If you’re a Star Wars fan, pop along to #moviechat on the TORn IRC server and join in our Star Wars: A New Hope viewing party! We’ve just started and will be around watching the film together for the next couple of hours! [More]
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JW writes: I wanted to let you know that I hosted a special discussion for my website. The panel included seven members – each of whom became a fan of the Lord of the Rings movies in a different way. One of them was a prominent figure that worked on the project. Read the transript here. [More]
Starting today and continuing until the 29th, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra will be performing Howard Shore’s LOTR score at the George Mason University. Take a look at this link for more dates and locations! [More]
Today is Christopher Lee’s Birthday! Lee was born on May 27th, 1922 in London, England. That makes him 83 today! Happy Birthday Christopher!
It’s been branded ‘unfilmable’ — even by the author himself. Indeed, Tolkien described Lord of the Rings as “a book very unsuitable for dramatic or semi-dramatic representation” (Letter #194). Even, his biographer, Humphrey Carpenter felt that, although Tolkien sold the film rights to LoTR, he had no real expectation that it could be successfully filmed.
Yet it exists in film form, filmed to completion. Was JRR Tolkien then, wrong, in his estimation? [More]
Some of the TORn IRC regulars – in conjunction with TORn Barlistaff – will be hosting a Star Wars original trilogy viewing party across this weekend – on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night (US time).
How does it work? Well, if you have a DVD copy of any of the Star Wars original trilogy films, wander along, copy in hand onto the server. Everyone will start the film at the same time, and we’ll all chat away. Simple! [More]