The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[HairOfTheDog]

Anyone want to go to this? - Ramius, this is awful close to your birthday, I would buy you tickets as a present if you are interested!

Howard Shore Concert In Seattle
3/29/03, 11:27 am EST - Xoanon

Darcy writes: The Seattle Symphony has recently announced its schedule for the 2003-2004 season. Included is an appearance of Howard Shore conducting the Seattle Symphony (with the Seattle Symphony Chorale) for "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: A Symphony in Six Movements." Also shown will be film clips from the trilogy. Performances are Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets are priced $20-$55 and are available through the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office.

Would I have to dress up?

[Overtaxed]

I splurged at the grocery store today....got the 6 pack of Coke in 8 oz glass bottles.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, they sure hated that exotic lettuce in that leftover salad I put out there. Ate all the iceberg and left the other stuff. Maybe I offended them.

[Overtaxed]

Guess they're just iceberg type of bunnies!

It's cleared up a bit....time to play in the yard!

[HairOfTheDog]

Performances are Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets are priced $20-$55 and are available through the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office.

Oh for cryin' out loud. July 2004? I didn't notice that till I went to see how to buy tickets... Who plans that far ahead?

[JenB]

Got back from the movie.... I agree with you, though I was confused until I recalled you had said 3.5 noble sacrifices, not 3.5 sacrifices.

The scientists were funny and cool and the astronauts were dull, go figure. And the hacker kid - I was howling every time he came on. Too bad the required love interest female couldn't die.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well...if I'm still in the area then...yeah, I would like to go!

[HairOfTheDog]

Right! - The question is, how far in advance would we have to get tickets?

[Corin Stormhands]

Did you get peanuts?

[Overtaxed]

Daong! I knew I forgot something!

[Overtaxed]

Um ..."Dang!" Can't even cuss right today

[Corin Stormhands]

Must have peanuts....

After working in the yard today (on and off between rain showers), I'm pooped. But the Mrs. and I are off to see one of her students in a high school production of Cinderella....sigh...

At least it's not Middle School.

[Overtaxed]

Worked in the yard....did some cleaning....I'm pooped. Glad I don't have to go anywhere tonight! :)

[JenB]

Yeah, me too... I have studying and such, and I might read a nice book.

[HairOfTheDog]

OK - The concert a year from now may not have tickled your fancy, but this is a must-go... a few-hour drive to the South to see Sean Astin. It looks like the thing is a go, but they are jockeying for a bigger theater within the complex. I WILL go to this no matter which theater they choose, who wants to go with me? - Tickets hit Fandango Monday they think. I have freeped the theater like they ask with a note that I would be driving from Oly to see this and bringing friends. Don't make a liar out of me!

Anyone gonna do this with me? - Penny! Ramius! - Scott! Comeon!

Oregon Ringers: Opportunity To See Sean Astin
Demosthenes @ 12:52 am EST

Ringers based in and around Portland, Oregon shold leap on this chance to see Sean Astin at this "once only" charity screening of Two Towers and Sean's short film The Long and Short of It.

The catch is that the organisers are desperately trying to secure a larger venue for the screening. If (and only if!) you definitely think you can make it to this screening, here's how you can help them.

BitofEarth.net and Regal Entertainment Group are proud to present:

One Night Only
A Special Charity Screening of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Preceeded by the short film The Long and Short of It, written, produced and directed by Sean Astin

Saturday, April 5 7:00pm
Regal Cinemas Lloyd Cinema 10
Portland, Oregon
All Proceeds To Benefit Reading Is Fundamental
Guest Appearance by Sean Astin!
Tickets $12 per person

We told you we had something good for those of you who didn't make the list for Elanor! This is limited, but it's limited to 700, and we want to sell out this theatre...we would love for Sean to see a packed house! It sounds like a lot, but it's only a buck fifty more than a regular movie ticket, and we sold out not only the auditorium, but the *theatre* for the TTT Midnight Showing we arranged...so consider this a call to all you Portland-area or Northwesternly Ringers...bring someone! Bring many someones! Pack this place for Sean!

