LA’s 2016 Baggins Birthday Bash, moving to Long Beach
September 11, 2016 at 11:12 am -INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! SPREAD THE WORD! BRING FOOD & DRINK! Southern California Tolkien fans are invited to join in the merriment of TORN’s Annual Baggins Birthday Bash, which will take place on Saturday, Sept 24, 2016 starting at noon in El Dorado Park in Long Beach, the Arbor Day Grove. Because this is a Regional…
Ongoing Lord of the Rings discussion in the Reading Room forum
September 8, 2016 at 3:49 pm -Have you ever wished you had like-minded friends who love Tolkien’s books as much as you do to discuss them with? A place exists right here on TORn where that’s possible. Over the 17 years TORn has been around, we’ve discussed The Lord of the Rings from beginning to end a total of 6 1/2…
TORn chats to Stephen Hunter
September 8, 2016 at 3:04 am -This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Stephen Hunter (Bombur) about his latest projects, his new website and his Vlogs. Enjoy!
Minas Tirith Battle LEGO Set Concept – Update
September 5, 2016 at 11:28 pm -Ringer JediPippin has sent us an update on his Minas Tirith Battle LEGO set idea, it’s an add-on to go with the original set.
Analysing The Children of Húrin: The Curse of Morgoth
September 3, 2016 at 12:17 pm -This weekend Hall of Fire is delving into the third chapter of The Children of Húrin. (Our discussion starts at 6pm ET. Feel free to join us as we dive into Chapter 3.) The Words of Húrin and Morgoth It’s a key one, dominated by a long conversation between Húrin, and his captor, the Valar,…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workhop’s Skully Helm and 1:30 Scale Figure Pre-Orders
August 31, 2016 at 10:37 pm -New items are landing from our friends at Weta Workshop for Pre-Order. We have the return of the 1:4 helm line that fans have been begging to have back. The new line leads off with the helm of Skully the Orc, who you may recall from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King….
DragonCon is almost upon us! Sept 2-5, Atlanta GA
August 30, 2016 at 7:24 pm -It’s that time of year again, when about half a million people converge on downtown Atlanta for the geekfest that is DragonCon. And TheOneRing.net will of course be there! We can’t wait to see all our friends and to enjoy Middle-earth fun together. Some of the things which will be happening: TheOneRing will have a…
Awake! Fear! Fire! Foes! or What Does the Limited Collector’s Edition Portend for the Unheard Music of Middle-earth?
August 26, 2016 at 5:22 am -Not to sound as alarmist as Fredegar Bolger rousing the Hobbit-folk in the wee hours of a peaceful Shire morning, but perhaps the time has come for fans of Howard Shore’s scores to sit up and reconcile themselves to a very dismaying possibility – that the unheard music of Middle-earth might well in fact never…
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Jackson not “involved in this release”
August 23, 2016 at 10:21 pm -Greetings — Quickbeam here. The forthcoming “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” 6-film Blu-ray set of both LOTR and HOBBIT has caused much consternation among Ringers, eliciting strong reactions across the board. Several of our Staff have published their excellent viewpoints (my op-ed is here) and our community feels energized like it was 15 years ago.
Squeezing the Middle-earth cash-cow
August 22, 2016 at 4:03 am -No-one likes being taken for a sucker. And, frankly, the recent announcement of the Middle-earth blockbuster ka-pow edition (or whatever jargon-hype wording Warner Bros Home Entertainment is lobbing onto it) certainly has that feel. It’s the same content repackaged into a bookcase that you or I might have thrown together in high-school woodworking. Yes the…
Outraged or Bemused? The ‘UCE’ Blu-ray Galvanizes Fans
August 22, 2016 at 2:03 am -Greetings, Quickbeam here. What is all this business with a 30 disc Blu-ray “Ultimate” edition of LOTR and HOBBIT Trilogies? Why the heck is it priced at $800 when it contains nothing new from previous releases? If you’re curious to investigate the many details behind the sticker-shock; and the wave of fan outrage /…
Today in Middle-earth, August 22
August 22, 2016 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on August 22: Bilbo fights off spiders (1341) They come to Isengard; they take leave of the King of the West at Sunset (1419)
The Great Hall of Poets
August 22, 2016 at 12:51 am -Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets. So come and join us by…
From frustration to hope: moving beyond the new Blu-ray release
August 21, 2016 at 7:56 am -The recent announcement of the “Middle-earth Limited Collectors Edition Blu-ray Box Set” has stirred up quite a hornets’ nest not only in our message boards, but elsewhere, be it the comment fields of retail sites, or the blogs of people interested in Tolkien, or the home releases of cinematic material in general. Many are concerned…
The nuts and bolts info on the new Middle-earth 6-film collection release
August 21, 2016 at 3:52 am -There is a lot more to come on the new Middle-earth film collection from us here at TheOneRing.net. To be honest, the greatest discussions of Tolkien happen behind the scenes with the staff via email from staffers with recognizable names and ones that get less attention but who are still wicked smart. It is all…
Middle-earth Limited Collectors Edition Blu-ray Box Set Coming!
August 17, 2016 at 1:22 pm -**Update** – Not only has Amazon comfirmed the list price – $799.99 – but they have also changed the release date to November 1st. This writer hopes that list price includes a round-trip ticket to New Zealand. 😉 **************** Ever since the final ‘Hobbit’ film was released, fans have been waiting for a box…
Minas Tirith Battle LEGO Set Concept
August 14, 2016 at 3:32 am -Calling all LEGO fans! Would you like to see the Battle of Minas Tirith as a LEGO Set? Well here’s your chance to let LEGO know. JediPippin has sent us his concept images that he has submitted to LEGO for the Minas Tirith Battle LEGO set to share with you. To get it looked at…
The influence of Eärnil and Eärnur
August 13, 2016 at 1:54 am -I’ve been thinking that the thirty-second and thirty-third of the kings of Gondor might just be two of the most influential. If that sounds a touch far-fetched, bear with me. This pair of Gondorian kings are, of course, Eärnil II, and his son, Eärnur. At this point in its history, Gondor was struggling through a…
Collecting The Precious – Asmus Toys Gandalf the Grey 1:6 Figure
August 13, 2016 at 12:22 am -If you’re into 1:6 figures of your favorite Middle-earth characters then Asmus Toys has you covered. Their latest figure is Gandalf the Grey and the fantastic thing about this figure is that it covers both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. How is that? This figure comes with all the staffs Gandalf uses…
Analysing The Children of Húrin: Túrin, Sador and Brandir
August 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm -I’ve been re-reading The Children of Húrin lately in preparation for TORn’s chapter-by-chapter discussion in our chatroom. (We’re starting our discussion later today in The Hall of Fire. Feel free to join us at 6pm ET as we dive into Chapter 1.) It’s been some years since I’ve read The Children of Húrin in full;…