It goes to show the legendary skill of Peter Jackson as a director, to be the one guy out of 33,000 people to point out that Gandalf had the wrong the staff.
Proves that it's an easy mistake to make if no one else out of thousands of people noticed! Not even Ian himself who should know almost as much as Peter about his character.
Ah don't be mad at Matt, stuff like that can happen. Especially considering nobody else was apparently paying any attention at all. Its not like managing props is easy if you are that way down on the ladder and mostly of the time don't even know much about the story you are shooting in the first place.
Everyone in this production was stretched so thin. It's a wonder the films weren't even worse, given the awful conditions Warner Bros had put them under.
I do like these films but it's a shame what a mess production was with the behind the scenes drama. They would have been something magical if they had been given ample time and planning.
I HAD NO FUCKING CLUE DR WHO PLAYED RADAGAST!!!! OMFG....I just nerdgasmed. I thought he looked familiar!!!! I just couldn't pinpoint it! I'm so happy!
Lowkey prop management is one of the most difficult jobs. Imagine if Ian took notice, he just realized "oh, wrong staff buddy." and boom it was all fixed. Nobody is to blame, you ALL FORGOT.
Gandalf's wrong *staff*, not wrong stuff (in your video title) ! ;-) Thanks for uploading all these awesome bts clips and extras. I've enjoyed quite a few already. I'm going to buy the DVD boxes after X-Mas, since I had to spend so much money this year on renovating my home, but it's cool being able to already watch this stuff now. :-)
Absolument magique de voir ça aujourd'hui... J'ai prêté comme Rad'Agast mon bâton de marche avant-hier à quelqu'un pour jouer le rôle d'Athéna furax contre Méduse au thê-atre ! :-D
I was hoping Peter Jackson would make a scene for the wizard counsel with all members present including more wizards. and I would also like to have seen sorrow on and Saruman fighting Sauron the story behind how he joined Saruman.
He would have stabbed the lore of the novels completelly then. In the books, little is said abou the assault of the Council against the Necromancer... but one thing is sure: the Two Blue Wizards (the only ones not to appear) where not present; as they traveled far away and never appeared again in the Middle Earth. About the Nâzgul being in Dol Guldur... not accurate either. They where in Minas Morgul, in Mordor; fidthing a cold war against Gondor, and secretly re-building the Dark Country to prepare Saurons reutrn... And about Sarumans downfall... did not occur there neither. After Sauron fleed to Bard-Dhur; Saruman and the Council had not power to attack him in Mordor; where his magic level was almost god-like and his orcs armies would prevent any attack... So, Saruman begun preparing schemes to take down Sauron. He studied the nature of the Rings; planing maybe to create some of his own... He also spyed Mordor and its defenses using the Palantir of Orthanc. But the Witch King had conquered the old Gondorian citty of Minas Ithil; and corrupted it into Minas Morgul; and the Palantir of Morgul was offered to Sauron. With his own Palantir, Sauron could "interceptate" the vision of Saruman. At first, the White Wizzard would be cautious... but with time he would defied the Dark Lord, engage him in large converstions, look in his mind, search for a weak spot... Saruman learned a lot in this studies. He spent decades in this battle of wills with Sauron. But Sauron and Saruman where too alike to begin with. Saruman soon learned thre was no hope. He slowly surrendered to Sauron... he begun to build an orc army in the deeps of the Tower. He offered sumision to his new master... In his mind; however, Saruman was ploting to overtake the Dark Lord. To learn of him to later stabb him. But as Gandalf stated, the power ends up corrupting. By the time of "The Fellowshipof the Ring"; Saruman is dedicated to betray and destroy Sauron... he wants the Ring for himself. But not to free Middle Earth... but to become the new Dark Lord. So, long story short; Sruman took YEARS to switch sides; showing it in the Hobbit would have been an abismal error.
Gandalf has five staffs in the span of these films Staff 1 ... His original staff, it was later destroyed by Sauron in the Hobbit Battle of Five Armies Staff 2 .. after he lost his original staff, Radagast gave his staff to Gandalf. Gandalf later removed the blue stone on its top and returned it to Radagast. This second staff is used by Gandalf in the remaining of Hobbit Battle of Five Armies and the same staff we saw on the first half of LOTR. It was later confiscated by Saruman after he defeat Gandalf at Orthanc Tower Staff 3 .. Lord Elrond gave gandalf a new staff after he escaped Orthanc Tower. This staff was used by Gandalf until Moria where he lost it during his fight with the Balrog Staff 4... After resurrection and become Gandalf the White, Galadriel gave him a new white staff. This staff was destroyed during Gandalf s encounter with the Witch King of Angmar Staff 5 ... On the last scenes of LOTR when Gandalf is about to ride the ship to Grey Havens, he is seen using a new staff. Perhaps given again by Galadriel.
