Do women love ‘The Hobbit’? NYTimes says no

April 16th, 2011 by MrCere | Discuss | | 114 Comments »

Ginia Bellafante, in a review of HBO’s “A Game of Thrones,” that makes its television debut this weekend and stars LOTR’s Sean Bean, insinuates that women, or at least women in book clubs, aren’t passionate about “The Hobbit,” the beloved book by J.R.R. Tolkien. With over 10 years of experiences with fans of Middle-earth, and the many women that are passionate about it, Ms. Bellafante might be missing something. She said:

While I do not doubt that there are women in the world who read books like Mr. Martin’s, I can honestly say that I have never met a single woman who has stood up in indignation at her book club and refused to read the latest from Lorrie Moore unless everyone agreed to “The Hobbit” first. “Game of Thrones” is boy fiction patronizingly turned out to reach the population’s other half.

Readers of the interwebs, especially the females, are a bit miffed at the writer and there are several good female-authored blogs and responses, (read after the break for a list of some of the more notable responses) but most are from the perspective of “Game of Thrones,” readers. So, Tolkienites, do you agree or disagree with the above statement and the full review?

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Sean Bean’s ‘Game of Thrones’ 14-minute preview is live

April 3rd, 2011 by MrCere | Discuss | | 3 Comments »

HBO is airing a fantasy series in two weeks staring LOTR alumn Sean Bean. Just as in 2000, when New Line Cinema put high-quality fantasy in the cinema, viewed then as an expensive risk, the subscription channel is adapting a fantasy novel, George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones,” for television. Bean, Boromir in Tolkien’s “Fellowship of the Ring,” is front and center here as the series’ most recognizable face playing Eddard Stark, one of the powerful players in a land full of political intrigue. Sunday night HBO started the two-week countdown before the shows airs each Sunday for 10 weeks. You can watch a 14-minute preview now but younger and sensitive viewers should be warned, there are graphic depictions of dead bodies, a beheading and the stuff of nightmares if you follow this link. (TORn recently ran a story comparing the LOTR films and the television series.)

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WIC and TORn fan sites party like its 1999

March 31st, 2011 by MrCere | Discuss | | No Comments »

(Note: This story appears on both: www.Winter-is-Coming.net and www.TheOneRing.net)

Remember a decade ago when the world was going to end? Younger readers may not clearly recall, but a computer glitch dubbed “Y2K” (the date changing from 1999 to 2000 on January 1) was going to throw computers and thus the world into complete chaos. Planes were going to fall from the sky, bank accounts were going to reset while bankrupting corporations, energy sources were going to fail and missiles would launch and plunge the world into nuclear holocaust.

And worst of all, what if TheOneRing.net wasn’t available when I got to work and opened my browser? What if I couldn’t keep up with the latest news tidbit about the Peter Jackson team working on three “Lord of the Rings Films” by reading the fan site dubbed TORn (for brevity). I wasn’t obsessed, I was focused.

Winter-Is-Coming.net has taken me back to those days like a time capsule. That site, like TORn, is reporting daily on the minutia of a fantasy story told, in what I hope is grand fashion. Once again, like so many others, I have found myself checking in each day, following the tiniest details and I have been transported back to those days of eager anticipation when it seemed the world, as we know it, might end.

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Neither Sean Bean Nor Boromir In The Hobbit

January 20th, 2011 by Earl | Source: Belfast Telegraph | Discuss | | 11 Comments »

Here’s some news concerning what’s NOT going to happen in the upcoming Hobbit films. The Belfast Telegraph caught up with Sean Bean who, as fans well know, played the tragic character Boromir in the Lord of the Rings films, and asked him whether he sees himself returning to The Hobbit in some way.

Here’s what Sean Bean had to say:

I don’t think so. I played Boromir and I got knocked off in the end so I don’t think it would be… I mean I could come back as a different character but I think he [Peter Jackson] is looking for a new kind of style and maybe a new look.

