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gralin musicteeth · 11-19-2002, 04:03 PM

on Sunday while I was watching the game, this commercial comes up that looks like it's a Lord of the Rings movie preview. I was watching it for a 2 minutes before i found out it was advertising the Grey Cup game. That totally freaked me out and I was wondering if anybody else has seen it or another commercial spoof that is LoTR related?

dragoneyes · 11-19-2002, 04:07 PM

Can't say I have, and I watch quite a lot of tv. May be I've not been watching at the right time, or maybe it doesn't happen this side of the Atlantic.

EDIT: I have to say the PS2 game advert annoys me quite a lot because I sit there going push down the ladder! (I love that bit) but then it says 'buy the new PS2 game!' and I don't even have one [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img].

The advert lasted 2 minutes? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

[ November 19, 2002: Message edited by: dragoneyes ]

Diamond18 · 11-19-2002, 06:19 PM

Well, back in August a car dealership had a gimmick that if you came and test drove some model (I forget which) they would give you a free LotR DVD.

So the commericial went like this:

A family was driving away in their new mini-van, down a narrow tree-lined road, when in the rear-view mirrors what do they see but Nine Black Riders chasing after them just like in the movie. They had the music playing too. But then, as the Riders encircle the car, one reaches out its hand...and knocks on the window. The guy opens the window, and the Black Rider throws back his hood, and its...(tada) Bob, the car dealer. He holds out the DVD and says, "Hey! You forgot this! It's great!"

The End.

Arwen Melian · 11-19-2002, 06:26 PM

I saw that too! I would just stop in my tracks whenever I saw it..but I stated laughing when the car dealer took off the hood...are you phycic? I was just about to mention that commercial. People might start calling you: Diamond18, the famous mind reader whose real name is unknown. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Just kidding.

Lindril Arvilya · 11-19-2002, 08:10 PM

There's a Two Towers ad which I THOUGHT was an ad for the movie. Instead it's for trivia contest that's going on.... I have to find that website... I know I can win....

Diamond18 · 11-19-2002, 11:20 PM

Not psychic really, it's just the only LotR type commercial I've seen that wasn't for the movie itself. Once the Monday Night Football intro was LotR themed, though. I can't remember the particulars on that one, but it was about the quest for the One Ring (i.e. the Super Bowl Ring) which is totally the opposite of what LotR is really about.

And my real name isn't unknown, really. I've mentioned before that it's Sarah. Sarah Rose. (I've got a LotR related name in real life! Yay!)

TealDude3 · 11-20-2002, 09:59 AM

I recently saw the ad for AOL 8.0 Broadband, and there was a part were they said:"Download the latest movie previews", and they showed a clip of TTT.

Precioussss · 11-20-2002, 04:43 PM

I saw that commercial too, gralin! only it took me a while to figure it out because my screen was all blurry (snowstorm).

Arwen1858 · 11-20-2002, 06:09 PM

I saw that too, Diamond!!

Arwen Melian · 11-20-2002, 06:24 PM

COOL! MY NAME IS SARA ALSO BUT WITHOUT AN H...WAIT THATS SCARY..WHAT WOULD BE SCARIER IS IF WE HAD THE SAME NAME EXACTLY...YEA THAT'S WHEN i SAW THE COMMERCIAL TOOO,WIERD.
wOW..WE ALMOST HAVE SOM ETHING IN COMMON BESIDES LOTR!

Diamond18 · 11-20-2002, 10:48 PM

I'll bet there are lots of people named Sara(h) hiding out here on the Downs. Isn't is great to trade in our rather common name for something more exotic like Arwen Melian and Diamond? (okay, well, Diamond, being a Hobbit name isn't really very exotic, but to me it is.)

I just rememberd that in a couple of their commercials Time Warner Cable is featuring the clip from FotR where Gandalf takes the Ring out of the fireplace and drops it into Frodo's hand. It's for something about pay-per-view movies...the announcer guy says, "What if you never had to rent a movie again?"

Arwen Melian · 11-23-2002, 06:16 PM

Oh...I never saw that one. Well I did see the one advertsing the new ps2 game....it was cool. However, one question; why does it show a TTT scene? Oh...and I agree it is nice to trade in your names( even though our birth names are very pretty.) Well..I read the Silmirrillion and when I see your name I think of Miriel for some reson( Diamond-Miriel...meaning sparkling jewels...but I don't think you meant it this way.)

