Archive for August, 2003

Denmark Goes TTT Crazy

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Nikolaj writes: The danish newspaper "politiken" wrote yesterday that 155,000 copies of the TTT DVD have been preordered. That's about 3% of the entire population. Read more..

SHOP: AFX Weathertop Set Shipping Now!

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

The folks from Action Figure Xpress write: Our 'Ambush at Weathertop 8-Pack Exclusive' is now in stock and ready to ship! Based on the Weathertop scene from "Fellowship of the ... Read more..

Wood Marathon on Encore

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

CP writes: Encore has been running an ad to promote Elijah Wood movies in September. There is a brief interview with Elijah who mentions that people never really ... Read more..

Media Watch: Foxtel Magazine TTT Ad

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Lavenda writes: Though you might like the ad from the September Foxtel guide for TTT theatrical dvd and vid release, similar format to the one featuring Aragorn from People magazine, ... Read more..

NZ TTT DVD Pricing Wars

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Linuxelf writes: Pricing wars have begun in New Zealand over who is going to be the cheapest store to buy the TTT DVD from, both The Warehouse, Whitcoulls and ... Read more..

Jackson’s Orcs

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Greg Wright's latest essay is up on HollywoodJesus.com [More] Read more..

Best of Both Worlds SF and Fantasy Convention

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

If you can get to Canberra, you can get close to some LOTR goodness at the Best of Both Worlds Convention in Canberra. Brad Dourif's absence has been countered ... Read more..

More On Extended Editions in Cinemas

Monday, August 25th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Andrea sends this in from TVGuide: "RINGS REDUX: New Line Cinema will release special expanded editions of the first two Lord of the Rings films in theaters worldwide two weeks ... Read more..

New York, New York

Sunday, August 24th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Ringer Spy Alexi writes: Here is a pic from New York's Times Square, taken on August 22. The giant ad is on the new Toys 'R Us store. [More] Read more..

7-Up Goes Geek

Sunday, August 24th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Ryan sends along this scan of a 7-Up can with Aragorn on the side. Seems the Men of Middle-earth enjoy their pop but are conscience of the calories...it is after ... Read more..

Best Buy Goes Geek

Sunday, August 24th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

eekfrenzy writes: The Galleria-area Best Buy in Houston, Texas will have a TTT Release Party, starting at 10:30 on 8/25/03. The first 150 folks will receive a Lord of the ... Read more..

PJ & Viggo in Norway?

Sunday, August 24th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Kristoffer writes: This article in VG says that Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) and Peter Jackson might show up for an enormous screening of the Return of the King in Oslo ... Read more..