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?
Category: Miscellaneous
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]
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.
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]
Thanks to Ringer Donna for pointing us to the 2010 Total Film Blog Awards. We are extremely humbled to nominated in the category of ‘Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog.’ Thank you to all the fans out there that continues to make TORn a success. Afterall, TORn does not exist without your passion for the works of Professor Tolkien. Thank you! [Total Film Blog Awards]
With all the discussion about Hobbit casting recently, we thought we’d (finally) update our poll and find out who you would like to be cast as in the upcoming ‘Hobbit’ films. Are you squat and solid like a dwarf? Tall and thin like an Elf? Somewhere in the middle? Vote today and then talk about what character you’d be best cast as on the message boards. You can even upload pictures to prove your point!
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