Strong mathematical minds at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed off their creativity and dexterity for the school’s fourth annual Student Origami Competition. The winning entries are on display at the school’s Wiesner Student Art Gallery through March 15. One of them, by Jason Ku, is an origami model of one of the Nazgul. Thanks to Peggy for the link. [More]
Category: Creations
This is one of the funnier ‘Brokeback’ spoof I’ve seen online (try ‘Broke Mac Mountain’ or ‘Brokeback to the Future’ for a great laugh), Jasher sends along this spoof ‘Lord of the Rings: Brokeback Mount Doom’. You knew it had to happen, a spoof on Sam and Frodo’s relationship in LOTR. Take a look! [More]
Afra writes: I found this funny number thanks to Empire Online and felt all Ringers should take the time to see it too. It’s safe for children too. [More]
Bob Ironside writes: Hello, just thought I’d send you some pictures of a Queen Size headboard and bed I’ve just carved for my daughter. It’s of Beren and Luthien and their first meeting in the woods. It’s out of Ash and took a long time to carve. Luthien is dancing as the flowers spring up under her feet and she’s holding a blossom up to a nightingale in a branch while Beren looks on from a crouched position by a tree to the side. There is a stag on one side and a doe and fawn on the other as well. [More]
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]
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]