{"id":1516,"date":"2012-01-24T19:18:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2021-01-18T03:26:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:26:47","slug":"introduce-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2012\/01\/introduce-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Why LOTR Sucks: The Better Way To Introduce The Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_86829\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lHIsrqfkMVE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>If we had cut out the opening montage, our introduction to the ring would be this scene, with Bilbo thinking he&#8217;s misplaced it, then finding it in his pocket to his relief. Combine that with the simultaneous conversation between Frodo and Gandalf and the worried look that creases Gandalf&#8217;s face, and the audience would already be clued in that something is amiss without even having seen the ring yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minutes Watched:<\/strong> 13.41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number of Montages:<\/strong> 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start at the <a href=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2012\/01\/fun\/\">beginning<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we had cut out the opening montage, our introduction to the ring would be this scene, with Bilbo thinking he&#8217;s misplaced it, then finding it in his pocket to his relief. Combine that with the simultaneous conversation between Frodo and Gandalf and the worried look that creases Gandalf&#8217;s face, and the audience would already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1731,1728,1736,1707,120,1737],"class_list":["post-1516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film_video","tag-bilbo-baggins","tag-fellowship-of-the-ring","tag-frodo-baggins","tag-gandalf","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-the-ring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3588,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions\/3588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}