Archive for December, 2002

Official Site Update: The Dead Marshes

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

peregrintook writes: There's an update to the official site. An 'Enter the Dead Marshes' section has been added the 'Explore the Epic' portion of the site. Read more..

Mr Cere’s Line Party Roundup

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

TORn Staffer Mr Cere (and Line Party guru) checks in with a Line Party round-up of sorts, a horror story and some advice for next year. [More] Read more..

Twilight Frodo Action Figure

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Tinidril sent in a note saying that a new action figure had been posted on Amoktime.com called 'Twilight Frodo'. Does this perhaps hint at a more sinister fate for Frodo ... Read more..

Line Party Lessons

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Special Reports

Mr Cere checks in ...While a vast majority of TORnados had great "Line Party 2002" experiences, there were some exceptions. Tulsa Oklahoma has checked in with a report that not ... Read more..

Oz Roundup – Again

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Towers has just recorded the biggest-ever opening weekend in Australian cinematic history. You can check out the figures here. The Age also has an article speculating on why fantasy has ... Read more..

Stock Sound Effect Used In TTT?

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

I didn't think they were using any stock sound effects in LotR, but I could be wrong. Anders writes: I noticed that the famous movie scream "the wilhelm" was used ... Read more..

Ned Kelly Official Website Open For Business

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Universal Studios have just opened the official website for Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly film, set to be winging its way onto the silver screen in 2003 and in which Orlando ... Read more..

Interview: Why Hobbits Rock

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin are intereviewed by hollywood.com and tell us why hobbits are the best creatures in the newest installment of the fantasy trilogy. Plus: Viggo Mortensen, ... Read more..

Media Watch: Audiences Do Watch Then Read

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

I was fishing around our Discussion Boards and spotted this interesting story that suggested that films and books have a symbiotic link. Contrary to the traditional lament of high-culture fussbudgets ... Read more..

Towers Hits The $200 Million Mark

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

I guess New Line must be happy - Towers has become one of the fastest films to reach the US $200 million mark. (Of course, inflation makes this easier with ... Read more..

Alan Lee on Wisconsin Public Radio

Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Wisconsin Public Radio recently interviewed Alan Lee, the illustrator who worked as a conceptual artist on Peter Jackson's adapatation of Lord of the Rings. You can now listen to this ... Read more..

Elijah On Jay Leno – Transcript

Sunday, December 29th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Elijah Wood made an appearance on Jay Leno on December 16. Most of you will have seen the program, but for those who don't get TV for whatever reason, this ... Read more..