Here’s the latest from the desk of our hard-working Green Books staffer Quickbeam: ‘Greetings – Quickbeam here. One man from Germany writes in to argue with me about TTT. Here is a full-fledged Pro and Con debate about whether the film can stand as a successful translation of Tolkien.’ [More]
Day: January 3, 2003
Though The Two Towers has been in the most part a greater success commercially for Peter Jackson et al. than The Fellowship of the Ring, there is no doubt that the second film in the trilogy has attracted greater criticism from Tolkien fans and purists, particularly on the Internet. This weekend, the Hall of Fire crew invite you to join your fellow purists in arms as we rant and rave about the changes made to The Two Towers in what we call The Second Annual Tolkien Purists Whine and Cheese Party™. [More]
One of TORn’s helpers, Josh Rubinstein, talked about TheOneRing.net Oscar Party (Two Towers – One Party) in a recent CNN and Variety article on Tolkien’s 111th Birthday. [Toast Event] Since then all morning we’ve been getting emails and phone calls from interested folks about the party. As of right now all the details are being kept under wraps. We can tell you a few details however. [More]
One of TORn’s helpers, Josh Rubinstein, talked about TheOneRing.net Oscar Party in a recent CNN and Variety article on Tolkien’s 111th Birthday. [Toast Event] Since then all morning we’ve been getting emails and phone calls from interested folks about the party. As of right now all the details are being kept under wraps.
As of right now all the details are being kept under wraps. I can tell you a few details however:
The official name is “Two Towers – One Party”
IT IS A THEONERING.NET EVENT
It WILL be held on Oscar Night (Sunday March 23rd, 2003)
It WILL be in Hollywood, California
It WILL be held at the Hollywood Athletic Club
As for the rest…more details to follow! For now, check out the links from last years event.
TORN’s TheOneParty To Rule Them All Rocks L.A.
Though The Two Towers has been in the most part a greater success commercially for Peter Jackson et al. than The Fellowship of the Ring, there is no doubt that the second film in the trilogy has attracted greater criticism from Tolkien fans and purists, particularly on the Internet. This weekend, the Hall of Fire crew invite you to join your fellow purists in arms as we rant and rave about the changes made to The Two Towers in what we call The Second Annual Tolkien Purists Whine and Cheese Party™.
Though many fans accept that due to running time constraints and the nature of film as a media, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Stephen Sinclair have made some changes to The Two Towers that have been met with a mixed reception from ‘Rings fans across the world; drastic changes to the character of Faramir, drastic changes to the Elves participation in the War of the Ring, numerous changes to the story in general – all have been met with firm criticism in one form or another.
Is Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers a masterstroke or a massive blunder? Is the portrayal of Faramir in the movie an accurate portrayal or a shambolic misinterpretation? Can some fantastic CGI be enough to excuse the shortcomings of apoor screenplay? Whether you share or disagree with these views, visit us this weekend for one heck of a discussion!
Upcoming Discussions:
To Be Announced
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Saturday Chat: 5:30 pm ET (17:30) [also 11:30 pm (23:30) CET and 7:30 am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat: 7:00 pm (19:00) CET [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 4:00 am (04:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, USA’s East Coast
CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
Questions? Topics? Send ‘em here.
Melissa writes: Sean Astin was interviewed on LA radio this morning (Friday, January 3). He talked via phone with the Kevin & Bean morning program on KROQ-FM. [More]