Now across America fans from Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Lord of the Rings are breaking bread together in harmony, belts are loosed a notch or two, shirts are removed from their careful tucking, and dishes pile up for Grandma. Yes folks, it’s Thanksgiving, a day where we all take time to look at all that we have in our lives to be thankful for.
Personally, I have been touched by this site, and have more than I could ever say to be Thankful for. TheOneRing.net has been a home for me since March of last year, just before our Oscar Party. Since my time at this site began I have been gifted with opportunities and experiences that will forever shape my life. The Oscar Party, for instance, put together by one of the many unsung Hero’s from TheOneRing.net Asfaloth. This was my first experience with this group of wonderful people. Beyond that, I was lucky enough to have met a very wonderful woman at this Oscar Party, whom as of October 10th 2002 I have married. We would have never even met had it not been for this wonderful group of people who put their heart and soul into making this the one source for Tolkien fans on the net.
Beyond that I want to take some time to acknowledge some of the other wonders that I have witnessed during my short time at TheOneRing. Watching Xoanon and his SpyReporters go to work for hours each day ensuring all of the existing Tolkien news is up to date, or Jincey and her tight knit Ops from Barliman’s who ensure the fans of The Lord of the Rings have a safe and fun place to enjoy their fandom. The Staff of Green Books who dedicate their intellectual know-how into bringing you in-depth looks at J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. Even down to Lewman and the crew from The Bastards have Landed who bring you the latest news on everyone’s favorite Bree Drunk; Peter Jackson. Beyond any of these names I think I am most thankful for Corvar, Calisuri, Arathorn, and Tinuviel who dedicate pain staking hours staring at code and console commands making sure our servers stay running and our web site has automated functions like Polls, Forums, and Contest Pages. This staff of 50+ individuals dedicate their lives to making this THE place for Tolkien fans worldwide, and for all of their efforts, past present and future, I am thankful.
So as you check your daily news post as to what Orlando Bloom is up to, or what changes may have been made to optimize the story for The Two Towers take a second to be thankful for all of these people who made this all possible, from founders Xoanon, Tehanu, Corvar, and Calisuri down through the Senior Staff and the grunts like me!
Happy Thanksgiving!
– Flinch
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The Age recently tracked down Alistair Browning who plays the part of Damrod (Faramir‘s second in command) in the Two Towers. Thanks to JD for finding the story.
The Culture
TAKE TWO – ALISTAIR BROWNING
By Debi Taylor
In the New Zealand drama Rain, Alistair Browning plays Ed, a loving husband and father whose marriage is collapsing around him. A professional actor since 1976, Browning’s television credits include Hercules, and Xena: Warrior Princess, and he can also be seen as Damrod in the next instalments of The Lord of the Rings.
What is your favourite black and white movie?
A cliche it may be, but Casablanca is still my fave.
If you could play any character in movie history, who would it be?
Sam Spade.
What is the best stage-to-film adaptation you’ve ever seen?
Chorus of Disapproval.
What’s the naughtiest thing you’ve ever done in a movie theatre?
I do it every time, have a choc-dip icecream!
If you weren’t an actor what would you be?
Very unhappy!
What would you like to do in a film that you haven’t done before?
I’ve played villains, victims and heroes, I’ve been nude, rude and refined, but only in theatre and TV have I played comedy.
What is the best way to kill time on a movie set?
During Rain I learnt to meditate. Truly. It not only makes time fly but it prepares you very well for the next scene because you arrive refreshed and in a calm and empty space without preconceptions.
Who do you think should stop making movies?
Bill Paxton, Minnie Driver, Robin Williams, Sandra Bullock, Paul Verhoeven . . . ah hell, Hollywood.
If you were sent to a desert island with a DVD player, TV and power, what movie would you take?
The Wrong Trousers or preferably a DVD with all of the Wallace and Gromit films on it.
Most frightening moment on set?
First day on set on Lord of the Rings second unit on a large plain in Central Otago with hundreds of other horsmen in full battle mode. I am supposed to leap to my horse in front of the charging horde and gallop off with Faramir (David Wenham). Take One with several cameras rolling my horse decides he’s had enough and refuses to let me mount. Five hundred horsemen charging right at me, eyes wide and rolling, and I have to leg it as fast as I can go!
When was the last time you cried at the movies?
Don’t often cry at the movies because I am too aware of the artifice, but I remember being very moved by The Ice Storm.
Who has been your favourite co-star?
Elijah Wood is a very special person as were Alicia and Aaron who play the children in Rain. But I do have very fond memories of Tom Conti in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. He was extraordinarily generous as an actor and person.
Your career highlight so far?
Rain, without a doubt. Loved doing Lord of the Rings, but the subtlety and intimacy of Rain suited me to a T. Rain is now showing at Nova.
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chyna writes: The children/adolescent Canadian magazine will be having a Lord of the Rings Special! It’s for their new December issue.
It’ll be out in the first week of December, in Canadian supermarkets (like Dominion, Safeway) for about $2.95 (Cdn). I’m not sure if they sell them down in USA, but I know some libraries do have a subscription to it.
Some of their articles include:
* LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS!
* HOBBIT TALK: The Mag interviews Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry).
* EA Games’ LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS game!
* THE TWO TOWERS in TORONTO: A look at the recent LotR ROM exhibit
Here’s their website, though they didn’t officially change the issue part just yet. But you can view the new issue cover! [More]
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writes: I don´t know if this is new, but the same company that produces the surprise eggs in Germany has also chocolate bars with stickers on it and there is a picture of Hama, the first I have seen so far.
Well there can be no doubt that it is indeed John Leigh behind that make-up!
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For those who missed it: this past weekend the biggest Lord of the Rings-convention up to date, RingCon 2002, took place in Germany, and here are some more reports and pictures!
You can look at some nice pictures of the event here, but keep in mind they are sometimes a bit ‘blurry’. Thanks to TarTelperien for taking and uploading these!
Rafer emailed me again saying she nowbegan transcribing parts of the panel-sessions that took place and uploading some pictures. I don’t know how far she is at the moment but yesterday she had a fair bit up from the Mark Ferguson panel on friday. Her website can be found here!
And another great report with pictures can be found here and was written by fozzer!
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Sony_Mouse
It’s Sony_Mouse from Toronto (we met at Playdium when you were here last, I was the odd one who brought the Elven ‘ears 😉
Anyways, I’m here with some scans of the LOTR TTT Coin set. I noticed you already had the ones from last year scanned, but whoever scanned them didn’t scan the cute stickers that come with them.
So I’m sending you scans of the TTT Coins, the stickers from that set, the stickers from the FOTR set, and an example of the Back of the coin (which is the same for both sets) that has ‘One ring to rule them all’ script written on it.
Here’s a link to where you can buy the Coin set of:
Fellowship of the Ring
Two Towers
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