IGN‘s Filmforce have posted an article on how the upcoming movies are shaping up for Fall and Winter this year, with a little comment on each film and a summary of the plot. Unsuprisingly, the Fellowship of the Ring is mentioned. [More]
Day: October 5, 2001
Decipher has released a video on the Trading Card Game, focusing on the rules of the game. Unfortunately, the video is offered in streaming Real Media only. Hopefully they’ll have a downloadable version soon. [More]
A brand new interview has been posted on Billy Boyd’s new site BillyBoyd.net, which includes Billy’s audition for Lord of the Rings, how he felt after bagging the role of Pippin, and some tid bits about the Trilogy itself. [More]
Erin and Lindulas have both sent in transcripts of the article in October 4th’s USA Today, which compares the Hobbits to the heroes of September 11th. [More]
October 4th, USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
The wee hero
Hobbits, those hairy-footed homebodies who inhabit the bucolic Shire, travel far to join in a war against oppressive evil in The Fellowship of the Ring (Dec. 19).
The first of three epic episodes of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings features a band of these mythical creatures led by Frodo (Elijah Wood). But they boast traits that are very human indeed.
Says Sean Astin, who plays Frodo’s protector, Sam: “The hobbits suddenly seem like the perfect heroes. They love their comfortable life and would rather eat and drink than be bothered by life’s nuisances. But when called upon, despite their size, they rise to the occasion. They represent the best of what we can accomplish.”
No hobbit is more human than Sam, a simple gardener. “I don’t think he understands what’s at stake,” Astin says. “He just has a general feeling of badness and doesn’t like it. He’s all about loyalty, decency, goodness and faith, all qualities that always been there in the American psychology.”
Thanks to Erin and Lindulan
The Hobbit and LOTR boxed set are sitting in fourth place on Amazon’s list for literature and fiction, though I notice that once again, rated against all books, it comes a mere 68th and is trounced by such foundations of Western culture as “8 Minutes in the Morning: A Simple Way to Start Your Day That Burns Fat and Sheds the Pounds”