{"id":29562,"date":"2008-08-25T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=29562"},"modified":"2008-08-25T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T16:19:33","slug":"tolkien-flashback-august-17th-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/08\/25\/29562-tolkien-flashback-august-17th-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien Flashback August 17th-23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ringer Diedye brings us another great FLASHBACK! This week\u2019s flashback details the events that took place in the Tolkien universe between August 17th-23rd. This is a weekly feature that Diedye posts in the forum, so if there is ever a time we don\u2019t post it on the homepage of TORn, make sure to check the Main board in our forums. Click on the link below to transported in time!
\nAugust 17 to August 23<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1947<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 20<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Famed British fantasy artist Alan Lee<\/a>, who also worked as a conceptual designer on Peter Jackson\u2019s LOTR<\/em>, is born on this day.<\/p>\n

1948<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 20<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Australian actor John Noble<\/a>, who played Denethor<\/em> in Peter Jackson\u2019s LOTR<\/em> movie trilogy, is born on this day.<\/p>\n

1953<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 17<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 In a follow-up letter (#140) to a visit by Rayner Unwin to Sandfield Road, Tolkien offers some new suggestions for titles for all three LOTR<\/em> books\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n
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The Fellowship of the Ring will do, I think; and fits well with the fact that the last chapter of the Volume is The Breaking of the Fellowship. The Two Towers gets as near as possible to finding a title to cover the widely divergent Books 3 and 4; and can be left ambiguous \u2013 it might refer to Isengard and Barad-d\u00fbr, or to Minas Tirith and B; or Isengard and Cirith Ungol. On reflection I prefer for Vol. III The War of the Ring, since it gets in the Ring again; and also is more non-committal, and gives less hint about the turn of the story : the chapter titles have been chosen also to give away as little as possible in advance. But I am not set in my choice.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n
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August 19<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Rayner Unwin replies to Tolkien\u2019s letter, agreeing with his choice of book titles for LOTR<\/em>, except for the third one, which he prefers to be titled \u201cThe Return of the King\u201d.<\/p>\n

1957<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 21<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Canadian fantasy artist John Howe<\/a>, who also worked as a conceptual designer on Peter Jackson\u2019s LOTR<\/em>, is born on this day.<\/p>\n

1966<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 19<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 In a letter to Tolkien regarding an upcoming visit, Rayner Unwin mentions Tolkien\u2019s latest physical challenge, namely a muscular spasm for which his doctor has prescribed a cervical collar, which Rayner hopes \u201cis not proving too burdensome\u201d (HarperCollins archive).<\/p>\n

1968<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 21<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 After having a forced hiatus from writing imposed upon him due to his recent leg injury, Tolkien expresses his anxiousness in a letter to Stanley Unwin: \u201cI am beginning to feel that the forcible damming up of the stream may soon release a good head of water to set the wheels turning again \u2013 as soon as I have anywhere to write in peace.\u201d (HarperCollins archives)<\/p>\n

1999<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 19<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Scoop gets the rumor mill<\/a> going with the possibility of Liv Tyler being considered for a role in LOTR<\/em>.<\/p>\n

August 20<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 In the latest entry of his Grey Book<\/a>, Sir Ian McKellen reveals what motivates him to take the parts he does, his thoughts on taking on the role of Gandalf in a venture that will take him away from his London home for one year and his faith in Peter Jackson\u2019s ability to bring the LOTR<\/em> to life on the big screen.<\/p>\n

August 21<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Michael Deluca denies<\/a> rumors that Liv Tyler has been cast in LOTR<\/em>.<\/p>\n

August 22<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 A rather dubious spy report<\/a> \u201creveals\u201d that Simon Tolkien, the estranged son of Christopher, is in talks with Peter Jackson and New Line for a role in the LOTR<\/em> trilogy. Although this same spy report confirms the casting of Sir Ian McKellen, the unexpected mention of Ben Affleck raises more than a few eyebrows.<\/p>\n

2000<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 22<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 That \u201cspikey wheel\u201d pics has conjured up a slew<\/a> of theories as to what it could be.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The New Zealand Press<\/em> prints a couple of pics of the Edoras set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Sir Ian McKellen answers some more LOTR<\/em> questions on his E-post page<\/a>, including how he deals with Gandalf\u2019s fake wigs and facial hair, who actually was on Shadowfax in the spy pictures of Gandalf at the flooded Isengard set, how the rescue of Gandalf by Gwaihir will be shown, whether the Elvish dialogue will be subtitled and if the world will get to see Gandalf\u2019s knees. He also reveals that the official LOTR<\/em> photographs are being shot by Pierre Vinet, a Montrealer.<\/p>\n

August 23<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Stuff.co.nz<\/em> reveals<\/a> that WETA has bought 16 shiny new SGI servers to help with the rendering of the LOTR<\/em> trilogy.<\/p>\n

2001<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 21<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 A production insider reports<\/a> that, from what sources have told him and photos he has seen, Bilbo will not be in the \u201cCouncil of Elrond\u201d scene. It is also noted that, oddly enough, there is no chair next to Gandalf when Frodo brings forth the One Ring.<\/p>\n

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Another movie mistake or will Frodo not be present for the rest of the Council scene?<\/p>\n

August 23<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 A TORn spy sends along some pics<\/a> of costume accessories that will supposedly be worn by the Nazgul in the LOTR<\/em> films.<\/p>\n

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2004<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nAugust 17<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Elrond presents a shoddily reforged sword to Aragorn in John Cook\u2019s newest installment of Fraud of the Rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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August 19<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Saul Zaentz, the movie & music mogul who holds the movie rights to The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, sues New Line Cinema for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties.<\/p>\n

All info has been collected from Hammond & Scull’s “J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide”; “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, TORn and various sites on the web. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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