In the full-court press of postmodern marketing, one might wonder if any event or person or piece of art could possibly live up to its hype. Hard-sell media saturation can boost hopes to the stratosphere only to crash into disappointment when one finally confronts the real thing. [More]
Month: January 2004
Noelani writes: The first page of today’s Money and Investing section of the Wall Street Journal has two Middle Earth themed headlines: “Markets Provide a Long-Awaited Party” and the subhead for Ahead Of the Tape – Today’s Market Forecast: “A View into the Palantir”. More proof that Tolkien and PJ and co. have created and propagated THE myth for our times.
Farscry writes: wizarduniverse.com is running a poll for the greatest movie trilogy. TheForce.net has already sent Star Wars fans scrambling to vote, and that trilogy is now in the lead over the Lord of the Rings. Fellow Ringers, let’s set the record straight! Go vote now for the new benchmark in movie excellence! [More]
The editors at Amazon.com have listed their top DVD’s of 2003. Guess which film came out on top! [More]
Downfallen West tips Ringers to this neatish event: The McMenamins Kennedy School (an old primary/elementary school converted into a hotel/brewery-pub/restaurant/theater complex) is having a celebration of JRRT’s 112th birthday on Saturday. [More]
Greetings, Quickbeam here. Please enjoy the wonderful new ROTK film review by Tookish in our monthly magazine for all JRRT enthusiasts: GREEN BOOKS.
We also have film reviews (and non-reviews) by Anwyn — and Tehanu — and even myself — with more coming soon from Ostadan, respected in circles of Tolkien scholarship for over 35 years. Join us as we explore the WORDS and WORLDS of Tolkien.