Gandalf has joined the opposition to the controversial Wellywood sign. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the famous wizard in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, says he is baffled by Wellington Airport’s effort to erect the sign, which would mimic the famous Hollywood version.
“I think that would be a very odd sign to put up,” he told The Dominion Post from London yesterday. “It isn’t like New Zealand film-makers want to be like the American film industry – they absolutely don’t,” he said. Wellington was “stuffed with people who don’t want to work in Hollywood”. More.
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Just why do the Dwarves not teach their language to other races? Join us on the discussion boards to see what theories the members come up with! [Discuss]
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Come join the discussion board members as they suggest wild answers to this week’s Middle-earth Conspiracy Theory: Just why did Fatty Bolger remain in Crickhollow when Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin went on their adventure?
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News from the Winnipeg Free Press on the Tolkien Trust’s donation to an inner-city clinic there. It will be able to fund holistic health initiatives over the next five years thanks to a donation from a charitable foundation set up in honour of the late author of the Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien Trust will donate £60,000 (about $93,000 Cdn.) to the Winnipeg Interdisciplinary Student-Run Health (WISH) clinic. [Read More]
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In the age old battle of which ‘trilogy’ is better, we all know the correct answer is The Lord of the Rings. Of course, there is no comparison. Lucas destroyed his original invention with poorly executed re-editing, bad cg and….sorry, started getting off track there. (*cough* Let’s look at the Academy Award wins too folks…) But Anyway…. Ringer Elf Wannabee has posted a link to a video at Parallel Universe that attempts to solve the situation, once and for all, in a battle to the death. I won’t spoil it for you, but the video sucks. 😛 [View Video] [Discuss in our Forum] And if were not already aware, we have a whole forum devoted to these types of ‘battles.’ It’s called ‘The Arena‘ and is just waiting for you to chime in.
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Any Latin experts out there? Ringer Mike is embarking on a unofficial project to translate The Lord of the Rings into Latin! It goes without saying that this is quite a project, and Mike could use your help with feedback and suggestions. Read more about the project in our forum and encourage Mike as he embarks on his own Frodo like journey! [Read More]
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