Robert P. alerted us to a great clip on YouTube that contains so many different brands of geekery it might shut down the internet. But since one of those branches is Gollum from both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, we feel it is our duty to share it with the TORn audience.
If you haven’t seen Neil Gaiman live (appearing on public radio in the clip) he is a supremely entertaining and talented author and storyteller. In this clip he speaks with Mythbusters‘ Adam Savage doing a rendition of Gollum singing a popular culture radio tune that gets to the heart of Gollum’s character. Savage happens to be an entertaining television figure but was a heck of a nice guy last year when speaking with TORn at Comic-Con. We think is worth a few minutes of your geekery.
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Peeder Jigson is a wee bit upset, seems Empire Magazine’s recent coverage of The Hobbit has caught him a bit by surprise, he doesn’t recognize any of the people he has supposedly cast! Plus, he can’t eat his chips.
Richard Armitage has spoken exclusively to Total Film about his role in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and he makes some interesting comments!
We recently sat down with the British actor to talk about his role as dwarf Thorin Oakenshield in the two-part Tolkien epic, and he told us: “There’s going to be quite a lot more humour.
“The book is so focused on the dwarves, so I think it’s a chance for Peter [Jackson] and Fran [Walsh] to really look at that whole race in more detail, their heritage and what they’re like as characters.”
Read more revelations made by Richard at TotalFilm.com [Click here]
WETA founder Richard Taylor and Daniel Falconer judge the costumed finalists live. The surprised winner gets an all expenses paid trip to the set of the Hobbit in New Zealand!
Janelle Powell from Badali Jewelry writes: Just wanted to let you know that we are bringing back the Comic Con Preview Night Exclusive Sale for 2011. During Preview Night (Wednesday the 20th) all customers will receive 30% off their entire purchase (excludes items already on sale). This is a chance to receive the lowest prices on our jewelry for the entire year.
We will have a full inventory of Sterling Silver One Rings, Nenya’s, Smaug’s and Gollum Gold One Ring Necklaces, as well as select sizes of Sterling Silver Narya’s, Vilya’s and Gollum Creature Rings. Sterling Silver One Ring will be marked down from $98.00 to $68.60. Sterling Silver Nenya’s will be marked down from $99.00 to $69.30. These will be some of the absolute lowest prices on our Lord of The Ring’s Jewelry that can be found all year long. We are even offering 30% off the regular retail price for any orders that are placed with us at our booth on Preview Night. This means that literally everything on our website will be available at the 30% discount, including all gold items. 10k Yellow Gold One Rings will be available for $581.90, that’s a savings of $235.10 off the regular retail price.
We wanted to give you readers an advanced heads up as it’s a wonderful opportunity to save a lot of money! www.badalijewelry.com