Archive for June 18th, 2001

MediaWatch: NEWSWEEK Japan – Tranlsation

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

Ringer fan Masahiro (Mabi) Knittel sent in this translation for the recent Newsweek Japan Article. [More] Read more..

NEWSWEEK Japan – Translation

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Special Reports

Ringer fan Masahiro (Mabi) Knittel sent in this translation for the recent Newsweek Japan Article featuring Calisuri (aka Chris Pirrotta) and his trip to Cannes. A Glimpse of the Ring: ... Read more..

Get TORN on a MIThril Coat!

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

WEARABLE COMPUTING has long been regarded as at the wackier end of the technology visionary scale, but for research scientist Steven Schwartz working at the Media Lab at MIT the ... Read more..

From Hell Pics

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

Pics have hit the net from the new Ian Holm (Bilbo) film 'From Hell'. Check them out here. [More] Read more..

FOTR Trailer on E!

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

From: SharonI just wanted to tell you that E!'s Coming Attractions has just announced that they will show something about the new Fellowship of the Ring trailer. They'll probably show ... Read more..

SHOP: Think Geek..and Get a Shirt

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

Check out the latest T-shirt from 'thinkgeek.com' [More] Read more..

The Geek Timeline

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

From: FrankShift magazine's online entity has published a list of "67 essential moments in geek history" and tokien/lotr is mentioned twice: in the second mention1937: j.r.r. tolkien publishes 'the hobbit' ... Read more..

FOTR Release Date: Australia

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

From: Paul TI've just heard from someone I know in the film indusrty in Oz, he tells me the Aussie release date is Dec 26th - Boxing Day.And the reason ... Read more..

LOTR films in Japan – Katakana worries.

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Main News

Mail from Japanese fans shows us that they love LOTR the book .....but they're worried that New Line is destroying the magic of the words by taking the easy ... Read more..

LOTR translation for films in Japanese – Fans worried.

Monday, June 18th, 2001 Posted in Old Special Reports

More Japanese fans have written in to defend the LOTR books in Japanese. They say that, like many English readers, a casual reader could be put off by the slow ... Read more..