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Month: September 2006
NEW YORK (AP) — An unfinished tale by J.R.R. Tolkien has been edited by his son into a completed work and will be released next spring, the U.S. and British publishers announced Monday. Christopher Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on “The Children of Hurin,” an epic tale his father began in 1918 and later abandoned. Excerpts of “The Children of Hurin,” which includes the elves and dwarves of Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” and other works, have been published before. [More]
Ohio University students and faculty were treated to a crash course in Hollywood special effects far beyond any DVD special feature Thursday night by Chris White of Weta Digital, the visual-effects company that worked with director Peter Jackson on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and, most recently, “King Kong.”
White outlined the various programs and strategies he and his team employed not only to create the giant beast Kong and his habitat, Skull Island, but to complete the unprecedented re-creation of New York City circa 1933.
Perhaps the huge scale of the project was the inspiration for one of the pieces of software White’s team designed, “Massive.” Most of the people going about their lives in the background of “King Kong,” White explained, are actually what he termed “Massive” agents — artificial-intelligence units programmed to have “brains” so that they can actually see, hear and react to things in a realistic manner. [More]
Arwen writes: We are pleased to announce that TORn will hold their annual Los Angeles Baggins Birthday Picnic on Sunday September 24th, from noon to 6pm! Click here for more info! [More]
A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! Check out some TV goodies like ‘Battlestar Galactica – Season 2.5’, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond – Season 7’. Be sure to check out the ‘Boris Karloff Collection’, ‘Chucky: The Killer DVD Collection’. Personally I’m excited about ‘He-Man & The Masters of the Universe Season 2 V.2’. Check out the whole list here! [More]
Pippin Skywalker writes: I am herein endeavoring to give a faithful account of the spectacles and debacles that made up the wonderful Oxonmoot 2006. This year the event was held at Somerville college, a serenely beautiful 19th century college with beautiful gardens and shire like flowers growing everywhere. It was a very mild september weekend and wonderful for the events which were held in a tent set up in the main college quad. This tent known affectionately as the Marquis, served as one of the main locations of the lectures and festivities. [More]