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Who is really behind the Narsil?
Aragorn will use it after it has been remade, but who originally made it? The smiths of Nogrod? Sure. But here is a wonderful article on who made the movie versions of the Narsil, Glamdring, Sting, and other swords in the trilogy, at Algonet
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Spock sings Bilbo
Yes, I know. He is not Spock. He is Nimoy. And maybe you have seen this before, and asked yourself, why…why can’t he sing? Could the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins be one of the first music videos? Whatever it is, it is funny!
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What goes on in New York?
The Central Park Lord of the Rings Event, of course! Ain’t It Cool News has the skinny on what happened!
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Rivendell in your living room
Sideshow/WETA has Alan Lee’s concept of Rivendell for purchase. The original watercolor has been reproduced as an offset lithograph, printed on archival paper, and includes the original signatures of Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and illustrator Alan Lee. Included with this reproduction is a piece of the actual film strip of The Lord of the Rings:…
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Figgy pouts
USA Today has a brief article on the phenomenon known as Figwit.
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When you’re good, you’re good
and when you are really good, you’re great. I am pretty sure we have all guess at this by now, but just to confirm–here is what Ananova says.
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Additional illustrations now posted at the gallery
For those of you who don’t already know (a few of you were posting great comments almost as fast as I was posting the artwork–most appreciated!) –there are more John Howe illustrations at the gallery. Go take a peek!
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Now everyone will want Grima Wormtongue under their Christmas Tree!
Here is a sneak peek for you collectors of Toybiz figures–the latest of the LOTR toys, featured at the San Diego Comics Convention, as seen at Figures.com
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Here’s Howe…
World-famous Lord of the Rings illustrator John Howe (see our gallery for a few examples of his work) is going to be at the International Festival of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Modern Technologies and New Llife-style,or ISTROCON, on September 13 -15, in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Shrek may become even greener with envy…
because Lord of the Rings fans have caused The Fellowship of the Ring DVD release to become the biggest event yet in the short but very lucrative history of all DVD disks, or so says The New York Post
