsâput them in a fishbowl. Jesus.
It's absolutely gorgeous, but wouldn't it be a little . . . *bright*? I live in a (rented) place with white walls and a white floor and apart from being hard to keep looking clean, some mornings the light feels like it's drilling into the back of my brain. And it's not all lacquered like this!
I love the sense of surprise and drama that the unit conveys. It would make a cool movie set - the image of the taxis reflecting is powerful. I do wonder if somebody actually lives here or if it serves as an entertainment pad. I guess I'll know when I get my issue in the mail.
When design takes priority, the result is often strange closets.
t8: the story talked about it as more of an entertainment pad/pied-a-terre.
An apartment like this would make me go certifiably insane, and not just because you'd have to clean it every single day. All those tvs and no books? That's...a club. They live in a club. One of those clubs I would never go to, where you have to show 75% of your chest and wear leggings instead of pants.
I dislike this for the same reason that I dislike transparent floors/stairs: you would never be able to wear a skirt and have guests over. (Probably) Not an issue if you're a guy, but rather inconvenient if you're a woman.
I could never live there. Way over the top OCDness! Since their real home is in New Jersey, I'm guessing this is all about impressing their guests and entertaining. But who could relax and have a good time in this space?
I worked in an office with high-gloss white floors similar to these. They only looked good at night after the poor cleaning lady spent hours on her knees scrubbing off the shoe marks and buffing the floors. They were usually a mess half an hour after people came in the morning.
i love white, but this is icy cold white. it doesn't feel like a home at all. there's no warmth, which could happen when you mix whites of differing textures and tones. but this is way too shiny and glossy and repetitive. the space itself might be super cool, but this is frigid.
I guess I'm in the minority here...but I think this space is downright chic.
I think this is fantastically beautiful. Lookingupatleaves, regarding the brightness of it, I'd say as a person living in Chicago, where most of the year is gray and dreary, I'd love to have a place that feels so brilliantly bright. But I agree with the comments about the difficulty of keeping a place like this clean.
Swiffer heaven.
;) <---tongue firmly planted in cheek/chic
To get where these people have gotten, they have chosen to suppress their humanness, and this apartment is both a boast and a confession of that choice. And I don't judge them for that.
It's also fun to see that they are clearly excited about having money, which is new to them.
why does this remind me of 80s chrome and black leather??
You know what's annoying? The way homes are described as "space." It just emphasizes that people of a certain bent would rather live in a gallery than a home. I don't get designing a home for the benefit of impressing others.
It's their party space; their prerogative to trick it out according to their fantasies. I don't know ... it's not beautiful. Maybe they weren't aiming for that.
The color choices are a little tacky. I love orange, just not here. And the aqua is gross. Maybe they should've executed their all-white vision to the end. Or, wherever there's red-orange, they could've used natural (unstained) wood to bring the contrast in materials and feel. Brought a touch of soulfulness to the space.
Whenever I see a picture of that couch, I think Michelin Man or skin rolls on an obese baby.
"...emphasizes that people of a certain bent would rather live in a gallery than a home."
And people of a "certain bent" would rather live in a trailer, or a brownstone, or a bungalow. And they may be just as interested in impressing others as you are assuming the owners of this cloud-like "space" are. No need to judge, it takes all kinds.......
I find it an utterly amazing space.
I can understand the desire for these folks to have such a clean space: as attorneys, they're up to their eyeballs for 12 hours a day in words, meetings and distractions - This type of space must be comforting for them in that they can allow their minds some rest with the gleaming surfaces, simple furnishings and complete lack of clutter.
And as attorneys, they obviously don't care about how difficult it is to clean or how practical it is - they have staff for cleaning and keeping the place tidy.
It does look like a dance club! The kind where I would inevitably find the puddle of water, slip, and break something within the first five minutes.
It also resembles the space ship from 2001 and we all know how that turned out...
i'm in loooooove
Although my space will never look like this - I love it. i would like one tiny part of my house to look like this all the time. maybe my desk or part of the bedroom. and I totally get the no books around thing. Since we're downsizing, I cleaned out an entire wall of books. Many had moth larvae, many were books that friends lent - NONE were worth cluttering up the place with. If I feel like rereading a paperback, I'll just go pick up a used one. Whats with keeping all the books. We found college economics books, 1980 travel books. Feels so good to get rid of them and my local goodwill/bookstore was happy.
I like it - maybe not practical but they obviously wanted a "statement" place and it is that.
who is the poor soul who has to clean this place? and why would you want to see the reflection of a taxi cab on the 39th floor?
This is definitely not a home. This looks more like a private space for entertaining and impressing people. It am guessing it serves the same purpose as the Los Angeles pool and view, except this space is probably in a separate unit or building from the owner's home.
clinical . . . not in a good way.
Thank you typediva, for saying exactly what I was thinking. I understand when people make comments on aesthetic judgments on this site, but I don't get why some people want to make it so personal.
As a design case it's awesome. I think places like this make people consider a space/home/atmosphere in a new way. And you have to admit, that even if you didn't want to live there, having the 39th floor of a building with all-glass walls over-looking New York that looked like a sophisticated dance club to bring your friends to for drinks...you'd feel like a bad ass. Admit it. You would. ;)
As a "home" though (even though it isn't their home) it does come off as pretty sterile, and this is coming from a big fan of the concrete-palace aesthetic. That kitchen actually looks like an O.R. of sorts.
We should all be so lucky to have the coin to pimp out a place so specifically to our desires.
I can't help but wonder if some people genuinely would use a space like this as a giant, cozy, reading nook given the chance...
I think it's a beautiful space, and when you have the kind of money these folks must have, you obviously can afford to have people clean it.
That sofa actually looks comfortable, so in its way, it IS kind of warm. You're close to the sun, so THAT's kind of warm.
You're that far above the city, so you feel like you're on top of world, and why not?
Meanwhile, your guests might actually feel kind of special, because when show up in ANYTHING that looks remotely good on them, it will be against a white backdrop, so to speak, and they might look kind of special. And if they're showing up kind of shabby, OK, so they'll look like a Diane Arbus photograph.


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A Naugatuck man was arrested Thursday on felony assault charges after police said he stabbed two men during a drunken fight that broke out near the bridge on Maple Street last month.
Borough police arrested Stephen Sorriero, 26, in connection with the St. Patrick's Day incident, which happened sometime after 2 a.m. on March 17. Two men were hospitalized as a result of the attack, one with a stab wound to the back and another with a wound in the ribs, although both injuries were non-life threatening, police said.
The incident began when three men were walking on Maple Street after being out at a bar downtown, police said. When the three men came by the parking lot outside Duffy's bar, they passed by Sorriero — who sometimes goes by the name Stephen Dwyer — who was with a group of men and women in the parking lot, according to an arrest warrant affidavit from Waterbury Superior Court.
