Gaming Havens has a review of 2 new MUSH games [More]
Month: January 2000
You can catch Ethan Hawke (Faramir) in ‘Great Expectations’ remake on TMN today. [More]
You can aslo catch Ian Holm (Bilbo) in ‘The Sweet Hereafter’ on TMN. [More]
New fan art is up. Remember, anyone can have a free online gallery of their Tolkien related work. Just email me your works of art at calisuri@theonering.net. [ more ]
There is also some new wallpaper and some additions to the multimedia section. [ more ]
Two new MUD/MUSH reviews have been added to Gaming Havens. Check them out in the review sections. [ more ]
The Ian McKellen (Gandalf) film ‘Gods and Monsters’ is on TMN today. [More]
I’m an assistant propmaster, and have been working on features, tv-movies and television series since 1991.
By the by, the “telegraph” device that Tehanu described (on her set visit) could almost only be the antenna that the sound department uses whenever an actor is wearing a body microphone. The cable-puller will take the aerial and maintain a direct line-of-sight with the actor to ensure premium reception. The antenna requires it to be held, and aimed, in a specific manner. The best sound mixers will jump through hoops to get a CORDED connection because it is SO much more of a guarantee that no interference will enter into the recording. They take pride in preventing ADR work (looping).
Spoiler Content:
If she saw a scene with actors on a moving horse-drawn cart, then there’s no question that the actors were wearing body-mics.
One other bit of trivia: I worked with a fairly young Elijah back in 1994 on the film “The War” (with K. Costner) and Elijah was the most professional guy there. A few years later my friend was the propmaster on the movie “Flipper” with Elijah and again he was a trooper. It is a comfort to hear that he hasn’t lost his enthusiasm and willingness to “get the shot”. Who
can blame him, he gets to be Frodo!
Thanks Andrew! Good to hear about Elijah!
I just received the latest issue of SFX Magazine (Feb #61) and behold! I great article about the production!
Lord of the Rings Hobbit Burrows!
As The Lord of the Rings production rolls on into the new millennium, SFX has secured these fine set photographs for your edification and enlightenment.
Behold! Freshly minted pictures from the New Zealand set of Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Ring. Clearly presented here, and not fuzzily shown on the web (grrr, Xo) it’s quite easy to make out the burrows of Hobbiton, where Bilbo and Frodo Baggins reside. As you can see, the hobbit holes look rather good, fitting well into New Zealand’s lusher than lush landscape. These pictures were taken before the recent catastrophic floods, although it’s understood these sets were those damaged. To raise money for victims of the inundation, Jackson auctioned signed memorabilia from the film. Decent bloke.
While I love the folks at SFX, they do seem to have been mistaken, the Hobbiton sets were in fact quite safe from the flooding, and Peter Jackson auctioned off a signed copy of LOTR, not any film memorabilia. Fuzzy pictures indeed…