Yesterday it was announced that the Future Film Festival, an event focused on cinema and new technologies, which will occur in Bologna (16-20 January 2002), will host the italian premiere of LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring, The movie will be showed in italian cinemas from the 19th of January. Probably many italian fans of the book will decide to see the pic in France or in England in the last days of 2001, but for the others The Future Film Fest will be an unmissable occasion.
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Ringer Spy Mjshep takes a good look at the new LOTR Calendar…and lo and behold we have some plot details uncovered! Check them out!
Gimli does try to destroy the ring at the council-July 09th 2002
Merry and Pippin do steal veggies from farmer Maggot-March 15 2002
The hobbits do get their swords from Aragorn-July 18 2002
Gandalf uses a moth to supply a message to the eagles- April 26 2002
Aragorn recieves the sword Narsil in Rivendell where it dwells in the hands of a statue- August 2 2002
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Smeagol7 sends along his adventure in Toronto (can you have adventures in Toronto? – sorry, Canadian joke.. -Xo) at the Canadian Expo: 2001 Convention, read on!
My cousin and I went down to the Convention Center in Toronto. This was on Friday seeing it was the only day we could go (August 24th). So we went down to the center at 3:45 PM, 15 minutes before it started at four. The line was HUGE man! Well we cheated a bit and cut in (Heheheh). After 20 minutes we paid 40 bucks Canadian for all weekend pass for all three cons. The only thing we could do was go to the dealers room since we were pressed for time. I later found out we could do just that for 15 bucks.
We go up on the escalator and go into the dealers room. Now this is where we get to talk about LOTR. So we get free comic books and look at some action figures, then I saw em: SWORDS! Samurai swords, medieval, fantasy swords! Two, no wait, three tables of swords! Big metal real ones! The big ones were about 60 bucks, I couldn’t believe it. My cousin, unfortunately, would NOT let me get one. Oh well, they were still pretty cool.
We head over to a big table with posters, and I saw three big LOTR teaser posters for the movies! Big ones mind you, and I got one! So then the guy tells me they have another one on the other side, and I saw it: Big LOTR poster, Original, Bakshi LOTR poster. Not the copies: the REAL thing. The thing actually used in the theatres when the film came on in the seventies! I real LOTR collectors item. I was 60 bucks, and I bought it!
I was looking at the posters, I heard the sound of Gandalf’s voice coming from the TV a few feet away! I rushed over and saw that they were playing the third trailer on a TV. Everyone gathered around the TV and watched. Other trailers came up after that. The trailer was on a VHS. Besides that they had LOTR promo tattoos! Now the funny thing is the company on the back of the tattoos was Alliance Atlantis. This was also the company that was on the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back trailer VHS that they were giving out. I’m starting to wonder if LOTR was also on the VHS, and if that was the VHS they were playing on the TV. I’ll have to find out from my cousin because he got one of those VHS’. The shop that was giving these things out said they would have all the merchandising when the movies came out. It looks like LOTR is doing very well here in Canada for the movies. I’m wearing those tattoos when FOTR comes out in December. After picking up an Akira manga from the anime section, we headed home. I think this was a very good convention and I was surprised to find LOTR items seeing as it was more sci-fi than fantasy. All in all, a very good convention indeed!
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Ringer Spy Morgoth1970 is my new best friend!! Check out these great new pics of Bilbo’s Birthday, The nine Travellers, Gimli and Legolas, Frodo at Weathertop and much much more!
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Ringer Spy Morgoth1970 sends along some great quotes from LOTR: FOTR from the LOTR Movie Calendar that you can pick up at your local bookstore, check it out:
The motion picture trilogy Lord of the Rings is an epic saga of good versus evil and the most eagerly anticipated movie event of the new millennium. Director Peter Jackson’s interpretation brings to life J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale. Full-color stills from The Fellowship of the Ring are featured, along with quotes and trivia.
In Eregion, long ago, one of the Wise gave unto the Elves the secret knowledge to forge great Rings of Power.
Three were made for the Elven Kings; Seven for the Dwarf Lords; Nine for Mortal Men.
But they were deceived . . . in the land of Mordor, he forged in secret, the One . . . the One Ring to rule them all.
For power can be held in the smallest of things . . . and used for the greatest of evils.
Thus a Third Age of Middle Earth began. History became legend . . .legend became myth. And some things that should have been forgotten . . . were lost.
Far away, in a quiet corner of Middle Earth, there lived a race of people. And though few in the outside world knew of them, the time would come when Hobbits would shape the fortunes of all.
QUOTES
A Wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. – Gandalf
Life in the wide world goes on much as it has this past Age. Full of its own comings and goings, scarce noticing the existence of Hobbits. – Gandalf
Ah, the long expected party! I see your Uncle Bilbo’s still turning Hobbiton on its head. – Gandalf
You can say what you like about mad Baggins, but no one keeps a better table. – Hamfast
(I presume then, that the Gaffer is the same hobbit seen in the current Hobbiton video on the main site.)
I feel thin-sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. . . .I need a holiday-a very long holiday. – Bilbo
The thing about resolutions, I find is . . .there’s always tomorrow. – Bilbo
Gandalf, my old friend . . .this will be a night to remember! – Bilbo
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. – Bilbo
There are many magic Rings in this world, Bilbo Baggins, and none of them should be used lightly. – Gandalf
Bilbo Baggins, do not take me for some conjuror of cheap tricks! – Gandalf
I’ve thought of an ending for my book. . . .“And he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.” – Bilbo
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone
And I must follow, if I can. – (Song sung by Bilbo)
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.” – Inscription from the One Ring
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From: Queen Of Rohan
Today at my work I noticed some papers featuring lotr, so I took a closer look and found some interesting tidbits. There was a cheat sheet/cliff notes on the cast, characters, and info on who the good guys and the bad guys will be for the employees. Of course I wouldn’t need it! 😉
Also a sneak preview of the new cover lotr books. The one I saw had Frodo w/ring on the cover, but it was a small black and white book stapled together with only the first chapter. Also the coolest thing was a packet that they sent for a Hobbit day party(sept. 22)! They are trying to get stores to participate in throwing a Hobbit party. It came with name tags, coloring pages, riddles from the Hobbit, recipes, trivia, and adhesive rings to name a few things. In the packet which I sneaked a peak at had a large preview card featuring Gandalf for the new playing cards.
Also a lotr cataloge featuring some of the current books out, and a movie page countdown highlighting important dates. Funny thing though they spelled Frodo wrong (Froddo). lol! Also it listed Tolkien’s birthday (Jan. 3). I’m not sure
if our store will participate, if they don’t I’ll get my hands on some nice stuff. 😉
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