Someone in Sorriero's group yelled something out at the three men, and one of the three men yelled back, police said. Then, according to court documents, Sorriero and two others charged the three men and started a fight.
That's when Sorriero pulled a four-inch knife out and stabbed two of the men, court documents alleged. The victims eventually got away and the fight broke up, but it was another hour-and-a-half before one of the victims finally called police and responded with an ambulance, away from the bar, Favale said.
Favale said police were initially unsure about the victim's claims, because a Naugatuck police officer was parked in the area of Parcel C, across from Duffy's, around 3:30 a.m. when the victim's call came in. The officer never saw any fight ensue, Favale said.
It wasn't until after the victim — who admitted in the warrant to drinking five beers that night — had told police the fight happened over an hour earlier, well before the officer arrived, Favale said.
The Police Investigation
Police interviewed multiple people in connection with the fight, including friends of Sorriero and the bartender at Duffy's — who told police she did hear the fight happen outside after closing the bar.
Naugatuck police spokesman Officer Michael Favale said more arrests are expected.
The victims also picked out Sorriero from a photo line-up, Favale said, and further interviews in the investigation lead to him as the suspect. Witnesses confirmed with police that Sorriero was involved in the fight, the warrant stated.
Investigators never recovered the knife, however Det. Ronald "Jay" Pugliese, and other Naugatuck detectives, located blood spots on the Maple Street bridge after the incident occurred, the warrant stated.
Favale said all the parties — victims and suspects — were intoxicated during the fight, although he said there was no indication of drug use involved.
When police tried to speak to Sorriero, initially, he did return a detective's phone call. But he later left a message with the saying he wouldn't speak about the incident and that he's already retained an attorney.
The Arrest
When police came to Sorriero's 28 Olive St. home to serve an arrest warrant on him, the suspect's roommate, 25-year-old Francis Dellorso, claimed Sorriero didn't live there.
Favale said the arresting officers, after noticing Sorriero's name on the mailbox along with Dellorso's, later located Sorriero trying to flee the apartment through the back door.
Sorriero is facing two counts of first-degree assault and a breach of peace. He appeared in Waterbury court on Monday where Judge Richard Damiani set his bond at $75,000. Sorriero remains incarcerated.
Meanwhile, Dellorso was also arrested on charges of second-degree hindering prosecution and interfering with an officer. He was held on a $5,000 surety bond. Details of Dellorso's court appearance were not available on Monday.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated from its original version to remove sensitive information involving the ongoing investigation.


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Those two schools? None other than the St. Olaf Oles and the Gustavus Gusties.
These two perennial powerhouses clashed for the first time this season Friday night at the Lund Natatorium in St. Peter, Minn.
The Ole women, fresh off their 14th MIAC Championship a year ago, cruised past the 2004-2005 MIAC runners-up by a wide margin of 136-80. The Ole men, on the other hand, were not as fortunate: They lost their first dual meet of the season by a mere two points, 122-120. On the womens side, domination was the name of the game. St. Olaf won nine of the meets 13 events, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the 1000- and 500-yard freestyle events as well as the 200-yard breaststroke.
In the 1000, Kelly Dolan 07, Carly Knoell 06 and Jennifer Marzof 08 led the charge, while Dolan, Erin Anderson 09 and Laura Haynes 09 carried the Oles in the 500. Dolan earned her third victory of the meet in the 200 breaststroke, as she, Anderson and Julia Rood 07 helped the Oles cruise to a comfortable victory.
Also winning events were Mikayla Meyer 07 (200- and 100-yard freestyle), Lannie Cassel 08 (200 butterfly), Knoell (200 backstroke), Millie Eggebroten 08 (3 meter diving) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Katie Blum 06, Meyer, Christina Roberts 08 and Emily Love 06.
"We swam really well," head coach Bob Hauck said. "Many of our athletes are stepping up to provide even more depth than we anticipated."
For the men, everything seemed to be going according to plan heading into the final event of the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay. The Oles lead 118-107, knowing that the Gusties would need to get both first and second place in the relay to win.
Unfortunately, the Ole A relay was touched out by both the Gustavus A and B relays, allowing the Gusties to escape with the narrow victory. The margin between second and third place was just 0.35 seconds, and the difference between first and third was a mere 1.47 seconds.
The Oles built their early lead on the strength of outstanding performances by swimmers Mark Glineburg 06, Adam Thomas 07, Tom Kukla 07 and diver Christian Lorentzen 07. Glineberg won both the 400-yard IM and the 200-yard breaststroke, Thomas was victorious in the 200 freestyle and Kukla in the 200 backstroke. Lorentzen earned the team 18 points by himself by winning both the 1 meter and 3 meter diving events.
"While we're disappointed to lose a close meet like this, we swam really well," said Hauck. "It was a great atmosphere and a fantastic college swim meet."
The Oles quest for the 2006 MIAC Championship continues this weekend as they partake in the University of Minnesota Invitational at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.


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An Unexpected Journey: Quint on the set of The Hobbit Part 4 – A Palaver of Istari
Welcome, welcome to the fourth set report from the set of The Hobbit and the very first from a brand spankin' new location!
We started in Matamata (Hobbiton) and the plan was to work our way down the North Island of New Zealand, zig-zagging south until we hit Wellington again where the 450 strong main unit would board planes and ferries bound for the South Island and the bulk of location photography.
Upon departing Hobbiton I made my way to a small town called Te Kuiti. This lovely little farm town is famous for being home to (Colin Meads), one of the most revered All Blacks of all time. The dude is so famous that my place was on Meads St.
This new location was on remote lands, so the production had to house the sizeable cast and crew in the small towns surrounding the location. There weren't many hotels or motels, so the vast majority of us were put into houses. And not just rental houses, either. People graciously gave up their homes to the cast and crew. I felt a little like a Civil War soldier requisitioning someone's home as my regiment was on the move.
At first I thought there might be a mistake. The house was an old two story place with a swimming pool to the side, stretches of green farmland populated with cows and sheep to the rear and a private drive leading up.
I'm still convinced that I was accidentally thrown into one of the dwarves' place by mistake and they felt too bad to move me out.
Our location was Mangaotaki Rocks, a popular rock-climbing spot because of the distinctive bluffs, owned by the Denize family.
You know where on Earth that spot is now, but where on Middle Earth is it? This was to represent Trollshaw, where Bilbo and the Dwarves run into the Stone Trolls. That scene has already been shot on stage, but they needed some real, beautiful jungle for a few scenes afterwards.
Not only that, but there's an abandoned and rundown farmhouse the talented crew erected about 70 feet from the edge of the forest for another shot entirely. So, one location, two places in Middle Earth.
