Mikewise writes: The music of FOTR is coming to Chicagoland’s premier outdoor music venue, Ravinia this summer. Two nights, 8/18 & 8/19. From the website: Move over, Wagner—there’s another “Ring” in town, and with better special effects than Bayreuth could ever dream of. Straight from its triumphant presentations at Radio City Music Hall (“The music of Middle Earth soared through misty climes and clanked and rattled through Hadean depths at Radio City Music Hall”—New York Times) and the Lucerne Festival, this is the groundbreaking first installment of Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning film trilogy based on J.R. Tolkien’s beloved novels as you’ve never seen or heard it before, with live symphonic accompaniment—similar to the CSO’s “Friday Night at the Movies” programs downtown. More..
Month: March 2011
Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien’s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2011 is “Tolkien’s Trees”.
This year’s theme, “Tolkien’s Trees”, is allied with the “International Year of Forests” and encourages families and library reading groups to enjoy exploring the dark confines of Tolkien’s many forests as well as focusing on individual trees.
Readers might venture into Mirkwood in “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”; into the Old Forest on the borders of the Shire, and the Golden Wood of Lothlorien, or meet the Ents of Fangorn. Or why not read about and discuss the importance of trees and their meanings in “Leaf By Niggle”, or the ‘Two Trees’ beloved of the Elves in “The Silmarillion”, where there are more great forests and woods to discover. Continue reading “25th March is Tolkien Reading Day!”
It is easy to see why astronomers called this object the Eye of Sauron, after the all-seeing symbol of evil in The Lord Of The Rings. It is in fact the centre of an active galaxy 43 million light years away from Earth. Scientists believe powerful X-rays generated by a super-massive black hole produced the bright blue ‘pupil’ of the eye. Images from the Chandra X-ray space telescope and the one-metre Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope on La Palma in the Canary Islands were combined to create the stunning picture. The X-ray emissions from the centre of spiral galaxy NGC 4151 are thought to be caused by matter falling into the black hole. Black holes are regions where gravity is so strong nothing that gets too close can escape from it. More..
With the NCAA college basketball tournament about to kick off this month in the USA, Harper Collins Canada has been having their own “March Madness” with famous books pairing off against each other. Right now they are down to their Sweet Sixteen and The Hobbit is still in contention. The match-up this time is against another well-known fantasy book The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.
Time for TORN fans to weigh in and enter the bracket. So get voting!
The first annual SFX Blog Awards are open for voting and TheOneRing.net is humbled to find that we’ve been nominated in the ‘Best Franchise Film Site‘ category. As described by SFX, the awards…
…celebrate the best that SF and fantasy fan-driven and insider-developed internet activity has to offer. These awards aren’t for big, profit-making sites but for sites that were created for the love of the genre, and are maintained by people out of love rather than money.
If you feel TheOneRing.net is the best in this category, we encourage you to place your vote. And it goes without saying, TheOneRing.net is only as successful as the efforts and dedication of our all volunteer staff and the constant encouragement from Tolkien fans worldwide. Thank you for your support! [SFX Blog Awards] [Best Franchise Film Site Category]
Sir Ian McKellen has updated his Hobbit blog and describes the process of preparing to roll film (or digital memory) on Peter Jackson’s pair of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.” It sounds like an ideal day. Check out the whole entry but this is a good taste:
“And I was there too, in Hobbiton, with a semi-circle of dwarves and Bilbo, their reluctant host. I was at the cast’s first joint rehearsal where Peter Jackson, with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, invited our comments on their script so far.”
Did we just get a hint that the screenplay is in a state of constant revision as it was with Jackson’s LOTR films? Sounds like it. For film fans, catch your breath, these are the moments before the starting gun goes off. Time to party likes its 1999! (Thanks to the many who sent in links.)