{"id":115225,"date":"2022-09-13T20:31:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=115225"},"modified":"2022-09-13T22:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T03:19:07","slug":"middle-earth-magic-at-dragoncon-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/09\/13\/115225-middle-earth-magic-at-dragoncon-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-earth Magic at Dragon Con 2022!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A week has gone by since we gathered with fellow fans in the belly of the beast for Dragon Con 2022<\/a> – a return to pre-Covid type revelry; though with slightly reduced numbers this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s convention was a great success – and it has to be said, the reduced numbers make a BIG difference. The event still felt crowded, but it was possible to move around without getting stuck in a crowd and coming to a complete standstill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Tolkien fans, there was plenty to love. On Thursday 1st September, staffers deej, Madeye Gamgee and greendragon started us off with a look at what we might expect to see in Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/em>. Folks then dispersed to various room parties to watch the first two episodes, as they released that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staffers deej, greendragon and Madeye Gamgee at Thursday’s panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Very Special Guests<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Friday 2nd brought what was for many the most exciting panel of the weekend – a chat with dialect coach Leith McPherson and artist John Howe<\/a>. Hosted by greendragon, this conversation could have gone on for much longer than an hour. McPherson and Howe are both passionate, insightful and charming – and had much to say! Their love for Tolkien, and their desire to respect his creation whilst bringing something new to the screen in The Rings of Power<\/em>, was evident. Listening to them speak, noone could doubt the earnest desire of the showrunners to honour and cherish Middle-earth, and all that it means to people, in this new manifestation. (Whether they have succeeded or not remains a matter of opinion and personal taste; but the sincere wish not to break something beautiful, as McPherson put it, cannot be doubted.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the panel, DragonCon TV caught up with the two guests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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