One of the best experiences I had this year at Dragon*Con was the Kids Session during Tolkien’s Middle-earth fan Track. We had approximately 15 kids ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 8 participating. Kids spent an hour drawing pictures, having their faces painted, making Elvish brooches, getting ‘Sharpie’ tattoos of their name or initial on their arm, and snacking on ‘lembas’ and apple juice. It is wonderful to see a new generation of Tolkien fans coming up! I took a picture of the session [here], and as you can see, the kids had a great time! As each child left, they were given a copy of the Two Towers Photo Guide (with stickers!!), courtesy of the fine folks at Houghton Mifflin. I’d like to thank Starlady for painting faces, Injvstice for doing the tattoos, and Maegwen for helping the kids make their Elvish brooches. Some of the kids left their pictures with me so I could scan them and post them here on TORN’s scrapbook. So, you wonderful kids from all over… you’re famous now!!! [Dragon*Con 2003 Kids Pictures!]
Day: September 11, 2003
A reminder for Australian ringers that Supanova begins in Brisbane tomorrow at the RNA showgrounds. Events kickoff at 10am, going through until 6pm, and then everything starts up again on Sunday the 14th at the same time. LoTR fans will enjoy the chance to meet Bruce Hopkins (Gamling) and Bill Hunt (a prosthetics expert from WETA who helped give Lord of the Rings’ characters their super-real look). [More]
A reminder for Australian ringers that Supanova begins in Brisbane tomorrow at the RNA showgrounds. Events kickoff at 10am, going through until 6pm, and then everything starts up again on Sunday the 14th at the same time.
Supanova – a pop-culture convention that has enjoyed a lot of success in Sydney – is making its first venture into Queensland and LoTR fans will enjoy the chance to meet Bruce Hopkins (Gamling) and Bill Hunt (a prosthetics expert from WETA who helped give Lord of the Rings’ characters their super-real look). Both Bill and Bruce will be giving presentations on each day.
Additionally, Brisbanites will get Australia’s very first look at EA’s forthcoming Return of the King game. Since EA have been known to slip film teasers into their cutscene sequences, we may even see some new film footage. Here’s hoping, anyway.
There’ll be heaps of Trading Card Game stuff, including demonstrations, as well as piles of collectibles from Sideshow and Hasbro to ogle and paw. And that doesn’t even begin to touch on the non-LoTR guests and attractions.
Full Guest list for Saturday
Seminar Room Upper Commerce Building
10.30 Bruce Hopkins – King’s Right Hand Man: Gamling
11.20 Peter Mayhew – Episode III: Return of the Wookiee
12.10 Mark Bagley – Spinning Webs on Ultimate Spider-Man
1.00 Sandi Finlay – The Empire’s Dealiest Woman: Sly Moore
1.50 Ashley Wood – Hellspawn to Popbot: An Artists’ Journey
2.40 David Prowse – The Villainous Darth Vader
3.30 Ben Templesmith : 2 Days of Supanova: Hollywood & Beyond
4.20 Bill Hunt – Lord of the Rings Prosthetics Master
5.10 Undead crew – Live at Supanova
Anime & Comic Book Room Lower Commerce Building
10.30 Matt Sloan : From Animatronics Supervisor to Jedi Knight
11.20 Chris Sabat : Super Saiyan! DBZ’s Piccolo & Vegeta
12.10 Anime Trivia Competition
1.00 Comic-Book Trivia Competition
1.50 Darren Dunstan : Yu-Gi-Oh!’s bad guy Maximillion Pegasus
2.40 Jon Sommariva : Rocketing in on Go Boy 7
3.30 Krome : The Latest : Greatest from the local gaming giant
4.20 Dillon Naylor : Gets Historical! In the Beginning, to Batrisha : Beyond
5.10 Eddie Campbell : Painting a Different Picture on Batman
TORn will be there to report on the event, and maybe we’ll even score an interview or two. Stay tuned.
The Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2003 Brisbane
RNA Showgrounds, (Commerce Building) Gregory Terrace, Brisbane.
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September 10.00am – 6.00pm
Tickets:
Two-day Pass (only available from Ticketek)
Adult: $25.00
Child*: $15.00 (under 5 free)
Single-day Pass (through Ticketek or at the door)
Adult: $15.00
Child*: $10.00
Family Pass (2 Adults, 2 Children aged 5-12)
At the door: $40.00
TTT is set to be on INDemand Pay-Per View starting on September 26th. Keep those eyes peeled! [More]
The Countdown to The Return of the King has begun. Each week, a new card – one of the 18 stunning alternate-template cards that make up The Countdown Collection – will become available with a $10 purchase at participating retail stores. Collect them all, and you will receive two posters (one depicting every card in the Fellowship block, the other, the Tower block), a binder to house your Countdown Collection, and four bonus preview cards including Tom Bombadil and other Lord of the Rings characters who do not appear in the movies! [More]
Dany writes: In case you haven’t seen this yet. The Academy is considering Massive for a Scientific Achievement Award: Beverly Hills, CA – Fourteen scientific and technical achievements have been selected for review by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for 76th Academy Awards consideration, Committee Chair Richard Edlund announced today. [More]