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Cindy from Tennessee writes:
To anyone who has a chance to go on Red Carpet TOur’s Return of the King Tour in December, go! We just returned from a fantastic trip! You can see many sites used in TTT as well as FOTR, such as the Rohan village lake, war rock, where Pippin dropped his elven brooch, the orc mound, and where Gandalf whistled for Shadowfax. We took a helicopter flight with Alfie Speight, who flew Peter Jackson and Andrew Lesnie, flying over peaks used for the opening sequence of TTT and the peak on which Gandalf battled the balrog and threw him down. We went 4-wheeling with an Uruk Hai extra (you won’t believe which one he was!). Ate at the Redcliffe Cafe – I sat in Frodo’s seat! You’ll love the beauty of New Zealand, so sign up soon as spaces are going fast!
We are HUGE fans of TORN! THanks for all you do for ringers all over the world!
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Action-figure.com keep the merchandise reviews rolling. This time, it’s a close-up look at Play Along’s Moria Orc 3-pack: It’s hard to keep tight details and solid paints on figures so small … but here it is: the Moria Orc Sneak, Moria Orc Runner, and a Moria Orc Bowman. [More]
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AintItCoolNews-reporter Quint is the most enviable man around at the moment. He got to spent a few weeks down in Wellington visiting the set during the pick-up shots for The Return of the King. His reports are now beginning to appear online. In case you missed it: a short introduction of some sort can be found here, and his first ‘real’ report can be read here! Be sure to check them out, but mind the spoilers!
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Some people obviously have too much time on their hands. The person who created the following must have been one of those people, but don’t let that stop you. This person has made a one hour long flash movie of the Two Towers using nothing but stick-people! The movie is based on The Two Towers, but is a bit shorter then the ‘original’. Be sure to check it out here!
Thanx to Someone for the heads up!
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John Cook writes: Last week’s Harry Potter/LOTR cartoon caption contest is finished with the winning punchline decided. The cartoon had Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee watching Harry battle giant spiders and trolls,wondering why he seems to go through all the same adventures they did. Check out the final cartoon with the winning punchline at www.sev.com.au!
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Thanks to Ringer Di0nne we have a translation of the Aftonbladet article from Swedish to English.
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Viggo celebrated his award with Swedish flag
The “Lord of the Rings” star accepts Filmstar in New Zeeland
Aftonbladet’s readers voted him best foreign actor of 2002. Aragorn, aka Viggo Mortensen, was so happy that he drew a Swedish flag.
“Many thanks! I’ll have to go and show this to my son Henry”
Viggo Mortensen has received Aftonbladet’s award Filmstar. Dressed as Aragorn, he is there to film a new scene for “the Return of the King”.
Then he comes running and finds me again.
“Look at what I’ve done. That’s a bit better, don’t you think?” says Viggo Mortensen.
In his hand he has a Swedish flag. Stuck to a pen.
Fluent Danish
Viggo Mortensen has a Danish father and an American mother and speaks several languages fluently. With me he’s speaking Danish.
He is in New Zealand’s capital city Wellington to complete further scenes for “The Return of the King”. His son Henry is with him. It was him that convinced his dad that he must say yes to the role of Aragorn.
Viggo Mortensen shakes my hand several times whilst thanking me for the award. He has a half gauntlet on his right hand and a couple of his fingers are bleeding.
Jackson is mad
“Yes we are filming a battle scene with the army of the dead” he says “Peter Jackson is totally mad”
But the director himself looks calm and happy when we meet him a little later to give him his Filmstar for the years best foreign film 2002 “The Two Towers”.
“Tolkein would have appreciated this award for the film. He was very influenced by the Scandanavian sagas when he created his mythology” says Peter Jackson “Aftonbladet’s readers have good taste”
How is the third film going?
“Everything is under control. Its relaxed and cheerful. It’s the most enjoyable post-production out of all three films despite it being more complicated” says Peter Jackson.
Jens Peterson
05/07/2003
Aftonbladet
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