FUN FACT: you can still see the wrong staff in the actual movie in a quick 2 sec shot when legolas comes to dale not a full view but you can tell its the old staff from the shot go to movie with 52:52 remaining for film and you will see it
It's one way to show that despite being a wizard fighting on the good side, there are also powerful beings fighting on the bad side and that Gandalf cannot solve all of their problems.
Am I the only one who thinks that Radagast was ONLY LENDING the staff? Like... is he just WITHOUT A STAFF now? I’m pretty sure these are like the 7 Deadly Sins anime’s sacred treasures so... nice job Gandalf
Dear Victoria Sullivan, script supervisor; "Halfway down the Anduin, with the lot of our coin." Anduin. Anduin. I believe it is CENDUIN THE RIVER RUNNING flowing from Long Lake Esgaroth. Get your scripting right. Also, thanks, Matt.
+Monsour Anda Radagast didn't quit being a wizard after the Battle of Five Armies. He had a small role in Lord Of The Rings, but Radagast's actions during and after the rest of the War are not recorded.
Supposedly (we really don't know) Radagast was so root on Middle Earth that he gave up his mission... I mean, the Istari where supposed to face Sauron. Saruman became leader of "the resistance"; and became lord of wisdom and knowledge; even the one concerning Sauron (orc-making, ring making, dark magic...) basically becoming Sauron's disciple in the process... Both Blue wizards dissapeared from history; probably travelled out of Middle Earth (Rhun, Harad or even further) and didn't appear again. Radagast, stayed in Middle Earth; but he was in love with the creatures and the beasts. His colour, "the Brown"; marked his connection with nature and wildlife... In the Hobbit they portray his a kind of hippie... althougth in the books is stated that he continues to serve the Council, but Saruman despises him in secret, considering him the weakest of them all. Lot of the creatures Saruman controls, are indeed 'taken from' Radagast; who offers their services to Saruman in the believe that the White Mage is still the greater enemy of Sauron... but when the war comes by; Radagst remains in his home, in the Southern Black Forest. He surelly does not participate in the war between Dol Guldur and Lothlorien (otherwise Galadriel would have menioned him) but he could have help the Beorlings (descendants of Beorn) or simply help the creatures of the woods... He could also serve as a messenger between Rivendel and the Eagles, as thesse beast offer themselves as messengers during the war (this is why they arrive in time to Mordor in the final battle... and NO, they weren't suitable for a stealth mission) but no information is given for sure... Only Gandalf remains loyal to his mission. He wanders Middle Earth for ages, helping people and meddling in businnes; creating enemies and rivals; but eventually bringing always a happy ending (the Hobbit is a good example). Although he grows atached to the people of the land (the same Saruman gets attach to the power and the misteries of magic, politics and science; and Radagast to beast and creatures) Ganfalf always works with just one goal: defeating Sauron. Even the Shire; witch it is his own soft spot (only goes there as sort of vacation) ends up twisted when he realises that only hobbits can whistand the Rings power for a prolongate period; hence being needed a hobbit to bear the Ring to Mordor. After Sauron is defeated; Gandalf feels completed, his quest fullfilled; feels the need to leave his beloved land and return to Valinor. After all, he was a master bound to teach a path, not a man destined to walk it. In contrast, Saruman ended diying, his soul errant without a body; unable to corrupt or hurt anyone no more. About the Blues, nothing is now; but surelly they would remain wandering the world, the same as Radagast; too obsesed with the wonders of the world to ever consider their mission has been allready completed. Will they return to Valinor? Or willt they fade into oscurity? Or remain foerever as wanderes, lost in time and purppose? We don't really now...
I love that film so much but the thing which I didn't like it and it makes me very very sad is the day of the both of the in and filly and Lilly it can will be a great with happy ending
They are upset about one guy swap the staff. They are not upset about the entire bullshit they made out of the Hobbit. They created new nonsense characters and inserted non-existing scenes, the battle was just idiocy from the beggining to the end so why the staff matters so much in the end?
I left my manly staff inside Anne Coulter cooter...!!! Sad to say she crushed it with her Italian scooter...!!! Aaahhh... The beginnings of a Country Song.
+Gustavo Deckard Wasn't their fault, though. Peter Jackson wasn't even supposed to direct this but they called him in a rush after Guillermo del Toro quit, which meant he had no time to prep at all and most of the production ended up CGI because the studio rushed them
"Hi, I'm Matt. I'm the staff technician."
