Satarina writes: I just wanted to let you know that at DragonCon this year all three movies will be shown on Sunday back to back. They start at 12:30 pm as part of the conventions Film Festival. [dragoncon.org]
Category: Meet Ups
Folks from The Fellowship Festival write: For the Londoners amongst you, go and buy today’s copy of Evening Standard, London’s biggest newspaper and you can win the chance to enter a competition to be transformed into an Orc by Gino Acevedo from Weta Workshop at the forthcoming Fellowship Festival (28th – 30th August 2004, Alexandra Palace). Gino will be transforming three lucky readers, one for every day of the show into a gruesome Orc as part of his live make-up demonstration. For details on how to enter this once in a lifetime competition, go and buy The Evening Standard.
The folks from twenty-five-percent.com write: News got out today that Karl Urban (Eomer) will attend RingCon in Bonn/Germany by the end of October. The website is not updated yet as the webmaster is on holidays. But Karl Urban’s appearance is confirmed. Tickets are still available at ringcon.de
Ringer Spy Tamara writes: Missed the Barlibash in Boston? Not to worry, the Boston Line Party is still going strong and there will be another opportunity to join your fellow Ringers on a journey to the Museum of Science.
We’ve got about 25 people committed to join us at the Museum of Science Lord of the Rings Exhibition on Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 2 PM, but each time slot has 100 tickets, so there is plenty of room. As of today, there are still tickets available for 2 pm (as well as 1:45, 2:15 and 2:30 if those sell out) Take a look at our website listed below to see who is going and to join us in any of the Moot activities- like our evening at Boston Beer Works on Canal Street. If you haven’t made up your mind about attending, I can vouch that the Exhibit is stunning. From the Bigatures, to the costumes and weapons, to the interactive activities. All are a high quality.
We didn’t get enough people to get our own hotel rate, but we joined with some of our friends at WorldCon to share space (Their con is also Labor Day Weekend), since they had a great rate of $144 for the Marriott. Several people have booked rooms already and still have space for roomates. Or, as the discounted deadline approaches, I suggest booking your room and then worrying about getting a roommate or two (or three). Here’s several links to help make your trip easier:
Info on the Moot (including a Ringer Calendar, Things:
http://expectopatronvm.com/mos/mos.html
Moot discussion Forum:
http://expectopatronvm.com/phpBB2/index.php
Boston Museum of Science- LOTR:
http://www.mos.org/lotr/
Order Exhibition Tickets:
http://store.mos.org/?action=showevent;event_id=295
Worldcon/NoreasCon:
http://www.boston2004.org
Hotel rates for WorldCon roomies:
http://www.boston2004.org/facilities/aboutMarriott.html
WorldCon roommates discussion:
http://www.boston2004.org/discuss/index.php?cmd=show&thread=-5&posts=16
Use the discount code to reserve a room at the
Marriott:
http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage/BOSCO
Lisa writes: In addition to being a fan of the LOTR movies (he still needs to read the books!), my husband is also a dyed-in-the-wool Nebraska Cornhusker fan. In other words, he’s a fan of the University of Nebraska football team. He sent me this link from another Cornhusker fan to show the adaptability and hilarity of LOTR spoofs. [More]
And while we are on the topic of John Howe and Alan Lee: Ringer Spy Elderhobbit chimed in with the following: John Howe and Alan Lee have been nominated For a World Fantasy Award in professional category for the art work they did for Lord of the Rings. World Fantasy is an international and annual conference of fantasy authors agents and publishers. This year’s World Fantasy Conference is in Tempe Arizona at the end of October with the World Fantasy Awards to be announced on October 31st. [More]