A thrill-seeking German pop star wearing elf ears made a quick visit to Nelson this week. After a day in Queenstown bungy jumping and swinging across canyons on Wednesday, Gracia Bauer spent Thursday in Nelson filming a travel show based on the Lord of the Rings. [More]
Month: November 2003
There may be some good news for UK ring fans, the other day I was at the odeon in Glasgow, UK and was enquiring about Trilogy Tuesday. The information I got was that they are trying to work out something, apparently the marketing dept. is needing to get a hold of the other two LOTR films before they know if they could hold a back-to-back session of the trilogy. So I was told to just keep checking for info. Hopefully this should be a bit of good news for people.
Nick S writes: I thought you might be interested in these photos of my sons’, Daniel, LOTR model exhibition at our local museum in Hitchin, UK. Inspired by Lord of the rings (and Warhammer LOTR figures) Daniel produced two fantastic models of Helms deep and the Orthanc Tower. [More]
From Entertainment Weekly: Less than two months before The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’s Dec. 17 opening, even the most wary and sequel-burned of moviegoers assumes the third Tolkien installment will be a masterpiece. And why shouldn’t they? It was shot concurrently with the other two near-flawless installments, which were mostly faithful to the same written epic that King will be concluding. [More]
From Entertainment Weekly: Less than two months before The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’s Dec. 17 opening, even the most wary and sequel-burned of moviegoers assumes the third Tolkien installment will be a masterpiece. And why shouldn’t they? It was shot concurrently with the other two near-flawless installments, which were mostly faithful to the same written epic that King will be concluding. But let’s consider this heresy: What if something goes horribly awry? Don’t forget wrong turns by other fanboy-fave series in round three: What if cutesy animals or tykes rush in to save our Middle-earth heroes, like Return of the Jedi’s Ewoks or Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’s lost children? Or Frodo shaves his head before luring Shelob into a molten-metal jacuzzi and committing suicide, ¨¤ la Alien3? And if Gandalf somehow ends up in the Old West like Back to the Future Part III, we¡¯ll tar and feather Peter Jackson. Sure, this is all unlikely, and King will probably rule, but it never hurts to lower your expectations. Nobody wants a relapse of The Matrix Reloaded heartbreak.
True-Hearted Easterling writes: The December 2003 issue of Barbie Bazaar magazine has more details on the Lord of the Rings giftset, as well as a picture (sorry – no scanner). Yes, the magazine really spelled it “Aragom.” [More]