The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Movie Marathon is taking place right now in TORn’s IRC chatroom. We’re currently watching The Two Towers. Return of the King will start at approximately 7 p.m. EDT. (New York)
Join us as we cheer, jeer and tear over our favorite films. Over the course of 12 hours we will watch all three movies, taking periodic breaks for food, drink and frivolity. Anyone is welcome! You can come and go any time you like, as often as you like.
EVERYTHING you need to know about the event can be found on our Marathon FAQ.
Today’s nearly 3 hour long chat with Alan Lee was filled with questions about Alan’s involvement with the Lord of the Rings movies, his future endeavors, and his art in general. We had an open, unmoderated chat, so I’ve edited the log for continuity and reading ease. Questions for Alan have been italicized and his answers are in bold type. We’d like to sincerely thank Alan and Houghton Mifflin for giving us this opportunity to bring another live guest chat to you, the fans of JRR Tolkien. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »
We mistakenly posted the wrong email address to send your questions for our upcoming Alan Lee chat! (Actually, I did!) Please email your questions to livechat@theonering.net before our live chat starts 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Saturday, November 15. Please read the details of the chat in the following post. [Read More]
TheOneRing.net and the folks from Houghton Mifflin are sponsoring a live chat with illustrator Alan Lee at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Satuday, November 15. Alan will be discussing the recent releases of the paperback edition of ‘The Children of Hurin’ as well as the reprinted edition of ‘Tales from a Perilous Realm’, both of which feature artwork by Alan.
The chat will be held in our own Barliman’s Chatroom (link also in the menu on the left of the Home Page). More information will follow with detailed instructions on how to participate. In the mean time, if you would like to submit questions for Alan please email them to livechat@theonering.net. Read on for a synopsis of these remarkable new Tolkien-related publications provided by Houghton Mifflin. Read the rest of this entry »
TheOneRing.net will be providing a segment on this Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. This week, Sohaib will be speaking with Anthony Moody who was the lucky man to interview Guillermo del Toro earlier this month. Hope you can join us! [Fictional Frontiers] [Netcast] Join us in chat while the show goes on! [Live Chat]
TheOneRing.net provided a segment on this Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. This week, Sohaib spoke with MrCere about the latest news and rumors concerning ‘The Hobbit’ movies. As always, it was broadcast live via the internet via the WNJC website. [Fictional Frontiers] [Netcast]. A full transcript of the radio segment can be found [right here]. TheOneRing.net is featured every other week on Fictional Frontiers.
It’s been a very exciting night and our thanks go out to Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson for sharing their thoughts with all of us.
Tonight we blogged — and logged — live from the Unexpected Party chat for everyone who couldn’t make the chat and for people who really care what we think;) Now, for your reading pleasure, we have all the questions and answers transcribed for you, along with comments from the TORn staff! Read the blog, log and commentary!
And be sure to join us in TORn’s chatroom Barlimans or our messageboards. Fans are busy there arguing debating everything they’ve heard.
After the chat with PJ and Del Toro is over, there’s bound to be lots of people in TORN’s chatroom Barlimans or our messageboards talking over what we’ve learned – so join in!
Join us today on our IRC server at 12:30 EST to watch the LOTR Trilogy Marathon on TNT! To get in the on the fun, join the chat room through our Java chat applet or, for a better experience, take advantage of an IRC client such as mIRC. We’ll hang around to discuss the film “as it happens” and proceed to cheer and jeer (or discuss and argue, if you like!) the finer points of the film. Good clean fun only, please!
After a long break, Hall of Fire finally returns to host a discussion on the very recently released Children of Hurin. Scrupulously edited together from JRR’s manuscripts by Christopher Tolkien, the tragic tale of Hurin’s children is not new to many fans of Tolkien’s writings, having been previously revealed in one form or another in the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle Earth.
However, Children of Hurin presents the tale without the severe abridgement of the Silmarillion, or the confusing annotated form that is present in Unfinished Tales and HOME.
Has Chris Tolkien succeeded in editing together – from diverse manuscripts written decades apart – a tale that is easier going than the archaic, name-filled Silmarillion? Does the introduction of a gloassary of characters help ease those used to the more reader friendly style of Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit into the story? And what of the choice of tale? Children of Hurin is, as Chris Tolkien states – one of the three keystone tales of the First Age that JRR worked on the most. It’s also extremely dark, presenting the reader a protagonist who, through his reckless deeds and fiery nature, is difficult to like, much less cheer on. Indeed, many people say they would you have preferred to see a book telling the story of Beren and Luthien instead.
And what of the artwork of Alan Lee? Does it mesh well with the material and the style of the tale? Would you have preferred to see Ted Nasmith or John Howe?
The gory details Date: Sunday 6 May 2007 Time: 7PM EDT Location: The TORn IRC server: irc.theonering.net in #thehalloffire How long: Between 30 minutes and an hour, but you’re welcome to just pop through!
Time zone conversions
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America: 7.00pm EDT (New York) 6.00pm CDT (Chicago) 5.00pm MDT (Salt Lake City) 4.00pm PDT (Los Angeles)
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The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Movie Marathon is taking place right now in TORn’s IRC chatroom. We’re currently watching The Two Towers. Return of the King will start at approximately 7 p.m. EDT. (New York)
TheOneRing.net will be providing a segment on this Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. This week, Sohaib will be speaking with Anthony Moody who was the lucky man to interview Guillermo del Toro earlier this month. Hope you can join us! [
