Check out these amazing pics from my insider at United Cutlery! These things look amazing! I cannot wait…
Continue ReadingCheck out these amazing pics from my insider at United Cutlery! These things look amazing! I cannot wait to have Sting hanging from my wall!
Riskbreaker here with late-breaking news. I have included pictures of the new United Cutlery replicas out this fall. Much thanks to my friend on the inside. These are STING, GLAMDRING and the SWORD OF THE WITCH KING. And yes, they all rhyme.
Ringer Spy Samwise the Smart sends along an article from ‘Ultimate Collectors’ Magazine. Take a look!
Ringer Spy Anthony sends along scans from that AOL CD we reported about earlier this week. Take a look!
From: Andy
Just thought you might be interested in an interview with Andy Serkis which has appeared in todays “Metro”, a free newspaper distributed in Manchester, UK. Not sure if this info is already available, but I’ve not seen it before.
Its in a slot called the “60 second interview” and amongst other things, Serkis describes his role as Gollum:
Q. How did you get in touch with your inner hobbit? (the newspapers question I hasten to add!)
Serkis: The director, PJ, wanted him to be driven by an actor as opposed to just being an animated character. Although the majority of it was CG, the camera picked up all my movement using motion capture. I play him as if he’s a junkie and his fix is the ring – he goes cold turkey when he’s not near it. He’s a compulsive liar, he talks to himself – he’s psychologically damaged by the desire to possess the ring – and I’ve tried to make him as human as possible in that way.
Q. How does it feel, looking nothing like yourself?
Serkis: As Gollum depletes into this emaciated creature, he goes from looking like me through a prosthetic transformation into the CG image, which is unrecognisable. It was quite a liberating experience. He’s a split personality, Smeagol and Gollum, and I have two voices for the two different characters, with internal dialogues between them.
Q. Do you have to be partly schizophrenic to be an actor?
Serkis: Well, I know I am, there’s absolutely no doubt about it. It’s a prerequisite of the job. But also being in touch with parts of the psyche – our dark side – and not being afraid to go there.
The rest of the interview is then about his past characters ( such as Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist) and his favourite sinister character (Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs). Then theres just a couple of other quotes of note:
Q. What has been the “lost ring” in your life?
Serkis: I suppose it’s my family – my children. I’m completely addicted to them. They’re my addiction.
And then just finally at the end, he’s asked how he prepares for different parts and his comment about Gollum is:
Serkis: I went through five Red Bulls (energy/stimulant drink, for those unfamiliar) a day for Gollum.
From: Mike
Well I’ve just finished watching the program ‘Cinemagic’ on M-Net here in South Africa and yes, they did preview ‘The Lord of the Rings’. My oh my, where do I start? Should I start with the fact that the show’s presenter had an exclusive interview with Peter Jackson at Cannes (along with Mark Ordeksy and some other guy) and Peter answered a few questions and said something like, “The films will never be as good as your imagination, but you will see things in this film that are better than your imagination.”
Maybe I should start by telling you that they showed all sorts of photos from the films, some of which I’ve never even seen before (a lot of them from ‘Empire Magazine’), such as Arwen in Rivendell, Boromir at the Council of Elrond, Legolas at the battle of Helms Deep and Gimli, Merry and Pippin in the Mines of Moria.
I should also tell you about the clips they showed from the first Theatrical Teaser Trailer (the fire-writing being burnt onto the ring and Frodo cathing it, Aragorn throwing a torch at the screen, Orcs marching, Galadriel saying, “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future….” and the words ‘The Lord of the Rings’ flash onto the screen.
It ended with the presenter, Barry Ronge, saying that he thinks that these film will not be the films of the year, but the films of the DECADE! He said that he thinks that the film “will redefine the epic genre” and he cannot wait to see it when it opens “around the world on December the 19th”. Barry Ronge’s sidekick then said something like, “Well I for one cannot wait to see the film, I’m a Tolkien fan and I think it looks incredible. However good it is, it most certainly cannot be worse than ‘Tomcats’…” [He then proceeds to review ‘Tomcats’]
All in all I was in heaven, I mean, they showed a preview of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on TV in South Africa and the presenter actually said that he thinks it’s going to be the film of the decade!!! – lots of people watch this show. Once again ‘The Lord of the Rings’ triumphs over the evil that are film critics.
From: Anthony
In the spirit of the upcoming films I have found out that AOL has a free movie ticket offer. I went to my local Barnes and Noble this morning to find at the counter those TRY AOL FREE disks that they always give away. Well the new disks have a pic of the Nazgul on the horse as like the new movie-book editions and inside is an offer for 2 free movie tickets to a participating theater, with a GREAT pic of the Council of Elrond, with availble offers of Free Screensavers and behind the scenese stuff…inside the packet it says go to AOL Keyword:Lord of the Rings for these offfers…
These disks are everywhere I am sure where they are offered, Barnes and NOble, Kmart etc.
