South African Ringer Mike sent us an email today with a scan from the Satellite TV Guide Magazine. In it, you can find a rather cool Lord of the Rings promo featuring an image of Gandalf.
Mike writes:
“It’s weird, when I sent you guys an e-mail a few days ago saying that I was
unsure when the real marketing for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring’ was going to start in South Africa, it starts.
Here is an advert that was placed in the Satellite TV Guide Magazine for the
month of November which goes to…oh…just about EVERYONE in the country!
Also, today in the newspaper there was an article about ‘Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s Stone’ and ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ being the two big
films coming out this year, quite a ‘Lord of the Rings’ day so far…“
Thanks for the scan Mike!
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Thanks to Gaming Guru DarthCaeser for the news on IGN!
Poll: How do you think the first Lord of the Rings movie will turn out!
Current Results: 52.0% Awesome, five stars
20.8% Good, four stars
16.6% I don’t know
4.1% Average, three stars
4.1% Worst movie ever! One star
2.0% Poor, two stars
Quiz: Who is Sauron’s master?
Answer: Morgoth (obviosly)
Remeber Rivendell: A weekly IGN Insider article about the Lord of the Rings, written by Jason Bates.
“So when it came time to think up another column for IGN, writing about Middle-Earth seemed like a very natural thing to do. In this column, I’ll try to talk about all the different things that make Middle-Earth special, as we count down the days until the film debuts in late December. ”
And a couple of TORN mentions (I sent in a bunch of Gaming info for them):
“Next, we’ll sort out some of the licensing issues with the current crop of Lord of the Rings games, or at least start to. Gerry Morrow, games editor over at the TheOneRing.net was good enough to send in a letter breaking down some of the chain of events that have led to the current confusion in the Tolkien game space. As you may or may not know, Sierra’s frequent changes of ownership and an ongoing court battle have created a situation where there aren’t as many LOTR games on the market as you might think there should be.”
And:
“Great letter, and the kind of sharing of information that is what this column is supposed to be all about. To be honest, I did not know all that about what’s going on with the LOTR gaming license, and nobody here at IGN I asked seemed to know anything either. I’ll definitely use this information going forward, thanks again Gerry.
And for the rest of you, if you haven’t already, definitely check out The One Ring.net too, for daily Lord of the Rings content, as well as Gerry’s section of it, the Gaming Havens, for more LOTR gaming news.”
I’ll be posting a similer update some time tonight. [More]
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From Ringer Oleanara!
… It’s really easy and the grand prize is a trip to NZ for 2 and (there are) thousands of free tickets!… [More]
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From Ringer Oleanara
“Hi. I’m a Rings fan from Malaysia and I wanted to tell you about a contest we’re having right now. It’s called the Hotlink Quest organised by Hotlink prepaid from Maxis Mobile. There are four rounds (in) which you’re supposed to unscrambled a LOTR-related word from clues that came from Tolkien’s books. It’s really easy and the grand prize is a trip to NZ for 2 and thousands of free tickets! However it’s only for Maxis subscribers (012) and the clues are available in Malaysian newspapers and various locations in Malaysia. So that (probably) makes it a Malaysian-only affair, I suppose… you can check out the reaction of LOTR fans in Malaysia ’cause we really just can’t wait! [More]
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Ringer Spy TeeBee sends along this review of the Cannes footage from New Zealand! !Spoilers! [More]
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Ringer Spy TeeBee sends along this review of the Cannes footage from New Zealand!
OK, I attended the first New Zealand showing of the cannes footage last night at the Embassy theatre in Wellington. It was an invitation only event for people associated with the media, the LOTR production and the Embassy theatre development scheme. The event was geared up as a fund raiser for the the Embassy theatre restoration trust and backed by Peter Jackson and Newline Cinema. Anyway they had too many people turn and did two sittings. A “Mr Voice” type presenter handeled the show, firtsly covering the restoration of the Embassy and how much would be ready for the December 19th premier of LOTR. Then he outlined how members of the public could become “trustees” by buying one of three differant packages. The most appealing package was for $850 per annum for 3 years which included 1 seat to a black tie dinner prior to the opening night of LOTR, one seat at the premier benefit showing (which will be arranged and presented by Peter Jackson) on the 19th of Dec, 1 pass to 6 premiers of new movies per annum for three years (plus related cocktail evenings and galas) + 10 passes per annum to any movie. This isn’t a bad deal with the opening night premier being worth the money on its own.
So after showing us a few old pictures of the embassy and some future pictures we came to the now well known Cannes footage. Now before I get into how I felt about this footage I have to let the readers know that I am also a big Star Wars fan. For several months before The Phantom Menace came out I got myself in such a tizz over that movie that my expectation level got to the point that I was telling everyone that this would be the best movie ever made, even before I saw it. So you can imagine that when I did finnally get to see it I was dissapointed about several aspects of the movie which have already been thrashed out on the web. I promised myself after that, that I wouldn’t get into such a deluded state again. Well you know what, I have got myself like that again. You know its hard living just down the street from Weta Studios, having filming taking place in your neighbourhood, seeing stars walking around and having Peter Jackson living in the same street. Well with all these factors drawn in plus alot of over-the-top reviews on the net about the cannes footage I expected to be blown away.
So warning here folks: DONT SET YOUR EXPECTATIONS TO HIGH – YOU WILL BE DISSAPPOINTED. The footage was good but there were flaws, especially in the Moira Mines sequence. The opening shots of Hobbiton were very nice and the shrinking of the hobbits done very well and of course the details of the sets and costumes were fanastic. The council sequences looked good too but were too breif to make a judgement on. Which brings us to the Mines of Moira sequence. I dont know if it was the colour or the darkness but the whole sequence was like a blur, especially the battle with the cave troll where a state of confusion reigned. Very very busy, with the camera never locking into one sequence for too long. Its true that some of the fellowship CGI characters look slightly cartoonish when is close action with the cave troll. But I will put this down to an incomplete work where colour correction and “tweeking” of the special effects will improve the final outlook. Dont forget I am a fussy bastard and am heavily engrained with the whole LOTR concept – so my expectations are very high. The two people I was with thought it was the best film covergae they had ever seen – of course they had never read the books or seen any material on the movies prior to this showing. From their point of view it was breathtaking and they cant wait for Dec 19. From my point of view it has knoked me down a couple of pegs and brought some sort of reality to my own expectations. I am happy seeing the cannes footage. I now know what to expect and can comfortably go to the premier in the right frame of mind. For all you fanatical Rings fans: my advice is dont get overhyped with the the expectation – go along to see a good movie and make your own judgement if it is great. Dont go along to see a great movie because even if it is it will never live up to your wildest dreams. I expect to see something great – but if it is better than that then I will be very happy!
If this movie series does nothing else it will stamp New Zealand as a country everyone will want to visit. Stunning vistas, incredible backdrops and scenery and unspoiled lanscapes embed New Zealand as the most beautiful country in the world. For people like myself who live here, we take it for granted that the great outdoors are on our doorstep. LOTR will showcase New Zealands landscape like no movie has ever done before for any country. Some of the panoramic shots made me salivate at the mouth – and that is saying something because I have visited most of theses locals myself!
Enjoy the LOTR, have envy for us New Zealanders – and I hope, I really hope that this movie will live up to its promise.
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