That thing looks dangerous
It goes to show the legendary skill of Peter Jackson as a director, to be the one guy out of 33,000 people to point out that Gandalf had the wrong the staff.
Proves that it's an easy mistake to make if no one else out of thousands of people noticed! Not even Ian himself who should know almost as much as Peter about his character.
And Matt henceforth was blacklisted from any further job in the business.
"His staff! I told you to take the other staff!"
- Crima Wormtounge
Poor Matt!
I think Matt actually worked for the Trolling department.
lolololol
Even the editor didn't catch all scenes of the wrong staff because you'll still see Gandalf with his old staff.
wow, must have sucked to be that guy
Imagine (just if) who was labouring on the Notre Dame and caused the fire?
As a fellow Matt, I am greatly embarrassed and would like to express my deepest apologies on behalf of all Matts!
You don't speak for me, Matt!~
Ah don't be mad at Matt, stuff like that can happen.
Especially considering nobody else was apparently paying any attention at all.
Its not like managing props is easy if you are that way down on the ladder and mostly of the time don't even know much about the story you are shooting in the first place.
you had one job Matt. one fucking job.
I think he's a very poor fellow. 😔
I think he has a thousand.
yeah, they hired a man to do one thing
Everyone in this production was stretched so thin. It's a wonder the films weren't even worse, given the awful conditions Warner Bros had put them under.
I do like these films but it's a shame what a mess production was with the behind the scenes drama. They would have been something magical if they had been given ample time and planning.
Seeing that the films came out this fine, even they're not comparable to LOTR, it showed some real talents behind the production.
I wanna give Matt a hug.
Great extras, very funny! I love Radagast, I think he's hilarious (but still a great wizard ^^).
I love Gandalf and Radagast
But I love Saruman.
I love lamp.
i love a jar of dirt
I HAD NO FUCKING CLUE DR WHO PLAYED RADAGAST!!!! OMFG....I just nerdgasmed. I thought he looked familiar!!!! I just couldn't pinpoint it! I'm so happy!
Lowkey prop management is one of the most difficult jobs.
Imagine if Ian took notice, he just realized "oh, wrong staff buddy." and boom it was all fixed. Nobody is to blame, you ALL FORGOT.
That’s such a cool detail to include
the staff has galiffreyan powers. It gave Gandalf the Grey the ability to regenerate into Gandalf the White
Gandalf's wrong *staff*, not wrong stuff (in your video title) ! ;-)
Thanks for uploading all these awesome bts clips and extras. I've enjoyed quite a few already. I'm going to buy the DVD boxes after X-Mas, since I had to spend so much money this year on renovating my home, but it's cool being able to already watch this stuff now. :-)
+RocksaltCandy Thank you :) Uhh...my english is terrible.
'I told you not to let him in with is staff'
Wormtongue on the ball.
Absolument magique de voir ça aujourd'hui... J'ai prêté comme Rad'Agast mon bâton de marche avant-hier à quelqu'un pour jouer le rôle d'Athéna furax contre Méduse au thê-atre ! :-D
you shall not pass!
I took my hat off as soon as I saw Ian.
Staff tracking was above Matt's pay grade. Right Matt? He was the low man on the totem, he got the blame.
Poor Matt. I bet he has a nice staff though. I'd like to kiss him 😰
I was hoping Peter Jackson would make a scene for the wizard counsel with all members present including more wizards. and I would also like to have seen sorrow on and Saruman fighting Sauron the story behind how he joined Saruman.
He would have stabbed the lore of the novels completelly then. In the books, little is said abou the assault of the Council against the Necromancer... but one thing is sure: the Two Blue Wizards (the only ones not to appear) where not present; as they traveled far away and never appeared again in the Middle Earth.
About the Nâzgul being in Dol Guldur... not accurate either. They where in Minas Morgul, in Mordor; fidthing a cold war against Gondor, and secretly re-building the Dark Country to prepare Saurons reutrn...
And about Sarumans downfall... did not occur there neither. After Sauron fleed to Bard-Dhur; Saruman and the Council had not power to attack him in Mordor; where his magic level was almost god-like and his orcs armies would prevent any attack... So, Saruman begun preparing schemes to take down Sauron. He studied the nature of the Rings; planing maybe to create some of his own... He also spyed Mordor and its defenses using the Palantir of Orthanc. But the Witch King had conquered the old Gondorian citty of Minas Ithil; and corrupted it into Minas Morgul; and the Palantir of Morgul was offered to Sauron.
