John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) recently spent some free time reading LOTR to some school children in New Zealand. Imagine…
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John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) recently spent some free time reading LOTR to some school children in New Zealand. Imagine hearing his deep Welsh voice telling you about Sauron and the ring?! I’ll bet he really enjoyed reading scenes with a certain short member of the Fellowship involved…
Ringer Spy Mushroom from the Philippines tells us about a local Tolkien inspired bar.
I recently heard about this bar in Manila called Hobbit House. [More]
Hello there. Mushroom here from the Philippines.
Of all the LOTR sites I’ve been visiting, I can’t seem to remember which one was featuring Tolkien fan sightings worldwide. Anyway, maybe you’ll find this interesting.
I recently heard about this bar in Manila called Hobbit House. So in Hobbit fashion, I decided my upcoming birthday would be the best time to check it out with some friends. True enough, the place is owned by a genuine Tolkien fan. His personnel largely comprises of midgets! It was amusing too how our 3-foot waiter had to stand on a stool to get our place settings in order. (Made me wonder how Nob was supposed to have handled it ifever he had to serve any of the big folks’ tables at the Prancing Pony. The bar also offers entertainment via a live band performing on stage with a huge wall painting of the LOTR Fellowship members serving as background.
I would say it wasn’t as busy as Barliman’s inn (at least not before Sharkey’s invasion) but I expect the place would attract more customers after the first movie comes out, if not for the food then certainly for the sake of curiousity.
–Mushroom410
Word from a Danish Reporter from New Zealand about release dates in Scandinavia again.
I just read Ringer Spy Krameon’s notes on the release dates of The Fellowship of the Ring for the UK and Scandinavia.
Unfortunately, that information is not accurate if you are to believe Claire Raskind, publicist of The Lord of the Rings here in Wellington, New Zealand.
I’m a Danish foreign reporter, freelancing for the Danish dailies Aktuelt and Berlingske Tidende and I’m currently here in Wellington. I just talked to Claire Raskind and she assured me, the first film will not premiere in the UK and Scandinavia “till January or maybe later (in 2002)”.
Well, a slow news day coincides with an email drawing our attention to another fantasy film being shot in NZ – seems there’s more than one sorcerous epic haunting our backwoods. More modest than the Rings, in fact it’s closer to the scale of the Ancanar project in California, but after checking out their website I’ve got hopes for it.
This looks like dedicated, honest filmmaking based on a story that would interest a lot of us fantasy buffs.
If you want to check out more about this little indie film, their stylish website tells you more. Song of the Hunted
(Some of the backdrops explain to me why people kept phoning me to say the ‘Rings’ was being shot within half an hour of my place. I wish!)
What’s it to be, folks? We know it was Isengard a few months ago, when the infamous Wizard Kebab photo was taken. Many walls and arches later, it seems to have become Minas Tirith, as you see here – Taita and Wingate have been confused – I think they’re the same place. Now what is it? Here’s the description. TORNie fan Kevin was the first to speculate:
“I bet the new set at Wingate is the Healer’s Quarters garden at Minis Tirith. I think the hole in the ground is a well of some kind in a garden with gravel paths.”
