Tolkien’s love of Anglo-Saxon history is well-known, as are his influences from such Nordic works as Beowulf and the Finnish Kalevala. His passion for these cultures is evident in every race he created for Middle-earth, including the dwarves. Yet as has been highlighted in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, some of the inspiration for the dwarven race may have come from an understated influence: the Celts. Continue reading “Dwarves: A Celtic Connection”
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The mayor of Los Angeles says New Zealand and other countries are taking film and television work from Hollywood, prompting him to declare a “state of emergency”.
Eric Garcetti was elected in May and says the city’s pre-eminence in the entertainment industry is under pressure from other US cities as well New Zealand, the UK, Australia and Canada. Continue reading “LA mayor declares state of emergency, blames NZ”
We, here at TORn, along with our friend Jerry Vanderstelt are pleased to announce that he has a brand-new print available for order. Continue reading “Collecting The Precious – Vanderstelt Studio Legolas Greenleaf Print Up For Order”
This prompted a couple of geeks at insurance giant Allianz — Dr. Nils Möckelmann, consultant for special claims, and Andreas Hufgard, major claims regulator — to run the numbers: exactly how much might an insurance claim for all this injury, death and damage tote up to in the real world? Continue reading “The Hobbit: an unexpected insurance claim”
In particular, he examines whether persistent criticism of this key villain might be a result of flaws inadvertently introduced by the relatively late switch from two films to three.
Continue reading “Did Azog defile An Unexpected Journey?”
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Science and entertainment website io9 believes that, by and large, live-action fantasy films have fared poorly of late. Financially, that is.
Its exceptions? The Harry Potter franchise, Twilight and Peter Jackson’s adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. But if that’s the case, what’s the cause? Follow the link to discover what io9’s writers have to say on the matter. Continue reading “io9 asks why live-action fantasy often fails at the movies”