hollywood melon man

Chapter 352 Christmas War
There is a music store in Washington Square Park on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. A long line has formed in front of the door early in the morning.

The reason why so many people gathered so early was because this video store had just received the DVD of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", which created this unique scene.

The DVD of "The Two Towers" was sold out before, resulting in many people not being able to buy it.

At this time, many movie fans vowed to buy a set to collect.

"There are so many people!" Butcher Lutz and Evans also came to line up.

The two originally thought they would be able to get into the first 100 in line, but by the time they arrived, the line was already very long.

Some even came with tents, and it was obvious that they were queuing up in the middle of the night.

Evans was a little anxious: "If we had known, we should have come here to line up last night."

Butcher Lutz was able to remain calm: "It's okay, we'll be there soon. There are more than a hundred people ahead of us."

"I'm afraid that by the time we get to watch it, the DVDs will have sold out," Evans worried.

Bacher Lutz shook his head and said, "No..."

Having said that, Butcher Lutz couldn't help but feel a little worried. What if the DVDs were sold out by the time they got here?
Someone in front was discussing: "Are you going to buy the regular version or the deluxe version?"

Another person replied: "Of course it's the deluxe edition. I heard it contains the trailer for The Return of the King. I really want to watch it."

The first trailer for The Return of the King is only available on the Deluxe Edition DVD of The Two Towers.

It's also worth it for movie fans to pay just to see the trailer.

In order to increase the selling points of the deluxe edition DVD, the trailer content inside will not appear on other platforms in the short term.

In fact, videos can already be uploaded on the Internet platform, and videos exist.

But unlike the later common 1080P, which can be as high as 2K4K level, the image quality of online videos nowadays is about 270P or 360P.

The reason is simple: the hardware and software do not meet the requirements.

So although it is very convenient to post videos online, there are still very few movies that have trailers released online, and at most just a few stills.

Trailers are still mainly broadcast on offline big screens and televisions.

Putting a trailer on the DVD is also an option, of course, only sequels can do this.

Of course, Butcher Lutz and Evans came to buy the deluxe version, and they couldn't help but want to check it out in advance.

After two such wonderful movies, both of them were curious about how Gilbert Jr. would end the series.

After waiting in line for a long time, it was finally Butcher Lutz and Evans' turn.

Luckily for them, the DVD was not sold out, so the two bought two deluxe edition DVDs.

After returning home in a flash, Butcher Lutz and Evans quickly turned on the TV, plugged in the DVD, and couldn't wait to play it.

The opening of the trailer is extremely shocking. A dense army of orcs is marching across the plains. Then the scene changes and the magnificent Minas Tirith occupies the entire TV screen.

Humanity is fighting bloody battles, bonfires are lit on the snowy mountains, there is the terrifying Eye of Sauron and Mount Doom, and so on.

In just three minutes of trailer, enough information is revealed.

Although they didn't see more big scenes, just the scenes in the trailer made Butcher Lutz and Evans extremely excited.

Evans jumped up and down excitedly, touching his head and shouting: "Oh my God, why do I have to wait more than five months? I really want to see this movie earlier."

Bacher Lutz felt the same way: "Yes, it was a really long five months. Time went by so slowly!"

"I want to watch it again..." Evans took the remote control and rewound back to the beginning of the trailer. The two watched the trailer more than a dozen times.

Bacher Lutz attempted to analyze the trailer footage: "Director Gilbert Jr. was smart not to edit in key scenes.

This trailer is full of scenes of humans being attacked by an army of orcs."

"Indeed," Evans also said, "I have read part of the original book, and I remember that Aragorn led the southern army of Gondor to rescue Minas Tirith."

After watching the trailer, the two felt lost.

Those five long months were really tough for loyal fans.

At this time, there are already a lot of discussions about the trailer of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in online forums, bulletin boards, and chat rooms.

Knowledgeable fans who have read the original novel began to analyze every detail of the trailer, which then attracted the attention and discussion of netizens.

"Director Gilbert Jr. was very smart. He didn't show the most shocking scenes in the film, but instead kept the suspense."

"I remember that the Battle of Minas Tirith in the book was quite exciting, but very little was revealed in the trailer. I wonder how director Gilbert will shoot this part."

"Need I say more? Of course it's an epic scene. I have a feeling it will surpass the Battle of Helm's Deep."

"Chicago, I want to watch The Two Towers with someone again this afternoon. Is there anyone?"

"I, I, I, let me do it..."

Of course, the film was not liked by everyone.

Some people are rebellious and want to show that they are different from others, so they post bad reviews.

However, the negative reviews did not form a large scale, and there was no enemy water army to lead, so they were quickly drowned out by angry fans.

