Ringer staffer Thorongil found a small mention of Lord of the Rings in a CBS MarketWatch article titled, “Movie promoters get moment in sun.” The article talks about the big impact
trailers have on a movies financial outcome.
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Month: June 2001
Check out the bi-monthly LOTR round up on eyada.com, this time I talk about post-Cannes and LOTR Books! Follow the link, click on June 8th and hit ‘Xoanon’. [More]
From: Idril Celebrindal
Got this on the Top 5 sci-fi mailing list. (See address at the bottom of this message.) Thought you all might get a kick out of it. (minor language warning) [More]
From: Idril Celebrindal
Got this on the Top 5 sci-fi mailing list. (See address at the bottom of this message.) Thought you all might get a kick out of it.
The Top 8 Surprises in the “Lord of the Rings” Movie Trailer
8> Hobbit full frontal nudity barely rates a PG, if you know what I mean.
7> In a surprise bit of casting, “Meesa like Ring, gollum, gollum…”
6> “I am Strider, son of Aragorn, known to the hobbits as ‘Big Horsie.'”
5> “Hey, Tom, Merry Tom, Tom Bombadillo! Gotta fire his agent’s ass, ’cause his screen time’s nil-oh!”
4> Mary-Kate and Ashley as Hobbettes!
3> Tom Green has a cameo as Dildo, the least tasteful Hobbit.
2> Sure enough, there he is: Al Gore as Ent #5
and the Number 1 Surprise in the “Lord of the Rings” Movie Trailer…
1> The part of Bilbo Baggins? Played by Emmanuel Lewis.
From: Barbarshop
Just wanted to let you know that thanks to a few suggestions we’ve named two more thoroughbreds with Tolkien inspired names. There are now two fillies registered with the Jockeyclub; one by the name of “Rosie Cotton” the love interest and eventual spouse of Samwise Gamgee, and one named “Varda” for the Queen of the Stars.
Check out the feedback from the latest Salon.com LOTR article. [More]