First up was Trollshaw as 13 dwarves, a wizard and a hobbit search for the troll's stash of rich stuff in a beautiful, misty forest. Here's a pic of me out in it with my fancy new outdoorsy hat:
Some of that was natural mist and dust kicked up by the production trucks driving up the dirt roads to the set (which I was told were actually cut into the hills by the production in order to get the shooting equipment to the location, with the consent of the Denize family of course) and some of it was manmade in a quite clever manner.
Tall Paul (Paul Randall, who is well over 7' tall) stands in for Sir Ian McKellen so the dwarves are the correct height in the shot. More on him later.
Sir Ian is there and is delivering some lines for this wide shot, giving Tall Paul his cues to wave an arm or shoot a look back over his shoulder to the dwarves and giving the other actors in the scene the real Gandalf to react to.
Gandalf (affectionately referred to as "Gandy" by the crew) is essentially shouting orders to the dwarves to search the area, in a way acting like a parent chaperoning a school field trip, trying to keep everybody on task. Sir Ian came in for the next set up, which was closer. With the incline of the slope and various dips and valleys to the landscape they were able to get Sir Ian and the dwarves into the same shot without using doubles.
It is Bilbo who finds the entrance to the troll cave, which was a giant rock set out at a sharp angle over the forest floor. A set had been constructed a good 100 feet away, but Peter didn't like it, so they used this natural spot for the mouth of the cave. There was talk that there might be a new interior set constructed back in Wellington for reverse shots.
As you'd expect, this cave had some good stuff in it. Chests, swords (including a rusty Rohirrim sword) and some dead dudes, like this unfortunate gentleman:
Tolkein fans know that this marks a big moment as a rather important weapon is introduced to the Baggins family.
Amongst the stash of treasure and weapons taken from poor dwarves, elves, orcs and men captured and eaten by these trolls is a tiny elvish blade, barely bigger than a dagger for a regular man, but just the right size for a Hobbit.
Unless I'm misremembering Fellowship, Peter Jackson filmed Gandalf handing Sting over to Bilbo to mirror Bilbo giving Frodo the sword in LOTR. In other words, he makes a moment out of it. With the beautiful green forest in the background (cave entrance), Martin reluctantly receives the sword, pulling it slowly out of its sheath.
Thorin gets Orcrist here as well, which you can see him wield in his promo picture by the way. Orcrist is a long, flat blade and they filmed a scene of Richard Armitage swinging it down in a wide arc striking down a leaping evil thing to be added in digitally before all is said and done.
Kili uses a bow and arrow and the rest of the team have their own different weapons, like Graham McTavish's Dwalin wields two axes and William Kircher's Bifur more often than not uses stabbing weapons like spears. There's also single axes, clubs and even cooking spoons as in the case of the fattest of the dwarves, Bombur (Stephen Hunter), who I'm convinced was modeled after Harry.
Check out Stephen chilling out between takes and tell me Harry didn't play a part in the inspiration for the design of the character!
Not only did this location play host to the giving of Sting, it also featured a palaver of Istari.
That's right, Gandalf and Radagast share a scene as well. Sylvester McCoy plays Radagast the Brown, a somewhat kooky wizard who is more at home with animals, insects and flora than he is with people.
Based on what I've seen over the last few weeks I think it's going to be a toss up between Bombur and Radagast on who will steal the movie. Bombur is just so loveable and funny and Radagast is ridiculously endearing, an absent-minded St. Francis of Assisi.
Radagast comes with a word of warning that foreshadows some trouble our group will run into later. The words "Mirkwood," "webs," "Ungoliant" and "Dol Guldur" are mentioned.
The production avoided being rained out of Hobbiton, but there was some wetness in this location. Luckily the rain was inconsistent, very rarely heavy and the scenes within the wooded area had an extra level of protection due to the canopy, so we never had to move to wet weather cover shooting. If you're not sure what that is, I'll give you a brief explanation.
When shooting on location, especially in a place like New Zealand where the weather is quite often unpredictable and uncooperative, production has a Plan B in case of weather stopping the planned filming for the day. This shooting is usually moved inside and is fairly simple moments that could easily be done on a stage.
For instance, the wet weather cover for The Hobbit as it tours around New Zealand involves greenscreen shots of Gandalf and Bilbo being carried by the eagles. These shots are needed, but not something taxing for the actors to have prepared in their back pockets at a moment's notice. It's also easy to set up and doesn't need a whole lot of built sets and props on hand.
From what I gather from the crew, it'd take a Terry Gilliam-level catastrophe to stop Jackson from shooting on location. It's rare he buckles down and moves to wet weather cover.
As I said before, it was lucky that we were shooting in the wooded area because even though it looked like this at tent city 20 steps away:
It could still look like this in the trees:
Due to the complexity of shooting a group of different sized races they had to do an effects shot in this location. As Radagast arrives and talks with Gandalf the dwarves look on, distrusting this newly arrived individual. Bilbo is there as well and is obviously taken aback by this weird man (even once pulling an Office and looking at the camera with wide eyes, head slightly shaking… how cool is that?).
The wizards are taller than the hobbit and dwarves, naturally, and Peter wanted to get a wide shot of the entire team. Shooting in 3D makes it difficult to pull the same forced perspective tricks he used on Rings, so getting this shot will require some digital tinkering.
There's a motion control process being used on this project that is quite spectacular and I'll go into in a later article, but they did a simple version of it here for this wide shot.
They locked off the camera on a platform looking down on the action and had Sir Ian and Sylvester do their scene with two greenscreen flats set up in the background that just barely outlined both wizards. After Peter got what he wanted in terms of performance for this static shot they removed the greenscreens and wizards entirely and brought in the dwarves and Bilbo.
Sir Ian and Sylvester remained off camera to give their dialogue so the dwarves could react correctly.
Since it's a locked off camera Weta Digital's team should be able to pull out the normal sized wizards and enlargen them before replacing them into the shot with the dwarves, making the scale work. Even in this simplified version it's a complex shot, making sure the wizards, Bilbo and the dwarves are all their correct heights.
Like I mentioned before there's a much more technical process to get this effect that is really quite remarkable, but I'm saving that for a future report.
That about wraps things up on this one. The next report stays in Mangaotaki with more dwarf action and will be up rather quickly, so keep an eye out.
Let's look at our featured crew member, then. With all the talk of Tall Paul, I figured it was about time to spend some time with Paul Randall.
Many LOTR fans should recognize Paul from the appendices on the Rings DVDs. This Kiwi native stands over seven feet tall and has been crucial in the success of selling the size differences between the races in Middle Earth.
