![]() Marshall recalls originally writing the bit with a specific scene in mind: the classic “Did you know?” fun fact from The Two Towers, which includes actual footage of Viggo Mortensen breaking two toes after kicking a helmet in acting out Aragorn’s grief. In it, Marshall acts as a kindly representative of a collect-call service that gives LOTR super-fans a safe place to spew fun facts about the films to him instead of their unsuspecting normie friends. What appears to be trending audio may actually just be 20 videos that TikTok has hand-delivered to you and only you, pushing you ever deeper into the hole in the social media mountainside that’s just your size.īut “ Lord of the Rings Watch Party Hotline,” a video by Don Marshall (aka “Obscure LotR Facts Guy”) is a bonafide Tiktok success, in and outside of TolkienTok. ![]() But in an ironic way that community-based targeting can sometimes be quite isolating. Ultra-specific content delivery is, of course, TikTok working as intended. And as prolific creators of TolkienTok - that is, the Tolkien-loving TikTok community - tell Polygon, the audience’s relationship to the Extended Edition DVDs is changing the way the Tolkien fandom communicates. Right down to “ Do you wear wigs?” memes on your FYP. On TikTok, sketches, memes, and viral audio clips reference content you would only find if you spent long hours pouring over every cast interview and armor schematic available on the Special Edition discs. That was 20 years ago, but the story of the making of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is still being told. The final tally marked a full 43 documentaries, nine image galleries, 12 commentary tracks, dozens of interactive maps, featurettes, original art, and anywhere from 30-50 minutes of additional footage added to each Extended Edition cut of the films. This is Polygon's Year of the Ring.įollowed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King box sets, the Lord of the Rings trilogy’s catalog of extra content mirrored the films themselves a massive effort by hundreds of creatives, finally getting the thorough documentation they deserved. So each Wednesday throughout the year, we'll go there and back again, examining how and why the films have endured as modern classics. 2021 marks The Lord of the Rings movies' 20th anniversary, and we couldn't imagine exploring the trilogy in just one story.
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