Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 07:48:53 -0500 From: Neill Robins <freebsd@nc.rr.com> To: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oh no! They killed Beastie! Message-ID: <38143623860.20010326074853@nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200103260418.f2Q4INf22590@ns1.unixathome.org> References: <200103260324.f2Q3Oef22315@ns1.unixathome.org> <200103260418.f2Q4INf22590@ns1.unixathome.org>
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Sunday, March 25, 2001, 11:18:23 PM, Dan Langille wrote: DL> On 25 Mar 2001, at 23:08, Neill Robins wrote: >> Sunday, March 25, 2001, 10:24:40 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> DL> On 25 Mar 2001, at 20:30, Neill Robins wrote: >> >> >> Here: http://www.xenite.org/sorbo/ is a picture. He is most famous for his >> >> "Hercules" series that came on USA. It was pre-Xena and cancelled (if >> >> I am not mistaken). >> >> DL> Pre-Xena? Please! Xena was a spin-off of Hercules.... >> DL> [yes, both series were/are filmed in NZ and Lucy Lawless is NZ-born] >> >> Whoa, I never admitted that I actually watched those shows! :) I thought >> they was pure crap for what little time I had to watch television! DL> Heh, I liked watching them when I was in USA on holidays... My roommate used to watch it fairly often, then Xena, for obvious reasons. >> Where in NZ, by the way? DL> The filming for Hercules and Xena was done in Auckland. Someone just DL> told me it was just west of Auckland, on the coast. Well, it looks absolutely beautiful from the pictures I've seen, mostly on the internet. I actually have a friend in Sydney who said that if I could ever make it out, she would take me to NZ touring, and I believe Auckland was one of the main points of interest. DL> The special effects (physical and digital) were by Weta DL> <http://www.wetafx.co.nz/WetaLtd-Index.html>. The are the same DL> people who worked on The Frightners and Heavenly Creatures. Weta DL> are heavily involved in Lord of The Rings. Peter Jackson is the director DL> and all of the three films were shot in New Zealand. You've seen the DL> LOTR trailer? That's NZ scenery in the background, perhaps digitally DL> enhance, I don't know. At present, they are post production and the DL> first film will be released December 2001. With luck, the premiere will DL> be in Wellington. I hope so. Yeah, I have seen the trailer when I saw "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and it looks like it may be good (compared to some of the crap they churn out nowadays). And speaking of LOTR, here is a humourous clip: http://modernhumorist.com/mh/0101/rings/lotrlow.mov for 160x http://modernhumorist.com/mh/0101/rings/lotrhigh.mov for 240x If you have the time to download one, it is pretty good, although it may be slow. Have a good one. -Neill freebsd@nc.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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