The New Hobbit Hole

[RosieCotton]

Maybe different pages? i.e. if I look at six pictures, that's six hits but only one visitor?

[RosieCotton]

Wouldn't that be B A G, B A G, GGGG AAAA, B A G? I can remember having to sing the letters when we were learning recorder lonnnngggg ago! Learned "Mary had a little lamb", too..

Congrats on your new toy! We'll have to have a chat concert again sometime!

[2Jedismom]

I think hit is how many times the site has been hit, but visitors is how many actual people have been there. People are looking at the site more than once, from what I can understand.

[2Jedismom]

Oh, he's hooked. He's got it bad. There's no turning back now, RWRF!

Read this:

http://www.chiffandfipple.com/whoa.html

[RosieCotton]

"Slip Jig Syndrome" is the one that really cracks me up...I do this and at least one of my brothers does, too! We notice notes in car and computer noises, too. We went to NYC together in February and can STILL sing the "subway song" - one of the trains made a three note "noise" when starting off, which we both picked up on.

[2Jedismom]

Must be nice to have a supportive spousal unit. My hubby hates it.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

Must be nice to have a supportive spousal unit. My hubby hates it

Oh, yeah, of course she had to grab it and start playing all kinds of stuff. She was pleasantly surprised. She usually plays recorder and flute with her classes, and had thought of the Irish whistle as "shrill". But she is changing her mind a bit I think...

Can't post much today at all, must work, the Balrogs are cracking their whips....

[HairOfTheDog]

ican'tbelieveit, thanks for posting this link over in the Dragon... Sorry I haven't gotten back on that yet, but there is a bit of hope on the horizon after this week. Then I should have more time.

Look everyone! Fox coverage....

New Lord of the Rings: Two Towers of Power

New Line Productions
The relentless Uruk-hai capture helpless Pippin and Merry in The Two Towers.

Tuesday, September 24, 2002
By Roger Friedman

The Two Towers | The Rolling Stones | Laurie Colwin | Fox Is First, Yet Again

New Lord of the Rings: Two Towers of Power

I've now seen advance footage of the second installment of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and all I can say is "look out." This may be another Oscar nominee for Best Picture. 

Last week New Line Cinema held two sneak previews of 16 minutes of assembled footage of The Two Towers which featured a look at some new characters and a glimpse of a giant war scene. It was all very impressive, especially the new computer-generated character Gollum, who puts Jar Jar Binks to shame. 

Two Towers, from what we saw, is more character driven than the first film. It feels a little amped up and that may be the result of the re-shoots this past summer. The scenes we saw had incredible energy even if you don't know a word from the book (and that would include this reader, whose only interest in J.R.R. Tolkien's books extended to The Fellowship of the Ring). 

But nothing was more impressive than New Line's Mark Ordesky's knowledge of the entire Tolkien canon. When he finished explaining it to us, we were all afraid there'd be a quiz. 

Later Ordesky, executive producer of the trilogy and the man who shares credit with director Peter Jackson for making it all work, admitted: "I read the books about 12 times since I was a teenager." 

Bernard Hill, the British actor who plays Theoden, the king of Rohan, said that when the actors arrived in New Zealand this summer for re-shoots, Ordesky amazed them with the same speech. "We couldn't believe it," said Hill, who attended the preview with actors John Rhys-Davies and Miranda Otto. 

New Line will open Towers on Dec. 18, with a built-in audience. The first installment has made about a billion dollars worldwide so far.  

[2Jedismom]

Breathe, 2JM...breathe....

[ksen]

Oohh, that Uruk is pretty cute, no?

Wow, FoTR made 1 billion dollars? I think New Line is probably quite pleased they took this risk. I hope our fellowship's agents were wise enough to get them a piece of the gross instead of the net.

[NewCenturions]

Think 'Dec 18'....

[HairOfTheDog]

NEW TTT TRAILER ONLINE SEPT 30th!
9/24/02, 10:32 am EST - Xoanon

In anticipation of the December 18 release of the central film in Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," New Line Cinema will debut the film's main theatrical trailer at 12:01AM, Monday, September 30, exclusively on America Online worldwide. The new trailer will debut in North American theaters on Friday, October 4, and widen throughout the world through the month of October[More]

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What does this mean "exclusively on AOL worldwide"? How do I see it?

[SuziQ]

I still want a hardback set. And THAT set will NOT be lent out!

Let your family know you want a set for Christmas! I'll bet your brothers and sisters would be delighted to get one for you!

[Corin Stormhands]

It was all very impressive, especially the new computer-generated character Gollum, who puts Jar Jar Binks to shame.

Great article, but pleeeeze...Spongebob Squarepants puts Jar Jar Binks to shame...

[JenB]

I hope that Orc is not causing your heart problems!

[JenB]

You wait thirty seconds for a geek to steal it and make it widely available.

On second thoughts, make that ten minutes for the geeks to get over their AOL revulsion.

[Corin Stormhands]

What does this mean "exclusively on AOL worldwide"? How do I see it?

I'd rather march into Mordor than log on to AOL ever again...

But I am making some nice Christmas ornaments out of AOL CDs...

[RosieCotton]

Great article, but pleeeeze...Spongebob Squarepants puts Jar Jar Binks to shame...

Please...do we HAVE to keep using the JJ word?? I DETEST that creature...

[HairOfTheDog]

I have no religious convictions against AOL... I have never been there. I am quite sure I have been to worse bars than that!

[RosieCotton]

Let your family know you want a set for Christmas! I'll bet your brothers and sisters would be delighted to get one for you!

Tried that last year...didn't work. But I DO have a birthday coming up...hmmm. Maybe if I start dropping heavy hints I'll at least get my own cheapie paperbacks back for my birthday?

I can't complain about last Christmas, though...my brother gave me a beautiful copy of The Hobbit (hence the double copies!) complete with fold out maps and Tolkien's notes and other goodies. It's an older sort of collector's edition. Really nice!