Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. Watch this space as every weekend we will spotlight the most popular buzz on TORn’s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join in the fun!
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Category: Merchandise
Our friend Michiel Stevens from DeHobbit.net has passed on a message that the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ludwig Wicki, will be presenting a ‘live to projection’ performance of Howard Shore’s score for The Fellowship of the Ring at The Concertgebouw in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, this Saturday 4th June 2011, and Sunday 5th June 2011.
DeHobbit.net also has some exclusive interviews and a video that can be accessed from the links provided below (please note these are in Dutch so a translation tool might be required).
- An interview with Frank van Donkersgoed, Manager at The Concertgebouw’s Technical Department.
- An interview with Pepijn Meeuws, cellist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Final dress rehearsal.
Details of the two-day event can be found over at DeHobbit.net.
Did you snag one of our ‘Mirkwood Pest Control’ or ‘Lousy 2011’ T-shirts? If so, and you are willing, send us a pic of yourself in the shirt. We are in the process of compiling pics of fans of TheOneRing.net and would love to add your photos to the collection! Please simply email your pic to to our t-shirt specific email list, tshirts@theonering.net. Of course, if you have a pic of yourself in one of our older T-shirts, please feel free to send that along too! For those of you looking to get one of the shirts, we have only a very few left in odd sizes. Mirkwood Pest Control – 2 Large, 1 Medium. ‘Lousy 2011‘ – 2 Small. However, not to worry, we are in development on another set of shirts as we speak! Thanks again to all for your support and participation in TheOneRing.net! (We are required to get some legal stuff out of the way…by submitting a picture to TheOneRing.net, you are giving us permission to use that picture at our sole discretion.)
On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we discuss Benedict Cumberbatch’s role in The Hobbit, the small explosion at Stone Street Studios in NZ, the cast and crew’s involvement in the Christchurch Earthquake Relief telethon (and wish Ian McKellen a very happy birthday), and give an excerpt from Larry Curtis’s article from movies.com. We also take a look at Nori in this week’s character study.
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This week we have something a little different from previous articles you’ve seen with this column. Art Prints are a collectible I love adding to my collection especially when the subject is The Lord of the Rings. So, I wanted to take the time and get something set up with one of the leading artist out there working in Middle-earth.
The artist that I wanted to bring to your attention is the one and only Jerry Vanderstelt. You may recognize Jerry’s work from his The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Prints, ‘Clash of The Kings,’ ‘Fell Beast Print,’ or his most recent ‘Sauron’ Print. Not to mention Jerry has done many Star Wars pieces for ACME Archives. These art prints from Jerry are some of the best pieces in my collection, and only add to the amazing items we’ve seen from Weta and Sideshow Collectibles. Needless to say after seeing the print pictures in this article and reading the Q&A below, you need to go to Jerry Vanderstelt’s site and get your prints now!
Finally, I want to thank those that helped with some of the questions. Sending them in really aided me in getting this article finished. Click the ‘Continue’ button to read the interview.
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Sideshow Collectibles has posted a teaser video of their upcoming Boromir statue. Based on the small tidbit we see in the video, it looks like this statue will recreate the scene of Boromir in Osgiliath. This is the latest piece to join the new statue line-up that already includes Gandalf, Aragorn as Strider, Gimli and Legolas. [Video]