Narya writes: Readers of TheOneRing.Net may be interested to know that Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, has been voted the top DVD of 2002 by readers of the BBC’s teletext service, CEEFAX.
The victory was all the more remarkable as the Editor of the CEEFAX page had made it plain that he did not like the film. Despite this, The Fellowship of the Ring won by a resounding margin.
“I know you hate it,” wrote Rachael Savage to the Editor, while Andy Foster muttered “IR17;m voting it my favourite DVD of the year, which is probably pointless as if one of your faves doesn’t win I imagine everyone will somehow agree with you.”
Fully 27% of the voters chose FOTR, 24% of these opting for the four disc version. Attack of the Clones came second with 7% of the vote.
Melanie Burns echoed many when she said: “The extra thirty minutes add so much to the cohesiveness of the film, and the documentaries are fascinating.”
Dave Corsar reported that he has “seen the cinema version several times, but found this extended DVD had a slower pace more in keeping with the book.
“Sorry to pick a mainstream DVD” he continued, “but I really feel this one is something special. I would ne surprised if this edition would be shown in cinemas in future years.”
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John Cook writes: I’ve drawn a new Lord of the Rings cartoon parody featuring a caricature of Gollum with Sam and Frodo wondering how an ex-hobbit could end up looking like him! The reader gets to write the answer with the funniest entry voted on by readers in a week’s time. [More]
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Tanja reports on the first part of Red Carpet’s Premiere Tour of New Zealand, which took a group of happy fans to film locations and treated them to a great view of Peter Jackson and the stars as they walked in to the Wellington Premiere. [More]
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Anyone notice how much Gamling the Old appears in TTT? Apparently Bruce was called in for what was originally a small role, but they liked his work so much that he kept getting asked back. Now there’s an Official Bruce Hopkins Website so you can learn more about him.
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The Online Critics Society has awarded TTT with best picture, best director, best editing, best sound, best ensemble, and best visual effects! [More] Official results will be up on their site soon.
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Ringer Spy wizardlex sent in a link to pictures from a 2003 calendar of The Return of the King that were originally found at HollywoodDreamsOnline.com. The calendar features some awesomely new pictures from (amongst others) Denethor, Gollum, Frodo in Shelobs Lair, Gandalf and others. The quality of the scans are a bit poor but don’t let that stop you! Since we posted the story, HollywoodDreamsOnline.com took down the images. We have now posted them in our spy reports area for your viewing pleasure. !!Spoilers!! [More]
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