Check Mate...``xi_saila_isiltari``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Chess players who also happen to be fans of The Lord of the Rings are going to be very happy this fall! </P><P>The <A href="http://www.lordoftherings.net/"target=_"blank">Official Movie Site </A>of the epic motion picture trilogy features a <A href="http://shop.newline.com/escalate/store/DetailPage?pls=newline&amp;bc=newline&amp;prod=014b8032521f&amp;clist=01368032f8ac&amp;ret=LOTR&amp;pls9clist=01368032f8ac"target="_blank">shop </A>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).</P><P>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: </P><P>Pawn: Hero - Sam Gamgee; Villain - Orc Warrior <BR>Rook: Hero - Boromir; Villain - Orc Overseer <BR>Knight: Hero - Aragorn; Villain - Lurtz <BR>Bishop: Hero - Frodo; Villain - Cave Troll <BR>Queen: Hero - Galadriel; Villain - Ringwraith <BR>King: Hero - Gandalf; Villain - Saruman </P><P>The cardboard chess board features a map of Middle-earth and measures a full 15 x 19 inches and the average height of the figures is 3 inches.</P>``xEpkAlEAuAkmCOmxHWV``x1029841092``xnews
Rings Weaves Magic on Book Chart``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>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 <A href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2021205a2202,00.html" target=_blank>more</A>.</P>``xEpkAZAyAApAfcDjwHI``x1029818590``xnews
Everyone Wants to be a Black Rider``xi_saila_isiltari``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><A target=_blank href="http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_653198.html?menu=">Ananova </A>reports:</P><P>Rhys Ifans says he would like to have been in Lord Of The Rings.</P><P>Ifans has just finished working on a film in Australia with Miranda Otto, who plays Eowyn in The Two Towers and Return Of The King.</P><P>He says that's as close as he got to being in Peter Jackson's trilogy.</P><P>Ifans told Ananova: "I would have loved to have been in it. I could have been one of those Black Riders."</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAZAppuyDABFPgVg``x1029811646``xnews
Weta Are Taking Orders Now!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>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.</P><P align=center><A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty&amp;page=http://www.sideshowtoy.com/lotr/thebalrog.html"target="_blank"><IMG alt="The Balrog from Sideshow/Weta. Click to find out more" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/balrog.jpg" align=baseline border=0></A></P><P align=left>Read more or preorder it <A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty&amp;page=http://www.sideshowtoy.com/lotr/thebalrog.html"target="_blank">here</A>.</P>``xEpkAZZAFpkrjRWEqSY``x1029800902``xnews
New Polls``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>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.</P><P>Be sure to check them out.</P><P>Regards</P><P>War of the Ring Team</P>``xEpkAZZuEllyDOnWHpK``x1029795788``xnews
Competition Time Again``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>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.</P><P>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!</P>``xEpkAZyAEVlocydspon``x1029790758``xnews
A Friend In Need!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please help them if you can, every little counts. Also tell your friends, light the beacons! Email Follows............</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>&nbsp;If you can help however big or small please do otherwise I am afraid&nbsp;&nbsp;PT is going to have to go down completely.&nbsp;I am very sorry to put us all in this position after so much hard&nbsp;&nbsp;work.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>&nbsp;For those of you who have major credit cards and can help by donating&nbsp;&nbsp;an amount of money however large or small then please go to<FONT color=#a0a0a0>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.planet-tolkien.com" target=_blank><U><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#a0a0a0 size=2>www.planet-tolkien.com</FONT></U></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><FONT color=#a0a0a0> </FONT>and on the right side of the page is a box that&nbsp;&nbsp;say's "Please support us" with a "Make A Donation" button. Please click this button and follow the instructions.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>If we don't get enough support to keep Planet-Tolkien going then I am&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;&nbsp;nicknames will be posted on the main website as of the first donation including a total amount received so far.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>In Fellowship</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>&nbsp;Taz</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;Webmaster of Planet-Tolkien.com</FONT></P>``xEpkAZykAAlaalOFHna``x1029784598``xnews
Lord of the Rings Will Sing a New Tune``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>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. <A href="http://www.videostoremag.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&amp;article_ID=3616" target=_blank>Here.</A> ``xEpkAZpZEZEKfhRqAWG``x1029728771``xnews
Site News``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">War of the Ring Chat should be more stable now and have a much higher uptime. So you have no excuse now go and talk Tolkien till you drop. </FONT></P>``xEpkAyFupVVPxLVSWtz``x1029655655``xnews
Site News``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The technical difficulty with the sever handling downloads for the movie trailers has been fixed.</P><P>Downloads should now function as normal. If you have any troubles downloading files please be sure and let us know.</P><P>Regards</P><P>The War of the Ring Team</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAykkuluXUxKbEZt``x1029644084``xnews
Site News``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>You may have some trouble downloading any of the movie trailers at the moment. This is a technical fault with our additional server. Our technical support are attempting to track down the pesky goblin causing the trouble.</P><P>Other downloads should be working fine. </P><P>Thanks to all who have reported the fault.</P><P>Regards</P><P>Fatty</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAypZVAAnuIrCBSq``x1029629199``xnews
Two Towers Music Scoring and Opening Scene``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>AICN got in the studio with Howard while scoring the music for The Two Towers and explains just how it's done. They also tell us just what scene opens the movie, right <A href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=13012" target=_blank>here</A>. ``xEpkAypylyZJXJsDuQI``x1029628467``xnews
2002 LOTR Jacket Art Released``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Houghton Mifflin has recently released it's 2002 designs for the jackets of the new LOTR books to be released in stores. Along with each jacket design there is a little explanation to what the books will include. <A href="http://www.tolkien-movies.com/words/2002/08-15-02.pdf" target=_blank>Here</A> it is, thanks to <A href="http://www.tolkien-movies.com/" target=_blank>www.tolkien-movies.com</A>!``xEpkAVVyluVVYdzIRRD``x1029578445``xnews
FOTR is Week's Number One Rental, but No Record Setter ``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>IMDB reports, "<I>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</I> earned $17.2 million from rentals in its first five days of release domestically, but it set no record, coming in well behind <I>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</I>, which grossed $19.1 million in its home-video debut, <I>Video Store Magazine</I> reported Thursday."<BR><IMG height=15 src="http://img.www.tolkienonline.com/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0><BR><STRONG>Thanks to Tolkien Online</STRONG>``xEpkAVkVAlVpPHnZRYW``x1029547585``xnews
Liv Tyler checks out the band Supergrass``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Actress <B>LIV TYLER</B> and members of <B>TRAVIS</B>, <B>RADIOHEAD</B> and <B>BLUR</B> were among the crowd who came to see <B>SUPERGRASS</B> at their low-key LONDON show last night. Read more <A href="http://www.nme.com/news/102668.htm" target=_blank>here</A>``xEpkAVkVluluqyQHTnu``x1029547448``xnews
Andrew Lesnie talks about TWO TOWERS!!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Andrew Lesnie (Oscar winning Lord of the Rings DP) was in attendance and shared stories of Oscar night, film making, his career and its humble beginnings, how technology affected the rings trilogy, the pros and cons of digital film grading and how the effect heavy Babe films prepared him for LOTR among many other topics. Read more at<A href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=13008" target=_blank>Ain't it Cool News</A>``xEpkAVkVFlueruKBZtJ``x1029546984``xnews
Tolkien Still Making Money!``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Even while being deceased, celebrities are earning millions of dollars. This week, Forbes issued its Richest Dead Celebrities list, and where does J.R.R. Tolkien stand? Well, you'll just have to <A href="http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/08/12/0812deadintro.html" target=_blank>see</A> for yourself. I'll agree it's a tad morbid, but to each his own. </P><P>Thanks Jared</P>``xEpkAuyyypkSCWPNmlS``x1029488202``xnews
UK Registers Ring True``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well in the UK people have gone wild for the DVD of The Fellowship of the Ring. It sold 1.27 million copies on its first day. Beating the previous record held by young Mr Potter. After a week it has now sold a total of 2.5 million copies, that's 700,000 ahead of Titanic's total in 1998.</P><P>Oh yes and you can add mine to that too, so 2.5 million +1 :-)</P>``xEpkAuVVEyAghlURizO``x1029476769``xnews
Black Label games Formed``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Whilst I thought that Black Label was a brand of lager, it actually turns out to be a brand-new, and rather ambitious, game development studio – formed by Vivendi Universal. <P></P><P>The new studio will be focussing on high-quality titles, designed to appeal to a mature audience, and as such Black Label’s first games will include ‘The Thing’, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, and.....<A href="http://www.ferrago.co.uk/story/435" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Well this adds to the complicated web of companies and delvelopers involved in The Lord of the Rings franchise. Still it sounds promising.</P><P>Oh and as a footnote, War of the Ring may just be hoping along to see how The Fellowsip of the Ring game is coming along. More soon along with the opening of the PC/Console section.</P>``xEpkAuVuAplcBewqrAR``x1029476508``xnews
Black Label games Formed``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Whilst I thought that Black Label was a brand of lager, it actually turns out to be a brand-new, and rather ambitious, game development studio – formed by Vivendi Universal. <P></P><P>The new studio will be focussing on high-quality titles, designed to appeal to a mature audience, and as such Black Label’s first games will include ‘The Thing’, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, and.....<A href="http://www.ferrago.co.uk/story/435" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Well this adds to the complicated web of companies and delvelopers involved in The Lord of the Rings franchise. Still it sounds promising.</P><P>Oh and as a footnote, War of the Ring may just be hoping along to see how The Fellowsip of the Ring game is coming along. More soon along with the opening of the PC/Console section.</P>``xEpkAuVulyuxJhEQJTC``x1029476464``xgaming
The Two Towers is over Three Hours Long!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>According to <A href="http://theonering.net"target="_blank">TORN</A>&nbsp;the film will be 3 hours and 14 minutes long. With Helm's Deep lasting&nbsp;55 minutes. </P><P>Spoilers below highlight to see.</P><P><FONT color=#002d00>They also say that we will see the Ents marching but not actually destroying Isengard. Though this may have been filmed.</FONT></P><P>We have contacted New Line to see if they will confirm or deny this. WE will update you.</P>``xEpkAuVuVFkzQXLaZDx``x1029476132``xnews
Just Some Toys,.......but Warg Alert!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well TORN posted a link to <A href="http://funtocollect.com/"target="_blank">Fun to Collect</A>. Fair enough, had a look. Now not only&nbsp;do they have Treebeard again. But they also have a set which includes an orc on a warg.&nbsp;We had been wondering abou this for a while as&nbsp;there is also a Weta Medllaion which depicts an orc/goblin wolf rider.&nbsp;</P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">See the pic <A href="http://store3.yimg.com/I/ftcollect_1702_51703000" target=_blank>here</A>.</FONT>&nbsp;</P><P>They have som eother collectibles and toys too. Worth a look. Though spoilers I guess.</P>``xEpkAFuuEylcOqZveCJ``x1029365768``xnews
Topp Towers``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>&nbsp;Topps proudly presents <I>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</I> Movie Cards, based on the second blockbuster movie in <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> trilogy. Following last year's sold-out set, this 90-card, all foil-stamped series will feature exciting imagery from the film, Authentic Autographs................................<A href="http://www.topps.com/Entertainment/LOTRTwoTowers/LOTRtt.html"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkAFuFVlVnTGqffpm``x1029365185``xnews
Is this Really what the Ents will Look Like?``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><A href="http://www.theonering.net/" target=_blank>TORN</A> posted a photo of <A href="http://www.applause.com/" target=_blank>Applause Inc's </A>new treebeard figure. </P><P>You can see it <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/treebeard.jpg" target=_blank>here</A>. </P><P>There is no sign of it at Applause's site but it looks genuine enough. We are hoping this is not what Treebeard will look like in the movie. </P><P>What do you think? Go tell us on the forum!</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAkZAylpwZPeyadN``x1029301280``xnews
Outage and Downloads``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well folks we had a little outage tonight. We had to reboot our servers. The good news is that all downloads will now be servered from a separate server. this means you should not experience huge timeouts when the site is busy. </P><P>Though obviously if we run some exclusive footage there will still be some change in speed. However, it should be nothing like before.</P><P>The team at War of the Ring would like to thank you for your patience.</P><P>Regards</P><P>Fatty</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAkEppplfaSgsSwR``x1029231608``xnews
Quickbeam is Sam?``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Confused? Well no need. Quickbeam over at TORN is to be the voice of Samwise Gamgee in the new Fellowship of the Ring game by Universal. Seems he was working as their Internet advisor and they got him into the studio.</P><P>Now I wonder if they need a Fatty ;-)</P><P>Anyhow well done Quickbeam and watch out for our new PC/Console section coming to your screen very soon.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAkElukySfCrCPWC``x1029240026``xnews
The LORD OF THE RINGS Concert at the Hollywood Bowl!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>RARECREATER over at Ain't it Cool news was there and reviewed the recent LOTR Concert at the Hollywoood Bowl. Read the most excellent review <A href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=12977" target=_blank>here</A>``xEpkAEllpypgVLZVUWW``x1029209660``xnews
PC/Console Section is on it's way!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Keep your eyes peeled. The new section is on its way, later today. With previews of all the major games based on the movie and the books. More screenshots than you can shake your staff at and lots more.</P><P>See you there.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkAEuyyupDxsnPqPU``x1029168240``xgaming
New Competition``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Yes, coming up very soon a new competition from War of the Ring, with a little help from our friends at Sideshow/Weta. This one is rather fun to enter too. More soon..........``xEpkAEFuZlpESQAHJMw``x1029156380``xnews
