The folks at musingsofviggo.com send along this bit of upsetting news, seems Viggo has been overwhelmed with letters and cards that he has to resign to stop answering them all together…sad
This from a man I have yet to meet, but I’ve heard is one of the most gentle and soft-spoken people you can meet. Considering he’s got a massive multi-million dollar trilogy of blockbusters under his belt, a ton of amazing other films, is an accomplished photographer and student of the arts…you’d think he’d have a bigger head and small heart, apparently nothing can be further from the truth. I can only assume his decision was not an easy one to come to, and fans all around the world can’t blame him for giving up, sometimes fan mail can be TOO much!
Stay tuned for our EXCLUSIVE interview with Viggo Mortensen while he was in NYC recently, and another video from his LA event! Viggo-mania hits torn!
A message from Viggo:
Over the years I have made the effort to read and answer every piece of fan mail that I received. Lately, however, the volume of mail has increased significantly making it practically impossible to keep up with it all and to respond to each piece personally. Although I am grateful for the favorable response that those of us involved in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy have had, it is simply become a bit overwhelming. I find that I have little or no time left for other pursuits and have little free time left for art projects or for spending time with friends and family.
Therefore, as I do not wish to have mail answered for me by others, I have no choice but to say that I will no longer be accepting fan mail after October 31, 2002.
Please do not send anymore letters or cards as it will not be answered. I will, however, continue to honor requests for autographs in person as I have always done.
I thank you for your support and kind thoughts.
Viggo
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Rachel writes: There is a Memorabilia Fair, which is apparently the largest collector’s fair for Sci-Fi, Film and Tv Memorabilia in Europe, being held at the NEC in Birmingham, United Kingdom on the 16th-17th November 2002. It is reported on their official site that John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) will be there for a guest signing. [More]
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Neturina sends along a really amazing comparison of Gollum from the teaser and the Gollum from the new trailer, seems the WETA boys have been working hard to get things just right. Take a look! !!!Spoilers!!! [More]
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Neturina writes: As others I was baffeled by the new TTTTrailer, one of the things that realy
blew me away was the way Gollum looked. I noticed he looked much, much better an detailed than before. I took some screenshots from the teaser trailer and the full trailer and started to combine the two. A few things I’ve noticed:
-First of all they colour-corrected the entire shot, look for instance at Sam’s head and feet, they’re more blue-ish.
-Second, the position of Gollums body has changed: he stretches his arm more downward and his right hand is now resting on a rock next to him instead of behind him.
-Thirdly we can see that Gollum must have received some serious whipping between the teaser and the trailer, look what those WETA-guys did to him!
Look at the stripes on his back and the way we now can see his veins and bones through his skin. His hand and hair also look a lot more detailed and realistic!
We can assume that this shot is finished now but to those who think the Ents, Wargs and other Gollum-shots don’t look as good as they could look, just wait for the movie. It’s clear that the WETA-people aren’t quickly satisfied and that’s ofcours a good thing!
I’ve attached a jpg-file in which you can see the differences I pointed out, hope you find it interesting. [More]
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Popcorn Taxi is proud to present a very special on stage conversation with Academy Award winning cinematographer ANDREW LESNIE, the man behind the lens of the LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY. [More]
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Ammers writes: I am writing to inform fellow ringers in the Seattle area that there will be a lecture on the Annotated Hobbit by Douglas Anderson on October 10th at 7pm. The lecture will take place on the University of Washington campus. Tickets are available for free at any University Bookstore location.
Be sure to check out Quickbeam’s review of ‘The Annotated Hobbit’ here!
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