Author: Remmirath

  • Casting Forum: To Drool or not to Drool

    Need a place to voice your thoughts and feelings over a cast member in Lord of the Rings? Have you found yourself with a crush on a certain Elf or Ranger? Perhaps there is a character in one of the movies that you just adore, or maybe the actor or actress that portrays that character.…

  • A Short Word on the Green Dragon Inn

    The Green Dragon Inn is the newest forum here at Council of Elrond, and one of the most diverse. Ranging in topics from Middle Earth decorating to Weaponry, the Green Dragon is one of the most enjoyable forums here at COE. Moderated by Happy_Hobbit and Goldsand, the Green Dragon first appeared back in November of…

  • Spotlight on Weaponry

    “Mae Govannen meathor” One of the newer sites added to CoE in recent months is the Weaponry site and its gracious admin. Macilie~Undomiel invited me in for a look around. When the position was offered Mac felt that her lifelong intrigue with all types of weaponry, the historical roles they play and her love of…

  • Encyclopedia Highlights

    The candlelight casts a soft glow as it spills from Elrond’s Library, within the scratch of quill on parchment can be heard. We see atalante_star, chief scribe of King Elessar, and Nienna-of-the-Valar bending over a table covered with notes, scrolls and books, busily chronicling and classifying new information for the ever-growing Encyclopedia site at CoE.…

  • An Interview with Rivka

    -Why did you create CoE? At the time that FotR came out, I was sort of marginally aware of the movie. In the past, I had started to read the books a few times, but never got very far with them, so I didn’t really have a clue what the movies would be about. But…

  • Shore goes for the Grammy tonight

    Howard Shore has been nominated for a Grammy award in the “Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media” category. The 46th Annual Grammy Awards will air at 8 PM on CBS. Good luck Howard!

  • Annie Lennox appearing on “The Tonight Show”

    On Friday February 6th, Annie Lennox is scheduled as the musical guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” where she may perform “Into the West”. The show airs on NBC at 11:35pm.

  • Shore talks score

    In a recent article at Yahoo_movies Howard Shore discusses aspects of creating the scores including his inspiration, character themes, recording sessions and more.

  • Lord of the Comics

    It seems that even cartoonists are getting into the LotR spirit this week.

  • Trilogy Tuesday in Canada!

    Hey there Canadians, hop on over to Famous Players to see if Trilogy Tuesday is playing at a theater near you!