Ringer Spy Eowyn sedns in an article from a swedish movie mag, and translated it for us as well!
“That the Lord of the Rings will become a movie, you probably already knew.
The first of the three films won’t be out until 2001, but the hysteria will be record high long before that. For the last months Tolkien fans have been flocking like thirsty camels at www.theonering.net It is not the official film site, but it is where everything happens.
TheOneRing.net is updated several times a day, and contains very much information. With tempting warnings such as “Spoilers!” all kinds of spies leave information of various (but entertaining) probability. Here you can find scripts, profiles of the cast, photos and reports from the filming, interviews, facts about the special effects, and of course analysis and opinions, of every picture of every quarter inch of film that someone’s come over (what is that spot there? Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it’s a nazgul!) To this is added a very extensive gallery of links, newsletters, reports from media, chats and a summery of the books that the film is based on. Don’t forget about them!
There is of course a trailer, it was so popular that is was downloaded 1.6 million times the first week it was out. Not too surprising for a film that is using 15 000 extras to it’s huge scenes.”
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Police moonlight on Lord of the Rings set: Fifteen Nelson police have breached police guidelines by moonlighting as drivers on the Lord of the Rings movie set without their district commander’s permission.
Rings crew may return to bay: A Lord of the Rings film crew may return to Golden Bay, despite denials from the movie’s producers.
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Corvar and I enjoyed a great day at Worldcon. After meeting Corvar and having breakfast, we braved the downtown Chicago traffic in one vehicle. Upon arrival at the convention Balin of Moria felt right at home, as the convention was spread out in a number of locations connected by tunnels and walkways. At times we had to go up to a passage then back down a level to get to the correct location, much like the Fellowship’s trek in Moria.
Luckily, Corvar had previous experience with this maze and with a minimum of confusion we found registration and the day’s adventures began. We proceeded to find the correct room for Douglas Anderson’s Hobbit Slide Show. Mr. Anderson is the author of “The Annotated Hobbit”. We got there early hoping to find some other Ringers. We were not disappointed. We met three people that visited Tor.Net regularly. Sadly, we did not get pictures. We did have an enjoyable time watching the Slide Show. “The Hobbit” has been translated into several languages and each country’s version seems to have had very unique illustrations. Some of the illustrations were down right horrendous while others very interesting. Mr. Anderson even showed pictures of locations and objects that were the inspiration for Tolkien’s own illustrations. All in all, it was a very interesting, entertaining and educational presentation.
After the slide show we briefly talked with the other Ringers. All too briefly, I fear, as we did not get a chance to invite all of them to a “tea”. Next we had lunch with Mr. Anderson. (Corvar, in a very Hobbitlike fashion managed to plan our day around meals.)
After lunch we were able to check out the Dealer’s Room and the Art Show. We found a hat we wanted to get for Xoanon. It was covered with Dr Who buttons and pins. We decided against getting it as the Lady wearing if might have objected. As this was a Sci Fi convention, Tolkien and Tolkien art did not have a strong presence.
By this time it was mid afternoon and Corvar and I met, as planned, with a very gracious fan of TOR.Net for “tea”. We spent a couple of pleasant hours talking about the books, the site and especially the movies with Ms. Heather Nachman. She is from Virginia and was here for the convention. Thank you Heather for a wonderful discussion.
We returned to the Dealer’s Room for a last quick look and then headed for home. I enjoyed meeting Corvar. He is very engaging. I hope we will be able to share more such adventures. I am afraid we did not truly do justice to Worldcon but the small piece we were able to see was excellent and a lot of fun. I recommend everyone attend at least one convention just for the experience. I know I will be looking forward to future events. I hope to meet many more Ringers at them and have many more enjoyable “teas”.
Balin bows.
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HI again everyone! Gamgee reporting in, with yet another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Andròg! Good job my friend! The answers were:
1) Celebrant
2) Proudfoot
3) Gilmi
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Who was the 9th child of Sam and Rosie Gamgee?”
2) “eenlocrb” (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing….try The Two Towers)
3) “Who calls it? Who knows it?” (Who said this?….Take a look in The Hobbit for this one.)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to mail me all 3 correct answers in one mailing, will be posted here next time! Good Luck………Gamgee
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A nice note came in from some hikers who’d just come off the Heaphy Track, down in Golden Bay, last week. (more)
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A nice note came in from down South, about events of the last week:
“Just got back from Golden Bay via Heaphy Track. All last Tues morning I could hear choppers ferrying up to Mt Olympus, which is just across the Aorere River from the Track. Apparently there are huge blocks of stone on the face of the mountain.
Cloud was coming down over the peak, and I could imagine them getting trapped up there. Weather can change very fast and choppers can’t penetrate mist of any sort.
Earlier in the day we’d passed tiny Takaka Aerodrome which seemed to be swamped with vehicles – 20 or so caravans and the same no of trucks. Two choppers were coming and going.”
Thanks to Pete for that.
Which reminds me, last year Pete sent me a photo some friends of his had taken of Mt. Owen, which is in the same region as these mountains; while I’m not familiar with Mt. Aorere and Mt. Olympus, if they’re filming nearby on Takaka Hill I know that it’s another one of these weird, secretive limestone marble landscapes, riddled with holes and clumps of shining tors. Here’s their pic, to give you an idea of the alpine landscape in the area.
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