Not so long to wait now til the release date…but it’s still not too late to see some more Ted Nasmith art, or to expand your knowledge of Quenya. [More]
Month: September 2001
This came in from Pippin Skywalker in the UK:
“I recently received my invitation to the Ted Nasmith Exhibit in London. Judging by the brochure I got it looks like this same event will ALSO be at The Chalk Farm Gallery’s OTHER branch in Santa Fe!!! That is good news for all my fellow Americans who aren’t in London. 🙂 The exhibition begins December 3, and goes until January 10th.
Here is the info:
149, East Alameda Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone: 505 983 7125
Fax: 505 983 7128
E-mail: suhanagibson@hotmail.com
P.S. The Brochure is awesome! It has pics of paintings I’ve NEVER seen before! :)”
Meanwhile it looks like Barrowdowns has added to the fun you can have there. RL writes in to say “I dont know if you care much but I found this fun site called Barrowdowns which has an orc, elf, dwarf, and a hobbit name generator. It also will tell you what race you were in Middle Earth. On top of all of this there is a madlib game and a very funny hang hobbit game. When you get bored of this you can go to Malbeth the seer to have your future told. I highly recommend this page for its entertainment value.”
Anyone want a word-for-word analysis of the song ‘Namarie’? Here it is on Ardalambion, the Tolkien linguistics website. Lots of fun there if you want to learn Quenya.
The apparently-LOTR-influenced ads are multiplying around the place, though Alison writes in to say that there could be an older legend called up by the Guiness ad. [More]
People have seen a LOTR influence in the Guiness and Nissan ads, but Alison writes in to point out: “I’d been reading a few notices about the Nissan and Guiness ads taking inspiration from FOTR. Just thought I’d point out that unfortunately Lord of the Rings wasn’t the first story to link horses and water. It was done at least as early as Greek mythology, where Poseidon, god of the sea, was also the creator of horses. Maybe it’s in other mythology as well. Either way, it’s a nice image and I’m not surprised that quite a few people have used it, but I doubt it really came from LOTR.”
Neil B came up with another ad though: “I hope that you guys and gals have seen the mini-production currently running on UK television, to cheer us all up a bit. A wizard, played by a famous actor, giving advice to a humble little chap, with lots of special effects, all in the space of a minute – surely not ? In fact it is an advertisement to focus on a company’s sponsorship of British rugby, but we can all see the Middle Earth connections !”
I’m sure this is just the beginning…..
Lyven wrote in to say: “Hey, guys, I just wanted you to know that the Brazilian website Herois.com (about comics, movies and tv) has reported that Warner Bros. decided to postpone LOTR:FOTR in Brazil to January 1, 2002. The previous date was December 21, 2001.”
Region 2 DVD collectors have often been the ‘poor cousins’ when it comes to release dates and disc features. However, UK site ‘R2 Project’has posted news that WB will be releasing Ralph Bakshi’s Lord Of The Rings in widescreen and in a special box set in November.
Thanks to Richard for that!