Parn from go-to-sleep.net sent along her collection of images from the Fellowship Festival that took place last weekend in London. Take a look at some of the people who attended, Alan Lee, John Howe, Karl Urban, Lawrence Makoare, Bruce Hopkins, John Noble, Gino Acevedo and the always adorable Sarah McLeod! [More]
Month: August 2004
Anna writes: And so a new school year is about to begin…(ack!!!) And with the smell of new books and the lightening of students’ wallets comes a more welcome surprise. On September 1st at 8.30pm on the Lower Field of McGill University (just inside the Roddick Gates), there will be a free showing of “The Return of the King”.
Kaiser Mike writes: At Dragoncon, there is going to be a showing of the fan-produced parody movie entitled “Inu Yasha: Lord of the Jewel”. This film takes animation from the popular anime “Inu Yasha: A Feudal Fairytale” (as seen on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim lineup) and hijacks the plot of the Tolkien Trilogy to forge a comedy of epic epicness! Showing in the Vinings room Saturday night, it is currently scheduled to start around 9:00 pm. Catering to both Ringer and Otaku tastes, this is a must-see for any Dragoncon goer with a sense of humor and a half hour to kill! [www.neobattlepeasant.com]
Additional Notes: This is a “Fan-dub-parody” which is an anime culture custom. These are made by splicing clips of existing shows, and re-doing the dialogue and soundtrack. They are best viewed in group settings, and are made for one purpose: to make people laugh.
Were it to be rated it would probably have a PG-13 rating, mostly for language and suggestive dialogue.
The plot of “Inu Yasha” is very similar to the scenario of LotR. In it, a group of travelers are on a quest to neutralize the evil of a small mystical jewel.
Richard from DME Partnership writes:
DME Partnership DiscoverMiddleEarth.co.uk launches the UK’s only Middle-Earth tour. A coach Tour from London will visit locations that inspired JRR Tolkien when writing Lord of the Rings including Sauron’s Temple in Oxford and the original Two Towers and Shire in Birmingham.
It’s nearly three year since the Lord of the Ring’s movie trilogy hit our cinema screens and New Zealand became known as Middle-Earth.
Dozens of New Zealand companies of all different sizes jumped on the opportunity the film presented to them and created a huge boost the tourist industry with thousands of people from all over the world visiting the “Middle-Earth” of New Zealand.
While Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy was shot in New Zealand, the trilogies author, JRR Tolkien never visited the country and spent most of his life in England. Tolkien drew inspiration from locations in English cities such as Birmingham and Oxford for parts of Middle-Earth including the Shire, The Two Towers and Saurons Temple. Realising little had been done by these cities to capitalise on the renewed interest in Tolkien, two brothers, Richard (24) and Tom Greenwood (22), both recent graduates, set up the DME Partnership to highlight the places in England that inspired Middle-Earth.
Originally the partnership set up a website called www.discovermiddleearth.co.uk which charts Tolkiens life in England and the locations that provided inspiration for The Lord of the Rings. Using original photography DME also produced a 2005 Wall Calendar entitled “Discover England’s Two Towers”. Following the success of this calendar in early sales online and at Lord of the Rings events, DME have now taken it a step further with the announcement of England’s first Middle-Earth coach tour – Destination Middle-Earth.
The first full day coach tour is scheduled for Saturday September 25th and will depart from Central London before heading off to Oxford, the Barrow Downs in Warwickshire and Birmingham. Passengers will be kept amused and informed by Tolkien expert guides and video clips from each location. More dates are set to be announced soon. Booking can be made online at www.discovermiddleearth.co.uk/tour
The tour costs #35 for the full day tour which departs at 9.00am from Central London and returns at 8pm.
Before now there have been occasional small scale tours around individual key Tolkien sites but this will be the only tour to truly take passengers on a journey into England’s Middle-Earth by combining many different locations in one tour. The tour will be suitable for people of all ages and is designed to be interesting to anyone who enjoyed the films, books or is simply looking for a day out with a difference.
Diamond Harfoot-Baggins writes: People from Shire Post will be gathering in Springdale, Arkansas, on September 25th to celebrate Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday. For more information and directions, contact Mayor Whitfoot!
LKK writes: Showtime has scheduled at least four unaired episodes of “Jeremiah” co-starring Sean Astin starting September 3, at 8pm. They will show two new episodes back to back the first two weekends of the month. Showtime and Showtime HD will debut the episodes on Friday. Showtime Too repeats the episodes on Saturday at 10pm. Showtime Beyond has a third airing on Sunday at 8pm. [More]