From: Woeg
This is a very cool prospect. I’ve seen this done in Virginia and England, historical reenactments of actual events, very cool stuff. And just the idea that some people could be doing this with LOTR? Rather cool.
This is what Woeg sends in:
Not sure if you’ve heard of this or not, but there is an interesting sounding idea for an SCA like recreation society called The Middle Earth Historical Reenactment Society that I just stumbled on to.
Source: The Middle Earth Historical Reenactment Society
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Is this magazine going all out for LOTR? We shall see.
From Resevoir Dog
I thought you might like to know in this weeks Woman’s Day there is a two page article on Cate Blanchett, interviewing her about the leading men she’s worked with. Towards the end it makes reference to her role in LOTR.
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Some Aussie Ringers have chimed in with a few words to say about ‘The Hobbit’ stageplay:
Nighshade: The work that has gone into the stage adaption of the book is fantastic. All of the puppets which appeared were as I had visualised them! ( Gollum was great with his flourescent green eyes !) Bilbo the 3 foot tall hero with big hairy feet, 7 foot tall aloof elves, Smaug the dragon was well done with his 20 foot long neck weaving across the stage and the dwarves were great ( Stocky little fellows with long flowing beards and wicked sense of humour!), goblins with their nasty demeanors and red glowing eyes and big fat 7 foot trolls lumbering about the stage.
Gandalf is one of the few players that were made up of human characters showing off some of his magical skills( staff and crystal flowing in mid air!)
Steven D: It was an excellent show, and hopefully I will be going to see it again. I dont usually like stage shows or theatre, but this is one of the best shows I have seen. The characters are excellently crafted, and the play is fantastically adapted.
And David H sends in something he read while attending the play:
The producer of the Hobbit on stage, Malcolm Cooke, wrote an introduction for this second production’s program including the following:
“It is now a million dollar production for the new millenium which we are presenting in every major Australian city before taking it overseas, first to New Zealand then on to America.”
I wonder if Peter Jackson will be seeing it in the Land of the Long White Cloud while Filming.
Thanks to all those who sent in their opinions!
Source: ‘The Hobbit’ Play Website
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We have survived! Now it’s back to business…
The Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) film ‘Bride of Chucky’ can be seen on TMN today. 9 PM EST is the first showing.
The Ian Holm (Bilbo)masterpiece ‘The Sweet Hereafter’ can aslo be seen on TMN at 8 PM EST.
The Elijah Wood (Frodo) film ‘And the Bumblebee Flies Away’ can aslo be seen at 8 PM on Starz!
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There’s more about life as a hobbit extra in Spy Reports
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I heard talk about the 14-hour days the hobbit extras were working down at the Hobbiton set. Apparently most of the hours spent at the makeup dept. involve putting on the prosthetic feet, which are latex and have to be glued on all over. Once the day’s shoot is over, they take about half an hour to get off, and every hobbit extra then gets a footbath with eucalyptus oil – to help get off the glue? – and then a long footmassage and powder. Something to look forward to at the end of the day, apparently.
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