As you can see in the picture above he's mostly being used as Gandalf's stand in and it's pretty eerie just how much he looks like Sir Ian when in full Gandalf getup. There are some shots from the side where all you can see is beard, hat and nose and that's enough to make your brain register Gandalf, even in person.
Paul has worked closely with Sir Ian to make sure his Gandalf moves in much the same way as Sir Ian's.
Before playing Wizards, Tall Paul was, believe it or not, a cop. Can you imagine being pulled over by that guy!
He'd be intimidating if he wasn't such a nice guy. Always quick with a joke and an easy-going attitude Paul is one of the guys that makes spending 12 hours a day on the set a blast.
So, hats off to Tall Paul!
Next up is a small report about a big dialogue scene. Richard Armitage fans will be interested in the next one, I guarantee it. See you then!
-Eric Vespe
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Nov. 24, 2011, 9:42 a.m. CST
always cool to read your stuff on set...
by jim
Thankyou, I love getting to see behind the scenes.
Nov. 24, 2011, 9:52 a.m. CST
Well alright!
by Skyway Moaters
Sneak peeks and Bombur and Radagast?
Nov. 24, 2011, 10:20 a.m. CST
This is the best thing on AICN at the moment, I'd say.
by chifforobe
And I don't see any reason not to get one's hopes up about this film. Looks fantastic.
Nov. 24, 2011, 10:34 a.m. CST
Banksy does not exist in this dojo
by Cobra--Kai
Great set report Quint and I can't wait to see the finished movie. In that final photo of Tall Paul, looks like the aint it cool logo is graffitti on the wall!
Nov. 24, 2011, 10:36 a.m. CST
Thank you Quint
by t_allen
Love these!
Nov. 24, 2011, 10:57 a.m. CST
Can't wait to see Radagast
by elsewhere
Nov. 24, 2011, 11:51 a.m. CST
by Hyphin
I completely agree. These set reports are why this site was invented. Great, great stuff. I truly am envious of you, Quint! Keep up the great work!
Nov. 24, 2011, 12:11 p.m. CST
Radagast! Ungoliant!
by hadrion
This Tolkien fanboy is pleased. Wonder what context Ungoliant is mentioned in... She's from the 1st/2nd age (as I recall).
Nov. 24, 2011, 12:20 p.m. CST
Tall Paul was a cop? Always blow on the pie.
by Matthew Rice
Safer communities together. Quint, I hope you get a chance to hit Milford Sound while down in the South Island. Be warned though, with all those high jagged cliffs it is certain cougar country...and some of those plump farmers wives do not know the meaning of no. My jealousy cup overfloweth my friend but I'm still happy to live vicariously through you :-)
Nov. 24, 2011, 12:47 p.m. CST
Great stuff as always!
by gotilk
And that shot of Harr.... ahem...Bombur is one of the best things I've ever seen. And I download a lot of porn, so that's saying something.
Nov. 24, 2011, 1:51 p.m. CST
This is awesome but I hate the idea of Bilbo looking at the camera
by golden tribw
I am unbelievably jealous that I am not doing something -- anything! -- on that set.
Nov. 24, 2011, 2:39 p.m. CST
Hadrion--the Mirkwood Spiders are descendents of Ungoliant
by batmancw
Nov. 24, 2011, 2:51 p.m. CST
Bombur is straight pimpin' in that pic!!!
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Bet he gets all the dwarf hunnies! (It's the beard).
Nov. 24, 2011, 2:53 p.m. CST
thank you, I hate you
by Anthony Torchia
but I hate you less with each article so keep writing them! Tony
Nov. 24, 2011, 3:04 p.m. CST
Bilbo breaking the fourth wall? No thanks...
by tomandshell
I don't need to see Bilbo looking straight into the camera and shaking his head. Unless it's a POV shot, which I hope is the case.
Nov. 24, 2011, 3:42 p.m. CST
4thWall does not exist in this dojo
by Cobra--Kai
Fourth wall? But that new Special Edition bit in JEDI when Sy Snootles looks straight into camera and then that big mouth singer opens his big mouth straight into camera was so cool! Oh wait. As a lover of LOTR trilogy, the only bit - THE ONLY BIT - in the film that I don't like and feel is cheap, is just a couple of seconds when a Warg breaks the fourth wall and comes at the cameraman. I'm hoping that the fourth wall breaking remains on the editing room floor.
Nov. 24, 2011, 3:44 p.m. CST
The pic with the fat sun-glasses wearing,dward is awesome.
by KilliK
Nov. 24, 2011, 5:18 p.m. CST
Great reports like these, are why I still love AICN!!!
by baronweazle
Great read that harkens back to the old days of aintitcool. That being said though, I'm back to the gary oldman talkback. Call me old fashioned, but that's still my favorite hangout place.
Nov. 24, 2011, 5:26 p.m. CST
by baronweazle
Ungoliant, was the first huge spider in Tolkien's myth(or whatever the hell you want to call it). Bilbo and the dwarves encounter some big spiders in Mirkwood. So Radagast probably refer's to those spiders as ungoliants children or something. Because Ungoliant is like the Eve of all big spiders. Also I don't remember Radagast being in the Hobbit, while I do remember him being in Lord of the rings. But he wasn't in that film series. But I don't care, I'm getting fucking psyched for this film! It feels like the Phantom Menace all over again. Only this time I'm pretty confident we won't be disappointed!
Nov. 24, 2011, 5:47 p.m. CST
I believe in Peter to pull this off but am worried that 48 fps is going to look like an HD daytime soap opera.
by Cureguy
On network TV. I don't necessarily want to feel like I could step into the screen itself. Just show the wonders of Middle Earth from afar. That should be enough. It worked for the trilogy dammit! Stupid Cameron messed it up for every big time director with this flash in a pan 3D fad.
Nov. 24, 2011, 7:10 p.m. CST
So excited about Radagast
by pumaman
Sylvester McCoy was quite possibly one of the quirkiest actors to ever play Doctor Who on tv. I'm sure he will be brilliant in these movies.
Nov. 24, 2011, 9:04 p.m. CST
Bilbo breaking the 4th wall
by Quint
Was a one-off... gag-reel type stuff. Not for the film.
Nov. 24, 2011, 10:03 p.m. CST
Great Job!!
by Monticello
This is the best thing on this site since the first Sly Q&A. Nice job Quint!!
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:09 a.m. CST
Glamdring, the foe hammer?
by MisterBlue
Been a while since I've read THE HOBBIT, but I believe the scene/location where Bilbo gets Sting and Thorin gets Orcrist is also the location where Gandalf gets his sword, Glamdring - am I wrong? Maybe this was a memory from the old Rankin Bass cartoon and not officially Tolkien cannon?
