This very odd flash thingy comes straight from Bizzaroland. Entitled “It’s your ring”, this is your opportunity to watch Elijah Wood sing, dance and dispense moviegoing advice. Strange doesn’t even begin to describe this one. [More]
Day: February 15, 2003
Rotten Tomoatoes is currently running a poll asking readers what should have been nominated, but wasn’t. The Two Towers makes the “we was robbed” list. Go vote if you want. [More]
Sideshow/Weta just released images of their Series 2 products from The Two Towers. Featured as busts are Gandalf the White, Galadhrim Soldier, Grishnakh and an Uruk-Hai Berserker. The figures consist of Ugluk, Grima Wormtongue and Galadhrim Archer. As with all of the Two Towers products from Sideshow/Weta, these are limited, hand-numbered pieces. (My personal favorite is the Gandalf bust, its spot on!) [More]
The other day I found myself outside a doctor’s office with an excessive amount of time. So I decided to get creative with my brand new Sony Ericsson T68i cell phone and attempt to compose a LOTR related theme. After all, searches online yielded either pay ringtones or impossible to understand instructions. So after a half hour or so of attempts, I came up with this ‘Hobbit Theme.’ Please note, this ringtone probably only works for Sony Ericsson T68i and is an .imy file. Also, its not ‘perfect’ per se, but, hey, not bad for an amateur! [Download]
Hall of Fire for this weekend will make a late topic adjustment following the recent announcement of the Oscar nominations. Previously we’d scheduled a chat on Acting in the Two Towers, however, instead we’ll be hosting a special Oscar Nominations Roundup. [More]
Hall of Fire for this weekend will make a late topic adjustment following the recent announcement of the Oscar nominations.
Previously we’d scheduled a chat on Acting in the Two Towers, however, instead we’ll be hosting a special Oscar Nominations Roundup.
This year, Towers snagged six nominations. Only one – for best picture – was in what many consider to be the major award groupings. The remainder were in more technical categories, such as editing and sound.
How do we rate the film’s chances of picking up gongs in these categories? And did Jackson’s reluctance to play the “schmooze” game this year lessen the opportunity for Towers to receive critical acclaim from the Oscars Academy?
And what of the nominations that Towers did not receive? In which categories was it worthy – and overlooked? Contrastingly, what were the categories it didn’t deserve a nomination for? What do folks think?
Join us this weekend for what’s sure to be a most interesting debate!
Upcoming Discussions:
Feb. 22-23: Acting in the Two Towers
March 1-2 : RoTK Book V, Ch2: Passing of the Grey Company
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]
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