Diamond18 · 11-24-2002, 01:17 PM

I haven't seen that PS2 commercial. I've seen lots of ads in magazines, but not on TV as of yet. I recall that on the Regular Edition DVD they had a preview of "The Two Towers Video Game" but the scene they showed was from Moria. I thought that was wierd, anyway.

Diamond Miriel sounds cool...I've wished on several occasions that I choose something else other than 18 to go after Diamond...oh well, c'est la vie. (Diamond is from the Tale of Years in the Appendices, BTW, the name of the hobbit who Pippin married.) Everyone just calls my Diamond anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter what I put after it. Lol.

Aryan · 11-26-2002, 07:27 AM

ok...i have seen the advert for TTT ps2 game and it has clips from the movie on it...legolas and aragorn looks so gorgeous in the rain

Lady_Báin · 11-28-2002, 06:25 AM

well it is sort of wierd that they call it The Two Towers" game and not just "Lord of the Rings" cause it takes some part sof ttt and fotr so whatever. It look svery sweet though, sasdly i don't have a ps2 so oh well.
but i have seen the ad for the SE fotr dvd and i sit down right in front of the tv and gasp awe-filled every time it's on [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Horse-Maiden of the Shire · 01-17-2003, 05:14 PM

well, im not too sure but theres a comercial here for MTS (phone company) and their logo is a bison and two bison are standing in a field

Bison1:whats the matter?
Bison2: ive never been past this spot in the field before

hmm...kinda makes ya think of FotR eh!
[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

11-19-2002, 04:03 PM	#1
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 360	Has anyone else seen this?? on Sunday while I was watching the game, this commercial comes up that looks like it's a Lord of the Rings movie preview. I was watching it for a 2 minutes before i found out it was advertising the Grey Cup game. That totally freaked me out and I was wondering if anybody else has seen it or another commercial spoof that is LoTR related? __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?

11-19-2002, 04:07 PM	#2
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	Can't say I have, and I watch quite a lot of tv. May be I've not been watching at the right time, or maybe it doesn't happen this side of the Atlantic. EDIT: I have to say the PS2 game advert annoys me quite a lot because I sit there going push down the ladder! (I love that bit) but then it says 'buy the new PS2 game!' and I don't even have one [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]. The advert lasted 2 minutes? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [ November 19, 2002: Message edited by: dragoneyes ] __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

11-19-2002, 06:19 PM	#3
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Well, back in August a car dealership had a gimmick that if you came and test drove some model (I forget which) they would give you a free LotR DVD. So the commericial went like this: A family was driving away in their new mini-van, down a narrow tree-lined road, when in the rear-view mirrors what do they see but Nine Black Riders chasing after them just like in the movie. They had the music playing too. But then, as the Riders encircle the car, one reaches out its hand...and knocks on the window. The guy opens the window, and the Black Rider throws back his hood, and its...(tada) Bob, the car dealer. He holds out the DVD and says, "Hey! You forgot this! It's great!" The End. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

11-19-2002, 06:26 PM	#4
Arwen Melian Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sometimes Imladris....sometimes Mirkwood...other times ....Lothlorien Posts: 141	I saw that too! I would just stop in my tracks whenever I saw it..but I stated laughing when the car dealer took off the hood...are you phycic? I was just about to mention that commercial. People might start calling you: Diamond18, the famous mind reader whose real name is unknown. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Just kidding. __________________ Maiden of Rivendell "Anything to get away from the evil monkey in my bedroom." Fine! I admit it. I am a supporter of Agent Elrond. Now would you please leave me be?

11-19-2002, 08:10 PM	#5
Lindril Arvilya Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In a box at the end of Harrison Ford's street, with a pair of binoculars Posts: 332	There's a Two Towers ad which I THOUGHT was an ad for the movie. Instead it's for trivia contest that's going on.... I have to find that website... I know I can win.... __________________ Neo, watch out! Trinity's going to steal your pants! Pants thief! Pants thief!

11-19-2002, 11:20 PM	#6
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Not psychic really, it's just the only LotR type commercial I've seen that wasn't for the movie itself. Once the Monday Night Football intro was LotR themed, though. I can't remember the particulars on that one, but it was about the quest for the One Ring (i.e. the Super Bowl Ring) which is totally the opposite of what LotR is really about. And my real name isn't unknown, really. I've mentioned before that it's Sarah. Sarah Rose. (I've got a LotR related name in real life! Yay!) __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

11-20-2002, 09:59 AM	#7
TealDude3 Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Bebop Posts: 138	I recently saw the ad for AOL 8.0 Broadband, and there was a part were they said:"Download the latest movie previews", and they showed a clip of TTT. __________________ I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's.