Nov. 25, 2011, 1:52 a.m. CST
Bombur should wear those shades in the actual movie
by Horace Cox
Who cares if it is an anachronism? He would look bad ass. Never mention them or how he came to have them. Just have him running around cleaving goblins and orcs looking like a fat ginger Morpheus. Of course it will never happen, but that would kick soooo much ass. Fucking pimp.
Nov. 25, 2011, 3:35 a.m. CST
Ungoliant.... my fucking god, could it be?
by Nomoredirtyanything
Please, please, please Mr Jackson.... Give me some Melkor and Ungoliant fuckin action. Both Hobbit films are worth it for even a thirty second montage of those fuckers eating the trees of light and Melkor setting his Balrogs on a turncoat(and very hungry) Ungoliant. PLEASE GOD(Mr Jackson).... Let it be so!
Nov. 25, 2011, 3:37 a.m. CST
Radagast will be cool.... but fucking Ungoliant....
by Nomoredirtyanything
that would literally make me squeal like a little girl. The last film to get that outta me was the appearance of the hoverboard in BTTF II.
Nov. 25, 2011, 4:46 a.m. CST
Hi Quint...keep up the great work. Just a clarification regarding Bilbo and "Sting" --
by tritium
POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH LOTR and Tolkien's saga -- fair warning... In Fellowship (the movie and the book), Bilbo presents Sting to Frodo while they are at Rivendell, just prior to Frodo leaving with the Fellowship. At this time, he also gives Frodo his coat of Mithril. As for the Hobbit...I don't remember Gandalf "presenting" Bilbo with Sting. I think that this is artistic license by Peter Jackson, perhaps to make it more "meaningful". I am pretty sure Bilbo finds and takes Sting all by himself, within the Troll cave. And in reply to another talkbacker, Radagast was definitely not in the Hobbit. In fact, the only mention of the true nature of Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast and the other "Istari" is only provided in the appendix in the Return of the King. They are cited as "Istari" in the Appendices, and their purpose (having been sent to Middle Earth in the middle of the 3rd Age) is to rally the Free peoples of ME against Sauron and his minions. They are not allowed to directly oppose Sauron, but rather to warn, inspire and motivate the Free peoples in their coming confrontation with Sauron. It is also implied that Gandalf (being the true "White Wizard"), is to bear witness to Sauron's overthrow, and help Aragorn establish his reign, which ushers in the Fourth Age (Age of Men)...upon which he is to depart to the West with the Elves and the Ringbearers. Tolkien also establishes that the Istari (either in the Appendices to ROTK, or in the Silmarillion) are in fact "angelic beings", which in Tolkien's Legendarium are the Maiar.
Nov. 25, 2011, 5:14 a.m. CST
The grass is too bright! None of the extras look British! And what's that I hear???
by Mr Gorilla
Nov. 25, 2011, 5:14 a.m. CST
Goddamn Irish pipes, that's what.
by Mr Gorilla
Nov. 25, 2011, 6:40 a.m. CST
"And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes toooooo..."
by workshed
SYLVESTER MCCOY! We can but dream. Then they can cast him in the Dr.Who movie which should continue immediately after the end of 'Survival' (f*ck the movie and subsequent series).
Nov. 25, 2011, 7:29 a.m. CST
Now, if creepythinmanlives is posting a FACT on AICN on his telephone, he will never in a trillion years experience the website.
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 7:29 a.m. CST
He'll think he has posted a FACT. But he'll be cheated.
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 7:29 a.m. CST
It's ah, such a sadness that creepythinmanlives thinks he's posted a FACT on his fucking telephone! Get real!
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 8:09 a.m. CST
creepythinmanforever - I think I just pee'd my pants!
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 8:13 a.m. CST
creepythinmanforever - Was this the weapon of the perpetrator?
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 8:38 a.m. CST
Lucky bastard...
by Aziraphale_11
I know you're doing this, but you had better be savoring every moment of this, for you will look back on it fondly for the rest of your life! In the meantime, thanks for the updates and exhaustive journalistic endeavors. This is the kind of stuff that not only we enjoy reading, but will get you noticed. It's the rarest kind of work you'll get, the kind that you enjoy immensely and work your ass off for because of it.
Nov. 25, 2011, 11 a.m. CST
Great stuff as usual, Quint!
by Joaquin_Ondamoon
Keep 'em coming!
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:11 p.m. CST
Another great article.
by LORDOFLIGHT
Interesting to see how the Hobbit's coming along.
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:12 p.m. CST
I hope there's no Gimli comic type antics in this though.
by LORDOFLIGHT
Like the awful dwarf tossing scenes which ruined Helms Deep. Even if the Hobbit's supposed to be lighter in tone.
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:19 p.m. CST
Quint - these are some seriously good set reports..
by gabbygall
..however, can we call plant when you review the finished product? ;) Seriously though - some great writing and interesting topics covered - I eagerly await your next report.
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:42 p.m. CST
Do you remember AICN Mr. Darth Kong? It'll be spring soon. The Choppah will review another movie. And Asimovlives will be Jar Jar Abrams bashing.
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:42 p.m. CST
And LV_426 will be making up alternate universe stories. And GEEKS will be posting in the TalkBacks. Do you remember posting in the TalkBacks?
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:43 p.m. CST
No creepythinmanlives. I can't recall posting in the TalkBacks. Nor the sound of a PC booting up. Nor the touch of a keyboard. I'm naked in the dark.
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:43 p.m. CST
There's, there's nothing. No veil between me and the BAN-HAMMER of FIRE. I can see HARRY! With my waking eyes!
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 12:43 p.m. CST
Then let us be rid of it. Once and for all. Come on Mr. Darth Kong. I can't carry it for you. BUT I CAN CARRY YOU! COME ON!
by Darth_Kong
Nov. 25, 2011, 3:39 p.m. CST
Dol Guldur
by Jeff
Thanks, Quint, for mentioning "Dol Guldur!" Or telling us it was mentioned on set, I guess. After reading on wiki what transpires there, holy shit am I excited to see what Peter Jackson does with that story, especially with Gandalf and poor Thrain. That should be pretty dramatic. Add in The Necromancer's dark manifestations, the building of Dol Guldur on the hill, Saruman's earliest treachery, and three of The Nine's maintenance of it... can't wait to see it played out.
Nov. 25, 2011, 6:33 p.m. CST
tritium - I'm pretty sure Radagast was mentioned in LOTR book.
by sweeneydave
In "Fellowship" he accidentally helps Saruman capture Gandalf. And then later, sends Gwaihir the eagle lord to Gandalfs rescue. In the movie, I always imagined the moth at the top of Orthanc reporting back to Radagast - who then sends Gwaihir. The giant eagles appear in The Hobbit too, so maybe they'll give us some set up with Radagast and Gwaihir to enrichen FOTR even more.
