Wherever you are in the world, come online and watch our Live Video channel for a special Tolkien birthday edition of TORn After Dark: join the Los Angeles smial of the Tolkien Forever group holding our Tolkien Birthday Toast event at the famous Cat & Fiddle Pub (where they shot scenes from Casablanca).  You’ll be a welcome dinner guest as we have classic Brit food and spirits and debate the new Hobbit film! Fans will be arriving a little after 7:00pm Pacific Time and we will go live during dinner at 7:30 via our live streaming video account (hosted by Stickam). Be part of the fun and frolic with Barliman’s Chatters here on our Live Event Page! See you there as we toast……. “To the Professor!” at 9:00pm.

Greetings all and a very happy new 2013 to Hobbit and LOTR fans across the world! With a special day upon us signaling a fresh start on the calendar, we wipe our bleary eyes and turn on the camera to host our live TORn Tuesday webcast straight from the aftermath of our Producer’s knock-out all-nighter party at the W Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. We have news about THE HOBBIT: AUJ dominating the box office worldwide in its 3rd week in theatres, and soon Oscar season will be in full swing! We will talk about our upcoming special ONE EXPECTED PARTY Oscar shin-dig you can attend to celebrate a very special evening of Hobbity goodness! Our show begins *live* at 5:00PM Pacific Time, and features a live built-in chat room (Barliman’s) here on our Live Event Page. You can also watch via Stickam here.

Why not cap off 2012 with a sweet giveaway?  TheOneRing.net, with long-time supporter Badali Jewelry is offering five commemorative pins of Line Party celebrations FREE for those entering this nifty contest.

Cast in solid bronze, pins retail for $30 and are only available until midnight tonight in very limited quantities. The pin will stand a permanent reminder of participation in a world-wide celebration of Tolkien fandom.

You can order the pins directly from the source at http://www.badalijewelry.com/lineparty.htm before 2012 closes and we at TORn want to thank them for years of association, support and friendship. Remember, numbers are extremely limited.  Badali also crafted the “good luck” pins from TheOneRing.net to Peter Jackson and his team wore to the Academy Awards and are visible in footage and in photos from that night. Badali holds the license to make jewelry from Tolkien Enterprises, as it has for many years.

The contest, open to users from the U.S. and Canada, is free. Simply click this handy, dandy contest link fill out the form and submit. We would also love to know what Line Party you attended in the note field.

Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past year.  We’ve collected together some of 2012′s most popular posts on 10 of our Message Boards.  You’ll be surprised at what captured the attention and imagination of our members.  Come and have a look back at what has kept us busy, as we impatiently awaited the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. We actually did manage to talk about many fascinating things, besides The Hobbit, so just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions for 2012. Continue to watch this space as every weekend we spotlight the most popular buzz on TORn’s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join the fun!

Continue reading “TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – Special New Years Edition!!”

You may recall A Simple Walk Into Mordor, the 120+ mile journey of Rooster Teeth Productions’ Kerry Shawcross and Chris Demarais across New Zealand from the filming location of Hobbiton in Matamata to that of Mount Doom on Mount Ngauruhoe. Their goal? Proving that one can, indeed, simply walk into Mordor. In just six days. Here, in case you missed it, are all four episodes.

You can also still read our interview with Kerry and Chris about their (mad) trip here.

A Simple Walk into Mordor: Episode 1

Rivendell to Moria! A Simple Walk Into Mordor: Episode 2

Blisters & Balrogs! A Simple Walk Into Mordor: Episode 3

Mount Doom. A Simple Walk Into Mordor: Episode 4