11-20-2002, 04:43 PM	#8
Precioussss Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dancing on this earth for a short while Posts: 111	I saw that commercial too, gralin! only it took me a while to figure it out because my screen was all blurry (snowstorm). __________________ I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. - Bob Dylan

11-20-2002, 06:09 PM	#9
Arwen1858 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 516	I saw that too, Diamond!! __________________ Will Turner: "This is either madness or brilliance." Jack Sparrow: "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." ~ Pirates of the Caribbean

11-20-2002, 06:24 PM	#10
Arwen Melian Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sometimes Imladris....sometimes Mirkwood...other times ....Lothlorien Posts: 141	COOL! MY NAME IS SARA ALSO BUT WITHOUT AN H...WAIT THATS SCARY..WHAT WOULD BE SCARIER IS IF WE HAD THE SAME NAME EXACTLY...YEA THAT'S WHEN i SAW THE COMMERCIAL TOOO,WIERD. wOW..WE ALMOST HAVE SOM ETHING IN COMMON BESIDES LOTR! __________________ Maiden of Rivendell "Anything to get away from the evil monkey in my bedroom." Fine! I admit it. I am a supporter of Agent Elrond. Now would you please leave me be?

11-20-2002, 10:48 PM	#11
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I'll bet there are lots of people named Sara(h) hiding out here on the Downs. Isn't is great to trade in our rather common name for something more exotic like Arwen Melian and Diamond? (okay, well, Diamond, being a Hobbit name isn't really very exotic, but to me it is.) I just rememberd that in a couple of their commercials Time Warner Cable is featuring the clip from FotR where Gandalf takes the Ring out of the fireplace and drops it into Frodo's hand. It's for something about pay-per-view movies...the announcer guy says, "What if you never had to rent a movie again?" __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

11-23-2002, 06:16 PM	#12
Arwen Melian Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sometimes Imladris....sometimes Mirkwood...other times ....Lothlorien Posts: 141	Oh...I never saw that one. Well I did see the one advertsing the new ps2 game....it was cool. However, one question; why does it show a TTT scene? Oh...and I agree it is nice to trade in your names( even though our birth names are very pretty.) Well..I read the Silmirrillion and when I see your name I think of Miriel for some reson( Diamond-Miriel...meaning sparkling jewels...but I don't think you meant it this way.) __________________ Maiden of Rivendell "Anything to get away from the evil monkey in my bedroom." Fine! I admit it. I am a supporter of Agent Elrond. Now would you please leave me be?

11-24-2002, 01:17 PM	#13
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I haven't seen that PS2 commercial. I've seen lots of ads in magazines, but not on TV as of yet. I recall that on the Regular Edition DVD they had a preview of "The Two Towers Video Game" but the scene they showed was from Moria. I thought that was wierd, anyway. Diamond Miriel sounds cool...I've wished on several occasions that I choose something else other than 18 to go after Diamond...oh well, c'est la vie. (Diamond is from the Tale of Years in the Appendices, BTW, the name of the hobbit who Pippin married.) Everyone just calls my Diamond anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter what I put after it. Lol. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

11-26-2002, 07:27 AM	#14
Aryan Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere between Legolas and Orlando Posts: 15	ok...i have seen the advert for TTT ps2 game and it has clips from the movie on it...legolas and aragorn looks so gorgeous in the rain __________________ i went to a shop, bought a poster of legolas, brought it home, stuck it on my wall and had it nicked by my little sister who thinks legolas is a blonde bimbo and thinks pippin is smart.

11-28-2002, 06:25 AM	#15
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	well it is sort of wierd that they call it The Two Towers" game and not just "Lord of the Rings" cause it takes some part sof ttt and fotr so whatever. It look svery sweet though, sasdly i don't have a ps2 so oh well. but i have seen the ad for the SE fotr dvd and i sit down right in front of the tv and gasp awe-filled every time it's on [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ pæling.

01-17-2003, 05:14 PM	#16
Horse-Maiden of the Shire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chillaxin' with Glorfindel-441 miles on the RtR Posts: 1,197	well, im not too sure but theres a comercial here for MTS (phone company) and their logo is a bison and two bison are standing in a field Bison1:whats the matter? Bison2: ive never been past this spot in the field before hmm...kinda makes ya think of FotR eh! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ "There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us." "Shoot it," said my attorney. "Not yet...I want to study its habits."