Swords, Wit and Wonder``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>An interesting article over at Tolkien Online on the recent interview with the makers of the the movie swords. I did have a chuckle!</P><P>Pardon me, mellyn, I have a very large, curved sword stuck in my throat.&nbsp; I am a sword collector; I have swords adorning the walls in my home along with a few spears and a custom designed Elven helmet.&nbsp; I even ............<A href="http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/7068.html" target=_blank>more</A></P>``xEpkAEFuyAVnKWvcdSU``x1029156295``xnews
Sword Prices Slashed``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica" size=2>Blades by Brown has just slashed their prices. Visit the <A href="http://www.bladesbybrown.com/lotr.html "target="_blank">site</A> and check them out! <BR><BR><BR><BR>With the upcoming movie debut of The Two Towers, and the release of up to three new swords before the debut they thought they&nbsp; would celebrate by giving all the fans out there something else to get excited about. <BR><BR>Oh and don't forget to check out the new set of three and set of four prices.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica" size=2>Now if only we can get our hands on some to review :-)&nbsp;</FONT></P>``xEpkApkyAVkqKKcjzTc``x1029048552``xnews
Sideshow/Weta at Comic Con Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well they have released their report from the week at Comic-Con. Some great photos!</P><P>Check it <A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/comiccon/080802.html"target="_blank">out</A>.</P>``xEpkAppFlVpRSoXaScN``x1029025450``xnews
A new Artist``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Catz, a War of the Ring regular, has submitted her art work, which has been added to the Gallery.</P><P>Enjoy.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklAlkVZyvQNemHEe``x1029004176``xgallery
Site Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A new artist has been added to the Gallery. none less than our very own, Catz. Check it <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/gallery/catz/">out</A>.``xEpklAlkVkVgaRYxrOP``x1029004125``xnews
Site Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>A couple of new member's stories added to the book section. These tell how they discovered Tolkien and why they have stuck with them.</P><P>Read them <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/books/story/">here</A>.</P><P>Submit yours today and share your story with other Tolkein fans. See the page for details.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklAlEZEFMUsRDJZa``x1029003313``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Some more photo's have been added to the members' Gallery in the forum. Go look if you are brave enough! ;-)``xEpklAZuZlAkTMqLiBg``x1028996389``xnews
Cash Registers "Ring" for Rings``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT></STRONG>DVD and video sales of the first installment of the trilogy have "blown out of the water" all previous films in New Zealand, according to the films director. <A href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2015461a2202,00.html" target=_blank>Here's</A> more.</P>``xEpklAuZyVFwbzMBMDk``x1028969253``xnews
'Lord' Hotter Than 'Potter' in Blighty``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><p>LONDON (Variety) - "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has sneaked past "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to set a record for the highest first-day video sales ever in the U.K.  <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20020808/film_variety/film_potter_dc_1" target="_blank">Full Story</a></p>``xEpkllkpZuloqjmcINc``x1028842348``xnews
LoTR TCG Battles``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><p>If you happen to be desperate to find a LoTR TCG tournament, the LoTR League holds battles at the Chimera Hobby Shop and invites any one to join them for a game.<br>Chimera Hobby Shop I<br>347 W Division St.<br>Fond du Lac, WI 54935 [USA]<br>Phone: (920) 922-8338<br><A href="http://www.chimerahobby.com/special.asp" target=_blank>Check Out the Battle Schedule</A></p>``xEpkllkpkAuSazZHkXw``x1028841894``xnews
Rings Release Smashes Record``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>In its first day of release, the FOTR DVD and VHS sales were at record highs. with 1.27 million copies.&nbsp;It stomped all over the previous record set by Harry Potter at 1.25. Distributors are seeing unprecedented demand for it, and the sales are expected to continue after its Tuesday release. <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2179354.stm" target=_blank>Here's</A> more.``xEpklZZZZZFrotgJjSM``x1028799373``xnews
Connery Was First Choice for Gandalf``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">In a report from People News, Sean Connery was originally given the offer to play Gandalf in the trilogy, but turned it down, claiming he did not understand the script. "I didn't understand the script when they sent it to me. Bobbits? Hobbits?" states Connery. <A href="http://filmforce.ign.com/lotr/articles/366/366935p1.html" target=_blank>Read</A> more. <BR></FONT></P>``xEpklZZyAlpXBkjciyf``x1028798580``xnews
Viggo Books Signing in LA and Santa Monica``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sunday, August 18, 5 to 7 PM <BR>Join Perceval Press authors Viggo Mortensen </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>and Lola Schnabel at a book signing and reception <BR>Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions <BR>6522 Hollywood Blvd. <BR>Los Angeles, CA 90028 <BR><A href="http://www.artleak.org"target="_blank">www.artleak.org</A> </FONT><P><BR>Thursday, August 29, 7:30 PM <BR>Viggo reading from his just published book of poetry "Coincidence of Memory." <BR>Books will be signed as well. <BR>Midnight Special Bookstore <BR>1318 3rd St. Promenade <BR>Santa Monica, CA 90401 <BR><A href="http://www.msbooks.com/" target=_blank>www.msbooks.com</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks to Arwen at <A href="http://www.theonering.net/" target=_blank>TORN</A></P>``xEpklZyukFVFrBbJzfq``x1028785835``xnews
Special Offer!``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>KIA is offering LoTR DVD or VHS free when you test drive one of their cars from now 'till Sept. 30, 2002. <A href="http://www.kia.com/" target="_blank">Visit KIA.com</A> for details.``xEpklZuyVFZKEyPUpyJ``x1028768137``xnews
The Wonderful World of Tolkien Obsessives``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Wizards named Gondorf, hobbits called Status Quo, And songs like "We Are the Champions of Middle Earth?" Sounds, erm, interesting. ;-)&nbsp;But this is just a sampling of the festivities planned for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. <A href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&amp;cid=598&amp;ncid=790&amp;e=5&amp;u=/nm/20020807/film_nm/arts_edinburgh_tolkien_dc_3" target=_blank>Here's</A> more. ``xEpklZFFAkVdKQAwnRZ``x1028755525``xnews
Hide Helm Available for Single Purchase``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P>HIDE HELM AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!</P><P>The Hide Helm is available now for purchase, independently from the set. This is a great opportunity for Medallion Program members who wanted to complete their bonus helm collection! Offer good.............</FONT>&nbsp;<A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty&amp;page=http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=lotr1"target="_blank">more</A></P>``xEpklZFplFZsXIUPQCy``x1028752437``xnews
Tiny Swords from Weta``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P>FELLOWSHIP MINIATURE WEAPON COLLECTIONS</P><P>Sideshow Weta is introducing a stunning addition to our LOTR collectibles line with the Fellowship Miniature Weapons Collections. These miniature collections feature different sets of weapons from the film.The first series includes sets of Hobbit,.....<A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty&amp;page=http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=lotrw" target=_blank>more</A></P></FONT>These look rather neat!``xEpklZFpVVFSjlxMCyL``x1028752153``xnews
More New Sideshow/Weta Products``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P>THE CAVE TROLL BUST</P><FONT size=2><P>The Cave Troll bust captures the detail and expression of the Orc's live weapon used against the Fellowship. This piece is an EA Games &amp; Sideshow Weta exclusive. Find out <A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty&amp;page=http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=lotre^type=store"target="_blank">more</A>.</P></FONT></FONT>``xEpklZFpkVAeySryMZu``x1028751859``xnews
The Alan Lee Lithograph and Filmstrip Collectible``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>When Peter Jackson began work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, he approached Alan Lee to create much of the conceptual art for it. Lee's creative leadership made a cinematic vision of Middle-earth that was full of wonder, and yet, to the fans of the written word, so intensely familiar that it felt like a homecoming.Through a unique arrangement with Peter Jackson, it is now possible to own a piece of cinematic history. Sideshow / Weta Collectibles is proudto offer a Limited Edition Rivendell Lithograph &amp; Film Strip Collectible. This piece features the actual conceptual.......<A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty&amp;page=http://www.sideshowtoy.com/lotr/lotr_leeprint.html"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpklZkAAZACyLmHrdP``x1028751579``xnews
Site Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Please note that the links pages are down due to a database difficulty. Apologies for any inconvienance caused.</P><P>Fatty</P>``xEpklZkAupVIAAXnWha``x1028751005``xnews
War of the Ring Review!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Well we got The Fellowship of the Ring DVD. Here is our <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/features/illuvatardvdreview.shtml">review</A>. Check it out.``xEpklyZVyEAQjWcwuWK``x1028697219``xnews
Rings release aims for record!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Record sales are predicted after the UK DVD and video release of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The epic adaptation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy is being tipped to emulate the success of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, which sold almost 1.6 million copies in a week. Read more about it <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2175677.stm" target=_blank>here at BBC</A>``xEpklyZFupkTkegmzLu``x1028695002``xnews
The BBC News Wants You!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The BBC News site is looking for your input in regards to the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD. Are the extras impressive? What did you think of the sneak preview of The Two Towers? Go <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/reviews/2176351.stm" target=_blank>here</A>&nbsp;and express yourself!``xEpklyZFpZkVpgWWFNV``x1028694672``xnews
New Line has DVD Coming Out Celebration!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>New Line supported the announcement of the home entertainment release for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with a star-studded event on Warner Bros. Studio lot. Go<A href="http://www.lordoftherings.net/index_homevideo.html" target=_blank> here</A>&nbsp;to see thier FAQ'S regarding the DVD release and to enjoy a photo gallery from the event.``xEpklyZkpAlNKPIeEvB``x1028693698``xnews
Site News - Another Server!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well I know a lot of people, especially ones new to the site have been wondering shy it is so slow.</P><P>To put you in the picture, we don't run off a 56k line as one poll comment asked, currently the site has a 100Mb/s connection on a 1.7 Athlon, 512 Ram, with a 40gb hard drive and 400gb of transfer a month.</P><P>However due to the increased popularity of the site, the server has been struggling to cope.</P><P>We have just bought an additional server, a Celeron 1.3, with 512 Ram, a 60gb 7500 disk and another 400gb of transfer.</P><P>All future downloads and present ones will be transferred to this server. this will free up the main server which holds the main site. This will happen in a few days and should mean that everyone can access the site without waiting for 10 minutes for a page to load.</P><P>There has been a slight delay as my own home connection is down and my main pc's power supply exploded today.</P><P>So hang in there and apologies for those who could not get on. This will not happen in the future, we hope.</P><P>Regards</P><P>Fatty</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklyypVVupIeJeZZh``x1028682154``xnews
Two Rings to Rule Them All ``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Some studios think that New Line is "treading on dangerous ground" with the double release of the FOTR DVD in November, but New Line is confident that many Rings fans will purchase both versions. <A href="http://www.videostoremag.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&amp;article_ID=3547" target=_blank>Here</A> is more. </P>``xEpklyVFFAFfpIbTBDz``x1028674993``xnews
Excitement Arrives by the Boatload as Rings Arrives``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Wow! Sounds like New Line had one great party to celebrate the release of the DVD and VHS on monday. <A href="http://www.videobusiness.com/article.asp?articleID=3554&amp;catType=NEWS" target=_blank>Here</A> are the details.</FONT></P>``xEpklyppAZVDDKARhKN``x1028622575``xnews
Lord of the Rings DVD and video breaks records for advance sales``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Tens of thousands of people have pre-ordered the FOTR DVD, breaking records in some stores. <A href="http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_643429.html?menu=" target=_blank>Here's </A>more.``xEpklyppEpZglNLAxjK``x1028621707``xnews
Two Towers Talk at at Comic-Con``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>While nothing too revealing came from Newline's presentation of <I>Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers</I> there were a few things that have to be mentioned. <P>First up on stage was the WETA digital team, in from New Zealand and headed by the head honcho over at WETA, Richard Taylor. Taylor talked in detail of the production of the <I>Lord.........<A href="http://www.lightsoutentertainment.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1028538702,40350,#ttt" target=_blank>more</A></I></P><P>Thanks to Lightsout Entertainment</P><P><EM></EM>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklVAplyFrYiOduRH``x1028612463``xnews
Amazing New Pics ``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Some amazing photos, the ones TORN put up the other day, check them out in the Photo Section, under <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/movies/photos/highqualityttt/">The Two Tower Misc</A>.</P><P>Check those Elven Bowmen, great stuff, though we may be asked to remove them.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklVkZEEVyvUsDzRk``x1028548715``xnews
Hundreds of New Photos``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#b9945b><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT color=#b9945b>Images everywhere, check out the photo section: </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#b9945b><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT color=#b9945b><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#b9945b><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT color=#b9945b><B>In Fellowship Misc -</B> <BR><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></FONT><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN>We have new high quality images from the film, some of them are truly gorgeous, they really show how nicely lit this movie was. From IGN (though seems they limit normal users from looking at them) </FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><FONT color=#b9945b>Also in Misc you will find a crop of unsorted images from The Extended DVD. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.warofthering.net/movies/photos/fellowshipextfin/"><FONT color=#b9945b></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR><FONT color=#b9945b><B>In The Two Towers Misc -</B> <BR><BR>A huge number of unsorted images from the upcoming film, a few duplicates, but some great closeups of treebeard and one of a certain Orc! <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>``xEpklulFlylmVAftYec``x1028505468``xnews
