To get more information, use the sites I use like the ones below. Simply find a movie or actor you want to see, go to one of the sites below and see if the film is playing in your area. mydigiguide.com, tv-now.com and IMDB.com
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)
28 Days (2000) UK Walk on the Moon, A (1999) UK Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK Psycho (1998) UK Albino Alligator (1996) Daylight (1996) Prophecy, The (1995) Young Americans, The (1993) Young Guns II (1990)
Liv Tyler (Arwen)
One Night at McCool’s (2001) Plunkett & Macleane (1999) Onegin (1999) UK Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) Inventing the Abbotts (1997) Stealing Beauty (1996) Empire Records (1995)
Ian Holm (Bilbo)
Bless the Child (2000) Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) Joe Gould’s Secret (2000) Shergar (1999) eXistenZ (1999) UK Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV) Madness of King George, The (1994) Frankenstein (1994) UK Naked Lunch (1991) UK Dreamchild (1985) UK Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Chariots of Fire (1981) Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) UK Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Fixer, The (1968) UK
Sean Bean (Boromir)
Essex Boys (2000) Airborne (1998) UK Shopping (1994) UK Field, The (1990)
Ian Mune (Bounder)
Piano, The (1993)
Martyn Sanderson (Bree Gatekeeper Harry Goatleaf)
David Weatherly (Barliman Butterbur)
Marton Csokas (Celeborn)
Monkey’s Mask, The (2000)
Thea Hartwell (Child Hobbit)
John Noble (Denethor)
Monkey’s Mask, The (2000) Virtual Nightmare (2000) UK Nostradamus Kid, The (1993) UK
Noel Appleby (Everard Proudfoot)
Alexandra Astin (Elanor Gamgee)
Pater Mckenzie (Elendil)
Karl Urban (Eomer)
Price of Milk, The (2000)
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Strange Planet (1999) Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) Interview, The (1998) True Love and Chaos (1997) UK Babe (1995) For Love Alone (1986)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
What Lies Beneath (2000) UK Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK True Love and Chaos (1997) UK Nostradamus Kid, The (1993) UK Emma’s War (1986)
David Wenham (Faramir)
Cameron Rhodes (Farmer Maggot)
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (2000) Black and White (1999) Radio Flyer (1992) UK Forever Young (1992) UK Paradise (1991)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Bandits (2001) Gift, The (2000) Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) Pushing Tin (1999) UK Paradise Road (1997) Oscar and Lucinda (1997) UK
Bruce Hopkins (Gamling)
Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
X-Men (2000) UK Apt Pupil (1998) Bent (1997) Rasputin (1996) (TV) To Die for (1994) UK Alfred the Great (1969) UK
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV) Waxwork (1988) Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) (TV) Firewalker (1986) UK Victor/Victoria (1982) UK Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Price of Milk, The (2000) Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Orlando Bloom (Legolas)
Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz)
Robbie Magasiva (Mahur)
Ray Henwood (Man at Rivendell)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Dominic Monaghan (Merry)
Robyn Malcolm (Morwen)
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)
Moby Dick (1998) (TV) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) UK Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) UK Let the Balloon Go (1976)
Megan Edwards (Mrs. Proudfoot)
Billy Boyd (Pippin)
Sarah McLeod (Rosie Cotton)
Sean Astin (Sam)
Sky Is Falling, The (2000) Deterrence (1999) Icebreaker (1999) UK Dish Dogs (1998) Safe Passage (1994) Encino Man (1992) UK Toy Soldiers (1991) War of the Roses, The (1989) UK Staying Together (1989) White Water Summer (1987)
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK Jinnah (1998) UK Odyssey, The (1997) (TV) Feast at Midnight, A (1994) Avaro, L’ (1989) Howling II (1985) Safari 3000 (1982) Arabian Adventure (1979) Four Musketeers, The (1974) UK Three Musketeers, The (1973) UK Death Line (1972) Devil Rides Out, The (1968) UK Gorgon, The (1964) City of the Dead, The (1960) Beat Girl (1960)
Sala Baker (Sauron)
Brian Sergent (Ted Sandyman)
Meet the Feebles (1989) UK
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
Going Off Big Time (2000) UK Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) UK Loss of Sexual Innocence, The (1999) UK
Nathaniel Lees (Ugluk)
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
Ghost, The (2000) Storytellers, The (1999) UK Bride of Chucky (1998) Urban Legend (1998) UK Sworn to Justice (1996) Color of Night (1994) UK Amos & Andrew (1993) Body Parts (1991) UK Child’s Play 3 (1991) Exorcist III, The (1990) Mississippi Burning (1988) Ragtime (1981) Wise Blood (1979) UK
Jim Rygiel (SFX)
Anna and the King (1999) UK Multiplicity (1996) Scout, The (1994) UK Batman Returns (1992) UK Ghost (1990) 2010 (1984) UK Last Starfighter, The (1984) UK
Howard Shore (Composer)
High Fidelity (2000) UK Yards, The (2000) UK Cell, The (2000) UK Dogma (1999) UK Analyze This (1999) UK eXistenZ (1999) UK Cop Land (1997) Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996) Before and After (1996) Striptease (1996) Moonlight and Valentino (1995) Se7en (1995) White Man’s Burden (1995) Client, The (1994) M. Butterfly (1993) Prelude to a Kiss (1992) UK Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Naked Lunch (1991) UK Quick Change (1990) Signs of Life (1989) Innocent Man, An (1989) She-Devil (1989) Moving (1988) UK Nadine (1987) Fly, The (1986) After Hours (1985) UK Scanners (1981) UK Brood, The (1979) UK
Peter Jackson (Director)
Heavenly Creatures (1994) Meet the Feebles (1989) UK
On Saturday, June 15th, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, come join us for an LOTR “Lembas Cookoff” Competition & potluck-picnic in San Francisco,California. Please bring Middle Earth food or drink (sausages, nice crispy bacon, mushrooms, rabbit stew, honeycomb & bread, fresh strawberries and cream, hearty ale, ent-draughts, a good Winyard wine, etc), try out your best “Lembas” recipe (very nice prizes to the Middle Earth Chefs who produce the tastiest and most soul-sustaining Lembas), and, if you wish, don your picnic-best hobbit, elven or Gondorian garb.
