First, thank you to all the fans for your support and interest in our tshirts. We never guessed how popular they would be and sold out ALL of our on-hand stock the very first day they were available.
We counted orders and requested more from the printer and they arrived the day most of the staff was leaving for the One Party. As a result we are way behind in our shipping but we are working like mad to catch up. If you ordered a shirt it will ship as soon as humanly possible. If anybody can’t wait and needs a refund, we can arrange for that anytime.
We have the “Don’t make me get my ring” shirts in stock but we don’t want to sell them until we catch up with our other orders, so hang on just a little longer and they will be available.
We are considering doing a pre-order for shirts sized 3x-6X so email us at Tshirts@TheOneRing.net and let us know if you would definitely buy one.
Other styles will become available as demand warrents it, possibly including shirts from “The Return of the One Party.”
The folks from comicbookscifi.com write: I thought that your audience might be interested in knowing that Sean Astin will be making a personal appearance and that you might want to mention this news on your site.
Sean Astin will appear on stage at the March 14, 2004 Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention. Sean will appear at 12:00 P.M. to discuss his work on The Lord of the Rings films, as well as take questions from the audience. There will also be a two hour autograph session with Sean.
The Convention takes place at the Shrine Auditortium Expo Center, 700 West 32nd Street, in Los Angeles. For more information you can check the website at www.comicbookscifi.com
Arwen writes: There is a MAJOR mention of Return Of The One Party in Entertainment Weekly’s coverage of the Oscars (March 12 issue). Here is the excerpt:
“We doubt the sentiment bothered Peter Jackson and his ain true love, partner Fran Walsh, who hit the party circuit with three Oscars each (his for directing, producing and writing, hers for producing, writing and cocreating that little ditty Sir Elton so disliked)*. First stop after the Governors Ball was not the New Line party but the 1,200-person fete thrown by fansite TheOneRing.net, where revelers dressed as elves, wizards, and the Dark Lord Sauron treated Jackson and his Ringers like Middle-earth rock stars. Hyped by a hip-hop group that dubbed itself the Lords of the Rhymes and fueled by munchies like Fields of Rohan Corn Hash and Dwarf Lord’s Prime Rib of Beef, the throng got so enthusiastic and pushy that one woman fainted and had to be escorted out. Surprinsingly, the fire marshals never shut the party down (unlike the INSTYLE gathering, which they closed temporarily – but then again, that party probably didn’t have 24 Oscar statuettes in one room).
“One of the things that really motivated us was that we were absolutely terrified of letting all you guys down”, bellowed Jackson from the stage.
“We had to do it right, otherwise we’d be starring in Mel Gibson’s latest film at the moment”, he said, throwing out his arms in mock crucifixion. The crowd, many of whom were already sporting buttons touting King’s Best Picture win, whooped delightedly before asking Wood and his hobbit friends whether they wore boxers or briefs.
Across town, folks at the New Line “celebration” continued their own arduous journey. Sad that the Rings studio would suffer such a party foul on its big night: The evening started off shakily when the local ABC station couldn’t be tuned in for nearly an hour, so guests were forced to watch One Tree Hill while the winners were periodically announced over a loudspeaker. As for the after-party, the champagne ran out -and so did many of the 500-plus attendees- long before Jackson and Co. (after braving a TV interview phalanx) arrived around 1:30am. “I wanted to say thanks to all of our fans, because they’ve always had a great relationship with us”, Jackson said in explaining his OneRing favoritism.
* this refers to an Elton John’s quote in which he stated that “the worst song of the night won”…
Thorin & Company set off on their adventure. Bilbo Baggins comes along wandering down the Road not knowing how greatly doing so will change his future and what an impact his journey will make on all of Middle-Earth.
Seeking shelter one rainy night, they blunder into three trolls. Even worse is; the trolls are hungry! Gandalf saves the day of course, and the Company discover that the trolls’ hoard holds some useful items.
We shall examine the terms of Bilbo’s contract, the nature of trolls and the items the Company take from the trolls’ hoard. Moreover; how does Bilbo conduct himself faced with the first real danger of the quest? Join us in #thehalloffire as we discuss Chapter 2 of ‘The Hobbit’ – ‘Roast Mutton’.
Times: Saturday Chat: 5:30pm ET (17:30) [also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 9:30am Sunday (09:30) AET]
Sunday Chat: 7:00 pm (19:00) CET [also 1:00pm (13:00) ET and 5:00am (05:00) Monday morning AET]
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Do you have a possible topic for Hall of Fire? Drop us a line at halloffire@theonering.net
Gotta say that I check TORN daily and I appreciate all the work that goes into keeping the site updated. I’m in Montreal and I have the feeling that this is where TORN is based… I’ve only been on the site since September looking for ROTK spoilers. Anyway, great job and great site.
I was at the Howard Shore LOTR Symphony last night and after a rotten day at work, I was transported to emotional bliss. What a trip. I managed to snap a few NON FLASH pictures from my corner on the Mezzanine. I was not disappointed one bit. The music was so beautiful and moving and well performed that I just sat in my seat hunched forward eating up every bit of it. The choice of which themes to play were very well done I thought. As I perused my program before the concert I was disappointed to see that so much had been cut out of the 2nd and 3rd films’ music. But as the concert progressed I understood that many of the themes in the more recent movies would have been repeats of some of the ones in the older ones. The highlights for me were the Treebeard, Bridge of Khazad-dûm, The End of All Things, and The Steward of Gondor. I was very impressed with the choral singers and Jeremy Boucher, the boy soprano. Of course no one can match Annie Lennox, so I wasn’t that impressed with the singer they chose for the vocals on Gollum’s Song and Into the West.
Here is a Program Schedule as I haven’t seen it on the site yet:
The Fellowship of the Ring
Movement One:
The prophecy – Concerning Hobbits – The Shadow of the Past – A Short Cut to Mushrooms – The Old Forest – A Knife in the Dark
Movement Two:
Many Meetings – The Ring Goes South – A Journey in the Dark – The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm – Lothlórien – Gandalf’s Lament – Farewell to Lórien – The Great River – The Breaking of the Fellowship
Intermission
The Two Towers
Movement Three:
Foundations of Stone – The Taming of Smeagol – The Riders of Rohan – The Black Gate is Closed – Evenstar – The White Rider – Treebeard – The Forbidden Pool
Movement Four:
The Hornburg – Forth Eorlingas – Isengard Unleashed – Gollum’s Song
The Return of the King
Movement Five:
Hope and Memory – The White Tree – The Steward of Gondor – Cirith Ungol – Anduril
Movement Six:
The End of All Things – The Return of the King – The Grey Havens – Into the West
Momma Doebs writes: I don’t know if anyone sent you any info on Billy Boyd’s appearance on the Sharon Osbourne show this afternoon, but it was too funny to retell all that accurately. After a brief interview where they showed his lovely red carpet kilt action, Sharon asked him some fun follow up questions.
He then played guitar and sang an acoustic version of Britney Spears’ Hit Me Baby One More Time. It was great! But even better, after the commercial break, they showed the outtakes where he forgot the lyrics and his voice cracked.