Nov. 25, 2011, 10:03 p.m. CST
These are the BEST things I've ever read on AICN...
by Lucifer Haywood
Fanboy heaven!
Nov. 25, 2011, 10:31 p.m. CST
Harry, those are cool shades!!!!!!!!
by phantomcreeps
Out of the wheelchair and kickin' it in New Zealand. Good for you!
Nov. 25, 2011, 11:37 p.m. CST
I'm with nomoredirtyanything
by Crobran
Ungoliant would make Shelob look like a gnat. And I hope that we can do more than just see Ungoliant, but that we can get to know her - she's a disturbing character. I know this is The Hobbit, and not The Silmarilion, but I'm dubious about whether or not The Silmarilion could be adapted for the screen (maybe in parts), so this might be the best chance.
Nov. 25, 2011, 11:52 p.m. CST
Ain't It Cool News: There and back again
by Crobran
...or at least for a while. AICN started as a cool underground movie blog where we could learn inside scoop about movies, bits of information that even people involved in making the movie didn't even know. I remember seeing Harry on 60 Minutes or one of those shows, being asked, incredulously "HOW did you get that information? Almost nobody but the director knew that!" Things have changed. A lot of what we read here can be read on dozens of other "inside scoop" sites. I mean, yeah, I like to read reviews, but what brought me to this site lo those many years ago was the NEWS, not the REVIEWS. And when I say "news," I mean the kind of news that this place used to have the monopoly on. What happened? Did you burn bridges? Did your agents blow their covers? Did you get distracted? Perhaps there's tighter security around movie sets nowdays. Or perhaps those other sites out there learned your methods, so that you're no longer a standout in what you can provide. But Quint, you're breathing some of the old life back into things. I love what you're providing here, and I love how it brings back a glimmer of the early days. I would love to see more of this kind of reporting. Keep it up!
Nov. 26, 2011, 12:36 a.m. CST
Harry looks great in sunglasses. nm
by Dan Halen
Nov. 26, 2011, 2:07 a.m. CST
Have they had any mishaps from the environment? I was
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
thinking of the bit on the LOTR extras where they showed Sean Astin having his foot pierced by glass when he stepped in the water.
Nov. 26, 2011, 6:10 a.m. CST
Still lovin' ya work, Quint
by Col. Tigh-Fighter
More of the same, please. Toot suite!
Nov. 26, 2011, 9:03 a.m. CST
I want to preface this by saying...
by John Baker
I like PJ. This film looks to be shaping up nicely and I think it is in good hands. However when I first saw that picture of Jackson this was the first thing that popped into my mind. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/RWS_Tarot_00_Fool.jpg I'm no whacked out crystal swinging tarot using new age hippy mind you... Just the first thing I thought of. Interesting in a Led Zeppelin kind of a way... Hope it's not an omen... (not that I believe in those...) ... *Crosses Fingers*
Nov. 26, 2011, 9:46 p.m. CST
Gimli farting was stupid, as well. In the book he was terrified
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
in the Paths of the Dead.
Nov. 27, 2011, 1:52 a.m. CST
Wonder what Smaug is going to look like
by FeralAngel
Sure hope he looks like an actual fucking dragon instead of all the crap variations of movie dragons we've all had our eyeballs raped with. Sorry to sound so bitter. But the dragon in Dragonheart looked like a horned toad, and the dragon in Eragon looked like more like a bird than a dragon. Smaug should be red and gold, with metallic scales and a long neck and suitably reptilian. Oh well, at least Bombur looks good...
Nov. 27, 2011, 6:01 a.m. CST
Thanks Quint
by Chris
I am enjoying living, albeit vicariously, through the making of this movie. Keep up the good work.
Nov. 27, 2011, 7:19 a.m. CST
Thanks Quint - just one question...
by Sally
When you talk about "one location, two places in Middle Earth", is the scene with Radagast supposed to be set in the second of those places (the one with the farmhouse, I guess), or is the Radagast scene taking place in the trollshaws, with the farmhouse scene to be covered in your next report? I've been arguing with a friend about what you're actually saying here :P Thanks for the amazing reports. Yay, Sylvester McCoy!
Nov. 27, 2011, 9:27 a.m. CST
This is all cool and awesome Quint, however... We want more Heather McMullan!!!
by mdk
Nov. 28, 2011, 6:45 p.m. CST
So happy for Sylvester McCoy
by kwisatzhaderach
What a nice part to get late in his career. Kudos Peter Jackson.
Nov. 30, 2011, 8:29 p.m. CST
by Darth_Kong
Dec. 1, 2011, 4:35 p.m. CST
kwisatzhaderach, same
by judge dredds fresh undies
Always liked Sylvester McCoy. Rab C Nesbit's brother in the hobbit, awesome!
Dec. 5, 2011, 12:43 p.m. CST
Sorry nerds...
by Dr. Strangelove
...but you're NOT going to actually see Ungoliant in this movie, just like the way you didn't actually see Morgoth when his name was mentioned by Legolas in FOTR. It's just an obscure name-drop that will appeal to the hardcore fans of the books while remaining unnoticed/ignored by the vast majority of the regular film audience. Besides, why would Jackson ruin the reveal of Shelob (one of cinema's greatest monsters) by revealing an even bigger, scarier spider from the first age that has nothing to do with the story of The Hobbit? If you do that, you might as well spoil the impact of Smaug by showing Glaurung too.
June 12, 2012, 9:40 p.m. CST
You really got the details down, Eric
by Mary
Excellent photo of Tall Paul--all your photos were great. Your descriptions were wonderful--so detailed. I felt almost like I was there. Thanks again.
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Mata to be the first of six major signings as Man United allow Moyes to tear champions apart. #MUFC #CFC
David Moyes intends to make the club-record acquisition of Juan Mata the first of a ruthless overhaul of Manchester United's squad. The Scot is targeting the recruitment of five more players at the peak of their careers – ideally over the age of 25, with the quality and desire to accumulate trophies. Under Moyes' direction, United are exploring deals for an unusually large cohort of players across Europe. They are looking for a forward, two midfielders and at least two defenders. Further moves are possible before the window closes with the aim of having all six key recruits in place next season. United's current transfer activities contrast to the discreetly prepared and precisely executed approach of Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill, who stood down as CEO in the summer. "I don't think even Man United know exactly what they are going to do," said one senior football figure last week. Among deals being considered are moves for Southampton left back Luke Shaw, Bayern defender Dante and midfielder Toni Kroos, Inter's Fredy Guarin, FC Porto's Fernando, Juventus' Paul Pogba, and Dortmund's Marco Reus. The situation of Glen Johnson, told he can only extend his Liverpool contract if he accepts a drop in his £130,000 pw wages, also interests. Having pursued a controversial strategy of reinstating Wayne Rooney as United's most important player at the cost of the respect of some team-mates, Moyes sanctioned discussions to agree a new contract with the England international. An exact salary has yet to be agreed, but if Rooney signs he will be elevated above Robin van Persie as the club's best-paid individual. Rooney wants to be certain more major signings will follow. Van Persie's discontent under Moyes and his injury issues have rendered last season's leading scorer expendable. Moyes is in the process of selling full back Fabio, and wants brother Rafael out by the summer. A third Brazilian, Anderson, has been loaned to Fiorentina, though the Serie A club has no formal option to buy. While Moyes told friends last summer he had doubts about the squad he was inheriting, attempts to land marquee signings Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas and Gareth Bale all failed, resulting in a £27.5m move for Marouane Fellaini. Six months which have left United competing solely for the Champions League hardened Moyes' opinions towards them.
