It’s only been out five days, and The Two Towers has already entered the top ten in IMDb‘s top two hundred and fifty all time movies. The Two Towers currently resides in eight, five places behind predecessor The Fellowship of the Ring. Lord of the Rings is the second franchise to feature two films in the fan-voted list, with the first two Godfather films holding the sought-after one and three spots. [More]
Day: December 22, 2002
Well, I’m almost box officed out. Towers is raking in piles of cash; there’s not much else to say, really. But here’s another story from USA Today. [More]
DVD Town has published some shots of Gollum, Sam, Frodo and Legolas from Two Towers. While not necessarily new, they are very very nice! Thanks to Ringer Fan Henning for the link! [More]
There’s also this fabulous colour shot of Gollum that Ringer Spy Fraggle found. The eye colour has been altered, but everything else looks legit. [More] We’ve also set up a mirror on our server for everyone.
[TORn Mirror] Spoilers!!!
Well respected SF author David Brin has published a thought-provoking article on fantasy in general and Middle-earth in particular, and “how that famous trilogy has played an important role in the long struggle of romanticism against the modern world.”. [More] Don’t go there if you’re not open to thinking about to new and challenging ideas. Thanks to Kam-Yung for the link.
The American Humane Association has a report on the making of the films, assessing how the animals on it were treated. The production gets a mixed review, though the overall sense is that they were open to guidance from the AHA where practices did not meet their standards. Many readers will be fascinated to learn how the horse tricks were ‘really’ done, with training and CGI enhancement. [More]
Have you ever wondered what The Lord of the Rings would read like if it wasn’t written by J.R.R Tolkien? No? Well, some people obviously have, as Jeanne sent in this link to a fantastic message board thread featuring LotR snippets written in the style of such well know writers as Gilbert and Sullivan, Micky Spillane and Mark Twain. [More]