442: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Tv & Film, Arts, Film History, Visual Arts

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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We’re discussing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for its 20th anniversary. The Two Towers is the second film in director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic. It was released on December 18 2002. Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) form an uneasy alliance with Gollum (Andy Serkis) on their journey to destroy the Ring in the sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring. Special guest and GHL Research assistant Diego Nunez joins us for this episode.

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0:36.6	Ashley, what do you think about the decision for New Line Cinema to spoil the return of
0:49.6	Gandalf in the trailers and the marketing for the Lord of the Rings the Two Towers?
0:56.2	That's something of a travesty.
0:57.2	There's actually a couple things in this movie that they change that they think are almost
1:01.8	cardinal sins among a franchise.
1:04.8	I know the book fans knew, we always knew Gandalf was coming back to the book fan.
1:10.2	40-year-old spoiler.
1:11.5	But I think if you came to this movie fresh and you saw that trailer, it's a huge plot
1:17.6	point that's being spoiled there.
1:18.9	I just have to say that Ian McKellen is a treasure and I understand wanting to assure
1:22.8	people that they are going to get their money's worth and he is coming back.
1:26.0	Are they going to get the full McKellen sauce?
1:27.9	But I think if you didn't know, the reveal would have been quite something.
1:31.6	Interesting.
1:32.6	Well, I think it's time to get this Geek History lesson in session.
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