Here they come, more than 20,000 strong, a good-sized town’s worth of earnest Xenas in leather bustiers, pirates in plumed hats, anime wannabes in Crayola wigs, Hobbits with hairy toes, Klingons speaking in tongues, hyperventilating autograph-seekers and trivia Brainiacs and folks who stay up all night singing weird songs, and . . . holy mother of Harry Potter, is there no end to them? [More]
Day: August 29, 2002
News from AICN that the latest Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) film ‘The Fountain’ may be hitting a road block after Brad Pitt has apparently left the production (after growing that beard and all…). What it means for our Cate we’ve no idea yet. [More]
TORN Invades Atlanta!
For the latest and greatest information about [Dragon*Con’s] JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth fan track, with details of Tom Shippey’s sessions, please check the updated [Schedule]!
Erik emailed us saying that IMDb.com is listing a running time of 163 minutes for The Two Towers, something that would contradict with a story we ran a few weeks ago about TTT’s running time being 3 hours and 14 minutes. Now it could be that PJ had to cut half an hour of film to get below the three hours, but I doubt it so I guess IMDb.com is being a bit hasty with their presumptions. As always if someone happens to know more about this; drop us a line!
EmpireMovies.com has posted three awesome new pictures from the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers! Take a look at Frodo and Sam in Ithilien, an amazing shot of Isengard and the Riders of Rohan !!spoilers!! [More]
To concede that Tolkien’s writings have influenced D&D and the fantasy genre is not new. Here’s a short article that explores both this and how Tolkien may have influenced at least one anime series. [More]