Following our highly successful detour into Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, this weekend Hall of Fire will explore the relationship between Frodo and Sam. Was it ever a relationship of master and servant, or was it more one of close friendship from the very start? How does it evolve over the course of the Quest? Where do we see Frodo the leader?; where do we see Sam the leader?
Who was the more virtuous, Sam or Frodo? Why do you believe so? Who was the stronger, braver, wiser, kinder of the pair, and who contributed the most to the success of the Quest? Who had the more faults? And who was the better leader? After all, Samwise Gamgee went on to become the mayor of the Shire for a very long time. Perhaps it should have been Sam who carried the One Ring?
These are just a few of the things we’ll discuss this weekend on Saturday February 4 at 5.30pm EST in The Hall of Fire.
Time zone conversions
Not sure what time the chat will be where you are? Check this little conversion table out for some help.
America:
5.30pm EST (New York)
4.30pm CST (Chicago)
3.30pm MST (Salt Lake City)
2.30pm PST (Los Angeles)
Europe:
10.30pm GMT (London)
11.30pm CET (Paris)
Asia-Pacific:
6.30am AWST (Monday 13th) Perth
8.30am AEST (Monday 13th) Brisbane
9.30am AEDT (Monday 13th) Sydney
11.30am NZDT (Monday 13th) Wellington
Our chats usually last 45 mins to an hour, and are very newbie friendly. Simply drop in and join the conversation!
Where?
Chat happens on #thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net – the TORn IRC server. You can connect instantly via our java chat client that works inside your web browser (find it here! ) or choose to install a dedicated chat program such as mIRC on your computer.
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Upcoming topics:
Sat Feb 4 — Frodo and Sam
Sun Feb 12 — Silmarillion Chapter 16
Sat Feb 18 — Silmarillion Chapter 16
Sun Feb 26 — Middle-earth’s greatest hero
Sat Mar 4 — Middle-earth’s greatest hero
Got a topic? Let us know your idea!
If you have a burning desire to discuss something in Hall of Fire, drop us a line with your topic at halloffire@theonering.net. If we like it, we’ll probably give it a run in the coming weeks – you might even get to guest moderate the session!
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The award winning Lord of the Rings Symphony sounds in Germany. On this years May 28th. the Lord of the Rings Symphony is going to sound in the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany. This is the opportunity for everyone who would like to experience the musical masterpiece of Howard Shore live. This extraordinary concert event provides a wonderful arrangement of the soundtracks from the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s a symphonical journey through the fantastic world of Tolkien’s phantasy-novels. [More]
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The award winning Lord of the Rings Symphony sounds in Germany
On this years May 28th. the Lord of the Rings Symphony is going to sound in the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany. This is the opportunity for everyone who would like to experience the musical masterpiece of Howard Shore live. This extraordinary concert event provides a wonderful arrangement of the soundtracks from the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s a symphonical journey through the fantastic world of Tolkien’s phantasy-novels.
The music that is going to be performed that night is, besides being the oscar award winning Soundtrack of Howard Shoe, what the Fan community calls the “musical ring” of the 21st century.
The “Lord of the Rings-Symphony” takes the guests away on a musical trip to middle-earth. The audience will experience a fantastic live concert featuring an impressive mulit-media presentation of the original illustrations and sotryboards by the artists Alan Lee and John Howe.
The music, the impressions and the entire performance let the characters and the images of the film-trilogy become alive in the people’s minds.
The world-famous film music, for which Howard Shore received a Grammy and an Oscar, will be played by the “Neue Philharmonie Westfalen” conducted by Markus Huber, who has done it already several times in numerous cities around the world. The sound of the orchestra will gleam the Kölnarena as well as the voices of the two choires “KölnChor” and “Rheinischer Kammerchor” will. In addition to that the Kölnarena is proud to welcome some well known soloists as well.
This concert event comes to Germany in May 2006! It’s a must see for every single member of the Tolkien-Community. [More]
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Dominic Monaghan was on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ last night (Jan 30th), he was there to talk his hit show “Lost”, all the awards they’ve been winning, he also managed to sneak in a chat about Poi, Poo Poo and sex on planes. Take a look! (41.5MB MOV) [More]
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Sean Astin was a guest on ‘The Tony Danza Show’, first of all, my apologies to anyone who had to watch this show for the first time simply to catch Sean Astin, Tony Danza is a HORRIBLE talk show host. His only saving grace is the fact that he seems to be a genuine fan of “24”. Thank God for my DVR (think Canadian TiVo) as I was able to skip past his inane chatter and get to the good stuff. Sean talks about “24”, and an illness that has hit him close to home, Bi-Polar Disorder. Take a look! (53.7MB MOV) [More]
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The public gets its first look at The Lord of the Rings musical this week. That’s exciting for Tolkien fans, but nerve-wracking for the show’s creative team, who have their reputations — and a lot of their money — on the line According to the calendar, opening night for the most ambitious theatre project in history — the $27-million production of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings — is still seven weeks away. But for the show’s producers, cast and creative team, the March 23 world premiere at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre is only a distant focus of attention. [More]
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