Ringer Staffer Arwen2, one of the lead organizers for our Los Angeles Birthday Celebration, sends along these two final notes:
1) for Ringers coming from Hollywood: apparently Los Feliz Village’s Annual Street Fair is on Sunday from 11am to 5pm on Hillhurst Avenue. When driving on Los Feliz Blvd you are likely to experience increased traffic. For directions please refer to our earlier post here.
2) A great number of Ringers will be attending the picnic (almost 100!) – so there definitely won’t be enough picnic tables and benches to seat everybody. Again, we recommend you bring picnic blankets (or portable chairs if you prefer).
For complete details on the party, check out our earlier post. [More]
This is going to be a party of special magnificence! 🙂
– Arwen
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Monkeyman writes: I have forwarded below an e-mail that I have received from the UK’s BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) which I think conclusively answers the question of what cuts the UK DVD release of the special edition will include.
No – this is completely untrue (in regards to recent internet rumors, about a severe cut to the UK edition -Xo). The ‘extended version’ of the film has already been seen and passed ‘PG’ uncut. The extra material doesn’t contain any additional violence beyond what was in the film itself – most of the extra footage is extra dialogue and narrative exposition. It may not yet be shown on our website, but this is probably because we are still waiting for the packaging to come in for approval. As for DVD extras, two have received cuts – one to remove uses of “f***ing wanker” that would be unacceptable at ‘PG’ and one to remove a sequence in which a character announces that, after a drunken visit to a piercing parlour, the one Ring has been attached to his *****. Clearly this was unacceptable at ‘PG’ and these extras have therefore been removed. the company were offered a ’12’uncut for the extras but preferred to cut for ‘PG’.
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Royal Mail unveils First Class Christmas with Lord of the Rings online exclusive
In support of its First Class Christmas stamp promotion, which will make one customer a millionaire, Royal Mail will unveil a website featuring some world-exclusive images from Hollywood’s most eagerly awaited blockbuster – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
This exciting Christmas First Class stamp promotion, (running from November 5 – December 21) and the high profile partnership with the film sees Royal Mail venture into the world of movies for the first time. The promotion offers customers buying a book of 12 First Class Christmas stamps the opportunity to ‘Find the One Ring and win £1m’ plus other first class prizes.
In another Royal Mail first, customers will also be able to buy books of First Class Christmas stamps with the instant win gamecards via the website’s online shop and have the opportunity to win £1 million in cash.
Customers visiting www.royalmail.com will also be able to buy official, licensed film merchandise and have the opportunity to experience the film through participation, gaining insight into the characters, the film and the plot before the film’s general release in the UK.
Selected images from the forthcoming sequel will also be unveiled for the first time on 5 November on 14 million instant win gamecards, which are wrapped with each book of 12 First Class Christmas stamps.
Paul Troy, Brand & Communications Director at Royal Mail, said: “Royal Mail is ready to deliver a First Class magical Christmas to all its customers. This promotion is a continuation of our new and innovative approach to marketing at Royal Mail, which began with our unique tie up with Sir Elton John and our £1 million promotion last Christmas.”
“Joining forces with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and offering an exciting online presence gives our customers the opportunity to participate and win £1 million this Christmas by simply logging on and buying a book of 12 First Class Christmas stamps online. The partnership reflects our appetite to work with major, third party partners on large scale campaigns in the future”, he added.
Royal Mail’s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers website is being designed by Rufus Leonard and the web address will be featured on the promotional gamecards, as well as on outdoor posters, and in press advertising and PR activity. An online ad campaign (bought through Carat Interactive), using rich-media banners, will drive customers direct to the site.
Following from the success of last Christmas, Royal Mail will also be offering a free online Christmas last posting dates reminder service, where customers can register for email and SMS reminder messages.
In addition to the website activity, the First Class Christmas stamps and gamecards will be available through more than 55,000 retail outlets, including 17,500 Post Officeä branches
I went and searched for this after seeing the actual promotional material recently – the stuff I saw was still in the green colour scheme. It had a nice Frodo image on the front though. [More]
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DECIPHER TO LAUNCH LATEST ADDITION TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ TRADING CARD GAME TO COINCIDE WITH UPCOMING THEATRICAL RELEASE OF NEW LINE CINEMA’S THE TWO TOWERS™
The Two Towers™ Base Set To Provide First Glimpse of Scenes From the Upcoming Movie, Including Never-Before-Seen Characters
Expansion to Include Starter Decks, Deluxe Starter Sets and Booster Packs
Featuring New: Cultures; Site Path; Character Key Words; and Gameplay Mechanics
(Norfolk, VA, September 19, 2002)—Decipher will premiere The Two Towers™, the latest addition to its award-winning The Lord of the Rings™ Trading Card Game (TCG), on October 31st at DecipherCon in Chesapeake, Virginia. Offering a sneak peek of the movie six weeks prior to its theatrical release, The Two Towers™ expansion set continues the epic adventure brought forth in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and will pick up where The Fellowship of the Ring left off — following Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship as they continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and fight the evil forces of the dark lord Sauron.
