Ringer John from Memphis sent us a review of the Entertainment Weekly’s special edition on LOTR. He includes a few Extended Edition scenes, and points out a case of BAD reporting. [More]
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Ringer John from Memphis writes:
The special edition Entertainment Weekly that I received in the mail and that was available to early shoppers at Best Buy had a small column/box stating what the additions to the EE ROTK would be.
Mostly they are what we all expected, but I thought it was interesting that when Gandalf meets the Witch King, EW reports that the Witch King is able to break Gandalf’s staff. Here’s what I remember:
- Gandalf vs. Saruman
- Gandalf vs. Witch King
- Aragorn vs. The Mouth of Sauron
- Houses of Healing
- Merry becomes Theoden’s Squire
There were about 3 other items listed. There may be errors in the list as I found significant errors in the reporting and description of the plots of the three films (the most egregious was the comment that Frodo sails away to enjoy immortality… I guess for the non-reader this could be a logical mistake, but you assume that a journalist would at least have done a little
research).
I also noticed last night watching some of the extras on the ROTK DVD that there were many scenes/camera shots that were not in the theatrical version at all including a scene where Aragorn is “tending” to a prostrate Eowyn on a chaise in what appears to be the Golden Hall (as opposed to Minas Tirith and the Houses of Healing… perhaps this was cut from The Two Towers?)… and a much more indepth look at the armies of Sauron moving towards Udun to meet the Captains of the West (though the documentary is talking about these armies approaching Minas Tirith). Of course, several time I saw the shot of Merry bowing before Theoden (which we have all seen in the trailers) and Theoden’s actual response line of “And I am glad to accept it” to Merry’s offer of service… If that one doesn’t make it into the EE, I’ll be writing a personal letter to Dominic Monaghan telling him that he was robbed, no matter how good the rest of it is… There was another one of Aragorn looking down and crying about somebody on the battle field (as well as the shot of Eomer holding somebody, probably Eowyn, in his arms and crying, which again we have all seen).
Would be interested to hear what other camera shots I missed that other Ringers have found that may show up later in the year (and it better BE this year, too!!!)
Ringer L. writes: This has been posted on various fan sites, thought you would like to put it up also on your page. “The Rebild Society regrets to announce that Viggo Mortensen will not be participating in the Rebild Party as main American speaker. He informed us of this through a letter which unfortunately the Rebild Society did not receive, which was why we informed the press of our invitation to Viggo Mortensen. The Rebild society apologizes for the inconvenience this has caused.”
Ringer Spy Linuxelf writes: Saw this on the NZ news tonight; if you remember in FOTR a Hobbit (none other than Farmer Maggot) was approached by a Ringwraith, and a dog was barking and walked backwards inside, just before he told them that there where no “Bagginses around here, there up in Hobbiton..” Well that dog ‘Herc’ has been in a multitude of TV adverts and other movies, and sadly passed away yesterday. Herc’s offspring is currently being trained for a part in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. He knew 120 commands! [More] or [More]
UPDATE: Farmer Maggot himself, Cameron Rhodes, responds:
Hi, I am deeply saddend at the death of my co-star. He will live on in the FELLOWSHIP.
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CAMERON RHODES Auckland NZ
TORn Staffer Asfaloth writes: When we arrived at the new Best Buy in West Hollywood last night the line was already down the block. Nothing new for ‘Rings events. Ringers seem to almost enjoy lining up! But the promised autograph session with Dominic Monaghan was just too good an event to pass up. [More]
TORn Staffer Asfaloth writes:
When we arrived at the new Best Buy in West Hollywood last night the line was already down the block. Nothing new for ‘Rings events. Ringers seem to almost enjoy lining up! But the promised autograph session with Dominic Monaghan was just too good an event to pass up. The folks at Best Buy told me that they handed out 486 numbered wristbands. People started to line up at 1pm for the 10:30pm signing. Ringers traveled from as far as Germany, Florida, Las Vegas and Orange County to meet Dom in person. At midnight they were to re-open the doors of the store and sell DVDs of the theatrical version of “The Return of the King.”
The atmosphere was festive. We saw a lot of familiar faces. It was a little sad because we’ve befriended so many people through the course of covering LOTR events for TORn and “Ringers.” And we knew that this would be one of the last events for a while at least.
Dominic seemed genuinely pleased and touched by the outpouring of support from the very well behaved and orderly crowd. Dom signed anything and everything that was presented to him. The folks at New Line gave everyone a nice glossy picture of Dom in Rohan armor. Best Buy was giving away goodie bags with a free LOTR t-shirt, ROTK poster and two pins. There was lots of picture taking and hugs all around. The generous Ringers showered Dom with little gifts such as: a hand knitted scarf, a painting of Merry in Rohan armor, a stuffed monkey, homemade buttons (badges for the UK crowd), and Merry and Pippin Mickey Mouse ears. (Dom promised to give the other set to Billy). Dom spoke on the phone to someone’s friend who couldn’t make it, and signed someone else’s birthday card. And yes, someone gave him a black rubber ducky with little devil horns and sharp pointy teeth.
By midnight the line wasn’t even halfway finished. By 1:00 am there were still over a hundred people outside waiting. And shortly after 1:15 am the New Line representative declared the signing “closed” and hustled Dom out of the building. There were a lot of disappointed fans, but it was terribly late. Best Buy remained open to sell some of their 4,000 copies of the ROTK DVD.