LotR: FotR LE - Filming Fake Snow

[hamletisastud]

"basically it's like take-out." haha! gotta love sean astin:)

[LOTRfan905]

Here in Wisconsin we get alot of snow! :)

[yeahyousaidit]

ahhh thankyou!! I've always wanted to see how they did him walking on snow :D

[XxXmalaybabeXxX]

its so bizzare that people live in countries where if they just get locked out of their homes, they die from freezing to death.

[vmattz1]

basically it's like take out. rofl

[DannieTheElf]

I love snow!

[Joemomma224]

"Basically its like takeout." HAHAHA

[TennisGirl54]

"Basically it's like takeout" lol!!

[Noukinette93]

Yes, it's cold in my country.

I'm Canadian so, shit winter is coming...

:(

[RogueTheElfWarrior1]

I wish the snow in Canada was fake in the winter! It's so freakin cold! Lol!

Seriously, it's interesting to see how snow is made for movies.

[unstrungzero]

@RogueTheElfWarrior1 LOL I'm from Buffalo, NY, so yeah, I UNDERSTAND about the snow.

[gubban2]

@unstrungzero shut up the both of you, I'm from Norway...

[unstrungzero]

@gubban2 No one was saying it was worse any one place, there was no need to be rude.

[gubban2]

@unstrungzero I was just joking... I don't really consider "shut up" to be rude anymore after all those creative new swears I've seen on the internet these past few years...

[unstrungzero]

@gubban2 Sorry, is hard to tell when a stranger is joking just from their words. I think that's why I overuse smileys and stuff. LOL It's true, what's rude to one person is fine for another. Swearing doesn't bother me at all, unless it's swearing AT someone. I guess it's about attitude.

[broille19]

@unstrungzero Fuck off, i live in Sweden and it's bloody cold here too!!!1

[BethaneyAnn]

@unstrungzero Yay Texas ^_^

[Onuiwa]

@gubban2 And let's not forget that we all live in space, which is the coldest Place in the universe =P

[alexkvaskov]

@gubban2 Shut up I'm from Russia :)

[Arwelora1337]

@RogueTheElfWarrior1 It's cold here in Scandinavia as well x)

[RemnantsHeart]

hahha msg and rice !!!

[Dellazice]

Now foam looks delicious.

[bebejayme]

It's basically like take out

[kittyanimeluvr]

"Basically it's like take-out."

xD Awesome.

[SuperChuchutrain]

hahaha gimly is deep in the snow and legolas is just walking firmly

[mifdsam]

@SuperChuchutrain it's 'cause in the LOTR universe, Elves are mostly unaffected by many things in middle earth like disease, weather, etc

[Vikingwerefox]

I laughed pretty hard at the snowball fight.

[InkRoze]

That fake snow looks so cool. I want to squish it too...Haha

It looks like shaving cream!

I wonder if it's edible.....

[maratmasry]

"msg and rice......so basically it's like take out" ROTFL

[alvawhite]

I don't think that it's a thing about weight, I think it's more that elves can basically communicate with nature, so if they ask the snow to hold them, it will.

[redkef]

No, it says in the book that it's because he's light.

[jhameiagoh]

There is a meme that elves are light-footed, run fucking fast, and stuff like that. Tolkien created that kind of elf. I'd cite old D&D edition numbers at you about the speed (and I think stealth?) of elves, but I'm not that much of a nerd. <3

[naryanr]

he can walk on the snow cause of his light little elf made shoes, everyone else has boots except the hobbits who have thick heavy feet

[naryanr]

actually yeah, it does have "to do with shoes lol," read the book instead of guessing.

[hellopeople1013]

he can walk on the snow because he's an elf, and elves are light. it has nothing to do with shoes.

[naryanr]

no. it's because of his shoes. hobbits are lighter than elves. read the book.

[hellopeople1013]

I have read the book. Hobbits may be small, but they're not light weights.

[naryanr]

then if you've read the book, you'll not find it hard to read why it says legolas can walk on snow. go back, read the passage, then make another comment if you feel so inclined.

[hellopeople1013]

It reads that frodo noticed the shoes that legolas always wore. and while they made little imprint in the snow, it never says its the shoes specifically that cause him to be so light. know why? cause elves are lighter, they are the lightest thing in middle earth.

[naryanr]

and if it weren't for his shoes, if he was wearing boots like everyone else, he wouldn't be able to. point where exactly i said the shoes MADE him light. i said it was because of the shoes that he could walk on the snow. what is wrong with that statement? and where does is say elves are the lightest thing going ?

[hellopeople1013]

no, that's wrong. he could have worn anything and still be nimble and fluid. he's an elf. and it's common sense. the hobbits eat and eat. why would they be lighter? they don't exactly pride themselves in being thin.

[naryanr]

"he could have worn anything and still been nimble and fluid." ok, you're just talking out of your ass now. why the hell would he wear little shoes on a ridiculously long hike if he would be just as "nimble" in steel toe-capped walking boots? go on, make something else up.

[hellopeople1013]

he didn't cause obviously he just wanted to wear his own cloths. why fix whats not broken? and yes. he could have worn steel toed boots and still be able to run across the snow.

[naryanr]

sure. he also could have worn a bungalow on each foot and still been able to fly. "he's an elf"

[hellopeople1013]

lol. of course he could have. some silly little house couldn't keep him stationed still.

[naryanr]

yeah i know, it's all there in the book

[hellopeople1013]

lol whatever you say dude

[naryanr]

damn straight

[TheShadowyPhantom]

"Rice and MSG."

"So, it's basically like takeout ..."

I loved the shots of Viggo Mortensen throwing the "snow", and Sean Bean just sitting there. Thanks for posting this video.

[unstrungzero]

You're very welcome, glad people enjoy it! I love seeing them between takes. :)

[metacarpied]

On a chemistry fieldtrip we went to this stunt place and they showed us thing like making HUGE FUCKING BADASS EXPLOSIONS and another was snow simulation, it was very realistic and pretty cool.

[padfootrocksmysocks]

i love Legolas walking on the snow. ^^ such a great bit in the book; and i love seeing it.

[SufurTheNose]

Well spoken!

Whenever I read this scene with Legolas walking on snow, I imagined it like nothing else seen before.

And when I saw the first movie in cinema, I had a very big grin while seeing it showed so damn well.

[padfootrocksmysocks]

me as well! i liked how they didn't draw attention to it; it felt like it was something you could just pick out if you read the book. all in all a great sequence.

[luxor1987]

@padfootrocksmysocks i always thought it looked a little weird^^ he seems to lean back i think :D

[kiba1234]

lol i love that legolas is the only one who can walk on top of the snow! lol

[effectspecialist]

Hey, what brand of white foam house insulation was that being used (sprayed) for the hard snow.

Looked real nice when dried, just like snow. Like a open-cell, spray-in-place soft foam.

Never seen one spray like that one did? any idea?

Steve

[Nollywonks]

Legolas looks really skinny there.

[seeleyboothfan]

What was your job on LOTR?

I threw snow...

[89MidnightSun89]

LOL yeah.....

But still... LOTR

[seeleyboothfan]

True. I'd have killed to be the snow thrower or any part of the film.

[Xarris08]

I'd wave some freakin branches just to have apart in this amazing series.

[orliluvr1432]

agreed

[alleballebajs]

really cool

[Liljamoon]

I love the end where Viggo throws snow and when you see Sean Bean :)

[unstrungzero]

Yeah, Sean Bean's not in too many of these, I wish he was!

[Liljamoon]

Yeah, me too. I love his accent! <3

[IAMMARR]

Lol "MSG and Rice. Basically it's like takeout".

Woo first comment =D