Way back when this website started, we used to write more articles on anything we liked. That’s because…
Continue ReadingWay back when this website started, we used to write more articles on anything we liked. That’s because we didn’t have any news – nobody had been cast even. Those were the days!
Finally I’ve got an answer for the people that wrote and asked, “What other fantasy compares with Tolkien?” It may not be an answer everyone likes, but you’ll have to wait for Tehanu’s Note 17 “His Dark Materials” to be posted up so you can argue about it.
– looking towards the Rangitata river valley towards Mt Sunday (above right of right shoulder) from the Clearwater road.
– looking south from the Mount Sunday summit.
– looking east from the Mount Sunday summit – same as the view from the trailer (almost).
– looking east from the Mount Sunday summit – same as the view from the trailer (if I had a wide-angle lense!!!).
– looking west from the Mount Sunday summit – inc. trig station (which I scratched my name into of course!).
– looking north from the Mount Sunday summit – view of the car park built by the movie crew (in the process of being covered up).
– the trig station on the summit of Mount Sunday – vandalised by me on the dates shown… }8)
They have done a good job putting the place back to normal. The road they built up the back of the hill has either been removed or covered over with soil. The whole road is covered in grass seed and the odd tussock seedling. The wind however has other ideas so I wish them luck in getting anything to grow. The wind rips through that valley at a tremendous rate – I was picking grass seeds out of my teeth for a few days…
Xoanon here, I’m packing my bags to Finland as we speak:
From: izMO
I saw the news about the trailer on ‘The Big Breakfast’. Well, they have been showing the trailer here in Finland for a week now, every 20 minutes, on a commercial channel. So it’s on tv here about 80 times a day.
From: Tattoween (via www.liphilharmonic.com)
The Long Island philharmonic presents ‘Flights of Fantasy’, featuring the symphonic world premiere of Johan de Meijs’ LOTR symphony. A setting of Tolken’s immortal classic narrated by George Takei, Sulu from Star Trek. Tickets go for $23, Sat. Feb 17, 2001, 7:30 pm Tilles Center, Brookville.