With his own Palantir, Sauron could "interceptate" the vision of Saruman. At first, the White Wizzard would be cautious... but with time he would defied the Dark Lord, engage him in large converstions, look in his mind, search for a weak spot... Saruman learned a lot in this studies. He spent decades in this battle of wills with Sauron. But Sauron and Saruman where too alike to begin with. Saruman soon learned thre was no hope. He slowly surrendered to Sauron... he begun to build an orc army in the deeps of the Tower. He offered sumision to his new master... In his mind; however, Saruman was ploting to overtake the Dark Lord. To learn of him to later stabb him. But as Gandalf stated, the power ends up corrupting. By the time of "The Fellowshipof the Ring"; Saruman is dedicated to betray and destroy Sauron... he wants the Ring for himself. But not to free Middle Earth... but to become the new Dark Lord.
So, long story short; Sruman took YEARS to switch sides; showing it in the Hobbit would have been an abismal error.
NOT NAMING ANY NAMES, MATT.
Which staff to provide should've been on the call sheets...not necessarily the prop guy's fault.
Matt should work for the Fast and Furious Franchise. They would just say "Who needs continuity when you got family ?"
WE LOVE YOU MATT
Gandalf has five staffs in the span of these films
Staff 1 ... His original staff, it was later destroyed by Sauron in the Hobbit Battle of Five Armies
Staff 2 .. after he lost his original staff, Radagast gave his staff to Gandalf. Gandalf later removed the blue stone on its top and returned it to Radagast. This second staff is used by Gandalf in the remaining of Hobbit Battle of Five Armies and the same staff we saw on the first half of LOTR. It was later confiscated by Saruman after he defeat Gandalf at Orthanc Tower
Staff 3 .. Lord Elrond gave gandalf a new staff after he escaped Orthanc Tower. This staff was used by Gandalf until Moria where he lost it during his fight with the Balrog
Staff 4... After resurrection and become Gandalf the White, Galadriel gave him a new white staff. This staff was destroyed during Gandalf s encounter with the Witch King of Angmar
Staff 5 ... On the last scenes of LOTR when Gandalf is about to ride the ship to Grey Havens, he is seen using a new staff. Perhaps given again by Galadriel.
This explains a lot
FUN FACT: you can still see the wrong staff in the actual movie in a quick 2 sec shot when legolas comes to dale not a full view but you can tell its the old staff from the shot go to movie with 52:52 remaining for film and you will see it
Who else noticed that in the movie?
Poor Matt...haha
I knew this the entire time, without anybody telling me!
Aww.. poor Matt :(
Dont blame matt...he did a great job
I actually noticed this.
That Matt guy had ONE job.
poor guy
2:08 - Power Rangers Samurai Hoodie...Well they are in New Zealand afterall...
Flips sake matt😂😂😂😂😂
Why does peter Jackson insist on destroying all of gandalfs staffs
It's one way to show that despite being a wizard fighting on the good side, there are also powerful beings fighting on the bad side and that Gandalf cannot solve all of their problems.
I also did not notice
Am I the only one who thinks that Radagast was ONLY LENDING the staff? Like... is he just WITHOUT A STAFF now? I’m pretty sure these are like the 7 Deadly Sins anime’s sacred treasures so... nice job Gandalf
It would explain why he failed his duties as a wizard.
Poor Matt. 😢
This is what happens when you film out of order
Poor Matt :(
Really goes to show what a train wreck these movies were.
Interesting to see that some of the Kiwi crew also worked on Power Rangers lol It's filmed there these days, so that makes sense. :P
Why is there no Matt interview in this material. Perhaps it was his internal joke? :P
poor Matt. at least he didn't remove the wrong arm from someone.
What movie did this happen in?
Poor Matt
JESUS bless you Matt.
Staff-Gate.
I guess Matt was also responsible for syncing the sound and the picture together...
poor matt 😦😦😦
Oh Matt
Dear Victoria Sullivan, script supervisor;
"Halfway down the Anduin, with the lot of our coin." Anduin. Anduin. I believe it is CENDUIN THE RIVER RUNNING flowing from Long Lake Esgaroth. Get your scripting right. Also, thanks, Matt.
The Greensreen. i mean, The Hobbit.
Poor Matt! I feel so bad for him. It's an honest mistake.
Soo after the end of the battle of the five armies. Radagas officially quite being a wizard.So what date he left middle earth? Anyone?
+Monsour Anda
Radagast didn't quit being a wizard after the Battle of Five Armies. He had a small role in Lord Of The Rings, but Radagast's actions during and after the rest of the War are not recorded.
