Daniel Falconer talks designing Lord of the Rings, Guillermo del Toro's Hobbit, Wētā, and more!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- A conversation with Daniel Falconer, Collectibles Art Director of Wētā Workshop. He was also a designer on The Lord of the Rings and wrote the fantastic behind-the-scenes books "The Hobbit Chronicles" and "From Script to Screen: Building the World of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit". We chat about his time designing Middle-earth, a possible behind-the-scenes book for Guillermo del Toro's Hobbit, adapting Tolkien, and more!
The Hobbit Chronicles (vol 1): amzn.to/3rI96nP
From Script to Screen book: amzn.to/3KCtxew
An Unexpected Party Board Game: amzn.to/32mH8p8
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#NerdoftheRings can you make a video of the range of the north and The Dúnedain
The interview with John Rhys-Davies was a legendary, but I think this is my new favorite. Daniel is an authentic fan, and a delight to listen to!
I didn't like the Rhys-Davis one, purely because it felt that it fed his vanity.
@@JoshD667 It fed John's vanity, that's what you think?
@@ufc990 yeah, I think Matt is an excellent interviewer, with lots of interesting questions. I felt John used it as an excuse to talk about himself and everything he was doing without actually answering the questions.
@@JoshD667 I did see a bit of that, too. But at the same time he said many intersting things, many humble things as well. Remember, nobody's perfect. On the one hand he might be a bit vain, or self-absorbed, or just enjoying hearing himself talk, but on the other hand I think he can have a really magnetic presence that he lent to his Gimli beautifully.
It was awesome watching John learn what he never knew about Gimli, but man did Daniel have SO much to say pre movie experience, which was amazing
Daniel and Richard both are so well spoken and friendly guys. Love creative personas like them, I could listen to them all day talk about lotr. I hope one day to visit the weta cave and meet them both!!! Thanks so much for this interview
I've been a fan of Mr. Falconer's artwork from even before the LOTR movies came out. He used to post Star Wars fan art online way back when. I've always loved and appreciated his contributions to the Jackson movies. Great interview!
Loved his work for what he did for the movies. Remembered seeing alot of his work in the extended editons appendices in the movies. Never get tired of watching the behind the scenes stuff for the Hobbit and lord of the rings
Brilliant!! Thank you for bringing these awesome folks on!
Excellent interview! Love the passions of both of you.
Daniel is so watchable. And a joy to listen to.
In would love to see a movie of the life of Melian, from the time she sang in Lorien, to the placing of her girdle of protection, the birth of Luthien, mentoring of Galadriel, assisting Turin. giving up her daughter to a mortal life, and the eventual downfall of Beleriand and her return to the halls of Mandos. What a story! It ties into so many other characters' stories.
I want six Lord of the Rings Chronicles books!!! Brilliant interview Matt. Get Daniel back on for another two hours!
Wonderful interview, bring him back ASAP!
great interview. thank you
Horses of Middle earth - that would be a topic I would love to hear about. There are quite a few memorable or named horses, such as Nahar, Rochalor, Roheryn and surely some great Mearas from Felarof to Shadowfax. And another topic maybe - wildlife of middle earth. What animals are there, in the wild? we know about Mumakils, and wild horses, some birdlife we heard about. What other animals mabe mentioned in Tolkien's lore? Any primates? snakes? etc.
Thanks for a wonderful channel!
I actually don't want a book for the GDT Hobbit film, I want to see an Appendices style documentary for it, because I am sure they were shooting material for the DVD extras during the GDT pre-production.
Hi! Great interview!
I have a question not related to this video. Do you think your playlist "My History of Tolkien's Rings of Power Playlist: " will spoil the new series in any way? I don't mind some "spoilers" but I would rather not know everything that's going to happen in the tv-series ;)
Amazing
"[The Silmarillion] could be exploited horribly..." --Daniel Falconer, January 2022. Henceforth, he shall be known as Daniel the Prophet.
Falconer, Faulkner, same diff. Lol
My brother told me "They are making a woke Lord of the Rings now"..... is this true? If so, I'm like...... pissed. May start drinking again.
Hell yes!
I have a question: Is there any chance that Weta will release a book of filming set plans, prop blueprints, etc.?
Oh oh oh...Yeeeessss Precious. Prop bluuuue prints and plans, yes Precious. All the plans.
I love that you keep pushing the Guillermo del Toro book idea. I would love nothing more. Great interview as always!
Absolutely loved Daniel! Make sure to bring back again in the future. :)
I would’ve loved to have listened to Daniel delve more into the elven weapon designs for the Hobbit. Thranduil’s sword is a Weta masterpiece and now my favourite collectible.
Pleeeeaaaase! If you can, get John howe or Alan Lee on, would absolutely love their stories heard on this channel!
