An update thanks to Ansis and others: ‘Sunday’ on TV1, Sunday at 7:30pm is doing a segment on the NZ film industry. By the looks of it they are examining the way we attract films to NZ, the role of LOTR, tax breaks, how Hollywood sees these runaway productions etc. PJ was shown talking about the lack of financial incentives given to the film industry by the govt., and likened trying to convince the Finance Minister to give tax concessions to trying to get a vegan to eat meat.
Month: March 2003
CBBC’s Newsround had a chat session with Andy Serkis. He answers questions that Newsround viewers have sent in; he talks about other actors, his experience in NZ, where he’d live in Middle-earth and which LOTR prop he’d have, to name a few. Thanks to BJam and others for the link. [More]
The Official Fan Club messageboard has an announcement of a LOTR convention planned in Canberra, Australia in September. [More] Also, Collectormania in the UK have added Bruce Hopkins [Gamling the Old] to their guest list. [More]
Matthew wrote in with a conclusion to that little contest. We found out where the original came from too – it was on that brilliant messageboard thread, ‘If LOTR Was Written By Somebody Else.”
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This is very cool, in a ‘some people have too much time on their hands’ kind of a way. Teachers saddled with teaching elementary biology to unwilling teenage girls might like to bookmark this article. With the addition of a few stills from the movie, they could turn genetic theory into a popular subject . [More] Thanks to Jenny for the link.
A women’s web site called Bellaonline.com has an article up in their body art section on “The Tattoos of the Fellowship of the Ring.” [More] Thanks to Dúnadeneth for the link.