Hello again all! Gamgee here with another edition of the Tolkien fun section! You guys are going to have to be quick! Morden has bested you all again! The answers were:
1) Fram
2) Mithlond
3) Bombur
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Whats name translates to Battle-friend?”
2) “iyraantcart” (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Wouldn’t an orc have suited it better?” (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck!……….Gamgee
Day: July 20, 2000
This is getting bigger by the minute. NZoom and TV1 News have the latest on what appears to be a crime ring stealing props and film from the LOTR production.
You can view their report here
UPDATE: There’s more detail again at stuff.co.nz
Hmmm. Osborne did not, if one reads carefully what he said, ever rule out that those props were stolen…..
Ever since the NZ army got involved in peacekeeping duties in East Timor, the Net has been reporting that this would mean that they couldn’t supply the thousands of extras wanted for some of the LOTR battle scenes, as originally planned. This was an early rumour, but it’s gone on growing until some of the sites it sound like the whole defence force is over there.
According to Radio NZ, there’s 660 NZ defence force personnel in East Timor now. I rang the army and asked them how many they have in total, and they said around 4500. So providing a few extras for LOTR shouldn’t cripple them too much. According to this July 18 report in “Stuff” they’re only providing 100 soldiers.
Just a reminder to any TORnadoes in Queenstown: The four main hobbits and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) will be back from holidays to take part in the festivities in Queenstown as part of the Winter Festival, so keep an eye out for them. They’ll be at the ball tonight.
The full story’s on “Stuff” here
According to Radio New Zealand, a second man is due to appear in court this morning to answer charges of stealing film footage from ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ and another man is being spoken to by police.
One of the projects I have been a long time supporter of is Distributed.net. I have contributed computer time to it for over 2 years, and until recently there was no Tolkien related team (to my knowledge). There are teams relating to almost anything else imaginable, from computer advocacy groups to small groups of friends, etc.
Two days ago, resulting from a conversation with the Webmaster of Rolozo’s Tolkien, I created Team Tolkien to fill in the Tolkien gap at Distributed.net.
More information on Team Tolkien is available on the team page I created.