Yes please! @nerdoftherings
'Good Design always follows the function' has tattooed itself onto my brain purely because of this man. 100% the reason I became a Prod. Designer
I absolutely adore all these interviews you've been doing! I must have watched all the behind the scenes footage of the extended editions of the trilogy at least 5 times when I was a teenager, it's so great to hear all the people involved in the movies talk about it again 😍 thank you so much for these 💚
Awesome!
@Grant Archer ?
@Grant Archer oh lol
The first book I read was Silmarillion, back in the beginning of the 80's. And it was sooooo heavy, and I remember thinking, " my God, everything is just going to shit". I could'nt even se a light in the tunnel. But I read the whole thing. And as I then started LOTR, I found a book that had all the in one, I had a much better background to the story. Thats why Im glad I started with Silmarillion. I had so much meat on the bones when I started LOTR so I think I appreciated it even more. And after that I read The Hobbit and enjoyed it, I already sort of knew the story but got to dig deeper. Thats how my Tolkien saga started.
I'm all over this one!!!!! Fantastic!
Another FANTASTIC, entertaining and engaging interview. Can’t wait to see who you get next, and hopefully one day, Sir Peter Jackson himself!
This is going to be a good one.
Matt, it's so great that you smile throughout the whole interview. Man, you've got such passion, thank you for your channel!💛
Daniel: my favourite j.r.r.t. character is TreeBeard.
Matt: *puts a picture of Daniel and TreeBeard for over half of the thumbnail”
ooooooooh I see what you did there, Matt 👀
Amazing, I especially love the elven sword story, think it's never been told anywhere else.
1:33:55 For me it's Beren and Lúthien followed by the story of The Children of Húrin.
You can actually see the original concept armour for the witch king in the return of the king game th-cam.com/video/o9Gk0b3avd0/w-d-xo.html
One of my favourite interviews of yours so far!! Daniel is such a bookie fan and I adored hearing his enthusiasm and sincerity in every story - I honestly wished there would’ve been even more regarding the props!
Loved it loved it loved it 🙌🏻✨
Thank you, Matt!
If Snyder's Cut is a thing, then why not a GDT Cut!?!?!?!?
Daniel is just sitting there knowing everything that's happening with Rings of Power.
This was a great conversation!
Great fun! Thanks for this!
This is amazing. Always loved David’s input during in the BTS of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. He always seemed so knowledgeable of Tolkien and respectful of the material.
A good example of how GDT's Hobbit might have looks is to look at the Synder Cut. The Whedon cut looks similar, but they are two totally different animals. PJ's hobbit was obviously extremely GDT's vision as he didnt have enough time to prepare his entire works without using a little of what came before. (you can see a LOT of the set designs in the Hobbit show up in GDT's Trollhunters :) which further shows how the two movies were and are similar, yet different.
This was a total unexpected surprise to come across tonight (eastern USA). Thanks to NotR and Daniel! I had tons of fun.
"David Falconer" stylewise sounds like a name that "gamers" would non-stop spam as a "voice actor" that's so super awesome, although completely run-of-the-mill and unimpressive, like of most of the US dubbing sphere... (A weird comment, maybe, but it's also weird how they would non-stop spam such a name. Was just reminded of it.)
I can’t explain the relief I felt when he said he had to take a break. I barely understood the LOTR My first read, let alone the Silmarillion.. and I was about 14. I couldn’t get a good, proper Silmarillion read until I was probably 23 haha
They're not silly things at all. If I could afford it, I'd have most of the collection! Bagend, Treebeard, Gandalf, several swords etc etc etc.😊
This has been epically Brilliant!!! Mille gratzie!
And yes, yes, yes for the Mithril edition!
So where exactly does one purchase these collectables? I realize I actually have nothing from LOTR, and that needs to change.
Catching this late, gunna have to re watch from the start , love the channel
Daniel was at Calgary Con a few years ago, he's a super nice guy. Lots of cool stories from working on the movies.
Important reminder
Technology can't replace books and the imagination it inpiries
We as humanity need to encourage less technology for entertainment and more reading
Man. I wish they'd really done The Hobbit back in the late 90s
Of course his name is Falconer, like the Swedish folk metal band.
I got video idea for you. What if sauron regaind the one ring. Just for fun you can let your imagination flow
I missed this event. Wanted to ask Daniel why there was never Jane and the Dragon figurines? I've always wanted the Dragon and of course Jane.
Oh man, I want this Children of Húrin movie now O_O
Robert Meyer Burnett would be a great guest to have on, he has a TH-cam channel and he's a co-host on the John Campea show. But he also was one of the guys who did the LOTR behind the scenes documentaries.
I never knew that! Talented guy.
*Middle Earth in a meme*
*Hobbits:* smile~
*Elves:* sweet~
*Dwarves:* sister~
*Men:* sadistic~
*Ents:* surprise~
*Wizards:* service~
*Orcs:* SUKA BLYAT!!!
