Elven x sends this in: This week’s guest on Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib is Michael Regina from TORN (our own Xoanon) And with lots to talk about and a full summary of what’s been happening in the realms of Middle-Earth Please feel free to comment on the show and the discussion! Fictional Frontiers is aired Sundays at 11am Philadelphia time. You can listen online at WJNC1360AM Philadelphia, listen to the podcasts, or visit the Fictional Frontiers website.
Category: Movie Return of the King
Several of you have written in to alert us that “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” has made it to the final round of the Yahoo Oscar Blog’s “Ultimate Best Picture” poll. From Yahoo: “The final round of the “Ultimate Best Picture” deathmatch is here, and only one “Godfather” movie is still standing. With over a half million total votes thus far, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” managed to edge out “The Godfather, Part II” in the semi-finals, while the “The Godfather” crushed “Schindler’s List” to gain entrance into the last round. So which of these two epic films will be crowned the greatest “Best Picture” winner of all time? You decide. Voting ends Monday at noon PT.” Follow the link to cast your vote! Vote in the Poll
From The Londonist: How many times have you been sitting at home, hungover, on a Sunday thinking to yourself “If only there was a film marathon where I could be catching up on my hobbit and elf movie watching”? If you’re like us, you think that virtually every weekend. Well, you are in luck. The Roxy Bar & Screen is hosting a series of film doubles and trebles, and they’ve just announced their newest lineup for 22 February. All the Lord of the Rings films. In one day. We adore a movie marathon, and think this one sounds fantastic. Preview: Lord of The Rings Mega Marathon
Susanne sends along this link to an hilarious collection of spoof movie posters with a LOTR theme, featured over at empireonline.com. From the website: “We asked our readers to mash up classic film posters and a given theme, and they answered in droves. See the best of the best here: you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be appalled at the punning…” More…
French Ringers, and anyone in the vicinity of the City of Lights in late January, will be able to catch a showing of the theatrical versions of all three Lord of the Rings movies at the Cinéma Abel Gance in Courbevoie. The festivities will begin at 20:00 on the 24th of January and continue into the next morning. Breakfast (or second breakfast) will be offered by the cinema for those brave enough to make it to the end of the marathon. A great opportunity to see the trilogy again on the big screen! Advanced reservations are recommended. Read More
Kristin Thompson, author of the very successful Frodo Franchise was a guest on last Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. As always, it was broadcast live via the internet via the WNJC website. A full transcript of the radio segment can be found below (thanks to Deleece Cook!). TheOneRing.net is featured every other week on Fictional Frontiers. Continue reading “Fictional Frontiers Radio Transcript”