November 28, 2002

Re: Treebeard??
Danny

I imagine that a million people are going to respond to this question, but I will anyway. Treebeard is actually visible in both trailers I have seen. In the early one that was appended to FOTR in theaters, you see Merry holding onto a tree looking like he is scared, then you see an eye blink right next to Merry's hand. In the latest trailer, you see treebeard take a big stride and pick up one of the Hobbits. Both shots looked awesome. So if you are afraid of Treebeard being cut, don't be. Jackson is smart enough to realize that taking treebeard out would mean another means of defeating Saruman would have had to be invented. Plus, Jackson also knows that Treebeard is an opportunity to use more of the special effects and eye-candy that movie goers crave now adays.