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Six dramatic images from the Desolation of Smaug 2014 annual
August 31, 2013 at 8:30 am -Courtesy of TORn messageboarder narflet here are six more cool images from the new movie tie-in book that’s just been released — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Annual 2014. No new spoiler hints to speak of here, but some very nice character shots of Tauriel, Legolas and Bard the Bowman for sure, plus a…
Crytozoic’s Lost Tales: The Tale of August 30th
August 31, 2013 at 7:20 am -The companions awoke refreshed in the last Homely House before Dragon Con. Once they gifted their gracious hosts with a bust of Mirkwood resident Legolas, they saddled up into Shadowfax and headed off into the horizon! Twas a long ride filled with much entertaining and lore-banter via the crystal slab. They talked of the rings…
Hall of Fire this Saturday: Boromir, tragic hero of Gondor
August 30, 2013 at 8:30 pm -This Saturday (at 6pm ET (New York time)) Hall of Fire will be discussing one of the great (and tragic) heroes of Middle-earth — Boromir the Brave. ‘The Men of Gondor are valiant, and they will never submit; but they may be beaten down. Valour needs first strength, and then a weapon. Let the Ring…
Cryptozoic’s and TheOneRing.net’s LIVE Coverage of DragonCon!
August 30, 2013 at 3:09 pm -Cryptozoic Entertainment and TheOneRing.net bring you LIVE streaming coverage from DragonCon! For the first time, catch 2 roving cameras walking about day and night covering the coolest Tolkien, Whovian, and gaming panels DragonCon has to offer. Learn to play the new Two Towers Deck Building Game from Cryptozoic, live from the gaming tables, then chat with Dwalin,…
Badali Jewelry Shows Their Support for TheOneRing.net
August 30, 2013 at 1:00 pm -As we continue our 2013 Pledge Drive – Light the Beacons – you may be wondering if we are receiving any corporate support.The answer is a decisive ‘Yes!’ Over the years, we’ve been privileged to establish amazing relationships with some very reputable and worthwhile corporate entities. Those entities are now popping up to lend their…
Deciphering the plot of The Desolation of Smaug
August 30, 2013 at 9:05 am -How will The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug unfold. It’s the big question. How do all the threads fits together? What’s being changed? What’s being added that was never in Tolkien’s text of The Hobbit? Here, Ringer Captain Salt from the TORn messageboards attempts to put string together all the teasing hints that we’ve seen…
A new image of Beorn in bear-form!
August 30, 2013 at 8:50 am -A new image of Beorn (played by Mikael Persbrandt) in his angry bear-form, apparently from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Annual 2014 has appeared out in the wild on the internet. Looks like it could be related to that scene from the trailer where Thorin & Company are trying to barricade the doors to…
Former LOTR producer plans Norway Viking epic
August 30, 2013 at 7:25 am -Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne is apparently interested in shooting a Viking film. He it thinks may do for Norwegian tourism what LOTR and The Hobbit has done for New Zealand. Thanks to Ringer Obi donkenobi for the heads-up! The producer behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy wants to shoot a $100…
A musical parody of The Council of Elrond
August 30, 2013 at 7:15 am -Hard to believe this surreal flash parody of The Council of Elrond scene from The Fellowship of the Ring is now 10 years old. Time flies! As the makers Red Penguin then described it: One Ring to Rule Them All is a hilarious music video set in Middle-earth, starring the cast of The Lord of…
Armitage and McTavish recording ADR for Desolation of Smaug
August 30, 2013 at 12:10 am -Looks like the cast of The Hobbit are deep in Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) right now, going by one of Graham McTavish’s (who plays Dwalin) recent tweets. ADR is, of course, used to re-record any original dialogue that wasn’t initially good on set, or wasn’t picked up well by the boom microphones. Thanks to Ringer…
Norway couple build hobbit house in dome
August 29, 2013 at 9:55 pm -A Norwegian couple have built a straw and clay cottage inside a glass dome where they hope to grow oranges and tomatoes – despite living inside the Arctic Circle. “We live in the northern part of Norway where it’s very windy and cold, so we wanted protection around the house where we could build fruit…
DragonCon is almost upon us!
