If you have a few minutes to spare during the day, Chris S mailed us to say that there’s a really great fan-created trailer on the Lord of the Rings series on iFilm.com. Seems like there’s no end to the talents of Ring fans. [More]
Day: August 6, 2001
With a little over four months until the film’s release, we’ve begun to see the Lord of the Rings merchandising-machine in full flow, with images of soon to be released ToyBiz action figures, the growing catalogue of WETA-Sideshow models and busts, and the beautiful trailer of the upcoming Sierra computer game for the XBox. And for this week’s Hall of Fire, we want your opinion on these things and more, as we discuss an often-argued debate:
Lord of the Rings Merchandising : The Good and The Bad
For some people, the image of a little Lord of the Rings toy free with your flame-grilled Whopper in Burger King seems like a fantastic promotional idea. For others however, the idea seems horrific. Little wind-up toys of Frodo and Sam available in fast food restraunts: J.R.R must be rolling around in his grave!
Though a certain amount of bad merchanding is inevitable with every film, a lot of people seem to agree that New Line haven’t put a foot wrong so far. Though the Burger King and JVC deals are obviously strategical, the more traditional things that accompany a movie, such as action figures and computer games, seem to be in good hands.
With the WETA Sideshow busts and models impressing all who see them, and the Toy Biz action figures looking to have all the minute details, a lot of Tolkien fans seem satisfied with what they’ve seen. But what do you think? Do you feel that the deal with Burger King was just a crude commercial act, that seems to be a far cry from bidding for books and memorabilia on E-Bay. And doesn’t the image of a book on the Screenplay of the films themselves seem well….pushing it?
These are the opinions and decisions we hope to make this weekend, in what proves to be one very fiery debate! And the only thing that’s going to make it any better is if you join us on one of the three sessions.
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
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Some great news LOTR pics have come out way from Ringer Spy J Dean, these have come via one of the many Cons that have been covering LOTR, check them out! !Spoilers! [More]
Some great news LOTR pics have come out way from Ringer Spy J Dean, these have come via one of the many Cons that have been covering LOTR, check them out!
From: Carlo
I’m a LOTR italian fan. I’m very surprised when I saw the cover of most important italian Movie Magazine “CIAK”, August issue: Frodo with The Ring!
Italy is a very beautiful, warm and welcome country, but very cold concerning Fantasy, Tolkien, Orcs and Elfs, so you can understand my surprise. There are 4 pages about “La compagnia dell’Anello” – The fellowship of Ring with interview with Elijah Wood,and editorial like “Fantasy strikes back” and something about it.
The pics aren’t new, but they’re a little more clear, and well, why not take a look at them! [More]