Frodoette writes: Just to let everyone know for us Aussies, this Saturday on June 7th Sir Ian Mckellen will be on Parkinson ABC Television at 9.30 pm. Check local TV guides for times.
Month: June 2003
While some movies productions dream of an ENTIRE budget of $31.4 million, New Line spent that amount just for the marketing campaign for TTT. Take a look at ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ for a comparison of other big marketed films. [More]
Trust MTV to save us from a reprise of Oscar’s “All That Jazz” razzle dazzle during its annual Movie Awards ceremony. Saturday night the music network awarded fan faves The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Spider-Man and 8 Mile with its irreverent top honors, completely ignoring Oscar’s more cerebral picks. [More]
FourTales writes: IGN has posted a review of the new T2:Extreme Edition DVD that goes on sale today (June 3rd). Apparently there is a documentary about the film and in it, is a interview with PJ about how T2 helped with the FX in the LOTRs movies and more. Check out the review here with screen shots on the second page. [More]
Lisa wrote, “A few months ago I wrote to TORN telling them how fantastic Gollum was for my hearing-impaired husband. [The animation is so accurate that he can be lip-read! – T] TORN asked me if my husband could interpret what Sam was saying in Osgiliath, when Frodo fades in and out . After several attempts, however, he’s said he can’t understand Sam. One drawback of lip reading is that slow motion kills any ability to understand what the person is saying – which is why you should never exaggerate enunciation when speaking to a hearing impaired person!” OK, so we’re putting the call out to all Ringers: What do YOU think Sam is saying when his voice fades out to Frodo in Osgiliath?
NZ’s rugby team the All Blacks have been a national icon since, ooh, about 1915. Frodo’s been a national mascot since around 2001, and Air NZ [also trying to be a national icon] decided to get Frodo and the All Blacks together in this photo on Scoop…[More]