Mines of Moria Card Proofs: Difference between revisions
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* {{Card|Whip of Many Thongs}} | * {{Card|Whip of Many Thongs}} | ||
* {{Card|Must Do Without Hope}} | * {{Card|Must Do Without Hope}} | ||
* Ripples in the Pool | * [[Ripples in the Pool (Beta)]] | ||
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{{Card|Foul Tentacle}} and {{Card|The Eye of Sauron}} later had different portraits applied, and {{Card|Goblin Reinforcements}} was panned to make it more about the troop than the central orc. | {{Card|Foul Tentacle}} and {{Card|The Eye of Sauron}} later had different portraits applied, and {{Card|Goblin Reinforcements}} was panned to make it more about the troop than the central orc. | ||
{{Card|Troubled Mountains}} apparently might have gotten | {{Card|Troubled Mountains}} apparently might have gotten its portrait rejected depending on whether the shot displayed the body doubles on a close inspection. | ||
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Interestingly, {{Card|Southern Spies}} was apparently originally a fully splashable anti-[[mill]] card. However, its usage was eventually recycled into {{Card|Old Noakes}} while Spies itself was reworked into a very situational milling card itself. | Interestingly, {{Card|Southern Spies}} was apparently originally a fully splashable anti-[[mill]] card. However, its usage was eventually recycled into {{Card|Old Noakes}} while Spies itself was reworked into a very situational milling card itself. | ||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | Beta versions of the following cards: | |||
* {{Card|Ulaire Nelya, Ringwraith in Twilight}} | |||
* {{Card|Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow}} | |||
* {{Card|They Will Find the Ring}} | |||
* {{Card|It Wants to be Found}} | |||
* {{Card|Wraith-world}} | |||
* {{Card|Helpless}} | |||
* {{Card|Hosts of the Last Alliance}} | |||
* {{Card|Secret Sentinels}} | |||
{{Card|Bill Ferny}}'s text had a minor when -> if alteration, {{Card|It Wants to be Found}} had a minor space typo, and {{Card|Helpless}} placed the "Plays on Sam" sentence onto its own line. | |||
{{Card|Wraith-world}} and {{Card|Helpless}} both had their portraits zoomed slightly. | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | | | style="vertical-align:middle;" | Beta versions of the following cards: | ||
* {{Card|The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul}} | |||
* {{Card|Ulaire Attea, The Easterling}} | |||
* {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Ringwraith in Twilight}} | |||
* {{Card|His Terrible Servants}} | |||
* {{Card|Stricken Dumb}} | |||
* {{Card|Resistance Becomes Unbearable}} | |||
* {{Card|A Blended Race}} | |||
* {{Card|Release the Angry Flood}} | |||
* {{Card|Dismay Our Enemies}} | |||
{{Card|Striken Dumb}} had minor formatting adjustments to the lore spacing. | |||
{{Card|The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul}} and {{Card|Ulaire Attea, The Easterling}} both had their portraits swapped to different Nazgul within that scene for unknown reasons. Enquea was left untouched. {{Card|A Blended Race}} was zoomed in a little bit, presumably to cut out the distracting corpse in the foreground. | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | | | style="vertical-align:middle;" | Beta versions of the following cards: | ||
* {{Card|Not Feared in Sunlight}} | |||
* {{Card|Mithril-coat}} | |||
* {{Card|Dear Friends}} | |||
* {{Card|Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer}} | |||
* {{Card|Sam, Proper Poet}} | |||
* {{Card|Merry, Horticulturalist}} | |||
* {{Card|Bilbo, Well-spoken Gentlehobbit}} | |||
* {{Card|Deft in Their Movements}} | |||
* [[Of Very Little Importance (Beta)]] | |||
Someone apparently objected to Merry's subtitle of "Mr. Meriadoc Brandybuck". Presumably it was New Line, as the Tolkien Estate would have little reason to object to accurate lore. Perhaps it was to preserve "brand identity" and avoid usage of Meriadoc due to not being used in the movie? | |||
Of Very Little Importance appears to have been approved, but was cut for other unknown reasons. It ''is'' just a boring choke card, although it would have been quite obnoxious in later formats. | |||
{{Card|Sam, Proper Poet}} had a minor text format change. | |||
{{Card|Mithril-coat}}, {{Card|Dear Friends}}, {{Card|Bilbo, Well-spoken Gentlehobbit}}, and {{Card|Deft in Their Movements}} all had minor zoom/pan adjustments to their portraits. Mr-Not-Meriadoc-In-This-Film also had a vignette effect applied. | |||
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Revision as of 08:59, 7 March 2022
On or about 2 January, 2002, Decipher submitted final card images for the Mines of Moria expansion to New Line Cinema for approval. New Line approved of the majority of these cards, with only minor adjustments required for some. Some cards ended up having their portraits further adjusted by Decipher artists, and these were also sent in later for late approval.
These faxes were fortunately included within the New Line Fax Proofs dump courtesy of Kreg Miller, and are presented below with commentary.
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The opening salvo of the Mines of Moria approval process. |
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Standard Product Approval Form provided to New Line. |
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Another cover letter. Apparently this was faxed to two separate IP owners, in this case Tolkien Enterprises to get the lore itself proofed. |
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Standard Product Approval Form provided to New Line. |
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Beta versions of the following cards:
The only notable change here besides a typo in Fror's lore is that the Ring of Power shown in the Dwarven Bracers (2U3)
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Flurry of Blows (2C5)
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No changes here except for quote formatting typos. |
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Jarnsmid saw a rewording (likely to prevent Shadow possessions from also being discounted), and Wielder of the Flame (2U28)
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Uruk Scout (2C47)
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Beyond the Height of Men (2R39)
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Ripples in the Pool had its portrait rejected by New Line for using a shot of the size doubles for the Hobbits rather than the main actors. Rather than selecting a new one, the card was apparently scrapped. Final Cry (2R57)
The Balrog, Durin's Bane (2C51)
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Minor typos were fixed in Goblin Spearman (2C65)
Goblin Spearman (2C65)
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Goblin Pursuer (2C62)
Foul Tentacle (2C58)
Troubled Mountains (2U72)
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Interestingly, Southern Spies (2C91)
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Wraith-world (2R86)
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Striken Dumb
The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul (2R85)
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Beta versions of the following cards:
Someone apparently objected to Merry's subtitle of "Mr. Meriadoc Brandybuck". Presumably it was New Line, as the Tolkien Estate would have little reason to object to accurate lore. Perhaps it was to preserve "brand identity" and avoid usage of Meriadoc due to not being used in the movie? Of Very Little Importance appears to have been approved, but was cut for other unknown reasons. It is just a boring choke card, although it would have been quite obnoxious in later formats. Sam, Proper Poet (2C114)
Mithril-coat (2R105)
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