Scheduled for a worldwide release in stores on November 6th, this 365-card base set contains 121 rare cards, 121 uncommons, 121 commons, and 2 premium cards. The Two Towers™ showcases never-before-seen characters including Faramir, Éowyn, and Théoden, as well as new versions of Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin.
The highly-anticipated second installment of the trilogy from New Line Cinema, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, will premiere in December 2002.
“With new game mechanics, character types, templates, locations, and more, The Two Towers is both an exciting next step for players of The Lord of the Rings TCG as well as a jumping off point for new players,” said Game Designer Mike Reynolds. Game Designer Chuck Kallenbach added, “This latest base set of The Lord of the Rings™ TCG further proves Decipher’s commitment to the long-lasting game and provides a stable gameplay environment.”
Following the Fellowship as their destinies lie at two towers, this latest set adds exciting new cards for many of the previous cultures in addition to adding three new cultures – Rohan, Dunlending, and Raider. Also featured is an entirely new site path as well as a gameplay mechanic for controlling and liberating sites that will allow a greater range of tactics and strategies. Among the additional hot features are new character key words such as Unhasty, Valiant, and Ring-bound, new battleground sites, Shadowfax, and a new One Ring.
The Two Towers will be available in the following product configurations:
· 63-card Starter Decks: Starter decks will be available in two versions, Aragorn and Théoden. Each deck — which only contains cards from The Two Towers — has 60 fixed cards, 3 random rare cards, and a rulebook. MSRP: US $10.99
· Deluxe Starter Sets: Packaged in a sturdy collector’s box (which is designed to hold 200 cards and stones), the deluxe starter contains one starter deck, one booster pack, 15 black glass Twilight tokens, 10 red glass Wound tokens, 6 colored glass player markers, plus both a starter’s rulebook and a deluxe rulebook. There will be three collector box versions of the deluxe starter: Isengard, Rohan, and Elven. MSRP: US $19.99
· Booster Packs: 11-card packs will include 1 rare, 3 uncommon, and 7 common cards. One diffraction foil will be found in approximately one out of every six packs. MSRP:
US $3.29
As with all Lord of the Rings TCG cards, all cards in The Two Towers will receive a foil treatment in a parallel set.
The Lord of the Rings™ TCG: The Two Towers set continues the mission introduced with The Fellowship of the Ring — the top award-winning trading card game of 2001 and 2002. Players try to win the game by: successfully and safely advancing the Ring-bearer to the end of the adventure path; killing the opponent’s Ring-bearer; or corrupting the opponent’s Ring-bearer.
Look for expansions on The Two Towers base set in March and July when Battle of Helm’s Deep and Ents of Fangorn release in stores worldwide!
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Janet writes: Andy Serkis as Iago had a terrific review in yesterday’s (London) Times
“But more terrifying is the utter determination of Andy Serkis’s pyschotic Iago to destroy both the woman he desires and cannot have and the man who stands his way. Serkis’s remarkable performance presents us with a terrifying, repugnant picture – and one thta is worryingly familiar to modern eyes. This Iago is a fiercely intelligent, tough-nut squaddie, disguising his malevolence with blokeish affability. His hatred of Othello is as virulent as it is ludicrous and Serkis points up the double-edged comedy of Iago’s irrational behaviour by delivering his soliquies with an intimacy that draws the audience into colluding in his scheming.”
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More than a year ago members of the EN World community began discussing a Dungeons and Dragons 3E conversion of J.R.R. Tolkien¡œs Middle Earth. These discussions led to the creation of many game conversion documents and the hosting of the Middle Earth D20 website by EN World. Now, in the interest of promoting the creation of new and original content for the site, we are proud to announce the Middle Earth D20 Best Original Character Contest.
Please design an original character (villainous or heroic, mundane or epic, PC or NPC) suitable for campaign set in Middle Earth. Provide enough detail about the character (including stats, personality, background, and hooks) so that a DM can incorporate them into their existing campaign. Submit your character in text or html format to MiddleEarthD20@yahoo.com with subject line ¡§MED20 Character Contest¡¨ by October 22nd, 2002.
Entrants are strongly encouraged to use the Dungeons and Dragons core rulebooks (including the Epic Level Handbook). If material is drawn from other sources, please cite the source. Please refrain from using house rules in your submission.
The contest judges are Jeff Black (colonelhardisson@hotmail.com), Derek Poppink (dpoppink@yahoo.com), and Scott Holden-Jones (sholdenj@uwo.ca). They will rate each entry on a scale of one to ten in three categories:
Suitability ¡V Does the character fit in with Middle Earth themes and settings? Creativity ¡V Is the character interesting and well developed? Flexibility ¡V Can the character be used in a variety of storylines with few changes?
The results of the contest will be announced November 12th, and the winner will receive a copy of the Fellowship of the Ring DVD (Platinum Series Extended Edition). All submissions will be archived on the Middle Earth D20
website.
Many thanks to Morrus for hosting the website and putting up the prize. Thanks also to the Spelljammer Mailing List for the inspiration.
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