New Images from The Two Towers -- Posted by Fatty on Saturday, August 24 2002 at 10:38 PM GMT
Well kind of....we put up our final screencaps from the latest trailer last week. However, it was pointed out to us by Quintessential, that some of them have not been seen before. Anyway you can see the original gallery here. We also lightened a few like this one. The other lightened ones are here. Some have been seen before.
Anyway might be worth looking through the Final Gallery to for any you might not have seen before.
Artwork Marks the Life of Tolkien -- Posted by Black_Rider on Saturday, August 24 2002 at 7:32 PM GMT
A sculpture creation by Tim Tolkien honouring the works of his relative, J.R.R. Tolkien, will be displayed on a Tolkien-themed pub in Moseley, Birmingham. Mr. Tolkien is J.R.R. Tolkien's great nephew.
He describes the statue: "The sculpture is based around the theme of The Lord of the Rings and starts from the ceiling with a dragon blowing out plumes of smoke that become rings."
Gaming at War of the Ring!!!!! -- Posted by Fatty on Friday, August 23 2002 at 1:49 AM GMT
Well folks we have opened the PC/Console part of our gaming section.
It covers all the upcoming games based on both the books and the films. See previews, screenshots, exclusives and video. It aims to provide you with a clear and interesting look at who is making what.
In addition we are off to visit Universal Interactive to get the low-down on the games they are developing and to give some feedback.
So if you want to keep up-to-date on what is happening in the Tolkien gaming world.............you know where to come!
You can visit here or through our main navigation. just go to Gaming adn then PC/Console.
Be sure to take a look at the collectable cards which Universal Interactive are including with their games. These have never been seen before so we hope you enjoy them.
Jon Labrie Seminar -- Posted by Black_Rider on Wednesday, August 21 2002 at 11:29 PM GMT
Imladris LOTR Movie News sat down with Jon Labrie, the former CTO of Weta Digital, and talked about the trilogy and it's massive number of special effects. Also, what they had to cut out of the movies is discussed. Very interesting!!! Here it is.
Dragon*Con Tolkien Feast -- Posted by Fatty on Wednesday, August 21 2002 at 5:28 PM GMT
The good folks at Tolkien Online will be attending Dragon*Con and helping to make it a great weekend. Sadly it is a bit soon for us to organise anything........but stay tuned! Also there will be Dan Glover from There and Back Again, he will be talking art and motivation. Sounds good to us.
America's largest annual convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror, comics and art, games and computers, animation, science, music, television and films, will be held August 30 - eptember 2, in Atlanta Georgia............more
Gollum is 3rd Best CG Character -- Posted by Black_Rider on Wednesday, August 21 2002 at 1:56 AM GMT
In an article by Entertainment Weekly, the CG character Gollum made 3rd on a list of the top 8 best CG characters of all time. Entertainment Weekly says about him:
"He's ''The Goonies''' Sloth, ''The Twilight Zone'''s airplane gremlin, and ''Saved by the Bell'''s Screech all rolled into one"
Gollum is being looked forward to greatly by audiences in the upcoming The Two Towers after his tiny appearance in LOTR: FOTR. Here's the article, and here's the page on Gollum.
You can also access them via the menu on the photos page, under The Two Towers/Misc
Hope you like them, watch out later tonight for a huge update in respect of Fellowship photos! We mean HUGE! Really really....well you get the point. ;-)
Winner Gets Her Prize -- Posted by Fatty on Tuesday, August 20 2002 at 7:00 PM GMT
Well you might remember that Lisa, in Australia, won our first competition. It was to win a book ( The War of the Ring) signed by Billy Boyd.
Anyway we sent it last week and yesterday she got it. There is a twist in the tale too, a bit of a mistake on my part. Below is part of Lisa's e-mail.
Hooraahhhhh!!!!! Got the book this afternoon!!!!! Thank you so much. I knew I should have been a little more patient. It arrived in perfect condition, and I'll try to keep it that way, although it might be hard to stop myself from drooling over that autographed page. I think Pippin is now my favourite.... :)
Hey, was I meant to have that signed card as well or did you say that you were going to keep it. You have been so great, so I don't mind sending it back if you want it.
