Ringer Gum-ishi sends in an article from the NYTimes in which Comedy Central ‘Senior Correspondent’ Stephen Colbert is exposed for his LOTR obsession: “I have the luxury of not being a real reporter, and in fact, I’m not even a pundit,” admits Mr. Colbert, whose actual dressing room/office is a shrine to all things “Lord of the Rings,” including a Gandalf for President button and an animated cave troll that serves as arbiter of his writing sessions with fellow “Daily Show” parodists. (I wonder if the button is one of TORn’s ‘Gandalf for Presidents’ or the original from the sixties!?) [More] (NYTimes.com Free Reg Required)
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Ringer Spy Daniel writes: LOTR is once again in today’s Get Fuzzy, as is Star Wars. Today Bucky has crossed the line and defiled a Legolas Sideshow Weta statue. [More]
Many people sent in this story from the Hollywood Reporter: Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis, who gained international fame as Gandalf and Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” movies, are reuniting for a trip into the London sewers, and Hugh Jackman may be joining them. [More]
OOooooh, so many have written in about the “LOTR turnoff for girls” post, I thought it worth a second post. First of all, I’m a girl and I *love* LOTR, so don’t yell at me for Penguin’s poll 🙂 — maegwen
To speak for all of us out there, here is another point of view: “Hello, this is Araeph, reporting to you from the Protectors of the Plot Continuum message board, which promotes the respectful treatment of the LotR plot and characters in fanfiction. The article I’m sending you contrasts directly with the “LotR a Turn-Off to Girls?” article posted recently on theonering.net. “Errr, I don’t think so” was an apt comment.
“This was published awhile ago, but I think that it may be worth a look. It stemmed from an erroneous Lord of the Rings quiz in YM. The quiz riled several of our board members when the highest quiz score meant you were branded a “fangirl.” One of the magazine’s writers responded, asking for input from more of us, and we did our best to explain our non-Lego-lusting love for LotR. The article you see is the result.” [More]
So, there!
Ringer Spy Kristoffer writes: I was just in contact with CEO of SF, the company that distributes the LotR-trilogy in the Nordic countries. He told me that the release date (at least in Norway) was scheduled for 12/12. Since this is a Sunday, I guess it’ll be December 14 here in the north.
Varie writes: There’s an article about Dominic Monaghan and the TV drama “Lost” in the Aug. 24th Honolulu Star-Bulletin. [More]