The Hall of Fire

Ataahua on TORn posted a link to this PJ interview with The New Zealand Herald in which he discusses Hunt for Gollum briefly: “Some pretty interesting stuff happens that we reference in passing in LOTR, but there’s a lot of more deep detail to it,” Jackson said. The tone and pacing will be significa...

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Was Maedhros involved in the conversation?

Thanks! Nice to see you both as well.

Hi, V!

How lovely! That really captures the sense of Gondolin not only being surrounded by mountains, but truly hidden by them (with the help of the Eagles) despite Morgoth's best efforts.

Thanks for posting the clip, Snowdog! I'm really tickled by just how anime this is, and pleased to see Kenji Kamiyama directing in 2D again. :) I'm hoping to see the film on Friday night. I'd prefer a cheaper time, but it should work well for me in terms of scheduling, and watching with a crowd (if ...

I first read Fauskanger's Westernesse when I was beginning to explore online Tolkien fandom back in early 2007, almost two years before I became active on forums. I was already a fan of Númenor based on The Silmarillion (I'd not yet read UT ), but it left a tremendous impression on me and largely de...

My first thought is that the duology (at least...) will end up being a revival of the old "bridge film" idea, covering the grand sweep of events between TH and LOTR , and that the actual process of hunting Gollum will be a very small part of the films. Of course, I could be completely wron...

Thanks for the link, Alatar! I saw some screencaps of Saruman on X last week but hadn't come across the Japanese trailer itself.

I honestly haven't been following any of it; the WotR trailer is what got me to check in here and on TORn today for the first time in a while. I just watched the latest ROP trailer in order to answer your question, and aside from a slight interest in Charlie Vickers' Sauron I feel nothing. While I e...

For me, I think it largely comes down to expectations. The Second Age is very near and dear to my heart, so I hold ROP to a higher standard than something that's explicitly a prequel/spinoff of the PJ films (and, unlike The Hobbit , is not adapting a part of the legendarium I'm passionate about). If...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCUg6Td5fgQ I've been unable to muster any pre-release enthusiasm for ROP S2, but I'm really looking forward to this. I'm sure I'll have many reservations about the finished film, but it looks like a fun ride. I think Kamiyama was a good choice for director, though I'...

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Strands #120
“We've got the beat”

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Strands #118
“It's way over your head”



Just started playing Strands the other day; this is my second try at it. Went much easier on the hints this time.

Details from People , who it seems released these images first: The first-look images show Cox's character Helm Hammerhand sitting alongside members of his family, including the newly introduced characters Héra (Gaia Wise), Haleth and Hama. Another up-close image of Héra shows her holding a sword. A...

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Alatar wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:59 pm

I'd seen Frazetta's Éowyn before but somehow his thicc Orcs totally passed me by (or else I'd forgotten them, but that ass is pretty memorable ).

I'm unaware of any Tolkien-authored summary of the White Council's subjects of discussion. Maybe there's one in HoMe VI–VIII, which I'm least familiar with, but I kinda doubt it. Tolkien never fleshed out the full membership of the White Council, nor did he clarify the relationship between the counc...

Alatar wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 3:04 pm Actually I strongly suspect they will have a different elf morph into Charlie Vickers directly before that shot, so we may well have a "which elf is Sauron" still going on.