Thorin & Company set off on their adventure. Bilbo Baggins comes along wandering down the Road not knowing how greatly doing so will change his future and what an impact his journey will make on all of Middle-Earth.[More]
Month: March 2004
Thorin & Company set off on their adventure. Bilbo Baggins comes along wandering down the Road not knowing how greatly doing so will change his future and what an impact his journey will make on all of Middle-Earth.
Seeking shelter one rainy night, they blunder into three trolls. Even
worse is; the trolls are hungry! Gandalf saves the day of course, and the Company discover that the trolls’ hoard holds some useful items.
We shall examine the terms of Bilbo’s contract, the nature of trolls and the items the Company take from the trolls’ hoard. Moreover; how does Bilbo conduct himself faced with the first real danger of the quest? Join us in #thehalloffire as we discuss Chapter 2 of ‘The Hobbit’ – ‘Roast Mutton’.
Times:
Saturday Chat:
5:30pm ET (17:30)
[also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 9:30am Sunday (09:30) AET]
Sunday Chat:
7:00 pm (19:00) CET
[also 1:00pm (13:00) ET and 5:00am (05:00) Monday morning AET]
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Knight of Gondor writes that his sister Galadriel of Lorien was cool enough to bake this Treebeard birthday cake for Stephen. Happy birthday, Stephen. Can I have a piece of that? [More]
Zaakistan the Fan writes: I was at the Howard Shore LOTR Symphony last week and after a rotten day at work, I was transported to emotional bliss. What a trip. I managed to snap a few NON FLASH pictures from my corner on the Mezzanine. [More]
Zaakistan the Fan writes:
Gotta say that I check TORN daily and I appreciate all the work that goes into keeping the site updated. I’m in Montreal and I have the feeling that this is where TORN is based… I’ve only been on the site since September looking for ROTK spoilers. Anyway, great job and great site.
I was at the Howard Shore LOTR Symphony last night and after a rotten day at work, I was transported to emotional bliss. What a trip. I managed to snap a few NON FLASH pictures from my corner on the Mezzanine. I was not disappointed one bit. The music was so beautiful and moving and well performed that I just sat in my seat hunched forward eating up every bit of it. The choice of which themes to play were very well done I thought. As I perused my program before the concert I was disappointed to see that so much had been cut out of the 2nd and 3rd films’ music. But as the concert progressed I understood that many of the themes in the more recent movies would have been repeats of some of the ones in the older ones. The highlights for me were the Treebeard, Bridge of Khazad-dûm, The End of All Things, and The Steward of Gondor. I was very impressed with the choral singers and Jeremy Boucher, the boy soprano. Of course no one can match Annie Lennox, so I wasn’t that impressed with the singer they chose for the vocals on Gollum’s Song and Into the West.
Here is a Program Schedule as I haven’t seen it on the site yet:
The Fellowship of the Ring
Movement One:
The prophecy – Concerning Hobbits – The Shadow of the Past – A Short Cut to Mushrooms – The Old Forest – A Knife in the Dark
Movement Two:
Many Meetings – The Ring Goes South – A Journey in the Dark – The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm – Lothlórien – Gandalf’s Lament – Farewell to Lórien – The Great River – The Breaking of the Fellowship
Intermission
The Two Towers
Movement Three:
Foundations of Stone – The Taming of Smeagol – The Riders of Rohan – The Black Gate is Closed – Evenstar – The White Rider – Treebeard – The Forbidden Pool
Movement Four:
The Hornburg – Forth Eorlingas – Isengard Unleashed – Gollum’s Song
The Return of the King
Movement Five:
Hope and Memory – The White Tree – The Steward of Gondor – Cirith Ungol – Anduril
Movement Six:
The End of All Things – The Return of the King – The Grey Havens – Into the West
Whitney W sends in these scans from ‘American Cowboy Magazine’. They feature great images and an article about Mortensen’s ‘Hidalgo’. [More]