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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:33:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:36:12 PM EDT
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Yep. They have had sets already built and waiting.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:53:15 PM EDT
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I find it sort of amusing that this is important enough news for the country's PM to get involved with. Can you imagine Obama "confirming" that the next Superman movie will be filmed in the US?
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:01:07 PM EDT
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Guess the actors and crew finally got the union to fuck off.
Seriously, if you don't know it went like this: Peter Jackson: Gonna make the hobbit in NZ Unions (IIRC some were from Australia, not NZ): YOU MUST DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS Peter Jackson: What? Fuck off. I treat my crew great. Hell, they get profit sharing. Unions: NO SERIOUSLY BOW TO US Actors and Crew: Who the fuck are you people? Jackson: This keeps up I'll take the movie to eastern europe Union: BOW BEFORE OUR DEMANDS Actors and Crew: Shut the fuck up! You're gonna cost us our jobs! Probably the best example of unions trying to fuck the workers I've ever seen. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:05:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: I find it sort of amusing that this is important enough news for the country's PM to get involved with. Can you imagine Obama "confirming" that the next Superman movie will be filmed in the US? I'm betting half a billion dollars gets spent making these movies. That's a lot of fucking money for a country that size. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:06:56 PM EDT
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I find it sort of amusing that this is important enough news for the country's PM to get involved with. Can you imagine Obama "confirming" that the next Superman movie will be filmed in the US? I'm betting half a billion dollars gets spent making these movies. That's a lot of fucking money for a country that size. You're probably right on the dollar amount and STILL the POS unions wanted more! 
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:09:19 PM EDT
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I saw an interview with Sir Peter from last Thursday. He was seriously pissed off. The Minister for Economic development down there was seriously pissed off. The Aussie trade union rep just sat there like some fuckin' sphinx saying "We want more."
I'm glad they nipped that shit in the bud. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:11:10 PM EDT
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Is New Zealand aware that Tolkein is dead and that basing their economy on the works of a dead guy is a tad short sighted and limited?
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:13:10 PM EDT
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When I heard unions were postponing this even longer my head nearly exploded.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:13:54 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is New Zealand aware that Tolkein is dead and that basing their economy on the works of a dead guy is a tad short sighted and limited?  |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:15:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: Guess the actors and crew finally got the union to fuck off. Seriously, if you don't know it went like this: Peter Jackson: Gonna make the hobbit in NZ Unions (IIRC some were from Australia, not NZ): YOU MUST DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS Peter Jackson: What? Fuck off. I treat my crew great. Hell, they get profit sharing. Unions: NO SERIOUSLY BOW TO US Actors and Crew: Who the fuck are you people? Jackson: This keeps up I'll take the movie to eastern europe Union: BOW BEFORE OUR DEMANDS Actors and Crew: Shut the fuck up! You're gonna cost us our jobs! Probably the best example of unions trying to fuck the workers I've ever seen. From what I have read, yup, this describes it. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:55:41 PM EDT
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I just finished watching the LOTR Extended Edition DVD's for the first time a few days ago. The movies of the decade if you ask me. Glad production will stay in NZ.
Aragorn's Black Gate speech FTW!   |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 5:18:16 PM EDT
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Oh man, I cannot wait for these two! It'll be like discovering LOTR all over again.
 
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Posted: 10/27/2010 5:39:59 PM EDT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QAlt4Sfl7Q
Aragorn: "....yyyyyeeaaahhhh!!!" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2WuMoFdipw |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 5:40:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: Guess the actors and crew finally got the union to fuck off. Seriously, if you don't know it went like this: Peter Jackson: Gonna make the hobbit in NZ Unions (IIRC some were from Australia, not NZ): YOU MUST DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS Peter Jackson: What? Fuck off. I treat my crew great. Hell, they get profit sharing. Unions: NO SERIOUSLY BOW TO US Actors and Crew: Who the fuck are you people? Jackson: This keeps up I'll take the movie to eastern europe Union: BOW BEFORE OUR DEMANDS Actors and Crew: Shut the fuck up! You're gonna cost us our jobs! Probably the best example of unions trying to fuck the workers I've ever seen. Spot fucking on. Also Jackson had a run in with Saul Zaentz trying to get this flick made. Jacksons a champion for making movies in the tiny little country he's from despite every bastard trying to do him over. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:11:57 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is New Zealand aware that Tolkein is dead and that basing their economy on the works of a dead guy is a tad short sighted and limited? I guess you didn't hear how much money Elvis and Michael Jackson made this year... |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:19:47 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is New Zealand aware that Tolkein is dead and that basing their economy on the works of a dead guy is a tad short sighted and limited? Their economy is based on sheep, not Tolkien movies. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:22:18 PM EDT
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Guess the actors and crew finally got the union to fuck off. Seriously, if you don't know it went like this: Peter Jackson: Gonna make the hobbit in NZ Unions (IIRC some were from Australia, not NZ): YOU MUST DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS Peter Jackson: What? Fuck off. I treat my crew great. Hell, they get profit sharing. Unions: NO SERIOUSLY BOW TO US Actors and Crew: Who the fuck are you people? Jackson: This keeps up I'll take the movie to eastern europe Union: BOW BEFORE OUR DEMANDS Actors and Crew: Shut the fuck up! You're gonna cost us our jobs! Probably the best example of unions trying to fuck the workers I've ever seen. Good summary |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:29:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:34:14 PM EDT
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I find it sort of amusing that this is important enough news for the country's PM to get involved with. Can you imagine Obama "confirming" that the next Superman movie will be filmed in the US? I'm betting half a billion dollars gets spent making these movies. That's a lot of fucking money for a country that size. Yup it's a good amount of money indeed. The reason for the PM involvement ? It's Only a country of 4.5 Million people. We have bugger all levels of government. Only really have local (city) government, and the National government. So it is a very direct, and representative government system. Being a small country has plenty of problems, but an out of touch government is not one of them. He made an agreement yesterday, Today the law change to back it is being debated in Parliament. No messing about. He is a business man, The government attempts to run the country as close to a business as is possible, given the 'middle-left' nature of the country. If you read the deal he made with the film company, it is an excellent win/win for both sides. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:42:55 PM EDT
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I find it sort of amusing that this is important enough news for the country's PM to get involved with. Can you imagine Obama "confirming" that the next Superman movie will be filmed in the US? I'm betting half a billion dollars gets spent making these movies. That's a lot of fucking money for a country that size. Yep, it's a lot more understandable than the President of the United States of America personally lobbying the IOC to hold the Olympics in his hometown...
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Posted: 10/27/2010 6:43:56 PM EDT
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Is New Zealand aware that Tolkein is dead and that basing their economy on the works of a dead guy is a tad short sighted and limited? Their economy is based on sheep, not Tolkien movies. Well more cows these days, than sheep. But still the largest amount of money is still dead sheep, and dead cows. Why shouldn't dead writers be any different 
Writers like, C. S. Lewis, Merian C. Cooper, Georges "Hergé" Remi, J. M. Barrie and some live ones, like Stan Lee, Stephen Sommers, |
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