Our first full day at ImagineCon was great! Check out the full report to learn about some TORn Fans, Emarthnguarth, TideWater Dragon and The Fandom Menace. [ ImagineCon Day Two ]
Month: April 2000
We have just concluded our first full day of ImagineCon in Virginia Beach, VA. We had another great day meeting many diverse fans of Tolkien. Again we educated those that did not know of the movies, and were astounded at the knowledge that some of the attendees carried with them.
We had new neighbors at our table, EmarthnGuarth. EmarthnGuarth run a padded weapons live action roleplaying game in the Virginia Beach area. The footage they had from one of their recent events was quite interesting and entertaining. In the pictures below we have an image of one of their past events, as well as, the staff from Tidewater Dragon magazine beating themselves silly. Tidewater Dragon is a quite well done zine local to the Hampton Roads area.
Calisuri and I intended to present a panel entitled “How to create a fan based website”, but alas we had some stiff competition for the attendee’s attention. Instead we sat with two long time readers of TheOneRing.net, discussing the films and Tolkien in general. We would like to say “Hi” to Chris and Ross Graham and thank them for taking the time to hunt us down.
Later in the evening, Calisuri and Blasm attended the premiere of a documentary entitled “Millennium’s End: The Fandom Menace” while leaving me to tend our table. You can find out more information about what Calisuri and Blasm assure me was an excellent documentary at Far Away Discourse Productions.
The rest of the evening were spent preparing this report and practicing for tomorrows presentation on the movies. I wish all of you could show up tomorrow and watch Calisuri’s foray into public speaking, but I realize most of you will have to make do with a report of the fear in his eyes.
Once again the staff of ImagineCon were nothing but helpful and courteous. Thanks to them for having us be a part of this great convention. If you can, make sure you check this event out before its too late!
And the Crowd gets bigger!
Thoughts while taking this picture: ‘I wonder what the weather is like in NZ today…’
The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a rather cool fold out cover with the goodies and the baddies from the new ‘X-Men’ film. Our very own Ian McKellen (Gandalf), who plays the chief heavy in the film, Magneto, is included as well.
From: Fen
Just to let you know, there will be a biography of Professor Tolkien on the cable station Ovation tomorrow (Sat. the 22nd) at 9:00 a.m. Central.
I’d love to see this! I do not get ‘Ovation’, but if anyone has the gumshoe to slip in a cassette and tape it for me, I’d love to hear from you!
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Just letting you know our Lord of the Rings punchline contest has ended and we’ve chosen a winning punchline. We received a record number of entries for our Scifi Cartoon Contest (nearly double the usual amount), showing just how popular Lord of the Rings is online. Here is a small version of the cartoon but you can check out the full version here.
(With a side note to Tehanu or Tookish that we need a new headline writer :))
From: Frosty
I’m giving away a copy of “Errant Vine”, a catalog from Viggo Mortensen‘s (Aragorn) latest show at the Robert Mann Gallery.
Details at the Corner of Viggo Mortensen.
Cheers,
Frosty