Rings city ready in Canterbury
An ancient city has been re-created in South Canterbury for the biggest movie project ever to be filmed in New Zealand. [More]
Month: September 2000
Our topic:
Middle-earth the First Time Around
More details on the topic and how to participate are available here.
Saturday Chat: 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Greetings!
Our topic for The Hall of Fire this weekend is… drumroll please……
Middle-earth the First Time Around
The first time I read The Lord of the Rings I was a young impressionable hobbit lad, and I remember it well. Going back further, I clearly remember my fist venture into Middle-earth: fifth grade, Mr. Howard’s class, and he showed us the filmstrip made from the Rankin/Bass cartoon [no vcrs in those days ;)]. Being the Tolkien maniac that I am, these are memories I cherish…. how about you?
What was your introduction to Tolkien? Did it impact or influence you in any way? Are you reading Tolkien right now for the first time? How was your first reading different then subsequent times through? What about sharing Tolkien with others for their first time?
Saturday Chat: 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to our chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire
Please send your Hall of Fire topic suggestions here!
TORN Staffer Leo sends in info from his dutch site lordoftherings.nl. Miep talks about being cast as an Edoras extra! [More]
TORN Staffer Leo sends in info from his dutch site lordoftherings.nl.Miep talks about being cast as an Edoras extra!
I got the part because we live in Geraldine, which is a 45 minute drive from Methven, and the model agency asked for extras.
First I had my sons audition, a week later I went myself because I figured this was a once in a lifetime oportunity. A few weeks later they called to ask if my hair was still blond, I said yes and after that went to the store to get some dye for my hair 😉
But last sunday my son and I went to Methven to fit a costume. Arriving there we got some papers which we had to sign because of secrecy concerning costumes, props and filming sessions. The only thing we were allowed to say was what kind of extra’s we were Edoras village people. Filming was gonna start this week, but due to the weather it was postponed until Friday (hopefully).
Billy (Boyd) keeps Scots lilt in hobbit film
A KEY character in the new pounds 120 million Lord of the Rings movie will have a Scottish accent. [More]