{"id":89841,"date":"2014-06-06T15:44:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=89841"},"modified":"2014-06-07T13:10:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T18:10:47","slug":"denver-comic-con-here-we-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/06\/89841-denver-comic-con-here-we-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Comic Con &#8211; Here We Come!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denver_post_pic.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89844 alignright no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denver_post_pic.jpg\" alt=\"denver_post_pic\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denver_post_pic.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denver_post_pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denver_post_pic-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> TheOneRing.net and Happy Hobbit are coming to <a href=\"http:\/\/denvercomiccon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Comic Con<\/a> next weekend, June 13-15 with a packed schedule full of Middle-earth fun\u00a0for fans including a preview of what we expect to see in THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES with Sylvester McCoy (Radagast)!<\/p>\n<p>Join us for an amazing weekend of activities including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: disc; padding: 20px;\">\n<li>TheOneRing.net exclusive T-Shirt at the WETA booth<\/li>\n<li>Hobbit: BOFA preview with SYLVESTER MCCOY in person<\/li>\n<li>Happy Hobbit panel and fan table<\/li>\n<li>FREE FOR ALL fan meet up &#8220;TORN MOOT&#8221; Friday night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Stay at the official TheOneRing.net Hotel!<\/h3>\n<p>TheOneRing.net has partnered with the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bestwesterndenver\" target=\"_blank\">DINO HOTEL<\/a> to offer discount rooms and a Middle-earth themed party Friday night (details below). Come hang\u00a0with TheOneRing and Happy Hobbit (Kili, Fili and their mother Dis) all weekend with a special Rhosgobel-rate of $85 per night (normally $130). Book by phone (303) 989-5500 &amp;\u00a0mention TheOneRing or click through their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestwesterndenver.com\" target=\"_blank\">Best Western Denver Southwest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Official TORN MOOT Party\u00a0Friday Night! FREE<\/h3>\n<p>Join us for a fun-filled family friendly evening on FRIDAY, JUNE 13 from 8:30 PM &#8211; Midnight at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/3440+S+Vance+St\/@39.6544547,-105.0794977,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x876b81d2b124ef09:0xe0a0015b4fb73d82\" target=\"_blank\">Best Western Denver Southwest DINO HOTEL<\/a>. There will be trivia, a costume contest, and a kitchen and bar to order from (but no entdraught). A convention badge is <strong>not<\/strong> required and the party is open to Tolkien fans of all ages. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tolkien-fan-meet-up.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89847 aligncenter no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tolkien-fan-meet-up-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"tolkien fan meet up\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tolkien-fan-meet-up-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tolkien-fan-meet-up-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tolkien-fan-meet-up-600x423.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Panel Schedule\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 13 &#8211; 11:45 AM<\/strong> <strong>Room 201<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>History of TheOneRing.net<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s our 15th anniversary! Join us and Happy Hobbit for a look back at 15 years of fandom, from the earliest spy reports to the latest creative efforts \u201cby fans, for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien.\u201d Find out more about the fansite&#8217;s unique relationship with the production and ways in which you can join TheOneRing community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 13 &#8211; 3:30 PM<\/strong> <strong>Room 201<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Hobbit<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don&#8217;t keep your feet, there&#8217;s no knowing where you might be swept off to.&#8221; When Kellie and Alex Rice&#8217;s reaction video to <em>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/em> was responded to by the cast, the sisters nicknamed &#8220;Kili and Fili&#8221; were thrown headlong into the best adventure a Tolkien fan could ask for. Join Happy Hobbit to hear about their webseries that brings Middle-earth into you daily life and the many joys fandom has brought!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 14th \u2013 2:15 PM Room 201<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smaug is Real? Middle-earth Creatures<\/strong><br \/>\nLearn about the\u00a0mythical beasts in <em>The Hobbit<\/em> and<em> Lord of the Rings<\/em> and what their real-life counterparts are. How do fell beasts and oliphaunts compare to dinosaurs and mammoths? Panelists include Matthew T. Mossbrucker, Curator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnhm.org\" target=\"_blank\">Morrison Natural History Museum<\/a>, along with the owner of the famous Best Western Denver Southwest \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bestwesterndenver\" target=\"_blank\">Dino Hotel<\/a>.\u201d Greg Tally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 14th, 2014 &#8211; 4:45 PM Room 201<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The HOBBIT w\/ Sylvester McCoy<br \/>\n<\/strong>Join TheOneRing, Happy Hobbit and Radagast for an unofficial sneak peek at everything we know about <em>The Hobbit: Battle Of the Five Armies<\/em> and maybe some surprises!<\/p>\n<p>Also, keep your eyes peeled for for<strong>\u00a0more panels<\/strong> with the Happy Hobbit&#8217;s Fili and Kili (Alex &amp; Kellie), and Justin from TORn Tuesdays! They will be panelists on other literary and fan topics as more Tolkien convention fun is added daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALL WEEK<\/strong> &#8211; Come say hi at the WETA booth and Happy Hobbit fan table!<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest Denver Con info at their site <a href=\"http:\/\/denvercomiccon.com\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a> and keep up to to on TheOneRing <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet\" target=\"_blank\">FB<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theoneringnet\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TheOneRing.net and Happy Hobbit are coming to Denver Comic Con next weekend, June 13-15 with a packed schedule&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":89844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,14,2510,4,70,2497,156,104],"tags":[808,2529,2060,2151,2530,1308],"class_list":["post-89841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-conventions","category-events","category-happy-hobbit-2","category-hobbit-movie","category-fans-meetups","category-the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies","category-torn-announcements","category-production-weta-workshop","tag-comic-con","tag-denver","tag-happy-hobbits","tag-mccoy","tag-panel","tag-radagast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denver_post_pic.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-nn3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89841"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89894,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89841\/revisions\/89894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}