Despite rumors and stories on AICN and right here on TORN, we have learned that there will be NO LOTR trailer/teaser during the Superbowl. On the up side, I heard they play a game during the whole event, could be fun.
Month: January 2001
This isn’t the most elegant way to do this, (the webgurus are away today) but thanks to Elwen at least we have a temporary link to the new LOTR pictures.UPDATEI guess someone caught on to our link, so we have posted the images in our movie scrapbook. Check out the gallery. [Movie Scrapbook]!!!SPOILERS!!!
“AOL has put Frodo front and center as today’s featured “AOL ad subscribers pay $20 a month to see”. The campaign, which will probably last only a day, has about 10 clickable photos, including some I haven’t seen. Gimli is wielding an axe about four times bigger than the one a Tolkien reader visualizes. Boromir is blowing his horn, not to the heavens, but rather like a clarinet. Hope you have access to AOL, ’cause the campaign won’t last long, maybe 24 hours.”
Thanks to Elfstain for that.
The Lord of the Rings Teaser Trailer is the top trailer download at Real.com, beating out ‘Save the Last Dance’ and ‘Tomb Raider.’ Thanks to Eriol for the tip.
Also, check out Real.com’s LotR page for direct links to the 5mb and 11.4.mb teaser downloads. [More]
The Official site has a full screen trailer online! But not so fast…its still Real Video. To their credit, you can now DOWNLOAD the full screen version to your computer and then watch it. [More]
The Assassinfilms ‘Hobbit’ site is fully operational now, and there’s plenty to look at. There’s a lot of Tolkien-inspired websites out there, but this is one of the most creative ones. Instead of repeating what so many other sites have done, they’ve taken an interest in who Tolkien fans are and what ‘Tolkien culture’ is. They ask the question ‘Who is the Hobbit’ and talk to all kinds of people about the influence Tolkien’s had in their lives. In the case of bands like Glass Hammer, that’s a big influence!
It’s a very stylish site, visually appealing and with clever things on it like the ‘Matrix’ reference in the opening disclaimer.
The website reports on and supports the ‘Searching for the Hobbit’ documentary that they’re making, and there’s plenty to do on it – they’re inviting contributions to the ‘inspirations’ room immediately, and there’s a competition. Mainly though the website lets you download clips of the ‘Making of’ which follows the adventures of the film crew as they interview Tolkien fans around the world.