Sometimes, just sometimes, it’s interesting and fun to play ‘what if?’. That’s why this weekend, we’re asking you ‘What if Gollum had lived?’. At the climax of the Return of the King, Frodo claims the ring for himself, Gollum grabs him and bites off Frodo’s finger. The Precious is his! But as Gollum holds up both ring and finger triumphantly, he slips, dropping both the Ring and Frodo’s finger into the fire. Yet he doesn’t fall in himself. What happens next? [More]
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If you listen to music a fair bit, you might like to consider joining the Barliman’s Audioscrobbler Community. Audioscrobbler is a tiny plugin that works through your music program (whether winamp, i-tunes, windows media player or something else) and compiles weekly statistics on the songs that you’re listening to. If nothing else, it’s a fun way to find out what’s most popular among TORn’s regulars! [More]
This weekend, Hall of Fire will be hosting a Q&A session with LoTR stunt and body-double Kiran Shah. Join us in #thehalloffire on the TORn IRC server from 5.30pm EDT today, and Kiran will answer your questions about his work on Lord of the Rings, and others films he’s been in throughout his career.
If you want to get your question to the front of the queue, submit it to us early! [Chat Details]
TheOnering.net and Hall of Fire is pleased to announce it will be hosting a special Q&A chat with LoTR stunt and body-double Kiran Shah on Saturday June 18 from 5.30 EDT.
In Lord Of The Rings, Kiran doubled as – and did stunts for – all four of the main hobbits at one time or another. He worked most closely with Elijah Wood, doubling for Frodo. [More]
Fantasy fiction has become a dominant force in modern society.
In a time of 15-second attention spans, the longevity of Lord of the Rings shows little sign of abating. And since bursting onto the silver screen in 1977, Star Wars has grabbed and held the imagination of generations of fans. This weekend in Hall of Fire, we’ll be asking you what it is about these two tales that has created such an enduring passion amongst their devotees to the extent that each appears to have become a world-wide phenomenon. [More]
It’s been branded ‘unfilmable’ — even by the author himself. Indeed, Tolkien described Lord of the Rings as “a book very unsuitable for dramatic or semi-dramatic representation” (Letter #194). Even, his biographer, Humphrey Carpenter felt that, although Tolkien sold the film rights to LoTR, he had no real expectation that it could be successfully filmed.
Yet it exists in film form, filmed to completion. Was JRR Tolkien then, wrong, in his estimation? [More]