Over at Aint-it-Cool.com, Quint has reported that ROTK:EE will NOT be showing at Comic-Con, but instead a possible New Line lead panel about the ROTK:EE. We have yet to hear back from Ringer Spy HMS Surprise to see if they could provide us with an update. For my money, the AICN story sounds pretty logical. Afterall, ROTK EE (aka Christmas for Tolkien geeks) in July was just a little too good to be true! [More]
Month: July 2004
If any of you are space buffs, then you know about the ground-breaking sciene and space discoveries taking place right now with the Cassini mission to Saturn. If not, read this article from TIME, appropriately named ‘Lord of the Rings.’ [More]
Robyn writes: ‘Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’, the British television series that Dominic Monaghan starred in prior to LOTR, is finally being released on DVD. The complete first season will be released September 7 for Region 1 (U.S. and Canada), and can be ordered through amazon.com for $ 41.99. The release date for Region 2 (Europe) is October 11. [Pre-Order Region 1]
Thanks to Hobbitangel for the info! To my deep regret, I missed Charlie Ross’ The One Man Star Wars Trilogy at a previous Toronto Fringe Festival. I wasn’t about to make the same mistake now that Ross has decided to tackle J.R.R. Tolkien in The One Man Lord of the Rings. [More]
Thanks to Hobbitangel for the info!
Lord of the Fringe at the Toronto Fringe Festival
To my deep regret, I missed Charlie Ross’ The One Man Star Wars Trilogy at a previous Toronto Fringe Festival. I wasn’t about to make the same mistake now that Ross has decided to tackle J.R.R. Tolkien in The One Man Lord of the Rings.
It is simply brilliant, one of the most enjoyable shows I can remember in 25 long years of Fringe-going. If you have any strings, pull them. Do whatever you can, but see this show.
Ross has several things going for him. He is a good mimic; he can nail, say, the Gollum voice or the Gandalf voice with consummate ease, or wrinkle his face and pull back his hair to conjure up King Theoden before your very eyes. But it’s also his physicality and tumbling skills. Remember that moment when the skeleton falls down the mine at Moria? Aided by director T J Dawe, Ross recreates that memborable effect.
What’s also impressive is that he’s in complete control of a huge amount of data. He may have three long volumes and 40+ characters to cram into the space of 60 minutes, but he is still relaxed enough to poke fun at the material, or to ad lib a quick aside to the audience.
You’ll need to know the movies, and it doesn’t hurt to have a read the books as well. Ross works exceptionally hard, and he expects his audience to work too. Tickets won’t be easy to come by. Friday’s opening night was completely sold out.
For Ausralian Ringers, it’s not too late to attend the LOTR Cabaret in Canberra on July 10. Look at the line-up of guests….if you’re in the area, this is an event NOT to be missed. [More]