New Downloads``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#b9945b><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In The </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Two</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Towers</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Trailers you will find -</SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#b9945b> <BR><BR>A larger version of the Narrated Trailer in one part. <BR><BR>Additionally two large and high quality versions of the very first trailer, which was attached to The Fellowship of the Ring. Finally one that does not flicker.....though it does have soem small subtitles. <BR><BR>There are two versions; one about 18mb and the other is 36 or so. I am afraid for broadbanders only really. I will put up a smaller one very soon for all you 56k's. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/thetwotowerstrailers.shtml"><FONT color=#b9945b></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT color=#b9945b><B>In Fellowship trailers - </B><BR><BR>again a larger version of the Extended DVD Trailer. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/fellowshiptrailers.shtml"><FONT color=#b9945b></FONT></A></SPAN>``xEpklulFFEEyXyXvmDF``x1028504911``xnews
More Footage From EA's Two Towers Game``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Some great new footage from the PS2 version of The Two Towers by EA. Check out the <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/gamingfootage.shtml">Downloads</A>. </SPAN>``xEpklulFpuFmLLoNUZb``x1028504643``xnews
New PS2 TTT Footage``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Some great new footage from the PS2 version of The Two Towers by EA. Check out the Downloads section, Videos, Gaming Footage!<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN>``xEpklulklylfaSszKec``x1028504468``xgaming
Win your own RING!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Live the legend of "Lord of the Rings" and enter to win 1 of 20 gold rings! FUTURESHOP.ca is sponsoring a contest where you can win your own Ring of Power. <FONT class=redbold>There can enter by either purchasing the DVD through them or by filling out an entry blank online. Enter <A href="http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/lordoftherings2/en/contest.asp?logon=&amp;langid=EN&amp;dept=0&amp;WLBS=fs%2Dweb5&amp;biasid=16451963E7594958A0EC14EBB4D51F7E" target=_blank>here!</A>:</FONT><BR>``xEpkluEEVyyrXgBiZSL``x1028433166``xnews
Another Ring Comp From NZ Womans Weekly``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a competition in the NZ Womans Weekly Magazine where you can win a <BR>LOTR 9 ct gold Ring, in conjunction with Classic Hits radio station. All you have to do is buy the mag, fill out the coupon, (<I>I deserve to possess the ring because...</I>(25 words or less)) and send it in! They are giving away 10 rings from the 5th of August to the 16th of August</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Thanks to TORN</STRONG></FONT></P>``xEpkluEplEVLmuGzAdp``x1028432415``xnews
Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring Special Screenings in Canada``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT class=red>Watch the legend of "Lord of the Rings" unfold on a giant outdoor screen</FONT> at 1 of the 3 Future Shop locations indicated below. Experience the movie at sunset on Monday, August 5th at 8:00 pm.<BR>Come dressed as your favourite Lord of the Rings character and <FONT class=red>you could win a $500 Future Shop Gift Certificate! Read more&nbsp;</FONT>.<BR><A href="http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/lordoftherings2/en/specials.asp?logon=&amp;langid=EN&amp;dept=0&amp;WLBS=fs%2Dweb5&amp;biasid=16451963E7594958A0EC14EBB4D51F7E" target=blank>here </A></P>``xEpklupAAEENbtQMQGY``x1028431511``xnews
Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo) in cancer battle``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Sir Ian Holm is fighting prostate cancer. The 70-year-old actor, who plays Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings, was diagnosed and treated late last year. Read more about his struggles<A href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/hottx/film/film.html?in_review_id=655162&amp;in_review_text_id=626072" target=_blank> here </A>``xEpklupApuVOyXfZWto``x1028430645``xnews
Weta Turn a Man into an Orc on Stage``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>"......The talk started with <B>Richard Taylor</B> introducing <B>Gino Acevedi</B>, before announcing the winner of the competition to "Become an orc" that Weta had been running on their stand. A Navy SEAL won the prize and while Richard and other Weta staff talked about the special effects and weaponry, Gino and another make-up artist (James Docherty?) worked on stage to transform the winner into an orc (see "How to become an orc in One Hour" below this report in the left hand column)..............see the <A href="http://www.iansmith.co.uk/lotr/August2.htm" target=_blank>photos</A></P>``xEpklFAupyVcWeCoUUP``x1028415665``xnews
Artist John Howe to speak at ISTROCON in Slovakia!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>ISTROCON is an international festival of fantasy, science fiction, modern technologies and new life-style. Istrocon is organised by Civic Assocation Fantazia and takes its place in September 13 - 15, 2002. Read all about it<A href="http://www.istrocon.sk/eng/" target=_blank> here </A>``xEpklFVllkkVVSzmiYf``x1028380422``x(default)
PJ Talks With Cinescape - Frodo’s wild ride…``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans Serif" size=2><P>While talking recently to CINESCAPE’s own Eric Moro, <B>LORD OF THE RINGS</B> director Peter Jackson teased the dark journey fans of the film trilogy Frodo will be going on in the next two installments, and why he might not even be the hero of the trilogy by the end. Get more <A href="http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&amp;this_cat=Movies&amp;action=page&amp;type_id=&amp;cat_id=270338&amp;obj_id=35639" target=_blank>here </A></P></FONT>``xEpklFVZlpyZWElsIcv``x1028379406``xnews
'LORD of the Rings" grossed more than $312-million at the box office!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>"This will be the biggest DVD release of this year and possibly the biggest DVD release ever for us," says David Lang, president and CEO of CD World, a chain with 10 stores in New Jersey. Get more<A href="http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/53752.htm" target=_blank> here </A>``xEpklFVZEVVzAeZjtey``x1028378755``xnews
We are Doing our Best``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Hi folks we are doing our best to serve all the download requests coming in. The site is running very slow as the hard disks are flat out. But bear with us, after all it to the benefit of everyone to share some great stuff.</P><P>We have some mirrors but they will be up and down all night, but keep trying, we will not run out of bandwidth....I hope ;-)</P><P>So if you cannot download try a chat or the forum, though it will be slow too maybe.</P><P>So apologies for any inconvience, but as I say we do have thousands of poeple trying to download.</P><P>Oh also if you spot any sites linking to our files and not our page give us a shout, they are stealing our bandwidth and jepordising future exclusives. We hahve tracked most fo them down, but if you see give me shout on e-mail. </P><P>We have some interesting things coming up too....</P><P>Regards, as ever</P><P>Fatty</P>``xEpklkulAFFTvAENoVN``x1028270533``xnews
Screen Caps from the New Trailer Now Up``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>You can see the screen caps from the new trailer we posted in the photo section. Just look under The Two Towers Misc dropdown menu or go <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/movies/photos/twotowerspreview/">here</A>.</P><P>We hope to get better ones soon. </P><P>Fatty</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklkFVukVWmclcuGx``x1028257025``xnews
The New Two Towers Trailer Download``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>We have obtained the new Two Towers trailer/Docu &nbsp;from Orlando Bloom Multimedia. Check it out in our <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/thetwotowerstrailers.shtml">downloads section</A>.</P><P>Enjoy, more soon.</P><P>Fatty</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklkFpuAlPHmtDuct``x1028252098``xnews
Great looking Images from The Two Towers``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>We have been informed by Quintessential Guide to Lord of the Rings that they have cleaned up and processed the&nbsp; The Two Towers </FONT><A href="http://www.theonering.net/" target=_blank><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>TORn</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> images provided by 'Lutz.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>If you want to see them in all their glory you&nbsp;can see them&nbsp;</FONT><A href="http://www.quintessentialwebsites.com/lordoftherings/torn_lutzimages/lutzimages_bookorder.htm" target=_blank><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>here</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>.&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>56k's beware, that they will take forever to load, since they have not had time to&nbsp;do them with &nbsp;thumbnails and pop-ups. Right now they are busy incorporating them into their Scene by Scene images.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Anyhow go and take a look and check out the rest of the site if you have not done so before. </FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our own Illuvatar is busy updating our own photo section. Though we face the same delays due to the categorisation and naming.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Fatty</FONT></P><P><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklElVukulrebiNac``x1028207024``xnews
Extended DVD Footage For Download``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Major <FONT size=4><STRONG>spoilers </STRONG></FONT>here folks. Scenes of .....well look for yourself. </P><P>Both a trailer for the extended DVD <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/fellowshiptrailers.shtml">here </A>and another sample from the DVD this time a profile on Legolas, <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/miscfootage.shtml">here</A>.</P><P>Thanks to <A href="http://orlandomultimedia.net/"target="_blank">Orlando Bloom Mulimedia</A> for the material. Their bandwidth has been exceeded for the month so I thought we had better put it up.</P>``xEpklEyAkVVDwsIsjXJ``x1028190855``xnews
Winner Announced!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">After randomly selecting one of the 887 entrants, we have a winner. </FONT></P><H3>The signed book goes to Lisa Sun from Australia! </H3><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">We have emailed her to ask for her details and will send the book by Airmail as soon as we get them.</FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">So thanks to everyone who entered. Better luck next time.</FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Ther next competition is sponsered by Sideshow/Weta and will have a rather nice prize! Announcement here in next few days.</FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Regards</FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Fatty</FONT></P>``xEpklEyEkApumATudBq``x1028182890``xnews
Reviews Coming in Thick and Fast``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well seems that not a few people have gotten their hands on the DVD. Reviews are appearing all over the net.</P><P>In summary it appears the DVD looks great with the movie converting well, apart from some of the cgi looking a bit ropey.</P><P>The added extras on this first version don't seem up to much though. A few snippets, that many of us have seen, and some videos of Enya(our warbling Celtic friend) &nbsp;and a little gaming footage.</P><P>The one thing that does appear to be interesting is The Two Towers preview, which consists of Peter Jackson giving us a little guide to the new movie. </P><P>So overall if you can't wait it look like this is the one to get. For those who are only buying one version, wait till November and get the extended DVD. </P><P>Fatty</P>``xEpklEkyuuZePjmihGN``x1028148047``xnews
Sword Buyers Beware!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>There has been an outbreak of the &nbsp;forgery of Lord of the Rings &nbsp;swords, some &nbsp;being sold on ebay. Here at War of the RIng we heard from a relative of one of those who had been duped, "....believe it or not my cousin was taken by one of them......it is dull and the etcing is very crude..." </P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Our source said " </FONT>people think they are getting an authorized or authentic sword from&nbsp; The Lord of the Rings collection and only get a cheap imitation"</P><P>Here is a link to an example.<BR><BR><A href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=2121749578" target=_blank>Counterfeit Sword</A></P><P>Remember&nbsp; all United Cutlery&nbsp;swords come with the authenticty certificate, a unique id number and a New Line cinema Lord of the Rings logo stamp.</P><P>&nbsp;<STRONG>Like the old saying goes buyer beware!</STRONG></P><P>If you have been sold or offered one of these swords be sue to contact us here at War of the Ring and we will pass it o to the people concerned.</P><P>Fatty<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>``xEpklpZZylusTUscsRr``x1028099284``xnews
Virtual Tolkien's World``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Karl sent us the news that he has just launched a new website, "Virtual Tour of Tolkien's Oxford".&nbsp; Here's the info:</P><P><EM>This week we have launched a new Web site, "Virtual Tour of Tolkien's Oxford"...</EM></P><P><EM>Using Apple's free QuickTime VR technology we have built a series of interactive panoramic photographs of the places in our home town of Oxford that were well known to JRR Tolkien, such as his former.....read more and get the links at <A href="http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/7019.html"target="_blank">Tolkien Online</A>.</EM></P>``xEpklpZZEZECUObQupL``x1028098771``xnews
War of the Ring hits the big time!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">For the month of July War of the ring has brought in over 20,291 Unique visitors and over 112,852 total hits!! For such a young site these are incredible numbers! This is due in no small part to the efforts of the staff, the enthusiasm of the fans,&nbsp;our up to date news, and our exclusive gaming footage! </FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">A special thanks goes out to all the fans and to all the hardworking staff that is making this site a success!</FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00"><STRONG>HUZAH!</STRONG></FONT></P>``xEpklpyVFkEERlRwmZw``x1028086921``xnews
Competition Closing Tomorrow!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well folks the competiton will be closing tomorrow at 12pm GMT. This is earlier than planned, but we have new ones to run and the number of entries has been very high. So we figured to stop it tomorrow. </P><P>The winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers. They will be notified by email and on the site's main page.</P><P>Good luck and thanks for all the entries....oh! and if you have not entered, get it in quick.</P><P>Regards</P><P>Fatty</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpklpykAEuXlijbeYm``x1028084514``xnews
Buyers Guide to Swords Added``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A new article has been added to the Armoury. It is a guide to who is selling what swords and where you can buy them. Supplied by Orc. You can see it in Iron Orc Smith or click <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/armoury/orcsironsmithy/buyersguide.shtml"><FONT color=#606420>here</FONT></A>.``xEpklpkkAllWqqJlprq``x1028044588``xarmoury
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A new article has been added to the Armoury. It is a guide to who is selling what swords and where you can buy them. Supplied by Orc. You can see it in Iron Orc Smith or click <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/armoury/orcsironsmithy/buyersguide.shtml">here</A>.``xEpklpkkAVVjntkjgeg``x1028044555``xnews
Awesome Power for Two Towers``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Wow! There&nbsp;are some pretty big things going on in the Weta Digital building in Wellington, and it all revolves around The Two Towers. Just what kinds of equipment are they using?&nbsp;Sounds like some pretty&nbsp;impressive stuff. The New Zealand Herald report is <A href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?reportID=56531&amp;storyID=2197798" target=_blank>here</A>. ``xEpklppEZZZMZzusGRZ``x1028023377``xnews
