Movie Chat returns this weekend with a double-bill of “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.”
Join us Sunday on our IRC server at 2 pm EST when we pop our copies of ESB into the DVD player. After the usual confusion, at around 2 pm EST we’ll all press play on our individual players and proceed to cheer and jeer (or discuss and argue, if you like!) the finer points of the film.
We plan to take a break midway through the film, to allow for stretching of fingers and backs. Barliman will be on hand to serve drinks and snacks (and to enforce the house rules).
“Return of the Jedi” will follow at 5:30 p.m.
Summer Schedule (times not yet decided)
Sunday, June 4: Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi
Saturday, June 17: Pirates of the Carribean
Sunday, June 25: Alien & Aliens
Saturda, July 8: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Saturday, July 22: Ghost Busters
Sunday, July 30: Princess Bride
Date: Sunday, June 4th
Time: 2 pm EST
Place: #moviechat on the TORn IRC server.
Time zone conversions
Not sure what time the chat will be where you are? Check this little conversion table out for some help.
America:
5.30pm (New York)
4.30pm (Chicago)
3.30pm (Salt Lake City)
2.30pm (Los Angeles)
Europe:
10.30pm GMT (London)
11.30pm CET (Paris)
Asia-Pacific:
6.30am AWST (Sunday) Perth
8.30am AEST (Sunday) Brisbane
9.30am AEDT (Sunday) Sydney
11.30am NZDT (Sunday) Wellington
Where?
Movie Watch happens on #moviechat on irc.theonering.net — the TORn IRC server. You can connect instantly via our java chat client that works inside your web browser (fi
nd
it here!) or choose to install a dedicated chat program such as mIRC on your computer.
To find out more about using mIRC to connect to TORn IRC server, check out these instructions.
See you all then!
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Pontus & Joseph writes: Some weeks ago we invited the moderators of your forums to take part in a survey on the success of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. Our paper is now finished. If you want to read it or publish it you can download it from the following URL: home.student.uu.se.
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Peter: Fellow Lord of the Rings fans, you have a chance to take home your own talking Gollum statue. Los Angeles based non-profit Project Angel Food is holding a Hollywood themed auction, HOLLYWOOD 100, on June 17, 2006 to raise money for their continuing mission to provide free meals throughout Los Angeles county for those affected by HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses. In order to help Project Angel Food, New Line Cinema has donated two limited edition talking Gollum statues that where never sold in stores. Each of these statues will be auctioned, along with other Lord of the Rings memorabilia, on June 17, 2006 at Bonhams and Butterfields in Los Angeles with eBay Live Auctions allowing bidding from around the world. All proceeds will go directly to supporting Project Angel Food’s mission. [More]
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Anya Martin, Co-Director, Public Relations for Mythic Imagination Institute writes: Just wanted to update TORN readers on Mythic Journeys 2006 (June 7-11). The ties to “The Lord of the Rings” aren’t as obvious this year, but we’re sure J.R.R. Tolkien’s name and works will be invoked many times. This “Festival of Imagination” which seeks to reconnect people with the old wisdom tales, however, does include many of the world’s top fantasy authors and artists including Peter S. Beagle (“Ringers”; The Last Unicorn). [More]
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Anya Martin, Co-Director, Public Relations for Mythic Imagination Institute writes: Just wanted to update TORN readers on Mythic Journeys 2006 (June 7-11). The ties to “The Lord of the Rings” aren’t as obvious this year, but we’re sure J.R.R. Tolkien’s name and works will be invoked many times. This “Festival of Imagination” which seeks to reconnect people with the old wisdom tales, however, does include many of the world’s top fantasy authors and artists including Peter S. Beagle (“Ringers”; The Last Unicorn), Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner (“Thomas the Rhymer”), OR Melling (“The Hunter’s Moon”), Terri Windling, Delia Sherman, Charles Vess, Brian and Wendy Froud, their son Toby Froud; artist and creative creature film actor William Todd-Jones (“Labyrinth”; Grawp in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”); and Celtic and Arthurian scholars John and Caitlin Matthews.
Mythic Journeys will again be as much a performance festival, as a conference, and Celtic musicians are a huge part of it–no surprise since Clyde Gilbert of Emerald Rose is directing the music and theater side again. Michaela Foster Marsh will host the launch party for her new CD, “I Undid Orion’s Belt.” Also playing are Heather Dale, Three Weird Sisters and, of course, Emerald Rose! Also look a one-man Beowulf show by Charlie Bethel, a powerful telling of a story of Merlin by Caitlin Matthews and William Todd-Jones, and Neil Gaiman’s play, Snow Glass Apples, presented by the Atlanta Radio Theater Company (ARTC).
Want to join in the fun which will take place at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency Hotel? Visit www.mythicjourneys.org.
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Tim Richardson, Director of “The Dork of the Rings” sends this along: Details are still being worked out, but as it looks right now we will be having the World Premiere of THE DORK OF THE RINGS at GenCon in Indianapolis at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, August 11. GenCon runs from August 10-13 and we’ll have additional screenings, seminars and appearance throughout the event. Their website is www.gencon.com and please continue to visit our website www.dorkoftherings.com for updates. We’ll let everyone know if the premiere time changes for any reason via our website and newsletters. [More]
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