“Over the winter, the box office was dominated by two rather similar young men, one at an English boarding school, the other in the meticulously mapped Anglo-Saxon dreamworld of Middle Earth.” Thanks to Frodos_Girl13 for sending in the link. [More]
Month: June 2002
I don’t know about you, but I had that old Rankin-Bass record album of “The Hobbit” completely worn out before I was a teenager. After that, it became harder and harder to find. Well, I have found the next best thing to owning it! Check out this site full of the old images and iron on decals from the record! [More]
According to this list, Sir Ian McKellen gives out his John Hancock with a smile! Thanks to Kenneth for mailing this one in! [More]
‘Ten years ago, The Lord of the Rings was a cult novel and Star Wars was a popular film with a devoted but relatively marginal group of fans. The rise of the Internet has changed all that, and made fandom a force to be reckoned with.’ [More]
Don’t forget the LOTR Look-a-Like contest is still up and running! Please, Don’t feel like you have to be an identical twin to a cast member, if you even look slightly like Hugo Weaving, or a little like Cate Blanchett, it’s worth a shot. What have you got to lose? You might win an awesome prize! So enter today! [More]
NPR has an interview with Ian Holm (Bilbo) about his role in The Emperor’s New Clothes. It’s about four minutes long and you need Real Player to listen to it. Kris writes that Ian also discusses his role as Bilbo. [More]