Xoanon here, I felt the need to write a little something about the Saruman situation. Many feel TORN is skirting the issue (impossible since we’ve got no less than 5 stories about it and a link from the BIG NEWS item since it broke), but I wanted to let people know how I felt. And also why we WON’T be posting a few stories and links about it…ever! [More]
Category: Old Main News
Picking up the Best Picture award two years in a row and a bagful of others, the Empire Awards have been very very good to The Lord of the Rings – and hopefully next year will be no different. One of the few award ceremonys to have its winners chosen by film fans, voting has began for the 2004 awards, and with The Ride of the Rohirrim a nominee for Best Scene and all other categories open-ended… well, need I say more? [More]
The trouble with the video game version of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is that it’s too hard to conquer but too cool to quit playing. Like its predecessor, “The Two Towers,” this sword-and-sorcery fighting adventure fuses footage of the still-unspooling movie trilogy with first-rate digital brawling. [More] [GH’s ‘Return of the King’ Section]
Tim Lammers writes: It’s a tricky thing to guess, but I think I’ve figured out a sure-fire way for performers to succeed in the movie business, thanks to the insights of actor Billy Boyd. Basically, you just need to work with directors named “Peter” on every film. Like, for example, Peter Weir on “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” and Peter Jackson on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. [More]
A Ringer Spy Named Sue sent this in; LOTR bobble heads, only to be had exclusively at Columbiahouse. Here’s the link to the Columbiahouse site if someone wants to sign up. [Bobble-heads] [columbiahouse.com]
(why does Legolas look like Frankenstien?! These are so ugly…I want them! -Xo)
Film squeaks by ‘Two Towers’ for five-day take. Neo is indeed mightier at the box office than Frodo. In a game of revision and counter-revision, the title holder for the biggest worldwide opening in history — which has passed during the past few days from “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” to “The Matrix Revolutions” and then back to “Two Towers” — is once again in the “Matrix” camp. [More]