Earlier this year, when the noisy gears of the movie marketing machine began to grind, a low-grade anxiety seized me. My 5-year-old son was about to be cheated of one of childhood’s great pleasures: the chance to conjure his own hobbits, ents, and elves rather than have them presented to him pre-imagined. [More]

Lawrence writes: I just received my December issue of Computer Graphics World (CGW) this past weekend and they had an article about the computer animation used in LOTR.

Anyone with a scanner, send it along!

Here’s a gift idea for Kiwi Ringers: LOTR-themed license plates. [More]

Ross writes: The BBC news website has a new article on the World Premiere of FOTR, which can be read here. Also, hstead says a new poll on FOTR’s performance in the box office can be found here.

Actress Liv Tyler and young heartthrob Elijah Wood have brought the magic of Middle Earth to London. They cast a spell on a crowd of 2,000 who were screaming for them as they arrived at the star-studded screening of the £76 million movie. [More]

Thanks to GullyFoyle for the link!