Category Archives: Books

A Horn in the Hills Ringing

Posted on May 3 2004 by Mickey

    IMDb links to an Empire Online exclusive story about the CD release of Howard Shore’s full Lord of the Rings score. Apparently, the set will be 9 CDs long, including a bonus CD of unused music. This is … Continue reading →

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Pedantry

Posted on April 12 2004 by Mickey

    It must come as no surprise to admit I’m a sniveling little know-it-all. I must confess however that I’m not quite the pedant I’d like to be. This is made even more obvious by Your Dictionary.com’s list of … Continue reading →

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Appendix F: On Translation

Posted on March 29 2004 by Mickey

    Those wacky Chinese are at it again. Overseas bootlegs are notorious for their questionable English > Chinese > English subtitles. Now they’re just getting ridiculous, just randomly banging on their U.S. keyboard.    Check out these screen grabs. … Continue reading →

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Musical Bookmarks

Posted on March 3 2004 by Mickey

    According to MaxFixIt, it’s possible to add bookmarks to your musical iPod files, same as with Audible’s audiobook files. I always liked how the audiobook files would remember exactly where you left off when you returned to them. … Continue reading →

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Oscar Blog 2004

Posted on February 29 2004 by Mickey

    • Pre-show highlight so far: when John Burke of E! News began a segment by forgetting to hold his microphone!    • Hey Molly Mayok, it’s Bill Murray not “Mary”. Notice the “ur”?    • For the love … Continue reading →

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I, Hobbit

Posted on February 23 2004 by Mickey

    There are some who feel Frolixo‘s hobbit, which he created for Wizardry 8, looks like me…

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Woses Supposes

Posted on February 18 2004 by Mickey

Just got the latest Lord of the Rings Fan Club magazine, and found one quote from Peter Jackson quite interesting. He was asked what deleted scenes he regrets having to excise, and he mentions the Púkel-men who guide the Rohirrim … Continue reading →

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ROTK DVD A/B

Posted on February 16 2004 by Mickey

    A week ago The Digital Bits linked to a site called DVD Debate which reportedly had a sneak peek at the cover art for The Return of the King DVD. Having seen some impressive bootleg covers in my … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings II: Their First Assignment

Posted on February 16 2004 by Mickey

    I read an interesting article today from the Wall Street Journal (reprinted in our local paper, the Detroit Free Press). Unfortunately one has to subscribe to the WSJ to read the online version, so I am unable to … Continue reading →

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Congratulations PJ!

Posted on February 8 2004 by Mickey

    Peter Jackson received the Directors Guild Award last night! The One Ring.net has a set of images from the ceremony here. This and Barrie Osborne’s Producers Guild Award last month should bode well for Return of the King‘s … Continue reading →

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