Last night my dad asked me if the scene with the Ent walking through the woods was taken from a TV show or something from abuot the last 4-7 years. I didn't think so, but thought I would ask the greater authority that is Hatrack. Does anyone know if any of the scenes with the ents were taken from something else?
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
Yeah, the book.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Was there a sequel to Wizard of Oz, in which the trees marched in to destroy the Emerald City?
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
On the extended edition of TTT DVD, the special features includes a whole lot of footage about the production, including the filming of the scene in question. It is all new stuff, made for these features.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I always think of the prophesied marching forth of Birnam Wood (Macbeth) when I read about the Ents, but I don't know of more recent allusions.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Have you seen this DVD?
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
Claudia, I read recently that Tolkien was in fact inspired by the Birnam Wood scene in Shakespeare. He enjoyed it, but thought it was a copout. So he started wondering if there were a way a wood really could march to war.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Now THAT is the coolest interesting fact of the day!! Thanks Mac!!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Wow. I did not know that.
eslaine, are you asking because it is addressed in the DVD special edition information thingies? I had the opportunity to see the DVD while housesitting for a friend, but I couldn't figure out how to run the other options besides "play."
I strongly suspect that I stopped learning new skills at about the age of 19, at which time I had just learned how to use a computer word processor (making my Brother machine obsolete) and the very rudiments of telnet email. I had a hard time replying to messages, because I'd type out these really long letters and I couldn't figure out how to send them. (I think you had to do something like type a period on its own line, then hit the enter key??? Something I stumbled on seemed to do the trick.)
I can fake it pretty good through the net, but it's all for show. *toothy grin Anything beyond the routine, and I moan like a puppy. But Shakespeare was the soundtrack of my childhood, and I used to pretend I was a soldier of Birnam Wood when I brought in the fireplace kindling.
[ November 29, 2003, 06:45 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
me not always type so good.
you do okay with key thingies.
Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
I belive that the "period on one line" thing is one of the defining features of the program "mail." It's a nasty program that nobody I know actually uses...
In any case, when I heard on the Appendix DVDs that Treebeard was a big tree puppet thing being rocked back and forth by guys with long metal pipes, I had to go back and watch that. It really does look like he's just being shoved back and forth... I don't care, it still looks good.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Don't quote me on this, but I believe the whole ent thing was stolen from Walker: Texas Ranger.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Actually what one of the ents distinctly reminded me of was the talking tree in the McDonald's commercials that they used to show about 10 years ago. Could that be it?
AJ
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
There was a talking tree in HR Puffenstuff, as well.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
quote: Claudia, I read recently that Tolkien was in fact inspired by the Birnam Wood scene in Shakespeare. He enjoyed it, but thought it was a copout. So he started wondering if there were a way a wood really could march to war.
This was mentioned also on the Extented Edition for TTT. I forget where, though.
Posted by Paercival (Member # 1408) on :
my dad thinks from a star trek episode maybe 2-5 years ago...he recalls the tree looked very similary. is he going crazy, or is he accurate here? Anyone know?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
It's a well-known fact that Tolkien was a big Trekkie. I'm sure he stole it from some episode of Star Trek.