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Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit and the Brass Dolphin

  • 17 Sep 2013 19:36
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    Looks like theres plenty of camber in those LOTR sails.

    Also looks like camber might be controlled by raising and lowering bottom batten?
    Last modified: 17 Sep 2013 19:38 | Deleted user
  • 17 Sep 2013 19:30
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    Obviously I am wasting serious time today. This is the trailer from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, with some nice shots of a junk/junks laced throughout. Some of it even looks live-action? Perhaps not, but quite well done.


    Last modified: 17 Sep 2013 19:43 | Anonymous member
  • 17 Sep 2013 19:17
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    I'm hijacking my own thread here toward the topic of "junk rigs in the movies". I just came across the trailer for the movie "Young Detective Dee" which features some traditional Chinese naval junks being broken apart by a sea dragon (in CGI, obviously). I don't think the ships are rendered that well. There's at least a few more recent Chinese historical epic film productions that have computer-rendered junk scenes.

    This topic is a bit tangential I know but it's somewhat interesting to see the representation of fictional junks in film. Might be fun to someday see a supercut of all the best scenes out there. 

    Last modified: 17 Sep 2013 19:18 | Anonymous member
  • 01 Aug 2012 23:39
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    I recently ended up in a google hole after watching the Hobbit trailer and I found out some interesting things. Perhaps this trivia serve you well someday. 

    For the end battle of "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King", there's a fleet of black ships and the sails have a lateen-junk hybrid look where the fan shape of the sails extends to the apex of the fan forward.  They are two masted and the foremast has a dramatic forward rake. Someone with a DVD and a pause button might want to investigate the rig idea further.


    But that's not the only junk connection. In 1977 and 1980 there were animated musical productions of both the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by Rankin/Bass studios.  They featured musical numbers performed by Glenn Yarbrough who is unforgettable for his distinctive vocal tremolo. According to wikipedia, Glenn was an avid sailor and apparently sailed a junk called Brass Dolphin most of the way around the world. 

    Now I'm curious to see and know more about this Brass Dolphin. Anyone know of it? Anyone know Glenn?
    Last modified: 17 Sep 2013 19:20 | Anonymous member
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