OOooooh, so many have written in about the “LOTR turnoff for girls” post, I thought it worth a second post. First of all, I’m a girl and I *love* LOTR, so don’t yell at me for Penguin’s poll 🙂 — maegwen
To speak for all of us out there, here is another point of view: “Hello, this is Araeph, reporting to you from the Protectors of the Plot Continuum message board, which promotes the respectful treatment of the LotR plot and characters in fanfiction. The article I’m sending you contrasts directly with the “LotR a Turn-Off to Girls?” article posted recently on theonering.net. “Errr, I don’t think so” was an apt comment.
“This was published awhile ago, but I think that it may be worth a look. It stemmed from an erroneous Lord of the Rings quiz in YM. The quiz riled several of our board members when the highest quiz score meant you were branded a “fangirl.” One of the magazine’s writers responded, asking for input from more of us, and we did our best to explain our non-Lego-lusting love for LotR. The article you see is the result.” [More]
So, there!
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Thanks to everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) who sent in the link to today’s ‘Get Fuzzy’ cartoon. As Ringer Spy Namarie says, “It involves a Gollum figurine and Bucky the cat’s delusions of grandeur.” [More]
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Ringer Atticus alerts us to watch VH1’s new show ‘Totally Obsessed’ for a segment on LOTR fan Melissa Duncan. The show says she’s ‘totally obsessed’ but I’m sure we ‘Ringers’ can be the judge of that! heh [Click Here]
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I’m not sure if my fellow TORn news posters have already published this link, but both Staffer WeeTanya and Ringer Josh sent it in today. If you have been waiting for the video for the, now infamous Taters mix, check this out! [Click Here]
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The poster spotted around the net and reported about here just a few days ago is apparently a fake. Folks from Universal claim the creative is nothing they’ve approved or seen to date. More info soon.
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LaWise writes: Swiss film director Marc Schippert is currently filming a LotR spoof movie called The Ring Thing. The script is by Christoph Silber, who was co-author of the script to ‘Good Bye, Lenin’. The story is more or less the following: The Dark Lord Sauraus (meaning “PigOut” in German) wants to cover all of Middle Earth with Fondue. The bank clerk Friedo is turned into a hero without wanting to be one, because he falls through the toilet of an airplane into an adventurous world of fairytale in the middle of the Swiss Alps and has to save Middle Earth from the boiling, yellow cheese-fluid. The film will be in Swiss cinemas as of 9th December 2004. [More]
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