I am happy owner of all Daniel´s books from LOTR/Hobbit and they are worth every penny! If you have a chance to get them, do not hesitate! Edit: Funny to see Daniel´s answer to LOTR amazon question, before yesterdays announcement :D
Thank you again for these great interviews! I have been amazed by Daniel's work since I watched the DVD extras over and over while working on university projects. Now over 20 years since the Fellowship movie, he is basically up there alongside Alan Lee and John Howe in my eyes, and I think he should be part of any future projects that visually depicts the works of Tolkien. I have faith that the visions he has brewing in his mind for The Silmarillion are something I really want to see :)
I went to hobbit on a few years ago it was amazing!!!
51:30 can you imagine if in the future they pull a Zack Snyder's Justice League and re-release PJ's LOTR as a series, with all the cut material reinserted?
Great interview thank you!!
I agree with what Tony said - fantastic interview and a delight to listen to. Thanks, Matt - your channel is by far the best for Tolkien nerds and you fully deserve your half a million plus followers!
Hey, can you do a video on 'What if Gandalf Never Fell?'
Like the balrog's whip just misses him altogether?
and as for desired collectibles ... please make mini epics of the dwarves! thorin, fili, nori ... all of them! and young bilbo! really hoping they'll come out with those soon, it's so sad how little dwarf content there is for the hobbit fans to buy. : (
Let's get this party started!
A wonderful interview with another great fan of Tolkien's work! :) It was awesome to listen the details about these beautiful weapons and ornaments in the background.
The collectibles they make, although quite expensive (too expensive for me, unfortunately, but who knows, maybe one day...) look stunning!
Very cool to hear from the man himself!!
I think the phrase, "Trust Tolkien" perfectly sums up why the trilogy is the best trilogy out there!!! My hope for the show is that they are trusting Tolkien, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
I want GDT Hobbit being made.
What a fun and informative conversation. Love Daniel and thanks Matt for your work and efforts in bringing this content to the fans.
This interview has been so great, and you should do more. Daniel deserves his own appendices! Maybe you could take in some questions from fans as well?
the way i VIBRATED with excitement at the mention of a thorin mini epic, please may it come soon!!!
I really can't wait.
This was so fun and I think my favorite interview you’ve done. You and Daniel got on like a house on fire, and he’s so knowledgeable about Tolkien! New BFFs? 😂
What a great Interview. I absolutely love when people who love the world on page get to work on Films. It brings so much more life to them.
Great interview, Daniel's passion is awesome. Make that Two Towers video!
DAMN IT!!! WHY CAN I NOT HEAR MY NOTIFICATIONS??? IM SITTING NEXT TO MY DEVICE 24/7.
Two towers is my favorite
Nerd, thank you from the deep dungeons of my heart. Insanely awesome!
Well, I clicked on the reminder bell but I never get reminders… I guess I’ll see ya there at some point.
Great interview
I wish Tolkein introduced the concept of MultiVerse to Middle Earth. That way, he could have further expanded the LOTR universe without taking away anything from the original plot.
What a deliciously thorough interview!!💕💕
Great Interview
I really hope you'll interview Richard Armitage about his role as Thorin someday!
He acted it so badly. You could always tell that he is acting and not fully believes that he is in the world. There is literally no actor in lotr where you have that feel, but with many in the Hobbit. Thorin always broke the believability when he was in the frame.
You can't open the Mithril link.
Daniel’s thumbs up at the end are the greatest ending to an interview so far!!
They kinda remind me of Michael from “The Office”
Daniel is a legend¡¡¡¡¡.
Woot
The movies are a 5 out of 10 when compared to the books they didn't stick to a whole lot but enough but I like the way things look in the movies better idk why
I was 13 in 1973 when the Hobbit was assigned reading for class. I was SO enthralled that my parents bought LR soon after. At 26, I found the Silmarillion and The Lost Tales 1 at a thrift store. I figured the I should read LT-1 first...so then the Sil was screwed up!!! The names were different!! The whole thing was different!!. Fast forward 15 years and the movies came out. Man, I've spent these last 20 years, plus 3 kids and grandkids, trying to catch up. Fabulous!!!
I'm just gonna say this, The Hobbit movies should be removed from cannon. Just watched them again after buying the newest 4k set and man, absolute garbage. Newer than the trilogy and yet awful in quality by comparison. Both acting and graphics. It actually makes me sad, knowing what Weta and Jackson was capable of doing...reasons for being worried about the Prime series 😕
Those dwarves designs look waay different than Peter Jackson's version for Lotr
@@Terlingua I literally had to walk out of the room and take a break. Very upsetting 😞
@@Darvin-Hams-burner-account Yeah its like night and day difference. I also found them too comedic? Idk just completely unbelievable characters
What I do is pretend they are unrelated stories and trilogies and then they become much better though they still suck
The Lord of the Rings set such a high standard that the Hobbit could never even get close to achieving it. There were things I didn't like about the Hobbit, but overall they were still enjoyable. Do keep in mind that the book is suppose to have a different feel. The Hobbit is more of children's story with more fantasy and comdedic elements.