Anyhow we told Lisa just to keep the signed Topps card too. Afterall she did have to wait a while!
So thanks to Lisa for being a good sport and make sure you all have a go at our latest compitition.
Some Interesting Shots and Big Update! -- Posted by Fatty on Tuesday, August 20 2002 at 11:42 AM GMT
The Quintessential Guide to Lord of the Rings have updated their gallery. Some great shots. See a lovely one here and the rest from The Two Towers here.
Check Mate... -- Posted by i_saila_isiltari on Tuesday, August 20 2002 at 6:58 AM GMT
Chess players who also happen to be fans of The Lord of the Rings are going to be very happy this fall!
The Official Movie Site of the epic motion picture trilogy features a shop with an extensive selection of LotR merchandise, and one of the newest featured items is a special LotR:FotR chess set. The set can be pre-ordered through the gift shop (it ships on September 5, 2002).
The stunning Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring chess set features sculpted figures, each depicting a key character from the award-winning film in superb detail. Each hard plastic piece has either a pewter or bronze effect, with heroes depicted in pewter and villains in bronze. Each piece bears a great likeness to the characters in the film and the actors that played them. The chess set piece details are as follows:
Rings Weaves Magic on Book Chart -- Posted by Black_Rider on Tuesday, August 20 2002 at 12:43 AM GMT
Fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings continues to cast a spell on readers, with a guide to the classic story entering the British bestseller list as number one. Read more.
Weta Are Taking Orders Now! -- Posted by Fatty on Monday, August 19 2002 at 7:48 PM GMT
Weta are now accepting pre-orders for their new Balrog Figure. As you can see from the photo it looks rather cool. Only 1000 are to be made, so it will no doubt become worth rather a lot too.
New Polls -- Posted by Fatty on Monday, August 19 2002 at 6:23 PM GMT
Well we thought it was about time we changed all the polls, so most of the sections will get a new poll. You can still check out the old ones via the archive link. Indeed you can still vote on them.
Competition Time Again -- Posted by Fatty on Monday, August 19 2002 at 4:59 PM GMT
War of the Ring in association with Sideshow/Weta is proud to bring you this great competition. The prize is a great statuette of Saruman.
How do you win it? Well click the link on the main page and find out. It is a bit of fun! You don't have to do anything really, just find that pesky wizard!
A Friend In Need! -- Posted by Fatty on Monday, August 19 2002 at 3:16 PM GMT
The good folks at Planet-Tolkien are in need of aid. We think it would be sorry tale if this excellent site fell by the wayside. So we thought to let you all know and tell you how you can help them. You can see the e-mail from their Webmaster, Taz, below.
Please help them if you can, every little counts. Also tell your friends, light the beacons! Email Follows............
Planet-Tolkien has got itself into some serious trouble. Whilst moving to our new web host a couple of months ago we used one of my credit cards to cover the transfer costs. Over those months we were not notified that the balance was six pound something over.. Due this we have been charged two hundred pound in fees to be paid in two day's time.
If you can help however big or small please do otherwise I am afraid PT is going to have to go down completely. I am very sorry to put us all in this position after so much hard work.
For those of you who have major credit cards and can help by donating an amount of money however large or small then please go to www.planet-tolkien.com and on the right side of the page is a box that say's "Please support us" with a "Make A Donation" button. Please click this button and follow the instructions.
If we don't get enough support to keep Planet-Tolkien going then I am sorry and would like to thank you all for the memories I have gained whilst running Planet-Tolkien. For those of you who do help then your nicknames will be posted on the main website as of the first donation including a total amount received so far.
Lord of the Rings Will Sing a New Tune -- Posted by Black_Rider on Sunday, August 18 2002 at 11:46 PM GMT
An explanation of the processes Howard Shore used to create the 30 minutes of additional music which will be featured in the November edition of LOTR: FOTR. Here.