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Jan. 19, 2012, 3:30 p.m. CST
who are the pug, bulldog and chihuahua supposed to be?
by zom-bot.com
R2D2, Jabba and Yoda (in that order?)
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:31 p.m. CST
oh wait, bulldog is a storm trooper?
by zom-bot.com
maybe..there's no indication..
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:31 p.m. CST
It's fun for the first 10 seconds
by Rtobert
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:32 p.m. CST
Droll. But ...
by Dollar Bird
but what did that have to do with anything? Me am so stupid.
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:33 p.m. CST
by Longtime Lurker
Who says there is no talent out there :)
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:33 p.m. CST
Remember Peter Stormare - Pimp your auto?
by quintana007
Volkswagen has a long tradition with hilarious spots. great
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:37 p.m. CST
Somehow reminds me of that Panasonic video for the 2004 Athens Olympics with the aerobicising poodles.
by justmyluck
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:38 p.m. CST
cool, but what the fuck does it have to do with a car?
by Billy_D_Williams
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:39 p.m. CST
VW will be setting up their site to do customized SW title crawls. Lucasfilm must be getting significant dough for this.
by justmyluck
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:43 p.m. CST
You know it's YOU jerks that cost us Episodes VII-IX!!! Lucas SAID as much! He said he was going to make more but now he won't b/c why do something people are just going to criticize? Thanks self-destructive fanboys!!!
by Dogmatic
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:44 p.m. CST
Is playing old songs in new ways (dogs, movie clips, etc) REALLY creative, or is it just another form of remakes/reboots?
by bah
Maybe SOPA isn't such a bad idea after all. We'd all be legally obligated to create new content instead of revisiting old stuff.
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:44 p.m. CST
as good as...
by taff
as good as last years. If more commercials were as entertaining, I'd actually watch commercials. As is, I DVR everything and skip the commercials.
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:48 p.m. CST
by Nerfee
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:49 p.m. CST
cool but cliche
by chad kuhns
Seems every year brings a SB spot with a Star Wars twinge to it
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:52 p.m. CST
Choppah: "Woofers" = Win :)
by Longtime Lurker
Nicely done. :)
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:52 p.m. CST
The fuck does this have to do with cars?
by DBCOOPER
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:53 p.m. CST
...At least last year's commercial demonstrated a capability of a real vehicle.
by DBCOOPER
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:54 p.m. CST
Capitalism: Rational consumers making informed decisions
by Rtobert
That's what we were taught in school
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:55 p.m. CST
The death of Star Wars is partly on the prequels - I think this kinda shit is what really killed it, though.
by Mickster_Island
The whole thing's just a joke now. Cute kids dressed as Vader, animals doing shit like this, Lego video game crap, anything cute - which Lucas kept forcing into the movies with increasing vigor - has totally killed Star Wars. At least it has for me. I tolerated the prequels. At least I can skip those. This shit is ubiquitous. Can't ignore it. Flip through a comic, there's cute Star Wars ads. Watch TV - cute Star Wars ads. Go to the store, kids are wearing cute SW crap and cute SW crap is all over the shelves in toys, calendars, posters, whatever. It's everywhere and I can't even take the old three movies seriously anymore.
Jan. 19, 2012, 3:56 p.m. CST
The commercial is fun, but VW's suck.
by Jim
Own a VW and you'll memorize the shop's hours, phone #, service manager's name, etc. Nothing else to do while your waiting on your car to be fixed the 3rd time for the same thing.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:03 p.m. CST
Jingle bells, Jingle bells...
by G Hoskins
...Oh wait, that's not the barking dog christmas song?
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:04 p.m. CST
First Row
by thelordofhell
C3PO........Obi-Wan Kenobi........Stormtrooper
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:05 p.m. CST
Second Row
by thelordofhell
R2D2.....Han Solo....Chewbacca.....Darth Vader
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:06 p.m. CST
Third Row
by thelordofhell
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:06 p.m. CST
by thelordofhell
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:15 p.m. CST
I hope it's for the Golf GTI MkVI
by Nuck81
And not another damn Jetta
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:23 p.m. CST
Saw it last night and wondered WTF...then I noticed the Empire theme
by openthepodbaydoorshal
and smiled all the way through. The AT AT at the end sealed it.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:33 p.m. CST
Dogs drive cars too.
by D.Vader
I've seen it.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:34 p.m. CST
took a second to hear the melody, but that was damn hilarious
by Bobby Brown
and somehow quite impressive. but i'm torn. because it does follow the trend of pointless commercials that have nooooothing to do with the product being advertised. which i hate. it's a thinker.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:35 p.m. CST
by Bobby Brown
did you just name-check a character from Scrooged? you are my new hero. *legitimate slow clap*
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:36 p.m. CST
@dogmatic: you conveniently forget that GL is creating plenty of SW for television for fanboys old and new.
by justmyluck
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:38 p.m. CST
My dogs perked up at Chewbacca dog.
by Embeedeuce
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:39 p.m. CST
If Lucas made Passats, the air bags would be CGI... and talk.
by Embeedeuce
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:39 p.m. CST
Loved it.
by bubcus
Totally cheered me up. Thank you.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:41 p.m. CST
you fucked it up, choppah...
by coz
Q: How many Alderaaneans can you fit in a VW Bug? A: Two in front, two in back, and the rest in the ashtray (Alderaaneans is much more PC than the original :P)
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:44 p.m. CST
rather watch that for 2 hours then any of the prequels
by Subaculta
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:45 p.m. CST
Customized crawl
by vadakinX
If it's anything like the crawl on their site, I'd pass. I am actually pretty proficient at making movie-perfect Star Wars title crawls...maybe I should charge a fee.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:52 p.m. CST
Chuckled ...
by Vince Ricardo
... well done, ambiguous commercial.