To find out more information and location (we’re still scouting picnic spots), please contact TORn Ringer “Yarrow” at platypus94121@yahoo.com.
This picnic is planned in association with the Cloondara Shire Chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism and fans from Imladris.net and TheOneRing.net websites.
On Saturday, June 15th, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, come join us for an LOTR “Lembas Cookoff” Competition & potluck-picnic in San Francisco,California. Please bring Middle Earth food or drink (sausages, nice crispy bacon, mushrooms, rabbit stew, honeycomb & bread, fresh strawberries and cream, hearty ale, ent-draughts, a good Winyard wine, etc), try out your best “Lembas” recipe (very nice prizes to the Middle Earth Chefs who produce the tastiest and most soul-sustaining Lembas), and, if you wish, don your picnic-best hobbit, elven or Gondorian garb.
To find out more information and location (we?re still scouting picnic spots), please contact TORn Ringer “Yarrow” at platypus94121@yahoo.com.
This picnic is planned in association with the Cloondara Shire Chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism and fans from Imladris.net and TheOneRing.net websites.
In my previous article, I went over how to corrupt using the Nazgul and now, I shall go in to the ways of keeping the Nine alive to reach the all-important skirmish phase, so that they will be able to perform the various skirmish-related corruption processes.
First off, many has been the time that one of the Nine that needed to be able to exert had arrived to the skirmish phase exhausted through archery (indirect or direct) or because a Release the Angry Flood hit them. So, let us look at the ways that the Nazgul prevent and heal wounds:
1. All Blades Perish – This zero-cost response event is commonly used to soak up archery wounds, and thus, gives rise to its other name of “All Arrows Perish”. Bear in mind that it is an event, so it is good for only one wound.
2. His Terrible Servants – This condition is a great boon to a corruption strategy using the Nine. For a cost of 1 twilight, you can prevent 1 wound on a twilight Nazgul. Your strategy is obviously going to be focused around the twilight versions of the Nine (see previous article), so this card is an absolute must! It is extremely cost efficient, and as it is a condition, it can be used again and again as long as you can pay for it.
3. Not Easily Destroyed – This condition is slightly different than His Terrible Servants. During the Maneuver or Skirmish phases, remove 3 twilight to heal a Nazgul. Note well that last part of the sentence: HEAL a Nazgul. This is the only card that will actually remove wounds to one of the Nine. It will not prevent a wound so if a Nazgul takes too much damage, this will not save him from being discarded (as this is not a valid response to taking a wound). It will, however, allow your Nazgul to be able to exert or possibly survive a skirmish that it has lost. For cards such as A Ranger’s Versatility that exhaust a minion, this is the only way to bring a Nazgul’s health up. Exhausting a minion is not wounding that minion, so neither His Terrible Servants nor All Blades Perish will protect that minion. This card, however, demands a heavy sacrifice: 3 twilight for each heal. This gets very expensive very fast. This card’s downside can be mitigated with cards such as The Ring Draws Them (add 1 twilight for each burden you can spot), but be aware that TRDT requires an exertion to keep it in play, thus, you will need to be adding at least 3 twilight each time the fellowship moves in order to break even.
Now, let us look at the ways of ensuring that the Black Riders reach the Skirmish phase. Too many times has Aragorn with his bow and Legolas, Greenleaf killed the Witch-King and other Nazgul before they even reached the Skirmish phase, so let us look at the disruption of archery:
1. Wreathed in Shadow – This condition costs zero and just requires you to spot a Nazgul. For a cost of 1 twilight, you can reduce the fellowship archery total by 1. You can do this repeatedly as long as you can pay for this. Bear in mind that this only works against indirect archery, and not the directed archery, such as when Legolas, Greenleaf uses his special game text. With cards such as Gondor Bowmen and Hand Axe, this card does have its uses, but not the best choice in my opinion.
