Roger writes: In one of the more intriguing offers to see Return of the King, the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team are offering a package where for $25, you can see Return of the King and a hockey game (not on the same night). Someone who likes hockey and LOTR and lives in Columbus, Ohio might be interested. ($25 for just an NHL game is good deal). [More]
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Orlando Bloom (Legolas) is making a rare American TV chat show appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM.
Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be chatting on SciFi.com today (December 5th). [More]
Susan Thea Posnock writes: I was in for a treat when I decided to watch the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with my sister Ilene. Now, just to give some background: Ilene is an amazing person, one of the kindest, warmest, funniest people I know. But, when it comes to watching a movie, she’s the type of viewer who asks things like “who’s that?” “what are they doing?” and “what’s going to happen?” with disturbing frequency. [More]
Only a couple of weeks left to wait for ‘The Return of the King’. In #thehalloffire we shall shorten the wait, by having a little chat about ‘The Two Towers – Extended Edition’. Forty minutes have been added to the film; we get to see the entmoot, huorns at Helms Deep and Denethor with his two sons. It’s commonplace to pack new and deleted scenes into DVD offerings these days, but noone does it quite like Peter Jackson.[More]
Only a couple of weeks left to wait for ‘The Return of the King’. In #thehalloffire we shall shorten the wait, by having a little chat about ‘The Two Towers – Extended Edition’. Forty minutes have been added to the film; we get to see the entmoot, huorns at Helms Deep and Denethor with his two sons. It’s commonplace to pack new and deleted scenes into DVD offerings these days, but no one does it quite like Peter Jackson.
Does the extra material make ‘The Two Towers’ a better movie? Does it make it a better adaptation of Tolkiens story? Can it do both? Which of the added scenes work best? How does the added material change the movie?
How has Peter Jackson reasoned to make the changes he has made, and do you agree with his reasoning? Join us in #thehalloffire as we take a look at the Extended Edition of Peter Jacksons ‘The Two Towers’.
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December 13-14: The Scouring of the Shire – Chapter 9 of the Return of
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