From: Mike
Well I’ve just finished watching the program ‘Cinemagic’ on M-Net here in South Africa and yes, they did preview ‘The Lord of the Rings’. My oh my, where do I start? Should I start with the fact that the show’s presenter had an exclusive interview with Peter Jackson at Cannes (along with Mark Ordeksy and some other guy) and Peter answered a few questions and said something like, “The films will never be as good as your imagination, but you will see things in this film that are better than your imagination.”
Maybe I should start by telling you that they showed all sorts of photos from the films, some of which I’ve never even seen before (a lot of them from ‘Empire Magazine’), such as Arwen in Rivendell, Boromir at the Council of Elrond, Legolas at the battle of Helms Deep and Gimli, Merry and Pippin in the Mines of Moria.
I should also tell you about the clips they showed from the first Theatrical Teaser Trailer (the fire-writing being burnt onto the ring and Frodo cathing it, Aragorn throwing a torch at the screen, Orcs marching, Galadriel saying, “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future….” and the words ‘The Lord of the Rings’ flash onto the screen.
It ended with the presenter, Barry Ronge, saying that he thinks that these film will not be the films of the year, but the films of the DECADE! He said that he thinks that the film “will redefine the epic genre” and he cannot wait to see it when it opens “around the world on December the 19th”. Barry Ronge’s sidekick then said something like, “Well I for one cannot wait to see the film, I’m a Tolkien fan and I think it looks incredible. However good it is, it most certainly cannot be worse than ‘Tomcats’…” [He then proceeds to review ‘Tomcats’]
All in all I was in heaven, I mean, they showed a preview of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on TV in South Africa and the presenter actually said that he thinks it’s going to be the film of the decade!!! – lots of people watch this show. Once again ‘The Lord of the Rings’ triumphs over the evil that are film critics.
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Karen from Decipher, one of the cool folks TORN had the pleasure of hanging around with at Comic-Con, has send us a press release regarding thier plans for the upcoming GenCon. Check it out! [More]
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Ringer Spy Anthony sends along work that you can get two free tickets to your local theatre if you get one of those ‘Try AOL CD’s’. [More]
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From: Anthony
In the spirit of the upcoming films I have found out that AOL has a free movie ticket offer. I went to my local Barnes and Noble this morning to find at the counter those TRY AOL FREE disks that they always give away. Well the new disks have a pic of the Nazgul on the horse as like the new movie-book editions and inside is an offer for 2 free movie tickets to a participating theater, with a GREAT pic of the Council of Elrond, with availble offers of Free Screensavers and behind the scenese stuff…inside the packet it says go to AOL Keyword:Lord of the Rings for these offfers…
These disks are everywhere I am sure where they are offered, Barnes and NOble, Kmart etc.
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Thanks to Sirelle for sending along this great aricle from the ‘Providence Journal Bulletin’. Take a look.
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I’ve gathered all the Comic-Con 2001 reports here for easy reading, enjoy!
Comic-Con Day 1.5
Here we are in sunny San Diego (ok we’re inside most of the time 🙂 )! The Comic-Con is under way in outrageous fashion, and Lord of the Rings is all over. [Day 1.5]
Comic-Con 2001 Art Pics
Ringer Spy Faie sends along these great scans of some LOTR related art from Comic-Con 2001. Check them out! [Comic-Con Art]
Rings figures straight from Comic-Con
The Action Figure Times have posted a hoard of new action figure images from Comic-Con. [Toy Biz Toys]
Comic-Con Caraaaaazy
Have I lost my mind!? What happened to the last four days? Hanging out with a Hobbit and an Ent, WETA wizards, Sideshow masters, Decipher gurus, TORN fans, and being surrounded by TOLKIEN TOLKIEN TOLKIEN all weekend was just amazing. [Comic-con]
Comic-Con Images
Check out some of the great images Tookish and Quickbeam captured during the festivities at Comic-Con 2001! [Comic-con Images]
Comic-Con Day Three
Ever since I was a Tolkien fan, three has been my lucky number. Watching New Line’s presentation and bumping into Eljah Wood (Frodo Baggins) was just the start! [Day 3]
Comic-Con 2001: Wrap and Review
Quickbeam has the last word from the San Diego Comic-con. You’ll REALLY want to read this one folks, as it holds the transcripts of what WETA President Richard Taylor said at our Thursday presentation as well as some *delicious* insights from the wise Ent. Another great TORN exclusive if I do say so myself!! [Comic-con Review]
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