TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – December 11, 2011

December 11th, 2011 by grammaboodawg | No Comments »

Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. Watch this space as every weekend we will spotlight the most popular buzz on TORn’s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join in the fun!

LA area Ringers, come celebrate the 10th Anniversary of FOTR

November 30th, 2011 by Garfeimao | 3 Comments »

TheOneRing.net will be hosting a party to celebrate the 10th Anniversary release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at Ye Olde King’s Headin Santa Monica, CA. This will be on Saturday, December 17 at 1pm. There is limited space so it is necessary to have you all pre-purchase your tickets, which you can do by clicking on our handy, dandy ticket form . If you have any questions, please contact me at Garfeimao@TheOneRing.net 

*I should probably add that pre-purchased tickets are $22 per person, where as the cost will be $25 per person at  the door, if there is any space remaining at that time.

Badali Jewelry Free ONE RING Promo Code for Weekend Special!

November 24th, 2011 by Quickbeam | 1 Comment »

As mentioned on our last *live* broadcast of TORn TUESDAYS, our friends at Badali Jewelry have an exciting Thanksgiving weekend sale going on where you can get a FREE replica of the One Ring (and other cool items) after buying $125 worth of jewelry. Each promo code is good for a particular free item on each separate day. Here are the codes: 11/26 Saturday “THANKS1″ (for a Gold Plated Asha’man Dragon Pin), 11/27 Sunday “THANKS2″ (for a Bronze Cthulhu Medallion), and 11/28 Monday “THANKS3″ (for a Gollum Gold One Ring of Power with plain script). When ordering, select at least $125 worth of merchandise, then add the Free Jewelry Item of the day into your shopping cart (RJ-36 for Saturday, CTHN-22 for Sunday, and GG-01 for Monday). Then enter the day’s coupon code during the check out process and the cost of that day’s Free Item will be removed from the cart, giving it to you free! Also good on telephone orders! Check out their site Badali Jewelry for more details!

Otago Times visits ‘Hobbit’ set, ancient tree falls

November 23rd, 2011 by MrCere | No Comments »

“The old giant beech tree which prompted Sir Peter Jackson and 450 cast and crew members to film a scene for The Hobbit near Paradise, beyond Glenorchy and Queenstown, survived for a century until a storm blew it down six weeks ago.

This, however, was a Hobbit-sized problem in the grand scheme of issues for the Academy Award-winning screenwriter-producer-director in his bid to deliver Hobbit adventures to the world.”

Read the rest of the story, including the reporter’s on-set experience at Otago Daily Times It is pretty clear that Beorn is shooting now.

Today in Middle-earth, November 23

November 23rd, 2011 by grammaboodawg | Discuss | Comments Off

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on November 23:

•  Battle of the Five Armies – 2941 (1341)

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TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – November 22, 2011

November 22nd, 2011 by grammaboodawg | No Comments »

Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. Watch this space as every weekend we will spotlight the most popular buzz on TORn’s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join in the fun!

So Cal Ringers: Save the Date of December 17, 2011

November 18th, 2011 by Garfeimao | No Comments »

On Saturday, December 17, 2011 TheOneRing.net: West Coast Smial are planning to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the film that changed most of our lives. Of course, I’m speaking of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. We are still sketching out the details, but by necessity, this event will be a daytime affair, and will be family friendly. It will involve food and beverages and good times, so please start blocking out a little time in your pre-holiday weekend for your fellow Ringers.

And don’t forget to visit us at the Trilogy Screening next weekend at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, hosted by the American Cinematheque. We’ll be meeting and greeting and playing games all day long on November 26.

http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/lord-of-the-rings-trilogy

Grant Major Interview

November 15th, 2011 by xoanon | No Comments »

Tom from Artstars.us writes: I just interviewed Grant Major for my production design blog. He talks about designing the Lord of the Rings and his mixed feelings about not doing the Hobbit. Here’s the interview.

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – November 13, 2011

November 13th, 2011 by grammaboodawg | No Comments »

Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. Watch this space as every weekend we will spotlight the most popular buzz on TORn’s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join in the fun!

Eerie echoes of Moria’s halls in Tokyo’s G-Can Project

November 8th, 2011 by Demosthenes | 2 Comments »

The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-Cans Project or the “Underground Temple,” is a subterranean infrastructure that protects Tokyo against floodwaters during rain and typhoon seasons.

The massive structure consists of concrete silos, water tanks and pillars connected to a number of pumps that pump up to 200 tons of water into the Edogawa River per second. Ringer Peter dropped us a line about how one of the enormous collection chambers is also eerily like Moria’s many-pillared Second Hall.

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Got Lots of Room? Get Massive Kong Now!

November 3rd, 2011 by xoanon | No Comments »

Greg Johnston, Director at Media Planet dropped me a line to let me know that their massive King Kong statue needs to find a new home! Take a look at the pic and contact Greg if you are interested, oh and it’s in Australia…I think it may cost a bit to ship. Contact Greg Johnston here

Review: The Art of the Adventures of Tintin

November 2nd, 2011 by MrCere | Discuss | | 1 Comment »

The rest of the world is perfectly free to walk (or run) to the cinema and watch The Adventures of Tintin directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg. But for once, the tables are turned on movie lovers in the U.S. and we must wait until December to see the motion capture film of the beloved comic strip character produced by Peter Jackson.

However, those who are anticipating Belgian writer and cartoonist Hergé’s collection of grand adventure stories put on screen can content themselves with The Art of The Adventures of Tintin book from special effects studio Weta and HarperCollins.

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