Any Latin experts out there? Ringer Mike is embarking on a unofficial project to translate The Lord of the Rings into Latin! It goes without saying that this is quite a project, and Mike could use your help with feedback and suggestions. Read more about the project in our forum and encourage Mike as he embarks on his own Frodo like journey! [Read More]
Month: January 2010
Keith sends this in: Andy Serkis will take questions following a screening of his new film,”Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” Monday January 18 at 6:10pm, at the Curzon Cinemas on Shaftesbury Avenue in Soho, London. More..
Ethan Gilsdorf writes: For those who missed his book giveaway on TheOneRing.net Radio Show, friend of TORn Ethan Gilsdorf, with Globe Pequot Press and Froobi.com, have teamed up to offer a special opportunity to win one of ten free autographed copies of Gilsdorf’s critically-acclaimed book “FANTASY FREAKS AND GAMING GEEKS: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms.” The book is an exploration and celebration of fantasy and gaming subcultures, and has been endorsed by TORn.
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Paul writes: Andrew O’Hehir, film critic on Salon.com, has run a series of four posts on why the LOTR films got so much critical acclaim at their launch, but appeared on none of the top-films-of-the-decade critics lists of people he knew.
In his words: “To be clear, I’m genuinely not pimping any particular ideology. I enjoyed the films immensely, and wrote a rave about “Return of the King” for Salon at the time. But I can barely remember them today, feel unsure whether I’ll ever watch them again, and still don’t regret leaving them off my own personal decade-end list. Then again, this isn’t about my dumb-ass list, or Stephanie Zacharek’s, or anybody else’s; this was about the fact that when I reached out to 60 or 70 filmmakers, critics and bloggers I know, in search of entries for our Films of the Decade series, not one of them suggested Jackson’s colossal trilogy as a personal favorite. So something’s going on here, and these responses are helping me figure it out a little.” 1 2 3 4
Robert writes: I saw this on Fox News today. It was an article about different actors before they were famous. One of the slides was an old Pizza Hut commercial with Elijah Wood in it. More..
New York, Jan 11 : For the first time, ‘Lord of the Rings’ star Elijah Wood hosted an eating contest – aptly titled Lord of the Wings. The diminutive actor hosted the competition at Epstein”s Bar on the Lower East Side and stayed until 3 a.m. to celebrate with the winners. Overall champ was “Big Dan” Graff, a bartender at Max Fish. “It was a fun night. I ate 14 wings in three minutes,” the New York Post quoted him as saying. More..