Lisa wrote, “A few months ago I wrote to TORN telling them how fantastic Gollum was for my hearing-impaired husband. [The animation is so accurate that he can be lip-read! – T] TORN asked me if my husband could interpret what Sam was saying in Osgiliath, when Frodo fades in and out . After several attempts, however, he’s said he can’t understand Sam. One drawback of lip reading is that slow motion kills any ability to understand what the person is saying – which is why you should never exaggerate enunciation when speaking to a hearing impaired person!” OK, so we’re putting the call out to all Ringers: What do YOU think Sam is saying when his voice fades out to Frodo in Osgiliath?
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NZ’s rugby team the All Blacks have been a national icon since, ooh, about 1915. Frodo’s been a national mascot since around 2001, and Air NZ [also trying to be a national icon] decided to get Frodo and the All Blacks together in this photo on Scoop…[More]
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LOTR Composer Howard Shore lost out on his Classical Brit Award to “Orient & Occident” composrer Arvo Pärt. To see a full list of winners follow the green link of goodness. [More]
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The UK newspaper ‘The Metro’ featured this image of Gollum accepting his MTV movie award. Take a look! [More]
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Thanks to Viper for the link to this interview over at Slushfactory. Scroll down for her comments on her work iillustrating The Complete Tolkien Sourcebook.[More]
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Another stellar effort by Eledhwen brings us a complete translation of the articles we just posted, which appeared in French magazine Cinefilm[s] Eledhwen’s translation is here. Great interviews with Peter Jackson, John Rhys-Davies, Viggo Mortensen and Andy Serkis.
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