Pat writes: Next weekend there is a sci-fi/horror/fantasy convention in Chicago, and there will be a screening of The Two Towers at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, IL. There will also be a Q&A with Brad Dourif from 6:15-6:45. [More]
Day: June 8, 2003
hooly writes: I work in a superstore in New England and every sunday our head office sends files that contain new upcs into our computer which then prints out tags we can use when the items finally arrive. Today the computer printed out two tags for “Lord of the Rngs 2 Twrs. One VHS and one DVD, from the prices on them. (22.99 and 29.99 retail, if you were wondering).
lithq writes: The June 13th issue of Entertainment Weekly had an article about their response to news of the planned LOTR musical. Like lots of fans I know, they couldn’t resist coming up with their own songs. [More]
Orangeblossom writes that bands and performers looking to join the action at BitofEarth.net’s Hall of Fire Summer Music Festival (part of their Tentmoot 2003 gig) need to act fast. The final date for submissions of demo discs is June 15. The festival – to be held at Holiday Park, Portland, Oregon, USA is being billed as a ‘two-day concert series packed to the gills with exciting local performers and a few big-name surprises!’ [More]
It seems the release dates are getting earlier. Natalie from Moldova writes that her uncle, who works at the Patria cinemas (the biggest cinema in Moldova), found out RoTK will debut there on the 20th of January (Towers only began screening on the 26th). Maybe we’ll see this sort of thing as a worldwide trend?
Ringer Spy Woltmann writes: I thought that I would let you guys know that Mugglenet.com is hosting a poll asking whether Dumbledore or Gandalf would win in a wizard duel. [Pity poor, left-out Saruman – Dem.] Dumbledore currently has something like 67% of the votes. [More]