August 29, 2013 at 12:30 pm -As you’ll know, if you’ve been following the Road Trip to DragonCon, that fabulous and fun convention is taking place in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend! And TheOneRing.net will be there in force! We’ll have a table in the ‘fan tables area’ – please come by and see us! Staffers deej and greendragon will be running the table,…
Crytozoic’s Lost Tales: The Road to DragonCon 29th of August
August 29, 2013 at 12:04 pm -After a night of narry a wink of sleep, the companions set out at first light on what would be one epic day. Winding country lanes called their name and they answered. Among the winding mountainous roads they found one of Radagast’s hidden dells of unspoilt nature, The Wildwood Rabbitry. The two sisters who call…
Support TheOneRing.net and help your Tolkien community keep growing and growing!
August 29, 2013 at 10:15 am -Everything about TheOneRing.net is big. Just look at some of these numbers. 33,467. News articles, spy reports and features published on the TORn front page since 2007 alone. 22,300. Spy photos, movie screencaps and fan images in the old TORN scrapbook, and the new one. 616,739. Posts from 9,981 TORnsibs on the “new” TORn gossamer forums since 2007….
How many fought at the Battle of the Five Armies?
August 29, 2013 at 9:11 am -At the beginning of this month, the TORn messageboard Reading Room (home on our boards to all things Tolkien and scholarly) held an amateur symposium, with a number of folks submitting papers for discussion. Among them them was this interesting piece by Arandir analysing the Battle of the Five Armies. We felt it was deserving…
TORn Light the Beacons auction: TORn Collector’s Ed of The Hobbit Magazine, LOTR PEZ gift set, The People’s Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien
August 29, 2013 at 8:00 am -As you know, over the next couple of weeks or so TORn is conducting a pledge drive to raise funds and keep our servers running. But, as you might know, we also have some very exciting auctions going on over at ebay. We have some fabulous, exclusive pieces up for grabs – including some things…
Ten ways TORn serves Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fandom
August 29, 2013 at 6:53 am -Beginning last Saturday and running through to September 4, TheOneRing.net is hosting a Pledge Drive (see the banner at the top) as well as a bunch of auctions for some really cool memorabilia and collectibles. The day-to-day operation of the website, and the events we host, require a lot more resources than when we first…
Doug Adams does a Hobbit soundtrack AMA
August 29, 2013 at 5:30 am -Author Doug Adams, who famously documented the story of the Lord of the Rings soundtracks in The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films has been conducting an Ask Me Anything over on his blog. He writes: I still can’t answer many Hobbit questions, but for the time being, feel free to post them…
TORn Light the Beacons auction: Burger King Lord of the Rings Goblets, HUGE replica of Bilbo’s Contract signed by Celebs & Oscar Party Attendees, LOTR: The Two Towers (Sony PlayStation 2, 2004), LOTR: The Return of the King (Sony PlayStation 2, 2003)
August 29, 2013 at 12:01 am -As you know, over the next couple of weeks or so TORn is conducting a pledge drive to raise funds and keep our servers running. But, as you might know, we also have some very exciting auctions going on over at ebay. We have some fabulous, exclusive pieces up for grabs – including some things…
TORn Light the Beacons auction: Witch-king of Angmar Statue, ‘Unexpected Art Show’ Signed by Tim Kirk, Donato Giancola & Vanderstelt, The Book of Lost Tales: The History of Middle-earth v.1
August 28, 2013 at 8:34 pm -As you know, over the next couple of weeks or so TORn is conducting a pledge drive to raise funds and keep our servers running. But, as you might know, we also have some very exciting auctions going on over at ebay. We have some fabulous, exclusive pieces up for grabs – including some things…