I know a few people who are in it and should be very exciting.

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‘Winter is Coming’ to Sean Bean and HBO

December 6th, 2010 by MrCere | Discuss | | No Comments »

LOTR vet Sean Bean is heading back into the realm of epic fantasy as one of the central characters in an HBO series, “A Game of Thrones.” Last night the pay-for-play network unveiled an 11-minute commercial preview for the series which has fans all excited and reminds some of us around here of the good old days when “Fellowship of the Ring” was getting close to its release date.
Bean plays a pretty significant part in the series, talked about by the “R.R.” author who is still living and appears in the video along with Bean himself, seen below. And to follow day-to-day news of the production, you can check out winter-is-coming.net

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Sean Bean to play ‘Game of Thrones’

September 15th, 2010 by MrCere | Discuss | | 1 Comment »

Sean Bean is set to star in a big-budget HBO adaptation of a series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin. Bean, familiar to TORn readers as Boromir in the LOTR movie trilogy, will play the role of Ned Stark, one of the leads and one of characters playing the titular “Game of Thrones.” The series is currently in production and premiers in 2011 with the newest teaser which includes footage of Bean below. For a little further information, you can also click here to see a behind-the-scenes segment featuring Bean.

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Sean Bean’s ‘Black Death’ Trailer

May 12th, 2010 by xoanon Comments Off

The folks from Revolver Entertainment send along the trailer for Sean Bean’s latest film ‘Black Death’: The film is a historical epic set during the deadly pandemic of the 14th Century. Sean Bean stars as the fearsome knight Ulrich, who is tasked with leading his group of mercenaries to a remote village where it is rumoured there are no traces of the pestilence. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer – someone able to bring the dead back to life.

Their journey is treacherous and filled with danger; encountering deadly bandits and vicious witch-burnings that will put their faith to the ultimate test. Though it’s upon entering the village that their true horror begins…

Sean Bean looks rather Boromiresque in ‘Black Death’

April 30th, 2010 by admin | Source: Black Death | Discuss | Comments Off

Sean Bean in armour with beard? Check. Carrying a sword? Check. Helping lead companions into certain danger? Check. This reporter couldn’t help but feel a bit like I was watching some kind of Boromir side-adventure when viewing the latest trailer for ‘Black Death.’ Check it out at the official website. You are warned however…this one looks like it’s gonna be violent! [Official Website]

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More Goodies from the Video Vault

April 29th, 2010 by xoanon Comments Off

Linuxelf sends along two more clips from the LOTR days of yore. A clip from the FOTR premiere in New Zealand and New York!

FOTR NZ Premiere Snippets

Ted Nasmith’s latest project with a Sean Bean connection

April 1st, 2010 by MrCere | Discuss | Comments Off

An old TORn friend writes in:
“According to George R.R. Martin’s “Not a Blog” the latest Calendar of paintings of locations from his “Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy series will be illustrated by none other than LOTR illustrator Ted Nasmith. According to Martin’s website, the calendar will be debuting from publisher Bantam Spectra at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con in July.

For fans of Westros and other “Ice and Fire” environs, this series is currently in production with HBO starring Sean Bean. (But you already knew that…) I’m sure that Ted Nasmith isn’t the last LOTR alum to hop onboard this blockbuster fantasy series!

See the pretty pictures here.

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Sean Bean’s ‘Game of Thrones’ officially a go for HBO

March 2nd, 2010 by MrCere | Discuss | Comments Off

Sean Bean will star in a fantasy series on HBO based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series “Song of Ice and Fire”. Bean plays lead Eddard Stark, head of one of the leading families in the series.

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Has Sean Bean landed a juicy role in HBO’s ‘A Game of Thrones’ ?

July 17th, 2009 by MrCere Comments Off

Sean Bean of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Boromir fame, may have landed a role in another book adaptation by an “R.R.” author according to The excellent site WinterIsComing.