From Galadrielle:
As a Korean runemaster, I thought perhaps you may be interested to know what the Korean alphabet (h’an-gle) said in those posters of yours which I delighted me exceedingly. As you probably already noted, they both say the same thing. Here I will give you my best rendering line by line:
the one who takes (appropriates, conquers, wins) the last ring
SHALL WIELD ALL THE POWER!
Emperor of the Ring
“Lord of the Rings” ring party (scouts, agents, missionaries)
Now I will give my rendering word by word, as ordered in each sentence:
Last ring taking person
ALL POWER WIELD SHALL BE!
Ring (separated by middle word “oui” – propositional counterpart of “of”)
Emperor
“Lord of the Rings” ring party/scouts
Grammatically, Korean sentences are arranged in an order opposite of English. The word “banzi” in the Korean website address stands for “ring”, except it isn’t a faithful phonetic rendition. There are no Z sounds in Korean. The right pronunciation for the Korean word RING is not “banzi” but “bahn-ji”. All Korean vowels are pronounced short and abrupt. Each block of letters represents a syllable, by the way. And Korean alphabet is a phonetic alphabet, rendered as it’s pronounced. Unlike Chinese, they are not characters depicting abstraction or a concrete object.
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For some, the Lord of the Rings is a novel about adventure, the way people change and develop in character when faced with adversity or simply about the struggle between good and evil. And for some it is about the romance between Aragorn and Arwen, a mortal and immortal who shared love in both life and death. This weekend, the Hall of Fire is discussing the extended role of the romance between Aragorn and Arwen in Peter Jackson’s Fellowship of the Ring. [More]
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KT SHY sends in this article from the Toronto Star, which claims that the Lord of the Rings sold 1.5 million copies in Canada alone last year and giving massive sales to Harper-Collins Canada. [More]
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Gothmog & Wife writes: Adding to the unused scenes item on the Italian site mailed in recently, has anyone seen the Merlin sticker collection book and stickers for younger J.R.R fans? It too contains pics/scenes either not used, or scenes shot from a different angle? Not sure about the validity of this but with all the slavering (us included) about more scenes/stuff in the extended DVD version, just thought it was interesting.
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Richard writes: UK magazine SFX issue 88 have a short interview with Peter Jackson where he admits he will likely edit the remaining films based on audience reaction to FOTR. Let’s hope we ‘ve sent the right messages![More]
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Marc sends word that Fellowship of the Ring has crept up towards #12 in the World All-Time Box Office chart, just $66m away from taking The Sixth Sense’s place in the top ten. [More]
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