Some Great Photos from The Two Towers``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>TORN have posted some photos from The Two Towers and the extended Fellowship of the RIng DVD. Actually I think they might all be from the DVD as it is supposed to have some Two Towers stuff on it.</P><P>I fyou can't wait a few days see them <A href="http://www.theonering.net/movie/scrapbook/source/Ringer_Spy_Lutz"target="_blank">here</A>.</P>``xEpkZAlFllZTBEwSeKd``x1028005487``xnews
Time to get your PS2 or Gamecube!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Electronic Arts announced in London that the official LORD OF THE RINGS movie computer-game will not be released for PC, but only for Gamecube, Playstation 2 and Xbox. Thanks to <A href="http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/hdr/de/news/news-detail_279.html" taget="_blank">Herr der Ring </A><BR>``xEpkZAyEyEVHIVvOphg``x1027983215``xnews
The United Cutlery LOTR Sword Collection WILL Include the Shards of Narsil!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The rumours surrounding the <A href="http://www.unitedcutlery.com/" target=blank>United Cutlery </A>Lord of the Rings swords have waged wild and wacky since the first glimpse of Sting was seen last autumn.&nbsp; Collectors have been drooling over Glamdring, Sting, the WitchKing's sword, and Narsil ever since.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first set of swords has been praised by novice and expert alike, giving United Cutlery the success that it needed to&nbsp;move forward and expand the line. Read more<A href="http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/7010.html" target=_blank>here </A>``xEpkZAypkZyRqReZcZd``x1027981876``xnews
Ian McKellen Answers More of Your Questions``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>What does Gandalf say to the moth while on Orthanc? Is&nbsp;he going to be&nbsp;naked in The Two Towers? What was his wizard staff made of? Ian McKellen answers more of his fans questions on <A href="http://www.mckellen.com/epost/lotr/l020728.htm" target=_blank>his site</A>, where you can find the answers to these ones and more.``xEpkZllEVpFqfmabfEZ``x1027903103``xnews
The Nazgul get their Sword``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Sword of the Ringwraiths</B>™</FONT></P><P><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>United® Cutlery’s next adult collectible reproduction sword featured in the "Lord of the Rings" films is the Sword of the Ringwraiths™.&nbsp;<BR><BR>Ringwraiths, also called Dark Riders or the Nazgul, are the shadow servants of Sauron. There are 9 of them to represent the 9 mortal Kings that Sauron corrupted with his Ring of Power. They can sense when the Ring of Power is near and can see the Ringbearer even more clearly when he puts it on. The Ringwraith’s sword was built by armourers of the dark land of Mordor, under the command of their evil master Sauron.&nbsp;<BR><BR>This massive sword features authentic battle worn metal handle parts and genuine leather wrapped grips. The acid-etched, tempered 420 J2 stainless steel blade is false-edged. It includes a wood wall display plaque adorned with the mark of the Eye of Sauron, master of the Ringwraiths™.</FONT></FONT></B></P><P><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><FONT size=2>Find out more at <A href="http://www.bladesbybrown.com/lotr/ringwraith.html"target="_blank">Blades by Brown</A>,</FONT></FONT></B></P><P><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><FONT size=2>Thanks to The Swordsman</FONT><BR></P></FONT></B></FONT>``xEpkZlEAuFyeYxmMGKy``x1027841036``xnews
Roleplaying Core Rules Released``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Decipher have released the core book to go with their Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game. <STRONG>Tolkien Movies </STRONG>have some more info. Read it <A href="http://www.tolkien-movies.com/words/words.php?id=105"target="_blank">here</A>.``xEpkZlEAEkkwCMMvnbI``x1027840722``xnews
Official Site Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A small update to the official site. Some more details of the forthcoming DVD versions. Read <A href="http://www.lordoftherings.net/homevideo/pre_sell/index.html"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkZlElAyuUxjUKmff``x1027840564``xnews
Sideshow Toy to Exhibit at San Diego Comic Con``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Sideshow Toy will be having a LOTR product presentation at this year's Comic Con. They will be showing Limited Editions, giving away prizes, and more. Also, they have confirmed celebrity guests that will make appearances. For more info, <A href="http://www.tolkien-movies.com/words/words.php?id=101" target=_blank>here's</A> the press release. ``xEpkZZuEVEEvwQgrAoU``x1027763111``xnews
Site Update - New TTT Photos added!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>The WoTR Photo Gallery has been updated with new pictures for Aragorn, Gandalf, Gimli, and Legolas.&nbsp;Come see Gandalf The White in a melee at Helm's Deep, or&nbsp;catch a surfing Legolas!</FONT>``xEpkZZFpFuZmaigjQWP``x1027751947``xnews
New TTT Photos added!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>The WoTR Photo Gallery has been updated with new pictures for Aragorn, Gandalf, Gimli, and Legolas.&nbsp;Come see Gandalf The White in a melee at Helm's Deep, or&nbsp;catch a surfing Legolas!&nbsp;</FONT>``xEpkZZFpkyAtyhiiplQ``x1027751869``xphotos
Extended Version of Fellowship to be Released in Theaters?``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>In the latest issue of the <A class=eontext href="http://lotrfanclub.com/" target=_blank>LOTR Official Fan Club </A>magazine, Peter Jackson has a very interesting quote when asked, "Is there any chance that the expanded version of The Fellowship of the Ring will ever be shown in theaters someday?" PJ's tantalizing response?<A href="http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/6990.html" target=_blank>Read more </A>``xEpkZZkFAVFHtZKEIHw``x1027745553``xnews
Friend or Foe of Middle Earth? You Decide!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Award winning author Terry Pratchett has Tolkien fans wondering whether he's&nbsp;an ally or enemy of Middle Earth.&nbsp;&nbsp; Recently, while accepting the prestigious Carnegie Medal award for his children's book, <EM>The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents</EM>, Pratchett made several comments that make one wonder if he is criticizing Tolkien's masterpiece or is he paying homage in a very strange way?<A href="http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/6994.html" target=_blank>Read more </A>``xEpkZZkFZuArpiueaai``x1027745349``xnews
Jackson Explains New Two Towers Footage``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>An article by Film Force sums up what Peter Jackson and the LOTR crew have been doing in New Zealand these past few months. Also, a few spoilers if you havent read the books. <A href="http://filmforce.ign.com/lotr/articles/365/365901p1.html" target=_blank>Here</A> it is.``xEpkZZplpFACVnzDQkL``x1027729639``xnews
Empire Magazine The Two Towers Scans``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>We have some great scans from Empire magazine, well worth the buy. Check them out <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/empireindex.shtml">here</A>.``xEpkZyAlEyFMhTCmMId``x1027719763``xnews
DVD Distributor Giving Incentives to Carry Products``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Baker and Taylor, a wholesale DVD distibutor, is offering incentives to bookstores if they will carry DVDs in their store. <A target=_blank href="http://www.videobusiness.com/article.asp?articleID=3510&amp;catType=NEWS">Here's</A> the article, and <A target=_blank href="http://www.btol.com/">here's</A> the Baker and Taylor main page. ``xEpkZyVkyyVJVkLdDVv``x1027674265``xnews
New TTT Photos Added!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The TTT section has been updated with new pictures of Aragorn, Arwen, Eomer, Faramir, and Frodo!! Check it out and snag your new wallpaper now!``xEpkZyFyZyVmhxZOgKQ``x1027658365``xphotos
Site Update - New TTT Photos added!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The Photo Gallery has been updated with new pictures for Aragorn, Arwen, Eomer, Eowyn, Faramir, and Frodo. Also Orcs, and Urul-Hai were updated earlier this week!!&nbsp;Check it out&nbsp;and snag your new wallpaper now!``xEpkZyFyyFyyOpCbIOu``x1027658236``xnews
Meet Saruman in London``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Saruman himself, Christopher Lee, star of Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring, will be signing and celebrating the long awaited Video &amp; DVD of Peter Jackson’s Academy Award winning adaptation of the famous JRR Tolkien novels at Forbidden Planet, 71- 75 New Oxford Street, London, WC1 1DG, on 6th August 2002 from 5pm to 6pm. Please note that Christopher Lee will only be signing the DVD / VHS of ‘Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring’. For any queries please email <A href="mailto:info@forbiddenplanet.com" target=""><FONT color=#a0a0a0>info@forbiddenplanet.com</FONT></A><FONT color=#a0a0a0> <BR></FONT>``xEpkZyFpAuFOrwJLXGo``x1027652543``xnews
Lucky Swedes!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The DVD is now being sold in Sweden, Switzerland and by Play.com. By all accounts people in these countries already have their hot little hands on the goodies! :-)``xEpkZyFplFlHYZbrGof``x1027652438``xnews
Interesting Essay on Tolkien and the War on Terrorism``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>The conservative and liberal élites have been portraying Bush's war on terrorism as a sort of crusade of good against evil. They have even tried to enlist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) – author of the "Book of the Century,"&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;for this endeavor. In their view, the coalition led by the United States is like the "league of the free" who fight against Sauron of Mordor – that is, bin Laden of Afghanistan. </FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>Actually, this comparison is deeply mistaken.......<A href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/stagnaro3.html"target="_blank">more</A></FONT></P>``xEpkZyFpyplbqdsJIUi``x1027652208``xnews
UK Fans May be Unable to Rent Video``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Britain's biggest video rental chain is refusing to stock a string of hit films because of a cash row.</P><P>Blockbuster is in dispute with Warner Bros after the movie giant changed its pricing structure.</P><P>The chain has already boycotted Training Day, the cop thriller starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.</P><P>They will also be unable to rent forthcoming releases including Mel Gibson's Vietnam epic We Were Soldiers and the award-winning Mexican film Y Tu Mama Tambien.</P><P>A second video chain, Primetime, is ...............<A href="http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_637056.html?menu=entertainment.films"target="_blank">more</A></P>``xEpkZyFpFlyyqpoJzrh``x1027651986``xnews
Decipher Unveils The Lord Of The Rings™ Roleplaying Game``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>&nbsp;Touted the greatest and most popular book of the 20th century, <I>The Lord of the Rings</I>™ is an epic tale of good versus evil filled with extraordinary heroes, wondrous creatures, and dark armies of terror. With <B><I>The Lord of the Rings</I> Roleplaying Game</B>, to be launched at Gen Con 2002, Decipher brings the epic adventure found in J.R.R. Tolkien's best-selling novels – and adapted into the acclaimed hit movie – to players and fans around the globe. <A href="http://www.decipher.com/newsflash/2002/072202lotrrpgcorebook.html" target=_blank>read more </A>``xEpkZyEyFupRQPhFGAc``x1027637940``xgaming
Decipher Unveils The Lord Of The Rings™ Roleplaying Game``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>&nbsp;Touted the greatest and most popular book of the 20th century, <I>The Lord of the Rings</I>™ is an epic tale of good versus evil filled with extraordinary heroes, wondrous creatures, and dark armies of terror. With <B><I>The Lord of the Rings</I> Roleplaying Game</B>, to be launched at Gen Con 2002, Decipher brings the epic adventure found in J.R.R. Tolkien's best-selling novels – and adapted into the acclaimed hit movie – to players and fans around the globe. <A href="http://www.decipher.com/newsflash/2002/072202lotrrpgcorebook.html" taget="_blank">read more </A>``xEpkZyEVlllgXpAxuYR``x1027637488``xnews
Lord of the Rings RPG Message Board Q&A ``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Got questions about Decipher's <I>The Lord of the Rings</I>™ Roleplaying Game? Get answers straight from Decipher's RPG and Miniatures Studio on Friday at 2:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)<A href="http://www.decipher.com/newsflash/2002/072402rpgchat.html" target=_blank> read more </A></P>``xEpkZyEVVuAZrvLfhFz``x1027637149``xnews
Lord of the Rings RPG Message Board Q&A ``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Got questions about Decipher's <I>The Lord of the Rings</I>™ Roleplaying Game? Get answers straight from Decipher's RPG and Miniatures Studio on Friday at 2:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)<A href="http://www.decipher.com/newsflash/2002/072402rpgchat.html" target=_blank>read more </A>``xEpkZyEVkkkducFzAlT``x1027636822``xgaming
Empire Brings forth TTT Galore``xRonin``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The UK's flim mag, Empire, travels to the Black Gates in the month's issue - trudging to New Zealand to corner the venerable director, Peter Jackson.&nbsp; Empire puts forth an an interview with the esteemed Mr. Jackson as well as a small sit down with Orlando Bloom and details of the new footage&nbsp;on the upcoming DVD.</P><P>Head over to <A href="http://www.empireonline.co.uk/news/news.asp?4050" target=about_blank>Empire Online</A> to check out more on the new issue.</P>``xEpkZVFElpueMMpddIy``x1027553404``xnews
Cheque it Out! Lord of the Rings on your Cheque``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>This user-friendly site takes you through the many dynamic, colorful options offered by our custom-designed cheques and coordinating accessories. Produced by our in-house graphics team, our products are available nowhere else! And all are backed by our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. In a matter of minutes, you can find checks.......<A href="http://www.styleschecks.com/jsp/SiteNavigator.jsp"target="_blank">more </A>Thanks to TORN``xEpkZulApuZhYTtTsal``x1027510647``xnews
TTT Updates!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>New creature photos have been added from the upcoming TTT movie!! Come see our favorite orc Grishnakh and the Uruk-hai at Helm's Deep!!``xEpkZuyykApEUzAHoTo``x1027487890``xphotos
Tabletop Section Open``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The Tabletop Section of Gaming is now open. With an introduction page and our first scenario, Ugluk's Stand. Detailed general rules for playing this battle out on the tabletop. More coming soon. </P>``xEpkZuyyEuZMeGHcOfi``x1027487747``xgaming
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The Tabletop Section of Gaming is now open. With an introduction page and our first scenario, Ugluk's Stand. Detailed general rules for playing this battle out on the tabletop. More coming soon. </P><P>Enjoy</P>``xEpkZuyypEVTKFIyWPo``x1027487615``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The Photo Section has been updated. New photos in The Two Towers, Creatures for both Orcs and Uruk-hai. ``xEpkZuyVAFAoEOepvmQ``x1027487539``xnews
New Line Cinema Store Releases 2003 Calendar``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>NewLineShop.com has released their newest Fellowship of the Ring calendar for the 2003 season. It&nbsp;runs through&nbsp;the months of September 2002 through December 2003 and features 13 new full-colour images from the movie. More information <A href="http://shop.newline.com/escalate/store/DetailPage?pls=newline&amp;bc=newline&amp;prod=014e8032bde3&amp;clist=01368032f8ac:01368032f8c0:01368032f8de&amp;ret=LOTRBmcCalendars&amp;pls9clist=01368032f8ac:01368032f8c0:01368032f8de" target=_blank>here</A>.``xEpkZuuZZVkkFhlePgm``x1027469352``xnews
