forgotten reelworks on Instagram: "Treebeard wasn’t just a visual effect added later. On set, he existed as a full-scale animatronic, built with complex mechanical systems to control facial expressions, movement, and subtle gestures. Because the actors were performing alongside a physically present character, their reactions were grounded in something real — weight, scale, and motion. That realism creates an uncanny effect, where the brain recognizes something as alive before logic catches up. I