LotR RotK Premiere Today In New Zealand 279
donnz writes "Things are getting a little out of hand in Wellington today. For those of you who have not spent the night sleeping on the sidewalk CityLink have been wiring up webcams all over the place. Keep up with all the news and links on Stuff.co.nz. Just to show we are twice blessed, the sun is shining."
Re:Using Linux and KDE (Score:5, Interesting)
Much of the battle at Helmsdeep, for instance, is AI program vs AI program. Awesome.
*of course, the first time they tried it, the humans broke ranks and just ran away from the orcs. What does that say?
RD
Re:Good for NZers (Score:5, Interesting)
Really I would.
Re:Using Linux and KDE (Score:5, Interesting)
Actually according to TTT extended version DVDs, the AI's in the back just started running away from the battle. The reason being that they had programmed the AIs to start running in random directions if they coudn't see an enemy AI, hoping that like this the AIs would run into an ennemy sooner or later. If your AI is at the back of a 10000 people uruquai army, then this strategy won't really work, so they changed it...
nothing to see here, move on....
Big deal! (Score:0, Interesting)
Don't believe me?
irc://81.223.243.18/DC-Warez [irc]
Then type /ctcp xDCC-SK12633M xdcc send #1
and #2 and #3, as well.
I'm here... (Score:5, Interesting)
Nevertheless, some of the buildings around Wellington look fantastic, a few adorned with giant models from Weta. I believe the red carpet is over 400 metres long, spanning the length of Courtenay Place, one of our largest streets.
Should be interesting, but really the hype is almost unbearable.
Just letting Slashdot know not every Wellingtonian is so damn excitable!
Re:Good for NZers (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:WHAT!!! (Score:4, Interesting)
Kiwis will have the first opportunity to see it when it is officially released to. Comes from being on the right side of the international date line, it's the official date for release a good 12hrs ahead of the US. Also makes for good new years celebration, the first to see in the new year and it's the middle of summer to (so big outdoor parties etc.).
The biggest creche in Wellington (Score:2, Interesting)
Oh get a grip! (Score:4, Interesting)
It's also interesting (Score:3, Interesting)
Not that close! (Score:2, Interesting)
Geographically close? The distance between Auckland and Sydney is considerably more than say London to Rome, or New York to Miami. And there is nothing between the two countries except water. It'd be a hell of a long swim.
Oh and in response to the earlier " They do have kangaroos in New Zealand, don't they?", no we don't, but Wallabies [doc.govt.nz] are a somewhat similar species (albeit smaller) that was introduced here a long time ago.
Re:Using Linux and KDE (Score:3, Interesting)
Yet another excuse to plug Interface, the VUW Computer Club [interface.org.nz], which ran that event (or more accurately, took it over from the CS department): if you're a CS student at VUW, you really should become a member.
Re:LOTR prequels? (Score:4, Interesting)
What's wrong with excitement (Score:2, Interesting)
I attended the Witching Hour at my Barnes and Noble for Harry Potter. I didn't really buy the book, I just went people-watching. Admittedly, I was a little disappointed. All the fun-and-games were done by one magician, and I think that was completely freelance. Instead they were all big huge lines.
I guess it's just me. Admittedly, not many other people dressed up as pirates to go see Pirates of the Caribbean, but I think it would only be fun.
Good job Kiwis. My grandmother lives there, and I eagerly await visiting. Especially beacause I want some Hokey Pokey or Tip Top ice cream!
Re:It's the little touches (Score:2, Interesting)
I took some photos, see Photos from ROTK premiere [holloway.co.nz]