Hippoga writes: Viggo Mortensen was mentioned on last night’s episode of “Six Feet Under” on HBO. Most of…
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Viggo Mortensen was mentioned on last night’s episode of “Six Feet Under” on HBO. Most of the action in the episode took place at an art gallery exhibition and one of the characters whispered to another “Is that Viggo Mortensen?”. I can’t remember the exact dialog but they definitely knew who he was and that his movie brought them to tears. It appears that Viggo’s artistic talents are becoming well known. The episode will be repeated Wednesday night at 9 pm on HBO.
Ringer Spy Frodo’s Girl writes: I was walking by Dymocks on Lambton Quay the other day and noticed that they changed the armour in the window from Elvish to Gondorian, so I tramped on back with my camera today and took a few shots which I have included.
Dymocks now carries the full set of Sideshow Weta figures as well as most of the Noble Collection jewelry. And speaking of merchandise, though the LoTR exhibition at Te Papa closed last week (they needed some of those props for re-shoots) the exhibition store is still open with all the goodies (including the Sideshow figures and Noble Collection jewellry).
So if anyone in Wellington wants to look at the new Balrog statue or the Watcher, or any of the other amazing Sideshow figures, medallions, or the new weapon sets, stop into Te Papa or Dymocks.
Ringer Fan Peter writes in about an article we posted regarding Howard Shore’s take on the rough cut of ROTK :
Peter writes:
Shore says: “You’re ultimately dealing with a nine- to 10-hour film,” Shore explains. Furthermore, music is an ongoing part of the creative fabric. “You’re creating a large musical work, a 10-hour piece, using all the Tolkien languages.”
I was thinking that if he was just talking about the theatrical releases, then this implies that since the FOTR was ~3 hours, TTT was ~3 hours, then this means the last movie is 3 – 4 hours, adding up to 9 – 10 hours.
If he meant the extended cuts, then since FOTR was ~3.5 hours, and TTT will be ~3.7 hours, then ROTK should be 1.8 – 2.8 hours?! This isn’t right.
So it must be the first, implying that ROTK may even be 4 hours long, especially given that he actually says “You’re creating a large musical work, a 10-hour piece.”. Of course this isn’t really isn’t new news, but might be a good, early indication of how long ROTK will be.
Remembering that Jackson has said that RoTK will be “as long as it needs to be”, and that Shore needs to be intimately acquainted with the film to write his score, this could indeed be a good early indication of the ultimate length we’ll see at the cinema.
But it’s also important to remember how long speculation went on for the cut length for Two Towers. I wouldn’t be laying any big bets just yet – Demosthenes.
Ents, Entwives and all things Treeish
Ents – the Onodrim – are among the oldest of living creatures. But how much do we really know about these creations of the Vala Yavanna and the trees that they care for? Whatever happened to the huge forests of old, and how did the Ents come to be isolated in Fangorn Forest? Were they too passive in protecting their charges – and neglectful of the Entwives – dooming themselves to eventual extinction in the process?
We’ll also discuss the Old Forest, and enigmas such as the walking tree of the North Moors that Sam mentions in Fellowship of the Ring. Finally, what exactly are Huorns, and how are they related to Ents?
Join us this weekend at one of our chats as Hall of Fire goes green!
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Suggested Reading:
Two Towers – Treebeard
Silmarillion – Of Aule and Yavanna
Upcoming Chats:
May 3-4
RoTK Book V, Chapter 6
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
May 10-11
Denethor, Steward of Gondor
May 17-18
RoTK Book V, Chapter 7
Pyre of Denethor
May 24-25
The Valar, wise counsels or strategic dimwits?
Points of interest include the retreat of the Valar to Aman, bringing the elves to Valinor, the ban of the Noldor, setting up the Dunedain on Numenor and despatching the Istari to Middle-Earth.
Although the Valar were really nice guys, they seem incredibly naive in their decisions at times, creating as many problems as they solve. And did they care more for their Valinor than for the well-being of all Arda, forsaking the job Eru had given them.
Times:
Saturday Chat:
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The news is flying fast and furious here at Gaming Havens. HavensSpy Glorfindel just sent us a link to pictures of forthcoming Lotr models for the Lord of the Rings Tabletop Battle Game by Games Workshop, including models of Elladan, Elrohir and Glorfindel: More
Thanks for the update, Glorfindel! And remember to keep sending us the latest at havens@theonering.net
Since coming home last night and posting how happy I was with ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring‘, we have been bombarded with e-mails asking more questions than I’ve seen in my entire time here at Gaming Havens. Let me tell you, KEEP IT UP! So for your enjoyment here are the answers to the most frequently submitted questions last night!
Leon writes:
I’ve just read your accounts on the Electronic Entertainment Expo and was interested to know what format the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring game will be played in ie:is it like Baldurs Gate, Two Towers for PS2, or Age of Empires? Do you know what consoles it will be released on?
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring‘ is a PC title comparable to Warcraft, or Command and Conquer: Generals. It is a Real Time Strategy game only in the respect that you command a large number of forces rather than concentrate on one character throughout the game. What will make ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring‘ stand apart from other Real Time Strategy [RTS] games, is that they aren’t using the same tech tree for each culture. Obviously Tolkien didn’t make Soldier Class 1 Gondor, Soldier Class 1 Rohan, but each with their own very different strengths and weaknesses that can be found in game form with ‘War of the Ring’.
As for platform, which was one of the most asked questions we had, ‘War of the Ring’ itself will be released for the PC, and ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard
Timmy writes:
I really want to know and which i’m sure you can tell is the genre of these games: war of the ring and treason of isengard. are they rts or fps or rpg like the two towers? also will these titles be released on the pc or not?
Timmy also asked:
Could you also post some pics of these games if possible?
For Concept art of ‘War of the Ring’ Click Here, we are compiling our screenshots now and should have them ready for you by the end of the day. Do continue to send in your questions and comments on this and all of the games based in Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Havens@TheOneRing.net!
