From: Peregrin T I just wanted to let you know that my daughter pulled out the Mad 2002…
Continue ReadingFrom: Peregrin T
I just wanted to let you know that my daughter pulled out the Mad 2002 XL edition, and they have Oscar jokes featuring LOTR and others…the reference to Cleveland Browns fans as orcs was particularly funny…since I am a Steeler fan. I also wanted to let you know that I have an article on Tolkien and LOTR coming out on March 21 in Point of Light magazine.
Kristine writes:
The Feb/Mar 2002 issue of Garden Design magazine features a short news piece on gardening for LOTR:FOTR.
“Where Hobbits Lived and Gardened” interviews greensmaster Brian Massey, and includes some nice photos of Samwise Gamgee’s hobbit hole, which “springs alive with nasturtiums, cosmos and sunflowers.”
Massey says he “and his army of greensmen were told not to make the hobbit gardens look too ‘twee,’ which means too cute or fairytaleish. For the rolling hills, the greensmen sowed green rye and other grasses. Outside the hobbit holes, they planted sprawling nasturtium and jasmine, bright sunflowers and cheery cosmos.”
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From: Raz
I found this article in the latest Design Graphics magazine, an Australian design and graphics magazine. It’s very short, but it has a few interesting statistics about the number of visual effects there are in the films. There’s also what looks like a shot of the Pillars of Argonath before they became the pillars.
Ringer Spy Artemis sends along these scans of the LOTR cast doing the meet and greet tour around the world.
We’ve all be anxiously awaiting the official Decipher [Lord of the Rings Fan Club] Membership Portfolios and Decipher sent along some information about the delay.
“All the membership portfolio components are ready to go except one – the actual packing material. The previous designs (there have been more than a couple) that had been done for us failed our robustness quality tests, especially when it came to protecting the corners of the membership lithographs and keeping them flat and bend free. The latest failure was quite disappointing to us, as we thought we were there.
We have a new design in test, which is meeting corner protection expectations so far. We are awaiting its return to us through the mail. If successful, we should have our supply of these packing components filled next week, and our assembly of pieces and mail-out can begin immediately after that.
We are already tooled up to work around the clock and weekends to fulfill all mailings as soon as this packing component is obtained. And we are working on some additional secondary mailing plans just in case this latest packaging does not pass muster.
I understand this is of little consolation, but this has been a frustrating experience for us also, as we have some great product sitting here, and we just want to get it into the hands of the fans! But at the same time we are committed to providing the best protection for these high-quality lithographs that we can, as we understand that nothing would be more frustrating than receiving damaged goods after such a wait.”
It is nice to know the good folks at Decipher are taking such care to ensure the integrity of the items for us, so be patient : )