Supposedly (we really don't know) Radagast was so root on Middle Earth that he gave up his mission... I mean, the Istari where supposed to face Sauron. Saruman became leader of "the resistance"; and became lord of wisdom and knowledge; even the one concerning Sauron (orc-making, ring making, dark magic...) basically becoming Sauron's disciple in the process... Both Blue wizards dissapeared from history; probably travelled out of Middle Earth (Rhun, Harad or even further) and didn't appear again.
Radagast, stayed in Middle Earth; but he was in love with the creatures and the beasts. His colour, "the Brown"; marked his connection with nature and wildlife... In the Hobbit they portray his a kind of hippie... althougth in the books is stated that he continues to serve the Council, but Saruman despises him in secret, considering him the weakest of them all.
Lot of the creatures Saruman controls, are indeed 'taken from' Radagast; who offers their services to Saruman in the believe that the White Mage is still the greater enemy of Sauron... but when the war comes by; Radagst remains in his home, in the Southern Black Forest. He surelly does not participate in the war between Dol Guldur and Lothlorien (otherwise Galadriel would have menioned him) but he could have help the Beorlings (descendants of Beorn) or simply help the creatures of the woods... He could also serve as a messenger between Rivendel and the Eagles, as thesse beast offer themselves as messengers during the war (this is why they arrive in time to Mordor in the final battle... and NO, they weren't suitable for a stealth mission) but no information is given for sure...
Only Gandalf remains loyal to his mission. He wanders Middle Earth for ages, helping people and meddling in businnes; creating enemies and rivals; but eventually bringing always a happy ending (the Hobbit is a good example). Although he grows atached to the people of the land (the same Saruman gets attach to the power and the misteries of magic, politics and science; and Radagast to beast and creatures) Ganfalf always works with just one goal: defeating Sauron. Even the Shire; witch it is his own soft spot (only goes there as sort of vacation) ends up twisted when he realises that only hobbits can whistand the Rings power for a prolongate period; hence being needed a hobbit to bear the Ring to Mordor.
After Sauron is defeated; Gandalf feels completed, his quest fullfilled; feels the need to leave his beloved land and return to Valinor. After all, he was a master bound to teach a path, not a man destined to walk it.
In contrast, Saruman ended diying, his soul errant without a body; unable to corrupt or hurt anyone no more. About the Blues, nothing is now; but surelly they would remain wandering the world, the same as Radagast; too obsesed with the wonders of the world to ever consider their mission has been allready completed.
Will they return to Valinor? Or willt they fade into oscurity? Or remain foerever as wanderes, lost in time and purppose? We don't really now...
LOL!
funny :D
fucks sake matt... you had one job XD
So where does Gandalf get his 2. staff in LOTR 1 after sauroman takes his staff after their battle...???
The Valar.
Lol where does Matt work now?
Yeah, but how the hell did he get THAT staff back at all after his imprisonment from Saruman?
He didn't. Once he arrived at Rivendell Gandalf received a third staff.
Staffing issues, am I right?
pretty sure matt got fired for this
lol
I love that film so much but the thing which I didn't like it and it makes me very very sad is the day of the both of the in and filly and Lilly it can will be a great with happy ending
Matt. ffs now
They are upset about one guy swap the staff. They are not upset about the entire bullshit they made out of the Hobbit. They created new nonsense characters and inserted non-existing scenes, the battle was just idiocy from the beggining to the end so why the staff matters so much in the end?
Cuz it matters
ikr staff is the last thing they should be concerned
I left my manly staff inside Anne Coulter cooter...!!!
Sad to say she crushed it with her Italian scooter...!!!
Aaahhh... The beginnings of a Country Song.
and Matt was fired that day
Wait what?? Really??
fail
God, the Hobbit was so totally bad.
*FUCK'S SAKE MATT*
The biggest error was the entire Hobbit trilogy.Overextended story, too much ugly CGI and less real action combat.
+John Barley Oh, cry a little bit more will you?
If you didn't like the movies, why even bother looking up videos for it?
+Saimeren why not?
+John Barley because you don't like them
+John Barley There are better things to do, no matter how miserable your life is.
Complainers of hobbit are Jealous cunts who wished they had CGI
This would never happen in LOTR, the hobbit trilogy was made with no care or passion.
No true, it was made in a mad rush with most of it unpreped, unlike the three years of prep before they filmed LOTR
+BattlestarZenobia yeah thats right
+Gustavo Deckard Wasn't their fault, though. Peter Jackson wasn't even supposed to direct this but they called him in a rush after Guillermo del Toro quit, which meant he had no time to prep at all and most of the production ended up CGI because the studio rushed them
Danielle Balanga PJ was not forced to take on with the project, he could deny it or ask Warner more time to do it. But money speaks louder
+Gustavo Deckard he did ask for more time, they wouldn't let him