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(Re-uploaded this post because I realized I misspelled a word in the title and I didn't want the grammar police to jump down my throat about it.😅)

Obviously, it's because Peter Jackson and his film crew were still figuring things out behind the scenes and hadn't yet finalized the iconic look of Gollum that we all know and love. But that explanation is boring, so I've come up with my own.

Since this shot is from Frodo's perspective and he can barely make out Gollum hiding in the shadows from a distance, I'd like to think that what we're seeing is partly shaped by Frodo's fear. He's heard stories about Bilbo finding the Ring and escaping Gollum. So this being his first glimpse of the infamous villian, beyond his imagination would've been very surreal for him.

I'd like to think that, at least from a distance, Frodo's fear was filling in the gaps, imagining Gollum as this nightmarish monster that almost killed his uncle. Then, during the Taming of Gollum scene in The Two Towers, that perception is challenged. What he initially saw as this monstrous thing (which, let's be real, he is) turns out to also be a pitiful, tragic creature who was corrupted by the Ring.

And before y'all say it, yes I agree he doesn't look that much different compared to how he looks in the other two movies. But the devil is in the details. In this scene his head is shaped a bit differently. And his skin is a lot darker, which would've matched some of his book descriptions. This is the stuff I am referring to

This was the best moment of the whole movie for me and my friend.
Context: Me and my friend where watching Backrooms as I streamed it through Discord. But it was immediately after this iconic line was said that the movie started to glitch for both the audio and the video. As I was trying to fix the technical difficulties, I kept rewinding the movie to where we left off and kept hearing him say "STUPID... FUCK! PIECE OF SHIT!!!" It was so funny. It was as if the movie itself was aware that it kept breaking down. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmstZl8gSKI

Right before the "Return of the King" title card shows up, there are two black blobs that appear out of nowhere. At first I thought it was just an error an editor made on their fan edit I was watching, but it wasn't the fan editor's fault. This is how it looks on ALL home media releases of ROTK. Even on the damn 35mm scan. Maybe because the fan edit I was watching was also regraded, which highlighted this mistake and I was able to notice it. My guess is it's a misplaced shadow that is meant to be underneath on of the characters riding on horseback, but someone back in 2003 made a mistake on their editing timeline. And I don't blame them, I'm sure they were pressed for time, trying to get the movie done on time back then, so some little mistakes are bound to happen. Hell, there's even some CGI doubles that are T-Posing during some of the large battle sequences. But I personally find these blobs to be very distracting. And now that I've pointed this error out, you can't unsee it lol.

Whether it be me or some other editor, I hope to have this error fixed in the near future.

I so badly want this animation desk. But it's so damn rare to come by. It feels as though this awesome desk is being gate kept by people. Which really sucks. (NOTE: I am just expressing my frustration and how my experience has been like trying to track down this cool desk. I'm not literally accusing people of gate keeping, just that it felt like it.)

I can't find any place which sells one. All of them are either sold out or are asking for thousands of dollars, which is ridiculous. The hobby of animation shouldn't have to be that expensive and inaccessible. So if a kind soul could just please provide an in-depth guide with measurements, then that would be awesome. So that I can just build my own, with budget friendly materials.

But if no one is going to be helpful and provide any building guides, then I'll just have to eye ball the thing as I build my own. And through trial and error, I will eventually come up with a good enough design, which I'll share publicly for free, for anyone to use and improve upon.

I made this meme on Photoshop as an inside joke between me and my friend. And so I decided to share it with y'all.

I was wondering, what are the implications of humans obtaining new alien technology after the events of the War of the Worlds? And what if, over time, humans learned how to travel through space after extensively studying all the left over technology? With both the power of space travel and Martian weaponry, are humans doomed to be just as cruel or worse than the Martians? Conquering and colonizing all possible life on other planets across space.

I also wonder if at some point in the future, humans paid a visit to Mars. What would they find there?

NOTE: I am referencing the original book's story that is set in England, no other later adaptations.

This album has legit re-wired my brain chemistry.