Category Archives: LOTR

QuickTime Two Towers

    I guess I parked myself in front of the wrong place. The Two Towers trailer is available at Apple’s QuickTime site, rather than lordoftherings.net.    12:58 AM: It’s a good day to be a geek.    I tried … Continue reading

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The Two Towers

    Thieving tricksy AOL has the new trailer — and we wants it!    Can’t get any screen grabs from it, can’t find the link for the broadband version, but the official site has a link to the dial-up … Continue reading

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Elvish Week

    Everybody else is talking about Elvish it seems, so why not me? I discovered this link, just in time, to a page of Elvish translations from The Fellowship of the Ring movie. It’s pretty cool to get to … Continue reading

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This Entry is Meaningless and Can Be Ignored

    As much as I love Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, I am coming dangerously close to ragging the movie out. I’ve watched the DVDs too many times already and they’ve only been out a … Continue reading

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Widescreen vs Fullscreen

    Let me state right from the outset that when it comes to home video I am an elitist snob. I love a letterboxed laserdisc or DVD that retains a movie’s original theatrical aspect ratio. The black bars at … Continue reading

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My Precious!

    It’s a struggle to tear myself away from the TV. I got my Fellowship of the Ring DVDs tonight (courtesy of DVD Planet‘s timely shipment) and I have to say this is one of the best looking DVDs … Continue reading

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I’ve Been Published

    As members of The Lord of the Rings movie fan club, we had the chance to submit questions to be asked of director Peter Jackson for an interview in the fan club magazine. I sent in my question … Continue reading

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Idiot of the Week

    The Idiot of the Week Award goes to the Mensa candidate behind this petition at Petition Online. The genius is demanding that the upcoming Two Towers sequel to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring … Continue reading

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The Two Towers

    Newsgroups have (has?) failed me. I’ve been searching for a file of The Two Towers preview, so I could relive seeing it last Friday. But it turns out I was looking in the wrong place. It’s available here, … Continue reading

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LOTR on DVD

    Aw, what the heck, let’s update the page anyway. This news is already widespread, but it’s so cool I can’t resist mentioning it here too. In a big party at the WB Studio lot, New Line announced the … Continue reading

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