Gilian writes: I got some of the Two Towers figures today, and I thought you might be interested in a few pictures. They have even more detail than the ones from FOTR; you can see all the decoration on Legolas’ costume, including the leaf brooch and the peacock on his quiver. [More]
Month: September 2002
Brandon writes: I just got the new issue of “Star Wars Insider”, on page 15 there is an ad for “TTT Strategy Battle Game” by Games Workshop! The box cover has Aragorn on the left, with spear-wielding Uruk-Hai miniatures versus the Riders of Rohan miniatures on horseback on the right! It also has a large picture of miniatures in Helms Deep, complete with ladders to the wall!
Anyone with scans of this ad, send it along!
I’m the director of a musical ensemble, Vis Sit Tecum Musicorum and we performed at the Bowlmoot fan picnic that took place on Saturday before the Hollywood Bowl LOTR concert. We had already been planning on coming to the concert and, when we later found out about it, Bowlmoot as well. On a whim, I wrote to the organizer, Josh, to tentatively ask if we could bring along some instruments to serenade the picnickers as they ate. [More]
The cinematic release of FoTR last year broke many Australian box office records, including the largest opening day with A$4,166,911 million, the biggest opening weekend, the biggest opening week and the biggest Boxing Day opening. Now, the FotR release on Video and DVD continues to rule at retail. Thanks to Laura for the link. [More]
MovieDan82 claims that that one of the MPAA committee who watched a print of The Two Towers last week in order to give it a certification (it will be PG-13) says that not only is it better than Fellowship, but is “the best movie I have ever seen.” Most interestingly, he claims the running time is below Fellowship, at around 163 minutes.
Update: I’ve received a few e-mails disputing this report. Indeed it could be false, but Harry at AICN reported that the MPAA has seen a ‘check print’ recently. Nevertheless, here’s a few grains of salt for everyone before we all get too carried away.
The folks from ALA Booklist Magazine send along a review of Bradley J. Birzer’s latest book ‘J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth’ (due out in stores mid-October). [More]