Sword News``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well we all know about the big swords which you can purchase. However, these are rather expensive for the casual buyer. To resolve this United Cutlery are making small miniature versions of each sword. The following one is not one of the Lord of the Rings models. But it shoud give you an idea of what to expect from them soon.</P><P>See it <A href="http://www.bladesbybrown.com/KRmin.htm" target=_blank>here</A>.</P>``xEpkZFAAuEFXmPjVhDp``x1027421013``xnews
Gaming Section Expanding Soon!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P align=left>As you will have noticed we have plenty of gaming footage downloads but not much in the Gaming section itself. This will be changing shortly. Lots to be added to the PC/Console section including previews of all the games on each format, release schedule and&nbsp;screenshots. </P><P align=left>For a taster look who is coming up on The Fellowship of the Ring game for the PC. I wonder who that could be.....:-)</P><P align=center><IMG alt="Is this Bombadil and Goldberry?" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/bomba.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><P align=left>The Tabletop section will also be getting its first battle scenario. Ugluks Stand has been converted from the report in the Armoury into a general set of rules for fighting the battle. We hope to make more specific scenario's too. Starting with one for Warhammer Fantasy Battle. </P><P align=left>&nbsp;</P><P align=center>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkZFAplpkkQlFRsxm``x1027412402``xnews
Gaming Section``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>We will be adding lots of things to this section as soon as we can. In the meantime you can vote on the poll to give us an idea of what systems you use. ALso check out the downloads section of the site. We have some great videos of many of the new Lord of the Rings games.``xEpkZFluEppphpXzoNg``x1027405700``xgaming
Games Workshop Figures for The Two Towers``xBlack_Rider``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Games Workshop has confirmed details&nbsp;about their Two Towers figures. See them <A target=_blank href="http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/hdr/de/news/news-detail_272.html">here</A>.``xEpkZFlpyZpWOWddiaA``x1027402270``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A new story has been added to the book section. Thanks to Jacqueline for sharing her <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/books/story/jacquelinewilsonstory.shtml">story </A>of how she discovered Tolkien.``xEpkZFZkAZFFnBdLVfz``x1027394573``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>For forum members this one. Some new members' photos have been added.``xEpkZFZEykZiJzgIrRX``x1027393227``xnews
Site Updates!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The Gallery has been updated.</P>``xEpkZFZEVlADQnSUQvh``x1027393189``xnews
More Shirley Roman Art``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Another of Shirley's drawings has been added. Called, "<FONT face=Arial size=2>Aragorn and Arwen in the Golden Wood".</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Enjoy.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkZFZEVFZzPjlbfTD``x1027393137``xgallery
Fun at the Mill``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Some new photo's from the Tolkien Society's Fun at the Mill event in Sarehole. Looks like they had fun. Have a <A href="http://www.tolkiensociety.org/t_park/sarehole_2002_frame.html"target="_blank">look</A>!``xEpkZFVuFpAJiKWHvrK``x1027375909``xnews
Dubious Honour``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The Fellowship of the Ring has now surpassed The Lion King in the top grossing movies of all time in the USA. Though one wonders how much this really means given that most of these lists do not adjust for inflation. If it was tickets sold rather than actual revenue then they might be more meaningful.</P><P>You can see the details over at <A href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/"target="_blank">Box Office Mojo</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkZFVuEkpMRCxLhEA``x1027375720``xnews
Film Four Update for The Two Towers``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Film Four (UK) have updated their site, ready for The Two Towers. Not much here yet, a few interviews and such. However, worth keeping an eye on it as they often run features etc. Visit their <A href="http://www.filmfour.com/lordoftherings/" target=_blank>site</A>.``xEpkZkkpFVFLnPFezaj``x1027241953``xnews
UK Censor Passes Fellowship DVD Unscathed``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Good news for all UK Tolkien fans. The extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring has been passed by the <FONT face=Arial size=2>BBFC with the same PG certificate it had during the cinema release.&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Problem could have arisen if the extended footage warranted a higher rating. Since in UK law a film cannot have a different rating for its DVD/video release.</FONT></P>``xEpkZkkpEuVgQynEdUc``x1027241745``xnews
The Elf Lords Issue Forth from Decipher``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The Elf Lords expansion is in the stores now. Read <A href="http://www.decipher.com/"target="_blank">more</A>.``xEpkZkEAZllOLCjWUXS``x1027241388``xnews
Dreamcast Two Towers Preview``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Two Towers' structure (16 levels based on the 'most memorable movie moments from the first two films') and gameplay look most likely to appeal to gamers who loved the movie, rather than to LOTR universe purists. You can't control all nine Fellowship members or decide what flavour tea to have at Bilbo's birthday party. And while other Fellowship members take 'an active role during gameplay', you can only play as.............<A href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/previews/previews_story.php?id=77109">more</A>``xEpkZkEAEyuIwGLVBRu``x1027240764``xnews
Exclusive: More Two Towers Game Footage``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>As well as the great footage that Tolkien Movies have found at Gamespot (which will be on the server shortly), we have obtained some more footage from the PS2 version as well as one of the Game Boy Advanced. Check it ou here in our <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/downloads/gamingfootage.shtml"><STRONG>Downloads Section</STRONG></A>.``xEpkZEylAuuGuQRkgvO``x1027190544``xnews
The Two Towers Game ``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Last year's adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring to the big screen sparked newfound interest in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic literary works for an entirely new generation of people. While Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy have been standard reading material for any fan of fantasy for decades, his work has caught the attention of a much more mainstream audience since the movie's release. Spurring that mainstream craze for all things Tolkien will be a flurry of upcoming games from Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal, and Electronic Arts. While the first two publishers are currently working on PC and video game adaptations of Tolkien's books, EA is the sole possessor of the movie license. And just as director Peter Jackson ............<A href="http://www.tolkien-movies.com/"target="_blank">more</A></P><P>Thanks to <STRONG>Tolkien Movies </STRONG>for the details. We will upload these trailers soon as Gamespot's server is slow. Also check the additional clips that we have obtained. See above.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkZEylZVlJZYOJnyz``x1027190358``xnews
Sideshow/Weta at Comic Con Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P>The place to be at this year's San Diego Comic Con will be in The Lord of the Rings Pavilion! The LOTR Pavilion will house many of the LOTR Merchandising Partners such as New Line Home Entertainment, Sideshow/Weta Collectibles, Houghton Mifflin, Games Workshop, Electronic Arts, and Decipher (and the official fan club). TheOneRing.net, the site forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, will also be located in the LOTR Pavilion.</P><P>We expect the Pavilion to be packed as New Line Home Entertainment will be showing trailers from the upcoming Two Towers movie, and raffling off select home entertainment titles. The Sideshow/Weta team will be showcasing their product from the Fellowship film, giving away prizes, and debuting new Limited Editions. The Sideshow/Weta booth will feature an autograph area and feature life-size statues of Lurtz and the Ringwraith on Steed for fan photos! Houghton Mifflin, the book publisher, will be showcasing their LOTR companion books for the avid LOTR readers. Electronic Arts will be debuting their interactive The Lord of the Rings game, and will be giving away other popular EA titles for all the wired Tolkien fans. For the LOTR gaming fans, Games Workshop will showcase their LOTR table top gaming system and Decipher will be showcasing their LOTR card game and have tables set up for demonstrations and fan participation! </P><P>With all of these top notch companies coming together to celebrate LOTR, the event is not one to be missed. The Pavilion should be full of free stuff, fun events, guest celebrities and photo opportunities! This year's Comic Con is in San Diego, CA, and is being held August 1-4, 2002.</P></FONT>``xEpkZEyFVlFOstnldIT``x1027185183``xnews
Forthcoming Books on The Lord of the Rings``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The folks over at Imladris have done some digging and come up with a list of some interesting new books coming out. Read <A href="http://www.imladris.net/index.php3?getnews=1539"target="_blank">more</A>.``xEpkZpAFuyEPnvIYPIj``x1027115061``xnews
PJ is Peachy``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Filmmaker Peter Jackson is estimated to be worth $40 million. The NBR says after securing the $600 million to produce the epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Jackson is also building up an impressive property portfolio.</P><P>Thanks to NZCity<BR></P>``xEpkZpAFFFEtJcSHlrm``x1027114931``xnews
Meet Mr Merry``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Just to let you guys in on the news first, we have confirmed that the alter-ego of Meriadoc Brandybuck, one&nbsp; Dominic Monahan will be with the Fan Club/Decipher at San Diego ComiCon! <P>The Con is a huge event and runs from August 1-4, with Decipher (the company that brings you The Lord of the Rings Fan Club, trading card game and roleplaying game!) holding a cornerstone booth in the LOTR Pavilion with others such as Games Workshop, Electronic Arts, Houghton-Mifflin, Sideshow and more! <P>The ever gracious and lots of fun Dominic will be with us on the Friday and Saturday, and will be holding free autographs and Q&amp;A sessions each of those days! <P>Additionally, we are looking into giving first preference to card-carrying fan club members for a special "up close" event (more details to come), <P>And stay tuned for news about a Fan Club messageboard appearance by Dominic after the event (and after the poor guy has recovered!). <P>Exciting stuff! Look for the press release to be posted here and on decipher.com soon! <P>Cheers, <BR>Justin Pakes <BR>Director of Fan Services <BR>Decipher Inc. </P><P>Thanks to Decipher</P>``xEpkZpAFkpkMpwXCNpv``x1027114802``xnews
Tolkien Society Weekend``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>For the third year running, the Tolkien Society in conjunction with Birmingham City Council and local groups staged the increasingly popular weekend at Sarehole Mill, Birmingham. Despite initially poor weather, the event was well attended on Saturday. On Sunday, the better weather allowed record attendance. <SPAN class=start>In all, the count of attendees reached 4860</SPAN>.</P><P>This year's Tolkien Weekend at Sarehole Mill was the biggest....<A href="http://www.tolkiensociety.org/t_park/sarehole_2002_frame.html" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Editors note: Although the Tolkien Society are a great organisation, I do wish they would stop their ritual at Tolkien's grave each year. i saw it on tv last year. Singing in Elvish etc.......a total mockery. I mean why not just go along and pay some quiet respects. Anyway other than that a great bunch. :-)</P>``xEpkZpAFpuuQnlaPnDv``x1027114644``xnews
RHS Flower Show Hobbit Hole Garden``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>This garden has been designed to represent the small front garden of Bilbo Baggins, one of the main characters in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. </P><P align=center><IMG alt="The Hobbit Hole Garden" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/countryside_properties.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><P align=left>Find out <A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/events/tatton_park/gardens/sunflower_street/countryside_properties.shtml"target="_blank">more</A>.</P>``xEpkZppZFpFLNLwpNau``x1027028903``xnews
Mexican Mahem with Viggo``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>FilmForce has heard from sources in the know that actor Viggo Mortensen (best known as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) recently met with Oscar-winning director Ron Howard possibly for a role in <I>The Alamo</I>, the Disney-based epic that Howard has been.............<A href="http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/365/365090p1.html"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkZppZEkltodfQBhL``x1027028728``xnews
Get it Free in Greece``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>sethdove</STRONG> writes: Hi from Greece, the land of the FREE! I use the word “free” because when you buy a Greek magazine you get everything for free: videotapes, bags, umbrellas… even DVDs!!.........<A href="http://http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1027008730"target="_blank">more</A></FONT></FONT>``xEpkZppyAVFXdNtOrnI``x1027028553``xnews
Billy Boyd in Sniper 470``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>"The Gunner sits in his pod and waits, millions of miles away from Earth. This is Sniper 470. His task is to destroy convoys of ships that cross the Trojan Asteroid Belt, and, with a little luck, survive."</P><P>Produced in Scotland in 2002.</P><P>A Brassneck Production for Scottish Television, Grampian Television and the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, under the New Found Land short film scheme......<A href="http://www.billyboyd.net/sniper.html#" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Scottish TV is where my better half works as an editor and got the book for the competition signed. Needless to say when this debutes at the Edinburgh Festival, War of the Ring will be there. I will make some enquiries shortly and see if we can get an interview or something from our favourite Hobbit. :-)<BR><BR></P>``xEpkyAVyZkyGqJfYnxE``x1026978326``xnews
Old Toby Pipe``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well for those who just like to collect or for those who use them, here is a link to an interesting product on offer from a German company, Bilbo's pipe. It look great and well made.</P><P>Though we should point out we do not endorse smoking in any form, indeed we would remind people that it is a deadly habit. However, nothing wrong with collecting one of these great pipes. See <A href="http://216.239.37.120/translate_c?hl=en&amp;u=http://s8539099.shoplite.de/sess/utn153d36150095eed/shopdata/0080_Utensilien/0070_Pfeifen/product_details.shopscript%3Farticle%3D0010_Pfeife%252B-%252BBilbo%252B%253D2887001%253D29%26Partner%3D21002%26Shopin_Artikel%3D87001" target=_blank>more</A>.</P>``xEpkyAVEVAplMlIXVyE``x1026973190``xnews
Movie at the Beach``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The popular Movies at the Beach series will be presented this summer after all. <BR><BR>The free family event will begin at dark every Saturday from this weekend through Aug. 17<I> </I>at Ontario Beach Park in Charlotte. <BR><BR>The schedule is: <BR><BR><UL><LI>Saturday: <I>Austin Powers.</I> <LI>July 27, <I>Ocean's 11.</I> <BR><BR><I><LI></I>Aug. 3, <I>Grease.</I> <LI>Aug. 10, <I>Lord of the Rings.</I> <LI>Aug. 17, <I>Stuart Little.</I> <BR><BR>Before each movie, radio personalities ........<A href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/0716story8_news.shtml"target="_blank">more</A></LI></UL>``xEpkyllFlVAIQiEofak``x1026905459``xnews
Librarians Tell it how it is!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>.....younger readers favor their own popular genres, including horror and adventure stories, the “Harry Potter” series, the Hardy Boys and “The Lord of the Rings.”.............<A href="http://www3.cantonrep.com/cantonrep01/menus.php?ID=54027&amp;r=0&amp;Category=4"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkyllFZkkkIjxUStV``x1026905322``xnews
