An Upper Hutt local spotted the famous ‘Jamb’ signs and found a film crew not far from the old Rivendell set. (more)
Month: November 2000
Not far from the old Rivendell set is Kaitoke, and a local gave us this report from there:
Hi there Tehanu
It is the Upper Hutt Local here. Here I was taking the dogs for a walk in the Kaitoke Regional Park, north of Upper Hutt, when I stumbled upon one of those Lord Of The Rings Sets you lot go on about. Now I felt in a good mood, so I thought to myself “well I might just do a good deed today and let those crazy Lord Of The Rings fans in on this.”
Well they have got their Jamb signs up at the Te Marua turn off, which is just past the speed-way. So I drove my clapped out old ute down the park road. I came to a gravel road leading down to the river. They had their cones up, and a movie crew sign. Now I was a bit wary of going down there, cause I have heard they can get a bit rough with the locals. So I headed on past and drove on up the road a little ways. I tell the dogs to shut up and head on down the bank, sneaking up the river in the bushes. I put the muzzles on the dogs cause I don’t want them attacking the movie people.
Trucks were arriving and parking up down by the river. I spotted a bus and some of those big movie star trailer type of things. A big truck arrived with some kind of portable hot showers on it. Well that’s what it said on the side folks.
There was some of those security type dudes hanging about. One was smoking. I hope he don’t set fire to the bush, should be alright we’ve had a bit of rain. I spot some kind of movie lights positioned by the bank. Yep looks like they are just setting up folks. Suppose it won’t be long before the rest of you lot are down here to have a look. Well that’s all folks.
Seeya
NZ’s OnFilm talks Special Effects
Onfilm’s November edition includes an interview with Jon Labrie, chief technical officer of Weta Digital, and he talks about the “unique IT challenges of the largest fantasy project ever commissioned.
Ringer Spy Randy sends in this odd looking add, the real question is, IS this really our Liv Tyler (Arwen)?
Unless I’m mistaken, there’s a striking image of Liv Tyler (in blue contacts? I don’t know what color her eyes are) in a Bvlgari ad on the back page of today’s New York Times Magazine.
I’m attaching an image of the ad; am I imagining things, or is this our gal Arwen?
This month we’ll heat up The Hall of Fire debating Tolkien and religion in a two-part series. November 11 & 12 features The Ancient Faiths and on the 25/26 we’ll tackle today’s relgions. Forget that cold weather and come where the fire is burning!
November brings some hot topics to The Hall of Fire!
Tolkien and Religion, Part I: The Ancient Faiths
For our first debate in the Tolkien and Religion series, we’ll focus on the ancient religions of Europe and the rest of the world. Which do you think had a greater influence on The Professor, the Greek/Roman gods, or the mythology of Northern Europe, like the Celts, Norse and Vikings? Perhaps Tolkien drew on the ancient faiths found in Asia, Africa, or the Western Hemisphere; certainly many parallels can be found. Pick a side and break out your reference books for this one, then come on down and join us this weekend for what promises to be an interesting chat.
Thanks to Barliman’s and Messiah for our November topics!
Saturday Chat: 7:00 p.m. EST [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