Way back when Viggo Mortensen was last in Wellington, the people at Antipodean Viggophile took some video of the occasion. The video has been set to music and the result is a quirky four-part view of the day Antipodean Viggophiles converged on Wellington. [More]
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Way back when Viggo Mortensen was last in Wellington, the people at Antipodean Viggophile took some video of the occasion.
The video has been set to music and the result is a quirky four-part view of the day Antipodean Viggophiles converged on Wellington. We’ve hosted them all here for convenience, but you can also find them here.
The music is by a fantastic kiwi band called Rhombus, and you really should check out Antipodean Viggophile, who were kind enough to let us host these files.
By the way, you will need Quicktime to view these files. You can get it here.
TORn Staffer Quickbeam got the lowdown for us on six fantastic new cards that Decipher is about to release.
These awesome cards are from “The Two Towers” set that Decipher is releasing on Wednesday, November 6th. We’ve got the EXCLUSIVE first look at these images, so enjoy!
Update
We’ve added another two images from the Two Towers deck for your viewing enjoyment. Now you can check out “From the Armoury” and “Khazad Ai-menu”. They’re directly below, and the others are slightly further down. Thanks to Elf of Ossiriand for sending these in!
From the Armoury
Gimli models the latest in chainmail for Legolas and Aragorn. From the way Legolas and Aragorn are standing, it looks as though they are trying very hard not to laugh …
Khazad Ai-Menu
A dwarven battle cry from elves? But wait and look a little closer …
Brought Back Alive
Merry and Pippin being carried by Uruks of Mordor and Isengard.
Easterling Axeman
Check the detail on the helm of this Easterling! You can even see his eyes through the visor slits.
Hornburg Courtyard
A beautiful statue in the courtyard of the Hornburg at Helm’s Deep. Could this be Helm Hammerhand himself? Note the horn he’s carrying in addition to the warhammer in the left hand. Of course, Tolkien’s Helm went unarmed when slaying Dunlendings.
Elite Rider
This is one of the elite riders of Rohan. Perhaps a member of Eomer’s Eored, which did battle with the orcs that took Merry and Pippin?
Flanking Attack
These Oliphaunts of the Haradrim really are huge. Big as a house is an understatement.
Treebeard
Hoom! I dom’t want to be hasty, but this is just beyond amazing! If you’re wondering how much infuence Alan Lee might have add in Treebeard’s creation, check out his famous illustration from Lord of the Rings here.
Okay, apparently we got it all wrong! Martina wrote to tell me this is in fact a Croatian poster promoting the DVD and VHS release from September. Hopefully, all the details are right this time. Thanks to TORn Staffer Alvie for sending the poster into us. We miss you Alvie! [More]
A small number of very lucky people in 10 cities across the USA got to watch the Extended Edition of Fellowship of the Ring in the theatre earlier this evening. Switz sent in this report for us. [More]
If you attended one of these one-off showings, e-mail us your report as well and we’ll publish it!
Switz was one of the very lucky people to see the Extended Edition at the theatre this evening, and wrote this little report for us:
I just got home from the Extended LOTR screening at McClurg Court in downtown Chicago.
What a spectacular movie! I give New Line a great deal of credit for their gamble, but I wish they had had the guts to go with the long version as the original theater release.
The additional details, scenes, backstory titbits (Aragorn’s mother, Sacville-Baggins jokes, Smeagol reference) really added to the experience. Can hardly wait the extra week to be able to see this version again!!