This is a cute little Lego animation of part of the Riddles in the Dark sequence from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Thanks to Ringer Adam for the link. Continue reading “Fan-made Lego animation of Riddles in the Dark”
Month: September 2013
As part of TheOneRing.net’s recent Light the Beacons fundraiser, Heather (AKA: IStoleTheOneRing from the Barliman’s Chat) won a guest spot with the Happy Hobbit team.
What started off as a friendly chat quickly devolved into an exposé… and an attack of a clone! Continue reading “Happy Hobbit: The Exposé – Episode 23”
There’s still some three months before The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug debuts on our screens (four if you’re unlucky!). Yet wider geek fandom is already looking ahead to what we can expect. In this article, The Digital Times suggests that The Desolation of Smaug may prove the high point of the three (unusual, as middle films in a sequence generally are regarded as the weak link).
The author’s reason? Spiders. Mirkwood. Beorn. Wood-elves. Lake-men. And Smaug. Continue reading “Digital Times: why The Hobbit sequel will be (not much) better”
Attention Legolas fans!
Actor Orlando Bloom is currently making his Broadway debut (sans blonde wig, we assume) in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
This is the first time Romeo and Juliet has been staged on Broadway in 36 years — and we have THREE pairs of tickets to giveaway to lucky TORn readers!
Bloom’s co-star is two-time Tony Award® nominee Condola Rashad, and the production is directed by five-time Tony Award® nominee David Leveaux. The play will open on Broadway on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre; preview performances have been running since Saturday, August 24, 2013.
How do you enter?
Continue reading “WIN TICKETS – Orlando Bloom in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway”
Welcome to this months “Getting to know you” Q&A, this month we’re talking to one of TORns Four Founders, Xoanon.
Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, while the rest of the submissions will be available in a new Poetry page we’re currently working on.
Join us by the hearth and enjoy!
If you have a Tolkien/Middle-earth inspired poem you’d like to share, then send it to poetry@theonering.net
One poem per person may be submitted each month. Please make sure to proofread your work before sending it in. TheOneRing.net is not responsible for poems posting with spelling or grammatical errors.