Garfeimao writes: Here ye, here ye, Tolkien Reading Day is quickly approaching and Tolkien Forever, the official Los Angeles area smial of the Tolkien Society, is hosting a Reading Day event. Because March 25 falls on a Thursday, we’ve decided to move it to Saturday, March 27 so that more people may attend. Both adults and children of all ages are welcome for this event where reading is the order of the day. Continue reading “Tolkien Reading Day in LA”
Month: March 2010
Linuxelf is building something of an online video archive of New Zealand news segments involving LOTR. Linuxelf writes “I dont think any of this stuff has been seen outside NZ so I thought it would be good to post them so other people can see them”. Take a look at these! Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor Interviews, plus a segment about Hobbiton Tours. Continue reading “You Want Your Classic NZ LOTR News Segments? You Got ’em!”
Elicia Basoli from Turbine writes: Turbine has just launched the latest social feature for The Lord of the Rings Online™ (LOTRO) players, the Player Feed.
The Player Feed application allows players to share their in-game status and achievements with their online friends via Facebook, extending the social experience for active LOTRO players. This new application is powered by the my.lotro.com social network and allows players to easily share their adventures with friends worldwide.
Players can visit www.lotro.com for more information, or install the app directly here: http://bit.ly/dypl74! A screenshot is also posted below, for your use.
The folks from Badali Jewelry send this along: Just thought we would let you know that we believe that the Big Bang Theory episode, “The Precious Fragmentation”, will feature one or more of our 24k. gold plated bronze One Rings of Power. We shipped an order of three 24k. Gold Plated One Rings to The Big Bang Theory people at the beginning of February. Click so see (or order) a sample of the ring in question. [badalijewelry.com]
The UNM Hobbit Society is now accepting submissions for its second annual Fantasy & Science-Fiction Colloquium, “Intellectual Hooliganism,” set for Thursday, April 1, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the UNM Honors Forum
To apply,submit a one-page proposal abstract to tolkien@unm.edu by March 10 at 5:00 p.m. The Hobbit Society will consider submissions dealing with any fantasy and/or science fiction text* in a scholarly fashion. All presentation formats are welcome, papers or audio-visual experiences that do not exceed 15 minutes in length.
Include contact information: name, phone number and email, as well as whether the presentation requires audio-visual equipment. Presenters will be notified of acceptance on or before March 14. *”Text” means in the broadest sense: films, comic books, television, video games and beyond are all open for scholarly analysis here. Continue reading “Hobbit Society Accepting Submissions”
Rumors The Hobbit might be filmed in 3-D have been around for some time and dismissed often by Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson . Even last fall, del Toro stated on the TORN message boards:
“As a co-writer and director of this film … let me be very clear one more time: we are not talking about 3D, we are NOT writing the screenplay for 3D right now.
However, he did add this caveat:
If after “Avatar” the market may change and demands are put upon us, etc that is in the future. But if such things happen and we start discussing 3D down the line, I’ll let it be know here at TORN because that’s the proper way of doing things.
True to his word, del Toro has now added an update via the TORN forum:
I wouldn’t read much on it just yet, but now, after all this time, after AVATAR doing the Box Office it did, we have had enquires from above about The Hobbit being in 3-D. No impositions or heavy leaning. Just enquires. Just fulfilling my promise to let you all know if discussions ever started. Cheers, GDT
So while there is no confirmation on filming in 3-D, there is certainly discussions under way. Add your comments to the TORN forums here!