Our insider at Hughton Mifflin sends along this great pic of the new LOTR box set. Take a look! I must say they look spectacularly handsome in person — the title type is actually gold foil on all of them, and the wrap around the box (the last one below) is a nice toothy matte finish that really makes it pop. The individual books are glossy. These start shipping to US stores August 8th. [More]
Month: July 2002
Attendances at cinemas here have turned around after about five years of decline, all thanks to the unleashing of several blockbusters. Not long ago, the cinema business resembled the Titanic – the ship, not the movie. It was sinking fast. [More]
PeeJee writes: I Just picked up the new Empire magazine and thought i’d send you some info they featured on the new scenes in FOTR Extended cut. Empire saw the Extended Edition with the rest of the cast and crew during the reshoots for TTT. !!!Spoilers!!! [More]
PeeJee writes:
Just picked up the new Empire magazine and thought i’d send you some info they featured on the new scenes in FOTR Extended cut. Empire saw the Extended Edition with the rest of the cast and crew during the reshoots for TTT. Theres some info I haven’t seen before so here goes:
– The Shire sequence has been greatly extended, including a voiceover from Bilbo “concerning Hobbits”. And Pippin sings!
– Aragorn is given a fleshed out backstory, including him visiting his mother’s grave at Rivendell. He also sings in Elvish.
– The Council of Elrond is extended including Gandalf speaking in the dark tongue of Mordor and more confrontation with Boromir.
– In Moria the battle with the Cave Troll is longer including Aragorn saving Boromir’s life!
– Lothlorien is much longer, including more of Haldir’s complaints over Gimli, Celeborn, and the famous gift-giving sequence with Galadriel.
– Gollum as “the log with the eyes” gets another cameo.
– The battle with Lurtz and the Uruk-Hai has small scenes re-inserted that give it far more zip. For example, Lurtz pulls the dagger from his leg and licks away the blood.
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Once a year, there’s a day to appreciate the eneormous amount of work sysadmins put into keeping networks running. So from the rest of TORn, Happy International Systems Administrator Day to our own Sysadmins (Corvar, Arathorn, and Charliems) who keep TORn running smoothly for the rest of us! [More]
From Ataahua: Just two months after news that a Tom Cruise film would be filmed in Taranaki, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg is reportedly looking at New Zealand as a film location. According to Film New Zealand’s executive director Jane Gilbert, LoTR played a vital role in convincing people. [More]