Games Workshop The Two Towers``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>With this release we now have confirmation that SPOILERS.............<A href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1026865005"target="_blank">more</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkylyAkFlQbMdjFeJ``x1026890838``xnews
Downloads Open``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The Download Section opened today! Icons, WinAmp Skins and Screensavers will be added shortly.``xEpkylyVZlABlcnkaOQ``x1026887389``xdownloads
Site Updates!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Well we have added a downloads section. The main navigation has had to get a little bigger to accomidate the new section link. So far wallpaper, audio, video and fonts are available. The other smaller sections will go up shortly.</P><P>We hope you find them useful and fun. The Ballad of Bilbo baggins really is worth a listen!</P>``xEpkylyuypEpCAjCFOS``x1026886201``xnews
Weta Spend Freely``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Weta Digital has bought 220 locally assembled servers over the past few months and placed an order for 256 more for graphics work on the Lord of the Rings movies. <P>Although Wellington-based Weta will not talk cost, industry sources say the 476 systems would be worth between..............<A href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2097801&amp;thesection=technology&amp;thesubsection=general" target=_blank>more </A></P>``xEpkyZAZAplklRbVilQ``x1026819508``xnews
A Certain Wizard``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A link to a photo of a certain wizard in his new incarnation. <A href="http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,184557,00.html"target="_blank">Spoiler</A>!``xEpkyZAZlElPdLUoBld``x1026819418``xnews
Time Waits for no man....or Action Figure``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just wanted to give you a news update on the status of some of the Lord of the Rings toys. I have a small toy store here in the Netherlands and am a big collector myself. Especially all thing LOTR .However, things were getting more and more confusing on several assortments that Toybiz would release. So here is an update I got from a Toybiz representative ...........<A href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/6/1026754334" target=_blank>more</A></FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to TORN</FONT></P>``xEpkyZyZulpSoGdBGEN``x1026789080``xnews
UK Hoists the Jolly Roger``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0> MALAYSIAN pirates of digital versatile discs (DVD), believed to be backed by foreign funds, have captured a large slice of the British market.<BR><BR>British authorities said the Malaysian-made pirated DVDs are among those from four top countries which have been put on the watchlist of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), a UK-based copyright enforcement.....<A href="http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/MM/Monday/Frontpage/20020715111729"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkyZyZkZkbarsTlCT``x1026788872``xnews
Apple of the Eye``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Apple have a neat photo from The Two Towers advertising their new player. See it <A href="http://www.apple.com/"target="_blank">here</A>.``xEpkyZyZEyFdFCyYZAe``x1026788763``xnews
New Zealanders Alert``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those who live in Wellington, Whitcoulls on Lambton Quay will be holding an event for the release of the Fellowship of the Ring&nbsp;DVD&nbsp;and VHS at 2400 on the sixth of August. Peter JKackson will be making an appearance and signing away!</FONT>``xEpkyyZuAkyEUVlOYzJ``x1026696526``xnews
Tolkien Treasure``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>LONDON –– First edition books by Beatrix Potter and J.R.R. Tolkien were sold for tens of thousands dollars at a British auction, while a signed Harry Potter book drew a respectable $16,660. <P>Potter's "Peter Rabbit" sold for.........<A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64670-2002Jul13.html"target="_blank">more</A></P>``xEpkyyZulpkXdyeJDvD``x1026696402``xnews
Report on Viggo Book Signing``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>After having my train break down en route from Philadelphia to New York I arrived at Penn Station around 10:30 a.m. (an hour and a half later than planned). A brisk walk got me to Eleventh Ave. where I started to look for signs of lines, etc. to help me find the gallery. When I got to the address there was no line outside, so my spirits raised. I walked in to find a small lobby with an elevator (also empty) - which I got into.................<A href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/7/1026672296" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Thanks to TORN</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkyyZuZEEzNWVXvsz``x1026696311``xnews
Directors and DVD's``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those nifty special features and interactive menus DVD buyers love aren’t just born there, they are the DVD producers’ labor of love.<BR><BR>More directors are working closely with DVD producers to develop special content for their DVD releases, and........<A href="http://www.videostoremag.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&amp;article_ID=3421" target=_blank>more</A></FONT>``xEpkyyZuVlEJSXWFmUX``x1026696181``xnews
SIte Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>New photos have been added to the Members' Gallery. Orc really does have a dog called Warg!``xEpkyVZllVZJmScJgON``x1026600457``xnews
Lurtz for Comic Con``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P>Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz in The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring) is confirmed as a guest for the Sideshow / Weta booth. This year we will be selling product, showcasing exciting new Limited Editions, offering awesome photo opportunities with our life-sized Lurtz and Ringwraith on Steed statues, and giving away great prizes! Our booth (#2228) will be located in the LOTR Pavilion, which will feature other companies such as New Line Home Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Decipher, and TheOneRing.net. New Line Home Entertainment will be featuring clips of The Two Towers trailer as well as other exciting footage on large show monitors! This year's Comic Con in San Diego, C.A., is being held August 1-4, 2002. Don't miss it!</P></FONT>``xEpkyVyVAupeOvXRMFL``x1026587540``xnews
New Artist``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A new artist, Shirley Roman, has submitted her first few pieces for us to see. Enjoy!``xEpkyVFpFVlXzpWAndP``x1026551958``xgallery
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>A new artist has been added to the <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/gallery/shirleyroman/">Gallery</A>. Shirley Roman submitted the&nbsp;art work herself. More to come soon I hope.</P><P>If you have some art you would like us to include be sure to check out the Gallery and follow the instructions there.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkyVFpkllyISkVkNC``x1026551888``xnews
Wormtongue is Confirmed``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><P>Today Brad Dourif confirmed his appearance at the Ring*Con2002 in Bonn / Germany. The US-actor will play Grima Wormtongue in the second and third installment of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. Dourif had his breakthrough with the role of the mental patient Billy Bibbit in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO´S NEST but he is also well known for his performances in many horror/sci-fi movies, including DUNE, CHILD´S PLAY or ALIEN 4.</P></FONT><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="http://www.ringcon.de/" target=_blank>RingCon</A></P>``xEpkyVkklApVuCLllBT``x1026544490``xnews
Nazgul Tailoring!!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here they are, the first set of pictures of the outfit still in progress. We've just finished putting together the United Cutlery version of the sword with an ornate scabbard and harnessing system.&nbsp; Steel sabatons and greaves (feet and shins) are next with a few other tweaks too. This costume is quite a bit more than meets the eye. Here are some specifications: Approximately 40 meters of material were assembled...........<A href="http://webhome.idirect.com/~tk421/blackriders.htm" target=_blank>more</A></FONT>``xEpkyVkkkpFxKGCJeWD``x1026543803``xnews
Petty Pratchett?``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Terry Pratchett has picked up the most prestigious award in children's literature.</P><P>He has won the Carnegie Medal for his book, The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents.</P><P>But he could not resist a swipe at fellow fantasy author JRR Tolkien as he accepted the award.</P><P>Discussing his winning novel, Pratchett said: "Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewellery into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by.............<A href="http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_627266.html?menu=" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Editors note: Seems to me Pratchett is always having a go at Tolkien.....I don't like his books much myself :-)&nbsp;</P>``xEpkyVkkpFlqdfPYBlU``x1026543638``xnews
EA's The Two Towers Preview``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>What do you yearn for? Think big. Think world domination. Think unlimited power. Think beer, crisps and pizza on tap. What would you do to get that, if it came in one tiny package? <P>That's why The Lord of the Rings is so.......<A href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/front_index.php" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Remember you can download the footage <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/movies/downloads/movies.shtml">here</A>.&nbsp;</P>``xEpkyVkEAEloVVsyfor``x1026543518``xgaming
EA The Two Towers Preview``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>What do you yearn for? Think big. Think world domination. Think unlimited power. Think beer, crisps and pizza on tap. What would you do to get that, if it came in one tiny package? <P>That's why The Lord of the Rings is so.......<A href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/front_index.php" target=_blank>more</A></P><P>Remember you can download the footage <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/movies/downloads/movies.shtml">here</A>.&nbsp;</P>``xEpkyVkElyVMRjcuFas``x1026543465``xnews
Sideshow Weta Orc Hide Helm``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>You can now buy these individually. Go <A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=Fatty"target="_blank">look</A>.``xEpkyVkEZEZNsvVijSX``x1026543317``xnews
Fairy Tale Wedding......?``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>When movie lovers Lauren, 23, and David, 25, discovered they could get married at the Dome they knew they had found the perfect location. To add to the day, guests were invited to dress up as movie........<A href="http://www.worthingtoday.co.uk/fullstory.asp?storyid=2" target=_blank>more</A>``xEpkyuFukluKPgbOUHA``x1026455884``xnews
Want to Visit New Zealand?``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>There's quite a number of fans who have dreamed of going to New Zealand to actually stand where the LOTR movies were filmed and see the awesome landscapes for themselves. Red Carpet Movietours reports that the people most forward in turning their ...............<A href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1026426077" target=_blank>more</A></FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkyuFuEAETygIAOSI``x1026455791``xnews
Sir Ian Updates``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>More questions and answers from Gandalf. See them <A href="http://www.mckellen.com/epost/lotr/l020710.htm" target=_blank>here</A>.``xEpkyuFupVAdCuPJtFY``x1026455659``xnews
Beren and Lúthien's story takes to the stage!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The world premiere of The Silmaril will take place April 25-27, 2003 at Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Silmaril is a new full-length ballet which depicts the forbidden love of Beren, the mortal hero, and Lúthien, the immortal elf-maiden. It tells of their conquest of a stolen jewel, the magical Silmaril, from the grip of the Lord of Evil and his minions. This epic production is already attracting national attention.<A href="http://www3.tolkienonline.com/docs/6909.html" target="_blank">read more</A>``xEpkyuEZyFuZEkBKYNV``x1026439234``xnews
Decipher´s THE LORD OF THE RINGS TCG receives prestigious game industryawards``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Decipher´s The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game was awarded Best Trading Card Game (TCG) of 2001 and Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game last night at the 28th Annual Origins Awards ceremony in Columbus, Ohio. The prestigious awards were presented by many celebrities including John Rhys-Davies, who portrays "Gimli The Dwarf" in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.<a href="http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/hdr/de/news/news-detail_265.html" target="_blank">read more</a> ``xEpkyuEuZkliramlpkt``x1026436328``xnews
Ian McKellan Updates``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Ian McKellan's site has been updated, with a great new competition. Have a <A href="http://www.mckellen.com/" targer="_blank">look</A>!``xEpkyFyyyZyxCwxpIsv``x1026388276``xnews
BBC Gardener Sells House``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>It's only really when you reach the top of the hill and look down at the cottagey house that you realise what this allegorical world reminds you of - the Shire, in the first few frames of the film The Lord of the Rings. Even Titchmarsh's full-time helper, the colourfully named Bill Budd, is part Bilbo Baggins, with his summer shorts, workman's boots ...............<A href="http://property.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml;$sessionid$5BUMO0AAAAWHDQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/property/2002/07/10/ptitc07.xml&amp;sSheet=/property/2002/07/10/ixpmain10.html&amp;_requestid=27189" target=_blank>more</A>``xEpkyFuAVkurTDkFtJz``x1026371124``xnews
Ovation Arts Network Tolkien TV``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Orphaned at thirteen, J.R.R. Tolkien sought solace in escapism, as reflected in his works of fantasy. As a professor at Oxford, Tolkien dazzled the literary world with both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which bridge the gap between juvenile and adult literature, appealing to each group on a different level. Hearkening back to the myths of yore, Tolkien called upon Celtic and Norse legends to paint his world of dungeons, dragons, swords and sorcerers, where he pitted good.......<A href="http://schedule.ovationtv.com/highlights.asp?id=3071"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkyFuAFFuoijDysce``x1026370934``xnews
Live by the Sword``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>United Cutlery has announced it's new lineup of LotR swords for the year. In addition to the Sting, Glamdring, Witchking and Narsil swords they currently offer, they will soon be releasing The Ringwrath Sword, and a special edition of Narsil. Later this year they will add Arwen's sword, Strider's Ranger sword, and the Uruk-hai scimitar as well. </P><P>For more info got to&nbsp;<A href="http://www.bladesbybrown.com/lotr.html" target=_blank>Blades by Brown </A>and click on 'Breaking News from UC"<BR></P><P>Thanks to Orc.</P>``xEpkyFuVAkkphyDfKTI``x1026367522``xnews