The Bad News: Regal Entertainment Group is concerned that an "old" movie like TTT will not generate any interest. Although we've been getting absolutely fantastic support from the regional managers, the big shots down in LA don't think that having Sean and "The Long and Short of It" is a big enough deal to get Ringers in the seats.

We were originally offered Lloyd Cinema 10, the largest theatre in Oregon, with a great, classy look and 750 seats (this would be the same theatre "that we could never fill" that we packed to bursting in December for the premiere, not counting the extra two thousand people or so we packed into the other auditoriums.) Now, they want to put us across the street in a mall food-court cinema with barely 300 seats.

What We Can Do: Northwest Ringers unite (although we know that people worldwide support both Sean and BitofEarth, Regal will only be impressed by fans who have a reasonable expectation of attending)! Show Regal that yes, there are more than enough geeks in Portland who would be willing to support a good cause, see a better movie, and most of all, meet Sean Astin! If we can convince them that more than 300 people who would absolutely buy tickets for such a screening, then we've got the big theatre! All you have to do is grab a few of your local friends and go to the comment form at Regal's website and tell them that yes, you support this idea, and how much you'd love to see it at the kind of venue it deserves.

The Easy Way - Copy and paste the following:

"I am interested in seeing the proposed April 5th Reading is Fundamental charity showing of The Two Towers in the large auditorium. My friends and I want to attend explicitly to see Sean Astin and his short film. Please help this happen. Thank you"

(Theatre name: OR, Portland, Lloyd Center 10)
(Manager name: Robert Bob)

The Harder-But-Still-Not-So-Hard Way:

Write your own message of support. Please note that there is a 255 character limit. Try to push that you want to go because of Sean. Believe it or not, they don't see his appearance as 'a big deal!'

Of course, we understand what it feels like to be patted on the head by corporate America and told that Goonies (or Geeks) aren't quite Good Enough, but this is a case where you can definitely catch more hobbits with honey than with vinegar. Please, please, PLEASE be nice!! Even one nasty, negative email could sink us.

Thank you all so much for your help and support...I know we can pull together and get this showing in the best venue possible for Sean, and show him that like Goonies, Ringers never say Die.

Assuming all goes well, tickets will be available Monday or Tuesday at Fandango.com, or at the Regal Cinema 10 box office. You may also e-mail Bit of Earth directly for more information.

[Overtaxed]

Oxygen (cable channel) is showing a bunch of Hitchcock this weekend. Right now Psycho is on. Vertigo is next.

[HairOfTheDog]

OK - Ramius and I are "IN". We are going! - Are you with us? - Or against us?

Penny, I would have to make the trek back to here afterwards at 1:00 am or so, for the critters.... You would be welcome to crash here so you didn't have to go a whole 'nother hour.

[HairOfTheDog]

NorthWest Sean Astin Moot is the best mini-moot of them all!

ksen, this sortof gives me an idea.... If we "volunteered to do something" at our January moot, we might get Sean to come for this President's council thingy... Florida need any work done?

[HairOfTheDog]

NorthWest Sean Astin Moot is the best mini-moot of them all!

ksen, this sortof gives me an idea.... If we "volunteered to do something" at our January moot, we might get Sean to come for this President's council thingy... Florida need any work done?

(Again 'cuz I forgot to ping ksen)

[2Jedismom]

I feel terrible about those soldiers...I imagine it will be in the "Dispatch" that I get, probably next week...I'll forward it on.

I did get 4 of the five (yes, FIVE) care packages sealed up and the paperwork all done. I'm leaving the fifth one open in case I get any notes or artwork on Monday, then I'll take them in.

I found a whole bunch of York film envelopes and I included enough for each camera to have one, plus...I filled one envelope completely out, including the cost of the film getting developed and I put it in there for the chaplain to take a bunch of pictures, then mail in and they will be posted in my York account!! I told him to take pictures of the soldiers looking at the items, if he could.

I also included instructions for him to take 4 of the labels Bear made and put them on the inside of each DVD case, so they'll know where the DVDs came from.

So, I've been busy!