Well, this was indeed the “big secret” we kept quiet for such a long time. TheOneRing.net staffers Larry Curtis (MrCere) and your host Cliff Broadway (Quickbeam) have comedic appearances in the delightful Air New Zealand Safety Video that has taken the internet by storm in the past few days! With a whopping 7.5 million views since Oct. 31st, this video is filled to the brim with charming Hobbity goodness…. a sexy Dean O’Gorman (who plays Fili)…. Tolkien’s great-grandson…. and a Wizard in high tops! Join us on our live webcast today at 5:00pm PST to learn delightful details as the marketing efforts for THE HOBBIT continue apace. WE ALSO HAVE OUR LINE PARTIES GOING FULL TILT! Learn more by joining our Live Event page right here and be part of the chat: www.theonering.net/live or via Stickam at www.stickam.com/theoneringnet
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Update from Dom Post: Sir Peter Jackson has stepped in to ensure Hobbit fans who fell victim to an Embassy Theatre ticketing error see the movie ”possibly even a minute or two before anyone else”. Tolkien Society New Zealand chapter founder Jack Machiela was one of about 60 people who queued outside the Wellington cinema to be among the first in the world to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on The Embassy’s giant screen when public screenings begin at midnight on December 12. But when the ticket office opened, all the tickets to the first screening on the big screen had been snapped up online. [Read more] [Discuss]
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The Embassy Theatre in Wellington opened the box office at midnight last night to sell Hobbit first-screening tickets – but unfortunately midnight screening tickets went onsale online a few minutes before the box office opened, and no tickets were set aside for sale to fans who were waiting. Seats were sold out before most people there could get to the head of the queue. I was there, and can vouch for the fact that people who had waited there for hours were furious and very disappointed. The DominionPost has a full report.
Given the box office debacle, it’s a good thing we had a visit from the cheerful Barry and his son from Stansborough Mill,who were showing off their loom-woven woollen cloaks and new Gandalf scarf (with mithril!) They’re 2.5 metres of sparkly goodness.
Fantastic news from Jack Machiela, who runs the Tolkien Society’s Wellington branch. “Wellington NZ is having a Hobbit Line party TOMORROW night! The Embassy Theatre has agreed to open the Box Office line for us at Midnight 12:01am on EARLY Wednesday morning, so we’re all turning up at 11:30pm tomorrow night. Hopefully people will turn up in costumes as well… :)”
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What would you do if you had a bit of extra time and 2,600 extra balloons lying around the house? Why, you’d make a replica of the interior of Bag End with the balloons, of course. That’s what balloon artist Jeremy Telford did recently. His rendition of Bag End is complete with a roaring fire, apples in a vase and a ‘candle’ chandelier lighting up the room. Check out this amazing time-lapse video of his efforts, and the stunning final results.
When it comes to creativity, Tolkien fans rank pretty high. One fan, Nadine Palmer, has turned her love for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit into Celtic Ruin’s Costumes. Nadine states on her site, “A movie, comic book and video game costume recreator. I use the best of my abilities to recreate or refashion designs that I love, from the genres that I admire most!”
In addtion to the One Ring dress pictured (which this lucky author will be wearing to the Hobbit costume par
ty in Wellington later in the month), Nadine and her partner Chris have also re-created screen accurate costumes for favorites like The Lord of the Rings, X-Men, Once Upon a Time, and The Legend of Zelda, among others. To see more of her amazing creations, head over to the Celtic Ruin’s Costumes site.
Apologies for posting this ‘Halloween Special’ of Happy Hobbit a bit late! (A lot of our staff are on the east coast and were either under water or out of power!) Join Fili to learn how to carve a Bag End pumpkin and hear a spooky tale… or is it more than just a story? [Happy Hobbit: Halloween Special]