Re: The General Tolkien News Thread

[malickfan]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/realise-minas-tirith#/story

Good luck to them...they are going to need it...

OMG WHERE DO I SIGN UP?

As I said above, maybe we should sponsor a brick, we are the Second Biggest (though almost certainly the nuttiest) English Language Tolkien Forum afterall...


Just imagine the grass debates we could have

[Mrs Figg]

they only have £16 its a bit short of £16 billion they need. plus it really has to be on a mountainside otherwise its silly

[malickfan]

So £16 in 15 hours=£1.06

£1.06x 24 x 60=£1536(ish)

They might have been a tad optimistic

[David H]

Indoor plumbing?

[Eldorion]

Once again you've put a suspiciously large amount of thought into this Eldo  

Well my dream was always to win the lottery and then build my very own hobbit hole mansion somewhere nice, but yes. It's hard not to after visiting Harry Potter World in Florida and seeing how well they pulled that off.  Though obviously there's a big difference between theme park facade and fully functioning replica city, but Universal did a really good job integrating HP elements into even the most mundane things IMO.  The closest LOTR equivalent is probably the Hobbiton set tours.*  There's still no interiors there, of course, but they rebuilt the facades with permanent materials and are caring for the area.  If nothing else, I'll always be grateful to The Hobbit films for making the Hobbiton set not so desolate anymore.  I'm sure it was cool to visit in like 2008, but I always found the photos of those empty whitewashed facades to be really depressing.

*I should say the closest publicly available equivalent.  The fully livable Hobbit hole on Peter Jackson's estate probably comes closer.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/69739340/what-lies-beneath-sir-peter-jacksons-house

(For some reason I can only find sources from this summer, but I swear I saw a video years ago where some actor said he'd visited PJ's home and in addition to the hole there was also an underground train.)

[malickfan]

This is an excellent resource:

http://parmarkenta.blogspot.co.uk/

And speaking about Tolkien themed theme parks wasn't there a rumour last year WB were planning one?

[Eldorion]

There have been a couple rumors including some random town in Spain (that may or may not actually have received permission).  I suspect any project that actually appeared viable would be the subject of a legal challenge from the Estate unless they have a change of heart.  No idea who would win though since AFAIK the terms of the sale of rights to LOTR have not been made public.

[bungobaggins]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/realise-minas-tirith#/story

Good luck to them...they are going to need it...

At least they selected fixed funding, because there's no way they're going to reach their goal.

[Pettytyrant101]

I hope they succeed for no other reason that it seems like, on the surface, the stupidest idea ever.

[Mrs Figg]

its not stupid but I would make everyone wear costume and ban cars otherwise it would be stupid. whats stupid is not having it on a mountainside.

[malickfan]

The illustrator Jef Murray has passed away, I don't think he was necessarily one of the better known Tolkien illustrators, but certainly a talented man with a distinctive style all of his own, you can see some of his illustrations on his website here:


http://www.jefmurray.com/gallery/middle-earth/

[azriel]

Cripes, he was only 55 !! what a shame ! I looked at the sketches 1st Malick,then onto his other works. I liked his style. Thats all its been lately is people "popping" off

[Eldorion]

I honestly don't think I've seen any of his work before, but it's very nice. Certainly a distinctive style as you say, and I don't mean that as a backhanded compliment. 55 is too young. RIP.

[Pettytyrant101]

I like 'Dawn at Laketown' nice to see Laketown not looking like a scabby shit hole.

[Orwell]

I certainly hope they don't make Bilbo's hole look like a scabby shithole.

[malickfan]

I certainly hope they don't make Bilbo's hole look like a scabby shithole.  

This sentence might need a bit more context Orwell

[azriel]

people have said that about my hole before now, Malick

[malickfan]

people have said that about my hole before now, Malick

[azriel]

I live in Rushock Bog, Lower
{{{ might be something to do with the frogs ? }}}

[Pettytyrant101]

Marshy holes down that way


Orwell!!!! (Its your round)

[Orwell]

Err.. just need t pop off for alittle whiles, Petty... Surely will buy that round at the right time.....


{{{Azzy - if I might suggest... err.. the assistance of a general practitioner --- or faith healer... }}}

[Eldorion]

Show of hands: do you guys prefer nasty, dark, dirty wet holes, or dry, bare, sandy holes with nothing in it to eat?

[Pettytyrant101]

Well judging by the state of my own its a dirty hole for me, one that no matter what I try to entice her with I just cant get Figgs to give a good scrubbing too

[Bluebottle]

Ah.. um.. well.. the agony of choice.. I guess..

[chris63]

Evan Palmer has created a brilliant illustrated version of Ainulindalë (Music of the Ainur), the first part of Tolkien's Silmarillion. It tells of the creation of Middle-earth & the origin of the Powers that shape its destiny.

http://www.evanpalmercomics.com/ainulindale