As a fan of TRPG games (board games), Howard has been looking forward to the film "The Lord of the Rings" based on Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" for a long time.

He, along with Rajesh, Leonard, and Sheldon, often went down to the Moriath Mine together on weekends.

— tabletop games, of course.

At that time, everyone else always asked Howard, who was the shortest, to play the role of a hobbit.

Howard has been fighting hard against this......

That's not the point, though.

The point is, when the four of them play a board game about The Lord of the Rings together, they can't help but enjoy what this movie version of The Lord of the Rings will be like......

Anyway, it's not just Howard, but the foursome who have been looking forward to it.

However, at this time, the release time of "The Lord of the Rings 1" is gradually approaching, and Howard is a little unsure whether to watch it or not.

From the bottom of his heart, he really wanted to go;

However, although 911 happened in New York and Washington, it actually had a great impact on the otaku at California Polytechnic University-

Among other things, Sheldon has even become a doomsday survival enthusiast because of this.

- Only on paper, of course.

In Howard's view, if this thin bamboo pole, who always discriminates against his master's degree, can't overcome his obsessive-compulsive disorder and cleanliness habits, then he just goes to the forest park to play, and he can't play for too long, let alone survive in the apocalypse......

And Leonard is not far behind-

Because of the stimulation of 911, he had the audacity to propose to Penny, who had finally agreed to be in a relationship with him!

And what's even more exaggerated is that Penny actually agreed to him!!

It's like a flower stuck in cow dung!!

- Howard thinks the end of the world must be near.

Especially the reason why Penny agreed-

"I always thought I was young, but this incident made me realize that death can come at any time, and when I don't want to die, I still ...... alone."

Because of the influence of 911, this usually smug girl suddenly became extremely emotional.

This made Howard can't help but suspect that even if he proposed marriage himself, he might be able to succeed.

"Still, as Leonard's best friend, I still don't compete with him!"

Howard thought to himself feeling good.

As for Rajesh, Howard's Indian friend was not too affected by 911, but the main reason was that Howard felt that he was from India.

That place in India......

Well, Howard hadn't actually been to India.

Still, as a typical American, Howard subconsciously felt that it was nothing strange that everything outside of North America was chaotic.

What's more, Rajesh, as an Indian youth who is reluctant to return to India, does rarely instill a positive image of India in Howard......

In short, like his own friends, Howard was also affected by 911 -

More often than not, he is reluctant to go to some public places, preferring to stay at home and be yelled at by his mother.

- Well, as a qualified Jewish youth, it is not a strange thing to live with his own old mother.

Who makes all those born of the Jewish Mother a Judah, in a broad sense, a Jew?

- The Jews are one of the most famous people in the world who judge the relationship between generations by their matrilineal blood.

In this case, Howard doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with his situation.

He just wanted to watch the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings" in his heart, and because of the influence of 911, he was a little worried about going to the cinema, which made Howard quite entangled.

Until he saw the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings", that is, the trailer for the second version of "The Lord of the Rings" -

"This should be the Rivendell Valley, right?"

Looking at the beautiful elven country in the trailer, Howard's originally somewhat restless mood gradually became peaceful.

He thought the scenery was so beautiful.

"It would be nice to live in a place like this!"

Howard thought about it until the scene of the trailer shifted to the scene of Charles.

- It is the hometown of the main character, Frodo and other hobbits.

Out of his love for the Hobbit, Peter Jackson played 120% in shots of the Charles.

Coupled with the all-out efforts of the Ghost Party Studios' special effects department, and the upbeat and laid-back music, the scenery of the Charles really looks like a beautiful oil painting in the trailer.

"It's like heaven!"

Howard sighed in his heart.

Especially when he saw the hobbits' cozy hut that looked like a garden on the outside but a bit like a cave on the inside, and there was a cave, Howard instinctively felt a sense of warmth.

"Maybe when I get married in the future, I can build a house like this!"

Howard thought so.

He forgets that because of his short stature, he has always been asked by his friends to play the hobbit in TRPG games.

- I guess if he really lived in that kind of hobbit-style house, he would not be able to escape this nickname......

And Howard is not the only one who loves the hobbit's cosy cave cabin.

Emily and Gianna also love this natural and cosy and warm style.

Emily, in particular, remembers the treehouse she built with her dad as a child, while enjoying the trailer, which is completely different from the first version.

"I wonder if that treehouse is still there?"

Emily lost her mind.

There are actually many viewers who are as distracted as Emily.

On the one hand, everyone was amazed by the beauty of Charles and Rivendell in the trailer;

On the other hand, everyone is also curious, is the "Lord of the Rings" in this trailer really the same movie as "The Lord of the Rings" in the first standard epic cinematic trailer?

Those who have read the original book of "The Lord of the Rings" are eager to learn more about this visualized Middle-earth;

And for those who haven't read the original book, their curiosity has also been thoroughly hooked-

"Since the scenery in the second trailer can be so peaceful and beautiful, it at least shows that this movie will not be pure fighting and killing - just being able to enjoy the scenery of this fantasy world is already worth the ticket price!"

Anyway, that's what Diana said to her boyfriend Andrew.

And there are many, many viewers who have the same idea as her......

In fact, some commercial productions in Hollywood, although two or three trailers will be released one after another before the release, but the normal practice is to gradually increase the content of the trailer and reveal a corner of the story to the audience little by little.

On the whole, the style and context of the trailer are still the same.

However, under Charlotte's leadership, this second trailer for "The Lord of the Rings 1" is the polar opposite of this conventional approach, and it even looks like a completely different story.

This is a trick Charlotte learned from the Internet in later generations -

After all, at that time, even "Madoka Magical Girl" could be edited into "Fist of the Big Dipper" without any sense of disobedience.

And the trailer of "Interstellar" can be connected with the trailer of "Star Wars 7", making others think that Matthew McConaughey is moved to see the continuation of the story of "Star Wars" after many years......

Therefore, it is not unusual for two trailers with very different styles to tell the same movie story.

In 2001, however, the technique was quite new.

Many viewers have also become interested in "The Lord of the Rings 1", and even the panic caused by 911 seems to have dissipated in the picturesque rural scenery of Shire......