Air New Zealand finds magic in hobbit safety video
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Perhaps hairy-footed hobbits can teach us all something about safety.
Most regular travelers pay little attention to those snooze-inducing inflight safety videos. But Air New Zealand has found some magic by celebrating the upcoming premiere of the first in the "Hobbit" movie trilogy.
The airline's four-minute safety video featuring the character Gollum and film director Peter Jackson got more than 2 million hits on YouTube within a day of being posted Thursday. The carrier calls itself "the airline of Middle-earth" and cabin staff appear in the clip as film characters.
The hobbits themselves would be proud. After all, author J.R.R. Tolkien created the mythical creatures as risk-averse.
Two of the author's great-grandsons even make cameos. Royd Tolkien appears wearing prosthetic feet.
Big and hairy, of course.
Most regular travelers pay little attention to those snooze-inducing inflight safety videos. But Air New Zealand has found some magic by celebrating the upcoming premiere of the first in the "Hobbit" movie trilogy.
The airline's four-minute safety video featuring the character Gollum and film director Peter Jackson got more than 2 million hits on YouTube within a day of being posted Thursday. The carrier calls itself "the airline of Middle-earth" and cabin staff appear in the clip as film characters.
The hobbits themselves would be proud. After all, author J.R.R. Tolkien created the mythical creatures as risk-averse.
Two of the author's great-grandsons even make cameos. Royd Tolkien appears wearing prosthetic feet.
Big and hairy, of course.
Do the planes have round doors?
They do in the Under World
Is that Chumlee in the front row?
@Kushfan  Well, it's not Bob Eucker.
This video just reminded me that I forgot to shave my feet.Â
 @WendyTeagarden Please let us know if you need any help with that!
To funny on a Friday morning!!!
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Hope everyone has a great weekend too !!
@phastphx You as well.
Well hell, I thought this was a new Capitol 1 commercial
@beernpizza What's in your wallet??????
 @WendyTeagarden The pictures that came in it, a 15 year-old prophylactic, one of those dollar bills with Santa's picture on it, and his library card!
@RatchetRanger  Somehow, I just knew that.