Suspiria777 and Eilozette write: Hi, we visit theonering.net frequently and thought you might like a report on the Middle Earth Shuttle in New York City tuesday (November 18th). Sorry to report it was a bit of a disappointment. [More]
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Suspiria777 and Eilozette write:
Hi, we visit theonering.net frequently and thought you might like a report on the Middle Earth Shuttle in New York City today. Sorry to report it was a bit of a disappointment.
We’ve attached pictures–we apologize in advance if they give you email any problems or if they’re too big. We don’t know how to reduce the image size.
We work within a short subway ride of Times Square, so we decided to go up to see the “Middle Earth Shuttle” on our lunch hour on Tuesday Nov. 18th. The official press release said the event would run from 11:30-1:30.
We took the S from Times Square to Grand Central and arrived at about 12:15 or 12:20. To our disappointment, they were turning crowds of people away. The woman who seemed to be in charge said, a bit irritably, that they ran out of free giveaways and decided to end it. They were letting the press through but no one else. There was no explanation beyond that, no apology. We asked if we could just look into the subwar car, but she said no. Her tone was rude. We do want to mention that the cops manning the event were polite.
Anyway, we got at least a glimpse of what was going on:
A single car on the S train was decorated and lit with a green light–it looked pretty atmospheric. There were twigs wrapped around the subway pillars. The best part were the Golum figures–about 2-3 feet high, there were several crouched on Lord of the Rings stands. There were big banners announcing “The Middle Earth Shuttle.”
The press release turned out to be misleading. We only saw one decorated subway car, but the press release stated that “cars” would be decorated and it would “carry commuters…between both stops from 11:30AM-1:30PM.” The release also mentioned “12-foot ents” but we saw no sign of them. As for giveaways, we had absolutely no expectation of “getting” anything except maybe a few pictures and a story to tell.
While the experience hasn’t dimmed our excitement about the films, we feel that New Line Cinema, or whoever sponsored the event, could have been a bit more respectful to the fans. Maybe New Line could organize events in a way that doesn’t leave fans annoyed and disappointed–we all remember how well New Line and other large companies handled Trilogy Tuesday ticket sales.
Odile writes:
To promote the release of TTT:EE DVD being released today, They (not sure who was responsible) decorated the Times Square Shuttle with green light, gollums and Ents (who were outside.) I’m attaching a couple of pictures…
They were also giving away pewter(?) medallion thingies embossed with Treebeard from Sideshow WETA.
On Monday (November 17th) Cate Blanchett was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. She was there to promote her latest film ‘The Missing’. I’ve finally managed to get my video in card to work..so here are some screenshots! [More]
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On Monday November 17th, 2003 Cate Blanchett was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. She was there to promote her latest film ‘The Missing’.
Cate Blanchett just flew in from Rome on a whirlwind promo tour for ‘The Missing’, she was slated to fly back to Itlay in a matter of hours after this interview. She was very cordial and open with Dave about her pregnancy, she stated that she was currently 4 months into it. She told Dave how she found out about being pregnant for a second time. Ironically enough she was getting fitted for a fake pregnancy body suit for ‘The Missing’ when she suddenly fainted. After getting looked at by a doctor she went for blood tests and heard the good news.
She also mentioned working on her new film in Rome with Wes Anderson (A Life Aquatic). She said that her 2 year old son is learning Italian rather quckly, she did a little imiatation of him saying ‘ciao bella’ for her.
Click on the image above to see some screenshots from the interview.
Sorry for the confusion, everyone. Tonight’s Ticket Exchange was posted earlier today, to allow for a rare European ticket. We will be back on Monday with more tickets — no, we haven’t run out yet, but we’re always looking for MORE [Information here]. Just to let folks know now, we have a holiday here in the states next week, so tickets will be posted on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Thanks everyone!
Ringer Spy Goblin sends in a great link to the Wellington City Council site, showing the parade route for the morning of December 1st. For those of you who AREN’T in Wellington, there is also a link to the web cam, so bookmark this page now! [More]