Super Ringer Spy Trueogre has managed to score some images of the packaging for the various Special Edition Fellowship of the Ring DVD sets that will be released on November 12th. Check out these beautiful images to make the wait until November seem that much longer. [More]
Month: April 2002
Going into Fellowship of the Ring, fans always wondered how Peter Jackson would manage to, in the space of just three hours, do every character justice and suitably introduce them into the story so as to make their role and identity apparent to non-fans of the movie. Understandably, an emphasis was put on Boromir, Gandalf and Frodo while on the other end of things Gimli, Merry and Pippin seemed to suffer from a lack of screen time and cut scenes.
With Fellowship been and gone and the Two Towers approaching, we are once again questioning how PJ will handle the problem of characterisation. This weekend the Hall of Fire crew are discussing your expectations for The Two Towers, specifically with regards to character development and scene portrayal. After seeing FotR, do you now have a higher or lower degree of confidence in PJ’s adaption of the books, and do you feel that The Two Towers needs to take a directional change to make it ‘feel’ different?
Also, what characters do you feel need to be focused on in the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Will the emphasis on the friendship between Legolas and Gimli play out as you expect? Or will Merry and Pippin’s struggle amongst the Uruk-Hai be a stronger point of focus? And what scenes do you believe will be pivotal to help illustrate these themes? PJ has admitted that The Two Towers has the least of the three books to bring to film in terms of length, and a 45 minute Helms Deep battle reflects this believe…but will this effect the characters themselves?
This weekend, join in on one of our two debates and join in with your fellow Tolkien fans as we take a peek into one of the most anticipated movies this year and the struggle in adapting it from its literature counterpart.
Upcoming Discussions
Apr 27 & 28: Literary Merits of LotR
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Saturday Chat: 5:30 pm ET (17:30) [also 11:30 pm (23:30) CET and 7:30 am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat: 7:00 pm (19:00) CET [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 4:00 am (04:00) Monday morning AET]
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CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
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Going into Fellowship of the Ring, fans always wondered how Peter Jackson would manage to, in the space of just three hours, do every character justice and suitably introduce them into the story so as to make their role and identity apparent to non-fans of the movie. This weekend the Hall of Fire crew are discussing your expectations for The Two Towers, specifically with regards to character development and scene portrayal. [More]
Super Ringer Spy Trueogre has managed to score some images of the packaging for the various Special Edition Fellowship of the Ring DVD sets that will be released on November 12th.
This image shows the ‘A’ packaging for the 4-disc Special Edition, which is identical to the packaging and artwork of the two-disc set released on August 6, except that the art has a blue hue instead of a rusty yellow hue.
The next packaging, the ‘b’ packaging is a ‘Limited Edition’ case which appears to be like a leather book on the outside, and has the words ‘Extended DVD Version’ on the front. A similar style was adopted for Limited Edition version of the Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack.
The next packaging, the ‘c’ packaging is the Collector’s DVD Gift Set box, designed by Alan Lee, from an angle that highlights the construction of the box. The gift box includes the ‘b’ packaged 4-DVD set from above, two bookend statuettes by sculptor Sideshow Weta, the National Geographic “Beyond The Movie” DVD, and several collectible Decipher game cards. There is a rumour that a minidisc featuring a ten minute preview of The Two Towers, but that is strictly rumour.
A closer look at the Bookend Statuettes that come with the Collector’s Gift Box, based on the Argonath from Fellowship of the Ring and sculpted by Sideshow Weta.
Finally, we see another shot of the Collector’s DVD Gift Set from the front, clearly showing the spine of the leather-bound Limited Edition case for the four Fellowship of the Ring DVDs. Presumably, the fifth DVD in the set is the National Geographic “Beyond The Movie” documentary.
Ryan writes: The University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble will perform Johan de Meij’s symphony of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings on Saturday, April 20 at 8 pm. Tickets are $5 (or two for $5 with a University of Pennsylvania student ID) at the box office. Location: Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more information, call (215) 898-3900.
Tom sends word that The Fellowship of the Ring is now the 10th top-grossing film of all time according to Box Office Mojo!