Toby and Cody McClure write: For the past eight months we’ve been working on an animated fan short called “The Lord of the Rings: The Sons of Elrond” and we would like to inform you that it is available for viewing from our website. As twin brothers, our road was changed forever after seeing the Fellowship of the Ring in theaters Christmas 2001. Since that day the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien have made a tremendous impact on our lives and in everything we do. For all the fans, we hope this short will be at least a small reminder of Middle-earth and the great inspiration it has made in all our lives. [More]
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Carlene Cordova found herself in the midst of Middle-earth madness and realized that she had the makings of a movie. The former Dayton-area resident was working with the popular Lord of the Rings fan site TheOneRing.net, covering red-carpet premieres and fan anticipation for Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning film trilogy, based on the epic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. The sudden resurgence of Tolkien’s work, fueled by Jackson’s films as well as by the Internet, caught the attention of Cordova and Cliff Broadway, a writer for the Web site. They saw it as a phenomenon in the fan world. “Since we were right there in the middle, and we had access to the stars, and we had access to the fans — both sides talked to us, knew us, trusted us — we realized that we were in a unique position to document what was happening and that we should,” Cordova said. [More]
[Ringers is] clearly made with a whole lot of love for your favorite books and movies. When it’s over, it will absolutely make you want to go back and watch Jackson’s films again and rekindle your love affair…. It’s actually a very well-made documentary, employing Monty Python-esque animation at times and talking Dominic Monaghan into doing the narration! [More]
If it’s Middle Earth specifically for which you yearn, though, you can enjoy the new straight-to-DVD documentary RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS, which takes a good-natured gander at J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy series and how it has enthralled millions of readers — and now movie fans — for more than 50 years! ….It’s also a winning look back that offers rich contextualization for both the literary works and the Oscar-winning films! [More]
‘RINGERS’ is not a film about freaks or even “cultists.” Rather, it’s a lovingly made tribute to a vast community of people — geeks and luminaries alike — who are drawn again and again to the trilogy’s themes of friendship, resilience and hope. And that’s something even Tolkien would have appreciated. [More]