Ringer Fan Torsten writes: The Scandinavian Sci-Fi Game & Toy Convention started today (Saturday) in Malmoe, Sweden. It…
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Ringer Fan Torsten writes: The Scandinavian Sci-Fi Game & Toy Convention started today (Saturday) in Malmoe, Sweden. It runs until Sunday. Among this year’s guests are Sala Baker (Sauron), Ray Park (Darth Maul) and Lou Ferrigno (Hulk). Sala Baker was very nice to the fans, and he happily wrote down his autograph. My friend Emil had Sala pose with his newly acquired ring replica, which made Emil very happy.
Lucky Swedes! – Dem.
Ringer Fan LoTRFan1432 writes that Two Towers is playing at the St. Charles (IL) Arcada theatre (a second-hand movie theatre). So if you’ve been waiting to see the film on the cheap, perhaps now is the time to start checking around those small independent theatres near you!
Update: For the terminally curious, Two Towers was down to 324 theatres across the USA on the weekend of April 18-20. That’s down from a peak of 3,622 last year!
Tolkien Illustrator John Howe’s got a new journal entry up at his site. He geeks plentifully about maps. Since I’ve been working on the map of Numenor, it occured to me how much maps shape our lives … [More]
The State News reports that a new class about author J.R.R. Tolkien is aiming to expose Michigan State University students to a different kind of diversity. “You’ve got elves, you’ve got dwarves, you’ve got men, you’ve got wizards, and Gandalf – whatever he is,” said John Rauk, chairman of the Department of Romance and Classical Languages. “Talk about diversity.” Thanks to Ringer Fan Jeff for the heads up. [More]
Ringer Spy Arwenelf let us know that Empire has just released its June 2003 issue – devoted almost entirely to Matrix Reloaded. Just like Two Towers last year, it’s a multiple cover edition, and one of the covers features none other than Agent Elrond himself – Hugo Weaving.
Ringer Fan Peter writes in about an article we posted regarding Howard Shore’s take on the rough cut of RoTK. he does a little bit of maths, extrapolating Shore’s comments and the conclusions are very interesting. [More]