These fanatical fans don't want to see any negative comments about the Lord of the Rings movie, otherwise they will let these haters see the angry fans. The trailer is good, but there are still more than five months before the movie is released, so the promotion of The Return of the King cannot be relaxed at all.

The Lord of the Rings concert tour continues, visiting major cities in North America and then heading to Europe.

Gilbert also released some stills from the set of "The Lord of the Rings" and some design sketches through his personal social media account, continuing to attract the attention of fans.

As usual, during the Super Bowl in February, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will release a second trailer.

After the Oscars, the film will start a large-scale promotion. But in fact, the promotion is weaker than when the first film was released.

Because the "Lord of the Rings" film series is now world-famous, this saves a lot of effort in promoting the film.

However, with still five months to go before the film is released, fans have already begun discussing whether "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" can defend the title of global box office champion next year and achieve three consecutive championships.

Looking at next year's competitors, there are "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", and "Spider-Man".

Gilbert Jr. is of Italian descent, but was born in Los Angeles.

Coincidentally, at this time, the Los Angeles Lakers had just completed two consecutive championships and were aiming for their third championship.

Little Gilbert was also invited to watch this year's Christmas game.

"How does it feel to watch the game in the box?" asked Lakers owner Buss.

"It's OK, but I prefer to sit on the sidelines and watch the game." Little Gilbert looked at the court and applauded when Shaquille O'Neal received a pass from Kobe and made a slam dunk.

"Hahaha, me too, but I have a bad heart and can't stand the stimulation sitting on the sidelines." Old Buss laughed.

To this game, Gilbert Jr. also brought Bingbing Li and Shu Chang who had already arrived in the United States.

It was the first time for both of them to watch basketball live, and it seemed much more exciting than basketball games in China.

Shu Chang is still young and has never been abroad, so this experience is very rare for her.

She is working hard to practice her English. It doesn't have to be too good, as long as she can do daily coaching.

According to the setting, Xiaoyu is a child who is not very good at English.

Of course there will be some progress afterwards, but that is all in the future.

While watching the game, Gilbert said to Bingbing Li: "I heard that the Shanghai Sharks have a player named Daoming, who is very good."

Bingbing Li doesn’t watch basketball and said she doesn’t know much about it: “Do you think he has a chance to play in the NBA?”

"Of course, and he's the No. 1 pick!" Gilbert Jr. laughed, and turned back to Buss and said, "What do you think if I buy an NBA team for fun?"

Buss expressed his support: "That's great. If you want to buy it, I can give you a contact and ask other team owners if they have any thoughts on selling the team."

Little Gilbert waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, take your time!"

Actually, buying a football team for fun is a hobby of Gilbert Jr. He doesn’t know much about baseball, rugby, ice hockey, etc. But he knows a little about soccer and is considering setting up a soccer club for fun.

I am familiar with basketball because it is essential to my life, so it seems like it would be a good idea to form a basketball team.

For a super-rich man like him, now is the time to think about hobbies instead of money.

Maybe it was because Gilbert Jr. came to watch the game in person, the Lakers team performed very well, and finally defeated the opponent with a big score and won the Christmas game.

After Christmas, the New Year’s bells rang, and 2002 came.

After Nolan finished the project "Insomnia", he officially became busy with the project "The Mystery of the Talisman".

Cheng Long served as the film's action director, and Stanley Tong served as the second director.

In fact, according to Nolan's personality, he will not co-direct with others.

Nolan's film philosophy is that he hopes every shot will be shot under his direction.

It’s just that Nolan is not a pedantic and conservative person. He knows that his current status is not enough, so he did not insist on the idea of ​​directing independently.

Young Gilbert went to the set of "The Mystery of the Spell" and found that the film was quite well prepared.

Gilbert Jr. also saw Dwayne Johnson, a WWE wrestler who played the chief of Area 13 but had a small role.

In addition, Chris Tucker, who partnered with Jackie Chan in "Rush Hour 2", also joined the film, and the role of the villain Valon was played by the famous veteran actor Kevin Spacey.

The other characters are basically familiar faces in Hollywood or Hong Kong.

The only ones who can be called newcomers are Bingbingli and Shuchang.

During the filming process, Nolan was worried about Shu Chang, who had never experienced such a scene before and might be nervous, resulting in a poor performance.

But surprisingly, in the early shooting, Shu Chang was the one who performed the best.

Needless to say, in terms of action, Cheng Long also showed his real skills and integrated his own action comedy style into the film.

For the role of the father, Ng Mang-tat lost 15 kilograms so that he could look like a skinny old man, and act mysterious.

As a producer, Gilbert Jr. certainly has to pay attention to the situation of the film.

This film requires a lot of investment, and Gilbert Jr. wants to ensure that the film can be shot as he envisioned.

Fortunately, Nolan is capable enough and nothing serious will happen.

(End of this chapter)