David Salo is the linguist who supplied all the dialogue in Middle-earth languages for the Lord of the Rings movies. He offered to answer a bunch of questions for the readers of Muse. If you’re interested in Tolkien’s languanges, this may be of interest to you. Other excellent languange resources include Ardalambion and Elvish.org. [More]
Month: December 2003
After a heads up from Ringers Bramblerose and Ringer88 I went poking around the interweb, and eventually discovered what I believe to be the LoTR “Supertrailer” from the DVD on the limited edition RoTK soundtrack. It’s a large (50MB) download, and personally, I don’t like the pacing and cuts (and there’s no new RoTK scenes) but if you have bandwidth to burn, point your Quicktime at this. [More] !!!Major Spoilers!!!
Well, the headline says it all, but WOW! Check it out! A 9.1 rating with 12,000 votes after only a few days! More
While a bit… indelicate, SFGate makes a great case for the return of the intermission. Super-size beverage, anyone? [More]
The Guardian’s Victoria Barrett writes: Stoic, loyal Samwise Gamgee is the great unsung hero of The Lord of the Rings. But his interpreter – actor Sean Astin – is now planning a life outside Middle Earth. [More]
NCRegister interviews cast and crew about the catholic background of Tolkien and the religious undertones of the work, and how that played in the making of the film. Thanks to Ringer Arwen2003 for the link. [More]