Amazon UK Offer``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><FONT color=#b9945b><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Exclusive Offer* with The Lord of the Rings DVD or Video<BR></STRONG>Order <I>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</I> on </FONT></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RDP8/026-6037656-5689246"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2>DVD</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2> or </FONT><A href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RDP7/026-6037656-5689246"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2>Video</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2> now and you will receive:<BR><BR></FONT><UL><LI><A href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/307868/026-6037656-5689246"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#b9945b><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Free BBC audio CD sampler of <I>The Lord of the Rings</I></FONT></FONT></FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2> </FONT><LI><A href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/307868/026-6037656-5689246"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2>£3 off a selection of BBC audio titles</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2> </FONT><LI><A href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/307865/026-6037656-5689246"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2>£2 off a selection of <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> HarperCollins books</FONT></A></LI></UL><P>Read <A href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/1063336/ref%3Dmm%5Fsnpa%5Flr%5Ft%5Fpr%5F1/026-6037656-5689246" target=_blank>more</A>.</P>``xEpkyFuVFlVzMmASULT``x1026366985``xnews
Paris Premiere``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Rumours abound from Ian McKellan's White Book to TORN. That the premiere for The Two Towers will be held in Paris. We will wait and see.``xEpkyFuVkkugJTWWRFP``x1026366824``xnews
EA's Lord of the Rings game, footage``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">The Downloads section is now open in Movies. Not a lot there but something very special, that I doubt you have seen. It is the new game from Electronic Arts for the Playstation 2 and other consoles. We have obtained some footage of it. </FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Check it out it looks awesome.........Elendilllllllllllllllllll!</FONT></P>``xEpkykykplkflyRrXIW``x1026283682``xgaming
Ancanar Updates``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>For those who don't know Ancanar is a movie set in Middle-earth. They have recently updated their site. You can check it out <A href="http://www.ancanar.com"target="_blank">here</A>.</P><P>Thanks to <A href="http://www.tolkien-movies.com/"target="_blank">Tolkien-Movies</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkykVVlEAxuAfJiTd``x1026277419``xnews
The Spy Who........``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Australian actress Cate Blanchett will play Mata Hari in a made-for-television film about the infamous World War I spy. </P><P>Blanchett, who previously starred in Elizabeth........<A href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/10/1026185047109.html"target="_blank">more</A></P>``xEpkykVulAEdxvNyIqW``x1026276491``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Well the first items from The Forge are here. An interesting article by Orc on his first foray into creating items on his own forge. It is in the Armoury under Iron Orc Smithy. Else just click <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/armoury/orcsironsmithy/rosesandcandleholder.shtml">here</A>.``xEpkykVuVyVoefLPYEQ``x1026276165``xnews
Weta Go Linux Crazy``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>As Wellington, NZ-based Weta geared up for the second installment of <I>The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers</I>, New Line Cinema, backers of the trilogy had already grossed over $800 million — and that’s before the first of two DVD releases hit the streets. Not bad considering the budget.............<A href="http://www.digitalanimators.com/2002/07_jul/features/lessons.htm"target="_blank">more</A></P><P>A a side note we at War of the RIng are Linux fans too! The whole site is run on a Linux server. :-)</P>``xEpkykFlupkYPHZYKeE``x1026260002``xnews
More Shots from TTT Teaser``xRonin``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Cinemenium.com has posted some very high resolution screenshots from our beloved LOTR:TTT teaser.&nbsp; They may be few, but all our wonderfully clear and lucid.&nbsp; Go <a href="http://www.cinemenium.com/lotr-twotowers.htm" target="about_blank">here</a> to see them all.``xEpkyEZuZZpToZaEdeJ``x1026196370``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>A new area has been added to the books section. This comprises essays/stories sent in by visitors to War of the Ring. We are asking that you share your story of how you discovered Tolkien and why his work has had such an impact on you.</P><P>You can find them in the books section on the righthand side or through this <A href="http://www.warofthering.net/books/story/">link</A>.</P><P>Hope you find them as interesting as I did. Why not submit your own and we will put it up for you.</P><P>Fatty</P>``xEpkyEZuuElZlruQCvJ``x1026196018``xnews
Lights Out on November DVD Release!``xRonin``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Lights Out Entertainment has just come out with details covering what to expect on the Fellowship of the Ring SE DVD.&nbsp; Go <a href="http://www.lightsoutentertainment.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1026034653,92681,default" target="about_blank">here</a> to find out whether or not we see singing hobbits at the Prancing Pony (misquoted as the Green Dragon Inn), Galadriel the Generous, and much, much more!</P><P>Be sure to check out the wonderful, though sadly few, exclusive screenshots from the Special Edition DVD.</P>``xEpkyEZukplOqJQzUks``x1026195808``xnews
AICN Reviews FOTR DVD!``xRonin``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Ain't it Cool News head mogul, Harry Knowles, has recently reviewed the, soon to be released, Fellowship of the Ring DVD.&nbsp; Check out what Harry thinks <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=12664" target="about_blank">here</a>.</P><P>Harry also seems to think that a certain "car scene" which we all know so much about has been removed from the DVD.&nbsp; Can it be?</P>``xEpkyEZkkFAaNiykXof``x1026193839``xnews
Site Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Ugluk's Stand in the Campaign Trail section of the Armoury has been updated. The static maps on&nbsp; the Desciption of Battle page have been replaced with an animated Flash one. Go look! It's fun and quite informative.</FONT></P>``xEpkyEuypZZaIiEtOqd``x1026167677``xnews
The Fire of Orthanc``xOrc``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The Fire of Orthanc is up in the Forces of Evil Section. Take a look and then join the discussion in the Smithy.``xEpkyEuplFyxYToOlsF``x1026162436``xarmoury
The Two Towers Scans from Empire``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>TORN have some scans from this months Empire Magazine regarding The Two Towers. See them <A href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1026094044" target=_blank>here</A>.``xEpkypAEykkGBqqfUfT``x1026113222``xnews
Site Update``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The members' gallery is now open on the forum. Use the navigation below the titles to access it. Get yours in today!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkypyAVZyNaZvHHNT``x1026091176``xnews
The Sword's Tip``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P align=center><IMG alt="The Swordtip" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/mainsiteimages/swordtip.jpg" align=baseline border=0 target="_blank"></P><P align=left>If you are interested in the reproduction swords from the movie or just swords in general, this might be interesting to you. Blades by Brown, one of the main sellers of The Lord&nbsp;of the Rings swords from United Cutlery, now have a news letter. </P><P align=left>It features various interesting article about weapons and such. Well worth a look.</P><P align=left>To subscribe just go <A href="http://www.bladesbybrown.com/"target="_blank">here</A> and sign up.&nbsp;</P><P align=right>&nbsp;</P><P align=right>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkypuFAEltuPRLVRo``x1026065518``xnews
Site Update!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Fire of Orthanc has been added to The Armoury, under Forces of Evil, Ainur and Uruk-hai. Enjoy.``xEpkypuFEAuJWdHASdN``x1026064794``xnews
John Gilbert Interview``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>...On The Lord of the Rings, director Peter Jackson was shooting all three films in the trilogy concurrently, and so for much of the time I was left alone with a pile that grew to two million feet of film. Some days I'd watch 20,000 to 30,000 feet of dailies (occasionally 50,000 or 60,000!). Though Peter likes to be intimately involved in editing decisions, during production I was rarely able to get his attention for more than a few hours at a time...<a href="http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/MayJun02/best_film_editing/lord_editing.html" target="_blank">More</a></P>``xEpkVAZlkVZinrNooSU``x1025999857``xnews
Extended DVD Images``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Our French cousins over at Nemenoreen.com have gotten hold of som egreat images from the Extended DVD. See them <A href="http://numenoreen.com/set/image_04-07-2002.html"target="_blank">here</A>.</FONT></P>``xEpkVAVAkplGePDKXUO``x1025980808``xnews
BBC Review The Fellowship of the Ring DVD``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">We all know there's a four-disc special edition of "The Fellowship of the Ring" due out in November, but for those of you that can't wait, this two-disc release will likely prove irresistible, especially as it ...............<A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/04/lord_of_the_rings_fellowship_of_the_ring_2001_dvd_review.shtml" target=_blank>more</A></FONT></P>``xEpkVlAppEyqwammxEh``x1025911616``xnews
Blanchett Flattered by Spoofs``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Cate Blanchett says she's very flattered by Lord Of The Rings spoofs. <P></P><P>The actress says she found the French and Saunders version of the Fellowship Of The Ring a huge compliment.</P><P>Blanchett especially liked Jennifer Saunders' version..............<A href="http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_622589.html?menu=" target=_blank>more </A></P>``xEpkVllZluAlPXGjZwr``x1025909449``xnews
Off to the halls of Mandos with .......``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>TORN have a report from on of their people giving some major spoilers for The Two Towers film. To read them click <A href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/1025880979"target="_blank">here</A>.``xEpkVllZpZAMFRQjGsk``x1025908679``xnews
Fireworks of Gandalf!``xSerathorn``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Universal Intertactive released new screenshots for their upcoming Lord of the Rings game.Maybe landscape needs more detail but the sky and the fireworks special effects look very elegant.</P><P>See the screenshots in here: <A target=_blank href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/3/1025785086">http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/3/1025785086</A></P>``xEpkVlkZyAAEqJBKkTV``x1025849299``xnews
Latest Two Towers AIM Icons``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>A few new AIM icons to download, som eof them are from The Two Towers. SOme are rather nice. Check it out <A href="http://www.gigahosts.com/~c1003/aimicons/icons.php?dir=LOTR.Two.Towers"target="_blank">here</A>.``xEpkVlkZyluwuQdyIVv``x1025849284``xnews
Golden Fox Tours of Film Sites``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>The&nbsp;LOTR started filming in Queenstown&nbsp;and&nbsp;then they&nbsp;advertise in the local paper for extras, I went for a interview&nbsp; and got two weeks work as a extra in the movie.<BR>We where filming in Queenstown and for some reason they could not get a back drop shot write, so we all went to Arrowtown to see if the second location would be better and it was, it was perfect.<BR>It was October and the river was slow and low, Ideal for the Black Riders and the horses.We filmed in Arrowtown for three days write in front of the town ship.<BR>The good thing about Arrowtown is that it only takes ten minutes to get in the bush and up Arrow Gorge where some .......<A href="http://goldenfoxtours.tripod.com/tours/index.html" target=_blank>more</A>``xEpkVZupkupOVGPPyKh``x1025761840``xnews
Fly Over Middle-earth!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><B>Lord of the Rings</B> devotees will soon have the chance to tour the New Zealand locations where Peter Jackson shot his film trilogy. Spying a lucrative market, Glenorchy Airs is launching a three-hour "Trilogy Trails" tour which will jet the punters around the films' key locations. "They can visit Lothlorien, and view the scenery where the battle of Amon Hen took place," gushes Glenorchy spokesman Robert Rutherford. "They can smell the smells and see the sights that Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee felt." </P><P>More when we get it.</P>``xEpkVZFFEpVibqGYpCN``x1025754705``xnews
New Sideshow/Weta Helm``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#b9945b size=2>TheOneRing.net is proud to introduce its first <I>EXCLUSIVE</I> product offering. Thanks to our sponsorship with ........................<A href="http://www.theonering.net/" target=_blank>more</A>.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can buy the new helm via Sideshow's site or via TORN, which will help support them. You can also see a review of one of the other helms and the medallions, by yours truly <A href="http://warofthering.net/features/themedallionprogram.shtml">here</A>.</FONT></P>``xEpkVZFkFppyfLkyfyc``x1025753900``xnews
Sculptor Interview at Sideshow/Weta``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Meet Artist and Sculptor Virginia Lee, daughter of Alan Lee, Sculptor for ‘The Lord of the Rings’ films Art Department and now making her commercial debut as creator of the first of Sideshow/Weta Collectibles’ fantastic new wall-plaque........<A href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/lotr/int_vlee2.html"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkVZFEVkEGWFztHpt``x1025753121``xnews
The Hobbit Hits Reno``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Arial size=2>Join Brüka Theatre in a production of this timeless JRR Tolkien classic. "The Hobbit" or "Here and Back Again" is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit turned thief. Bilbo leaves his home, the Shire, to explore middle earth, in a hero's journey that includes trolls, goblins, "The Ring" and a big dragon! With the help of his strong-hearted friends and maybe a little magic..................<A href="http://www.brukaland.com/mainstage.html"target="_blank">more </A></FONT>``xEpkVZFEupVvKehIhDE``x1025753005``xnews
The Moth Lives!!``xIlluvatar``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Stop by in the Misc Images catagory and check out our little friend, along with various other images newly posted!!</FONT></P>``xEpkVyyyppZjesueUWO``x1025687607``xphotos
Site Update: Photos``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Illuvatar has updated the photo section. Weathertop in The Fellowship of the Ring is now active. Addtionally the Misc Images category in the same section is also live.</FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Go look at his moth! :-)</FONT></P>``xEpkVyVZuuVWmJQnmzd``x1025679045``xnews
Live Action Tolkien Festival ``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The only live action Tolkien festival in the world! Leave the real world behind and enter a realm of mighty heroes. A realm of the fantastic where warrior maidens and grizzled veterans fight side by side with Elves and Orcs...<a href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1025649190" target="_blank">Full Story</a></P>``xEpkVyuAFuuafSEhzwr``x1025670944``xnews
Interview with Pigott``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The "Lord of the Rings" films are the result of many peoples' labors, but some "L.O.T.R." collectibles have essentially been the product of a single individual, New York sculptor Patrick Pigott. Last year, Pigott crafted a set of four 12 oz. "Glass Goblets" sold at Burger King restaurants, as well as a quartet of "character replica" statues for Applause, L.L.C...<a href="http://systems.figures.com/Features/index.html?show_article=35017&dom=lotr" target="_blank">Full Interview</a></P>``xEpkVyuAEyFYkIfPYqP``x1025670763``xnews
Bad News for LoTR Club Members``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Members who were promised that their names would appear in the credits of the first release of the LoTR: FoTR DVD are going to be disappointed:<br>"...there is a cost to making something bigger and better and this situation is no exception. The space needed to add a 19-minute musical score to the name scroll and the time required for Howard Shore to score and produce additional music -- means that neither space nor time was available to place the Charter Member name scroll on the first Theatrical Release DVD (due August 6th)..."<br><a href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/7/1025638455" target="_blank">View the Entire Letter</a></P>``xEpkVyuApEFXohYvdfY``x1025670613``xnews
