Episode 229: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Part 1 with Visual Effects Artist Mike Morasky

“One does not simply talk about the visual effects in Lord of The Rings.”
Forrest Miller, Conan Neutron, J. Andrew World are joined by actress Kt Baldassaro of MovieRunTime and What If I Don’t Like it? to talk about ALL THREE Lord of the Rings movies. That’s right we are talking to Valve Composer (and Steel Pole Bath tub guitarist) Mike Morasky, who was Lead Massive Technical Director on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and about all things Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings.

A far ranging technical deep dive into The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

We talk about Helms Deep, the Balrog scene, Gollum… all of it!

Get it together Fellowship, we’re talking visual effects!KT Baldassaro’s podcast ‘What if I Don’t Like It’ and her Tik Toks are on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieRuntime or on Tik Tok tiktok.com/ @MovieRuntime 

Mike Morasky is on X and Instagram @mikemorasky and currently does scores for video games at Valve https://www.valvesoftware.com

Mike’s band Steel Pole Bath Tub has reunited and has shows coming up https://www.facebook.com/p/Steel-Pole-Bath-Tub

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