2. Relentless Charge – Now, we come to one of my favorite cards. For a mere cost of exerting a Black Rider during the Maneuver phase, you wound every archer companion. Note well the latter part: EVERY archer companion. What is better than an exhausted Legolas and Aragorn? A very, very dead Legolas and Aragorn. So, hold on to a couple of these, place the Witch-King in front and let them exhaust themselves killing him. Next shadow phase, play one of the Nine and then play these cards to kill them! This strategy only fails if they are able to heal all the way next turn (or they exhaust all your Nazgul so they can not exert). Against the non-unique elves with Elven Bows, play these as soon as you have two in hand to eliminate them all! Then, you won’t have to worry about the Archery phase. While a great card, this will not protect you against cards such as Gondor Bowmen and Hand Axe, because these cards do not make any of the fellowship an archer; they just add to the archery total.
Once you do reach the skirmish phase, the fellowship often has many toys, such as sword and burning twigs that can deeply hurt the Nine, so let us now turn our attention to the breaking of toys:
1. Stricken Dumb – This Maneuver event has a twilight cost of 2 and requires exerting of the Witch King, but will discard a weapon or a tale. So with this, you can get rid of Aragorn’s Bow before Aragorn can have an opportunity to use it, or dispose of a sword or Flaming Brand prior to the fellowship using it.
2. Beauty Is Fading – This Maneuver event has an expensive cost of 5 and also requires an exertion of a Nazgul. This card, while very expensive, is more useful in that any Nazgul can be exerted, but can get rid of a possession or condition, or if you can’t spot either of those two, an ally or companion (except the ring-bearer). Due to its high cost, I would recommend only the maximum use of one or two in the deck. Its high cost is the equivalent of playing one of the Nine, but it can turn the tide of battle into your favor.
3. Ulaire Cantea – My namesake has the ability to exert to discard weapons being carried by a character he is skirmishing. For 5 twilight, you get a 10 power, 3 vitality, and fierce minion. While he is not a twilight Nazgul, he is worthy of addition to a deck for the simple reason that he can break weapons. Just bear in mind that he must reach the skirmish phase in a healthy state.
Mark well these lessons, for they shall ensure your ability to corrupt the ring-bearer. My parting warning is this: Beware of the passing of the ring! Often, the fellowship will throw Frodo in front of the Nine to die when he gets near his Resistance limit, with the intent of passing the ring to Samwise. This must not be allowed to happen! Let not your efforts be in vain! Make sure Samwise has a terrible accident early or is rendered Helpless. Until next time, I bid you farewell from the halls of Minas Morgul.
Lao of Gondor adds: My experience with the “Nine” has always been being always on the OFFENSIVE – like the NAZGUL in the story – risking all in seeking the ring with reckless abandon. Therefore I have always relied on “pumpers” to keep my strength boosted during Skirmishes – especially when it comes to fighting Aragorn with a Flaming Brand.
Most of the time, I do not use the heal cards because they usually compromise my deck’s attack capability. I would rather spend the 1 or two extra twilight on a Nazgul Sword – which is very effective with the Twilights, or for Threshold of Shadow and other strength enhancement Skirmish cards.
But the one factor to sometimes thwart the NAZGUL’S strategy is the Ally Factor – Filibert Bolger – against Fierce skirmishes, Bounder – against overwhelming, Elrond – for card draw/skirmish at Site 3, Barliman Butterbur – for recycling Gandalf’s spells. Incorporating FEAR and using the Twilight Ulaire Attea’s ability should be able to take care of the allies – allowing your NAZGUL to rampage their way towards corruption.
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Larry P back in touch with further Figwit news for you.
There’s a New Zealand film just out of the pipe called “Tongan Ninja.” It’s a cocktail of martial artistry, high jinks and high kicks directed by Jason Stutter and contains a Figwit twist!
It seems that young Figwit is responsible for co-writing the theme song as well as choreographing some of the flamboyant and controversial dance numbers.
One of the films dancers had this to say:
“I had a great day that day, Bret’s choreography seriously challenged me and the other girls but even at its most gruelling we really enjoyed ourselves. Bret always made us feel really good about ourselves.”
And a studio insider added:
“I think dance has potential to exist symbiotically within the National cinema.. Dance has the power to change our lives for the better and film puts money in my bank account”
“The CGI is ….surprisngly good. And the jokes throughout are just funny. I wont spoil them, becuase (sic) you just dont spoil humor. Thats wrong, like beating up someones grandma. “
The film was a hit at the Cannes film festival and has recently sold to several territories so hopefully you’ll be able to see it soon.