Weathertop``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Weathertop has been added to The Fellowship of the Ring photos&nbsp;by Illuvatar, big updates on The Two Towers soon...............``xEpkVyulpFlGjTfkpFT``x1025669638``xmovies
Lord of the Rings Game Footage to Download``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>We have procured some footage of Electronic Arts; The Lord of the Rings game.</P><P>Check out the download section in movies!!! It looks great.</P>``xEpkVyuuVlytqVLhtqq``x1025666186``xnews
Big Deal.  No Really!``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Buy a 10 week rental card (rent 1 DVD/VHS per week for 10 weeks) for $25 and receive Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD for free at BlockBuster. In stores only.<br>On the other hand, buy LOTR DVD at BestBuy.com for $20 and receive a $10 gift certificate...<a href="http://www.slickdeals.net/#p2480" target="_blank">Check it Out</a></P>``xEpkVyEAZyEPIvjKEem``x1025641361``xnews
Tour to Cater to LoTR Fans``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>A well-thumbed copy of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings sitting underneath Robert Rutherford's desk says a lot. <br>It goes some way to explaining why his sightseeing company has started offering flights to visit areas used to create Middle-earth for the Peter Jackson film trilogy....<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1255451a3845,FF.html" target="_blank">Full Story</a></P>``xEpkVyEAEAlWesnpIZz``x1025640798``xnews
JRD At Decipher Table At ORIGINS``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>[Credit to TORN] John Rhys-Davies, who stars as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings' movie trilogy and on Decipher¹s The Lord of the Rings' Trading Card Game, will make an exclusive appearance at Origins on Saturday, July 6th in Columbus, Ohio, as the special guest of honor on the Decipher booth (#218). Convention-goers will have an opportunity to receive his autograph and participate in a Q&A with the actor. Decipher has made this exclusive opportunity free for all convention attendees...<a href="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/3/1025616868" target="_blank">Full Story</a></P>``xEpkVyEApVZGKVTXpGY``x1025640657``xnews
Disney Meets Sanctuary``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>It's a case of The Lord Of The Rings meets Jurassic Park. <br>Well, almost - Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and Miramar special-effects company Weta are talking about making replica extinct native animals for the sanctuary, ranging from giant moa to tiny frogs...<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1255080a10,FF.html" target="_blank">Full Story</a></P>``xEpkVyEllZAROBxdVny``x1025640479``xnews
Oscars Moved Up a Month``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tentatively voted to shorten the Oscar calendar by a month, moving up the film industry's highest honors from late March to late February starting in 2004...<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/reuters20020701_487.html" target="_blank">Full Story</a></P>``xEpkVyElZkEgYCfhtdr``x1025640321``xnews
More on McKellen``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>This is an article posted before the parade where McKellen comments on his open homosexuality: </P><P>"You don't always have to say things to have an impact," he told the San Francisco Chronicle. "Apparently the sight of me and my boyfriend holding hands at the Oscars ( news - web sites) quite caught people's eye. In regard to its impact, it was thought to be almost as good as an openly gay man getting an Oscar."</P><P><A href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20020629/ap_on_en_mo/mckellan_pride_parade_1" target=_blank>Full Article</A></P>``xEpkVVVAlVVyVfVMTzM``x1025581455``xnews
McKellen Marches in US``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Clad in a long white coat and waving the British flag, actor Sir Ian McKellen leaped from a silver convertible and raced to hug cheering fans during the city's annual gay pride parade...<A href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20020701/ap_on_re_us/gay_pride_parades_6" target=_blank>Full Story</A></P>``xEpkVVVAVZpsNgMyNfY``x1025581170``xnews
The Lord of the Rings Game!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">The Downloads section is now open in Movies. Not a lot there but something very special, that I doubt you have seen. It is the new game from Electronic Arts for the Playstation 2 and other consoles. We have obtained some footage of it. </FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Check it out it looks awesome.........Elendilllllllllllllllllll!</FONT></P>``xEpkVVVAEZlocnRGTZH``x1025580778``xgaming
Site News``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">The Downloads section is now open in Movies. Not a lot there but something very special, that I doubt you have seen. It is the new game from Electronic Arts for the Playstation 2 and other consoles. We have obtained some footage of it. </FONT></P><P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #002d00">Check it out it looks awesome.........Elendilllllllllllllllllll!</FONT></P>``xEpkVVVAplAzGiWgvwq``x1025580689``xnews
Buy.com Giving Away LoTR Movie``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Buy.com is giving away 10 Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring movies as a third prize in their Home Theater Sweepstakes.&nbsp; There are other prizes as well, but I didn't bother to check 'em out.&nbsp; So, go <A href="https://www.buy.com/corp/support/login.asp?what=contest&amp;cid=64" target=_blank>here</A>, read the rules, and enter to win!``xEpkVVVllFZDRfGqfQZ``x1025580437``xnews
It's a Wrap--Mystical Creatures Disappear``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>So long ... it's been fun ... The Lord of the Rings stars got into some serious farewell partying at a Wellington bar last week. </P><P>After a pick-up filming involving several of the film trilogy's stars, including Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellen, film spokeswoman Claire Raskind yesterday confirmed that all had now left the country...<A href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1254082a10,FF.html" target=_blank>Full Story</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkVVVyukyPUxKxncC``x1025578026``xnews
It's a Wrap--Mystical Creatures Disappear``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>So long ... it's been fun ... The Lord of the Rings stars got into some serious farewell partying at a Wellington bar last week. </P><P>After a pick-up filming involving several of the film trilogy's stars, including Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellen, film spokeswoman Claire Raskind yesterday confirmed that all had now left the country...<A href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1254082a10,FF.html" target=_blank>Full Story</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P>``xEpkVVVyFZyPtAYXfbL``x1025577976``x(default)
Full Size trailer at Apple``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>Well it has finally been released officially. See the Full Screen trailer <A href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/the_two_towers/"target="_blank">here</A>.``xEpkVVuZuFVLPasaZIH``x1025569035``xnews
Still Filming Helms Deep``xgilgalad``xRecently, sevral members of The Two Towers cast were seen in the area used for Helms Deep because of extra filming.  For that and more tidbits about the new movie <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1247853a1701,FF.html" target="_blank" >go here.</a> ``xEpkVVuEkuuHvXBTZyv``x1025562844``xnews
Connery Baffled by Pipeweed``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>While his stay in Prague Sean Connery told a journalist that the role of Gandalf was offered to him but he denied because he didn´t understand the story with all this hobbits, elves and other characters. I still haven´t seen the movie but have heard that Ian McKellen did a good job and even have read the book probably.<BR></P><P>Thanks to Her Der Ring</P>``xEpkVuyuFuuLoWqXiiY``x1025485944``xnews
Cate Blanchett is Just a Normal Woman!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>We're used to seeing our stars hiding behind the tinted windows of limousines, surrounded by minders and demanding the kind of VIP treatment that ensures they're put at the best table in that........<A href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/29/1023864668718.html"target="_blank">more</A>``xEpkVuyFlZETRbIysOl``x1025485471``xnews
DVD Freedom``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>More filmmakers are now revisiting past works with director's cuts or special editions thanks to the theatrical success of a handful of such new versions and the rise of DVDs, whose large storage capacity opens options for refinements to the.............<A href="http://http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,56596,00.html"target="_blank">more</A></P><P>Note the Fellowship of the Ring information is near bottom of the article.</P>``xEpkVuyFZZuzgjnsREd``x1025485374``xnews
New Painting Workshop``xgilgalad``xThere is a new Painting Workshop for Gimli and Legolas at Game Workshop's site for their minatures.  To view it  <a href="http://games-workshop.com/lotr/painting/legolasgimli.htm" target="_blank" >Go Here</a> ``xEpkVuyEVAAcDnvISIm``x1025483199``xnews
Little People``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>I thought I would share this site I was contacted about. It is very cool, they have used little miniatures to recreate the scenes from the book.</P><P align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/FromeetGan.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><P align=left>You can see the whole lot <A href="http://af.foolofatook.com/index2.html"target="_blank">here</A>.</P>``xEpkVFAFpkkkxkeFlML``x1025414622``xnews
The Biggest Lord of the Ring Convention on Earth``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P align=center>This one is for our German visitors or anyone who can make to this promising event. Ring Con 2002 will be the world's biggest Tolkien convention. Lots happening at the event. The following Guest are confirmed as going to it.</P><P align=center><IMG alt="Sarah Mcleod: Rosie Cotton" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/mcleod.jpg" align=baseline border=0><IMG alt="Cameron Rhodes: Farmer Maggot" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/rhodes.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><P align=center><IMG alt="Craig Parker: Haldir" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/Parker.jpg" align=baseline border=0><IMG alt="Mark Feguson: Gil-galad" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/ferguson.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P><P align=left>To find out more visit their <A href="http://www.ringcon.de/"target="_blank">site</A>, there is an English version also available.</P>``xEpkVFyAFZZejbUixZM``x1025390977``xnews
Holy Smoke``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>With the recent release of <I>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</I> on video and DVD, it is an apt moment to review the religious reaction to last fall's two major film releases, the Harry Potter movie and the<I> Lord of the Rings: The .........<A href="http://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/archive_2002/0627.html"target="_blank">more</A></I>``xEpkVFyVAEEtIqAlINB``x1025387511``xnews
Topps Go all Shiny!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Topps proudly presents <I>The Fellowship of the Ring</I> Collector’s Update Edition. This 72-card, all foil-stamped series will feature all-new imagery from the first film, a special <I>The Two Towers</I> Preview, Behind-The-Scenes artwork......<A href="http://www.topps.com/Entertainment/lordoftherings/updateedition.html" target=_blank>more </A></P><P align=center><IMG alt="The New Cards from Topps" hspace=0 src="http://www.warofthering.net/images/newsimages/LOTR_collage_v2.jpg" align=baseline border=0></P>``xEpkVFyVlVpgGcmVZrL``x1025387450``xnews
Jackson is Bestowed Traditional Honour``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>The makers of Lord of the Rings will have to make room among the Oscars on their mantelpieces after receiving further honours. </P><P>Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast awarded "Keys to the City" to Weta Workshop's Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger and........<A href="http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,112263-1-5,00.html"target="_blank">more</A></P>``xEpkVFpEyEEHSFDpxXC``x1025323211``xnews
Tolkien Essay at Suite101``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>When <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> was first published, some reviewers apparently decided that "all the good [peoples were] just good, and the bad just bad." In indirect response to such complaints, Tolkien noted to one reader: "...the Elves were <I>not</I> wholly good or in the right" (Letter 154). Indeed, none of his characters..............<A href="http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/tolkien/93001"target="_blank">more </A>``xEpkVklEukyTrKBGMzZ``x1025303026``xnews
Sideshow Toy at Comic Con``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT size=2><P>Sideshow Toy will be attending this year's Comic Con in San Diego, C.A., which is being held August 1-4, 2002. This year, Sideshow Toy will be located in The Lord of the Rings Pavilion. We will post detailed information about our location closer to the show. Our team members will be on hand to present product and prototypes, discuss design and development, and answer general toy related questions that you may have. We will also be selling product at this show, giving away prizes, and offering show specials!</P><P>Last year we had some surprise guests stop by such as Richard Taylor and Weta Workshop crew members (The Lord of The Rings fx team), Elijah Wood (Frodo from LOTR), and even Gene Simmons from KISS! </P><P>Visit <A href="http://www.comic-con.org/"target="_blank">Comic Con</A>.</P></FONT>``xEpkVkZAyFZDDpTdUyX``x1025301237``xnews
Mithril Miniatures Sale!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><FONT face=Garamond><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Only the weekend left to take advantage of our "summer madness" promotion. Discounts for the month of June - orders over €50 euro and under €100 euro get a 5% discount, orders between €100 euro and €200 euro get a 10% discount and orders over €200 euro get a huge 17% discount! This discount does not apply to our new release LO11 to LO15.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Our new 54mm Lord of the Rings figures are now ready and available for shipping. Order Now! </FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>LO11 Saruman the wizard of Orthanc</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>LO12 Ring-wraith............<A href="http://www.mithril.ie/"target="_blank">more</A></FONT></P></FONT>``xEpkVkZAkyVNrGZuFOA``x1025300865``xnews
Bloom is #1 of Top 20 Hottest?``xAlien``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0>I wouldn't have thought it possible (muahahaha), but as of this posting, he's in the lead with a hot 21% of the vote. If you'd like to keep the lusty elf-boy in the lead, go <A href="http://www.ym.com/boys/index.jsp" target=_blank>here</A> and click on "20 Hottest Guys." You'll be able to vote for one of them even, if you feel so inclined, the "hottest" elf in middle earth. ;)``xEpkVkZpyZuJRmSbvAv``x1025292274``xnews
A Hobbit who Likes Heights``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Although knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1998, Ian Holm is one Brit who prefers the United States. </P><P>The star of <I>The Emperor's New Clothes </I>has been living in New York since November, receiving treatment .........<A href="http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/stories/062602dnartholm.cca6e.html"target="_blank">more</A></P>``xEpkVkkVFpZhouNJyOs``x1025246907``xnews
Deep pockets!``xFatty``x<X-WYSIWYGv1.0><P>Deep Discount DVD is selling The Lord of the Rings Collector's Gift Set for a discounted price. A pretty good deal, though personally I will just wait until it is released and buy it in a shop. As it will actually take longer for any pre-release orders to come by post, I would think.</P><P>Check it out <A