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:54 p.m. CST
It's for the new beetle. Meh.
by Mike Fornes
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:54 p.m. CST
I shit you not, that's one of the stupidest things I've EVER seen. EVER.
by Karl Hungus
Jan. 19, 2012, 4:56 p.m. CST
So it's dogs barking?
by SenatorJeffersonSmith
Yeah. Great commercial. Not really.
Jan. 19, 2012, 5 p.m. CST
Same thing w/ Floppy Drives here....
by Embeedeuce
Jan. 19, 2012, 5:21 p.m. CST
Dumb people love funny and talking animals
by Rupee88
because they have the minds of little children.
Jan. 19, 2012, 5:34 p.m. CST
I can't see it. My gay job is blocking this video.
by Tikidonkeypunch
Jan. 19, 2012, 5:49 p.m. CST
This stuff really does make SW weaker and weaker...
by MST3KPIMP
just regurgitation of once respected characters for the sole purpose of pimping nostalgia to sell a car.
Jan. 19, 2012, 5:55 p.m. CST
by CreepyThinMan
Jan. 19, 2012, 5:58 p.m. CST
mst3kpimp - all credibility has been sucked out of the franchise already. Sure, this is selling out and tacky and trashy, but what integrity is left? The franchise is long dead. This is picking at the carcass.
by Rtobert
Jan. 19, 2012, 6:11 p.m. CST
Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
by ScriptCunt
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha-- no... wait... actually, that was fucking retarded.
Jan. 19, 2012, 6:44 p.m. CST
30 seconds would have been plenty enough to get the point across
by ATARI
Jan. 19, 2012, 6:48 p.m. CST
Sweet MORE Star Wars references!
by MisterMxyzptlk
pretty fresh if you ask me.
Jan. 19, 2012, 6:54 p.m. CST
This is just pissing on Star Wars's corpse now.
by TommyGavinsEgo
By coincidence, I witnessed here on UK TV tonight Yoda whoring the Vodafone - one of the UK's phone providers. It just pisses me off. You know, I felt a modicum of sympathy for Lucas, when I read yesterday's New York Times article. He seemed genuinely baffled, disappointed and hurt that we hated the prequels so much. And genuinely just does not seem to understand how different they are from the films that defined a generation, how far removed, how much inferior. How EVERYTHING that came together magically in the originals just misfires all over the place. And then we read about how a multi-BILLIONAIRE who self-finances his products, out of his own multi-multi-MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR EMPIRE "can't afford to do the TV series". And then we see beloved characters, part of our cultural history, just WHORED OUT FOR MONEY. Pissing all over the legacy of beloved characters, created by George and brought to life by an army of gifted artists and FX wizards and puppeteers and craftsmen. And don't say "oh, the Trilogy is *just* movies". They're NOT Just fucking movies.
Jan. 19, 2012, 7:25 p.m. CST
well that was 250k well spent
by alienindisguise
Jan. 19, 2012, 8:45 p.m. CST
Cute, but Chopps post was more entertaining
by proevad
Jan. 19, 2012, 10:21 p.m. CST
So will they keep adding CGI dogs for the next twenty years?
by Snookeroo
And, for the record, in the original the chihuahua barked first.
Jan. 20, 2012, 12:11 a.m. CST
my dog heard that video and ran to my computer
by Arcadian Del Sol
and about 12 seconds later, walked back to its floor pillow and flopped back down. My dog is smarter than almost all of us.
Jan. 20, 2012, 2:17 a.m. CST
Poor animals....:/
by KilliK
Jan. 20, 2012, 10:25 a.m. CST
Better than Attack of the Clones
by Baron Karza
LOL. Damn, that actually was a great question and comment.
Jan. 20, 2012, 11:31 a.m. CST
Yay Baron!
by Anthony Torchia
Too right, regardless of anything else it may be, this IS better than Attack of the Clones Attack of the Clones? A monkey could have named it better, and made it better, George. But beating you up is like beating up Nixon now. As soon as I read "the bark side" I heard the Imperial March in my head, a march that would not exist except for George and his talentless ego. I think they did a great job and I LOVE the dog at the end. Fuck off.
Jan. 20, 2012, 1:43 p.m. CST
by Buck Turgidson
Selling cars with Star Wars? Dumb. Just Lucas trying to gin-up buzz for Phantom Menace re-release. This will really get the kids into theaters!
Jan. 20, 2012, 2:40 p.m. CST
you know its bad when.........
by Brian
.........you just got........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................coxxed!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan. 20, 2012, 4:27 p.m. CST
by TheGreatPumpkin
Defending the Evolks of Germany, coming soon to a theater near you!!
Jan. 20, 2012, 4:51 p.m. CST
The only part I was amused by was the poor greyhound at the end...
by Joaquin_Ondamoon
Wait 'til PETA gets their grimy paws on this and sues Lucas for demeaning that poor animal. You can see he was upset that he wasn't cast as Jar Jar.
Jan. 22, 2012, 12:24 p.m. CST
I didn't recognize the music until more than half way through and I listen to a lot of John Williams
by golden tribw
Execution could have been better
Feb. 1, 2012, 11:01 p.m. CST
haters are assholes with no life
by tenchugreen
just try to relax and enjoy life
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... sure where the bus station was. Its best to do your own thorough planning if you don't speak much Spanish. She said there was a ticket counter down the street in the pharmacy. So we went there. The girl at this counter spoke no English and didn't have any information on Zempoala.
Since we couldn't find out how to get to Zempoala we decided to go to the aquarium since we heard it was very nice. We stopped at a local ATM so Rena could get pesos and ...


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Congrats, bro Tim!
I completely recognize your freedom of speech, Henry, and don't want to step on any toes -- but I think hosting such a discussion would violate my commitment to keeping the processes confidential. Again, sorry if I annoy by taking down your post.
If there's a way to answer your questions without violating that commitment, I'll give it a stab.
Welcome, bro!
Back home. Changed. Profound experience. Journaling naked while listening to Nakai and burning white sage incense. The Journey Continues....
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For what ever reason they are looking at a problem in their area. Not really sure the I groups are not about that at all. It may be something someone is sending messages about because it is a concern of his. Or a topic someone started online. The in person I groups are not like that Cassidy.
Cassidy, in my experience in MKP, it is about what you describe as your desire, rather than yet another way to do service activities. But maybe Chicagoland is an outlier. I'd say visit an I-group if you can to see what they think it's about. And let us know!
Just did. Thanks, Will!
Welcome, Henry; you might look at the thread (above) titled "Your experience in MKP." It's where I put my answer to that question (at the time). Might add more one day--
Hello Warriors,
I just learned about MKP and joined to hear from those who are part of it. Anyone care to share your experiences?


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