Thursday, May 04, 2006

Moviechat This Weekend -- Star Wars!
- Demosthenes @ 21:00 PST

This week in #moviechat we will be getting together to watch George Lucas' seminal blockbuster, 'Star Wars' (1977).

Join us this weekend Saturday May 6 on our IRC server a little before 5:30 pm EST when we pop our copies of the film into the DVD player. After the usual confusion, at around 5.30pm EST we'll all press play on our individual players and proceed to cheer and jeer (or discuss and argue, if you like!) the finer points of the film. [More]

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Hall Of Fire This Weekend -- Stewards Of Middle-earth
- Demosthenes @ 09:38 PST

This weekend, Hall of Fire will focus on the stewards of Middle-earth. Several characters take up the role as stewards in Tolkien's Middle-earth. Some are obvious - Denethor, Manwe (and, indeed, many other Vala), Theoden and Samwise, for example. [More]

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Who Is Middle-earth's Greatest Hero?
- Demosthenes @ 22:53 PST

The question of questions. The question sages have pondered for decades. The question that has overturned book club meetings and caused riots on message boards. The Question of the Ages. No, it's not 'What's the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything?'. Nor is it 'Who shot JR?'. It's not even 'Where's the beef?'. This weekend in Hall of Fire, we are going to ponder the imponderable, ask the unanswerable, seek that which has eluded both the wise and the extremely geeky: Who is the greatest Hero of Middle-earth? [More]

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Hall Of Fire This Weekend -- Of Maeglin
- Demosthenes @ 17:26 PST

This weekend, Hall of Fire finally resumes its Silmarillion chats with chapter 16 -- Of Maeglin. We'll explore the tragic tale of Aredhel and Eol, exploring what spurred the White Lady of Gondolin to leave the hidden city and how it set in train a trail of events that leads right up the sacking of Gondolin itself.

Was Aredhel strong or rebellious, and how does her restlessness compare with that of her Noldorin half-sister, Galadriel? What does it say about her character that she chose to visit her Feanorean cousins, rather than Fingon? What of Turgon, who allowed her to leave Gondolin reluctantly? [More]

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Hall Of Fire This Weekend -- Of Maeglin
- Demosthenes @ 05:15 PST

This weekend, Hall of Fire finally resumes its Silmarillion chats with chapter 16 -- Of Maeglin. We'll explore the tragic tale of Aredhel and Eol, exploring what spurred the White Lady of Gondolin to leave the hidden city and how it set in train a trail of events that leads right up the sacking of Gondolin itself.

'So you forsake your father and his kin, ill-gotten son! Here shall you fail of all your hopes, and here may you yet die the same death as I.' Eol at Gondolin. [More]

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Hall Of Fire This Weekend -- Frodo And Sam
- Demosthenes @ 07:09 PST

Following our highly successful detour into Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, this weekend Hall of Fire will explore the relationship between Frodo and Sam. Was it ever a relationship of master and servant, or was it more one of close friendship from the very start? How does it evolve over the course of the Quest? Where do we see Frodo the leader?; where do we see Sam the leader? [More]

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Join Us And Watch The FOTR EE This Weekend!
- Demosthenes @ 04:41 PST

This Saturday, Hall of Fire is going to the geek side. Instead of a topic chat, we'll be hauling out our copies of the Fellowship of the Ring EE DVD, dusting them off and popping them into the DVD player. And after the usual confusion, at around 5.30pm EST we'll all press play on our individual DVD players and proceed to cheer and jeer (or discuss and argue, if you like!) the finer points of the film. [More]