[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Nesletter (23/08/01)

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NEW WETA/SIDESHOWTOYS CONTEST!!! SEE BELOW!!!

TORN #94

Thursday August 23, 2001

Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)

Decipher Press Release
(NORFOLK, Va., August 23, 2001) ­ Decipher announces plans today for its
captivating trading card game based on the epic adventure trilogy The Lord
of the Rings.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998583750]

Behind-the-Scenes Screener!
7:30 pm Welcome to Middle Earth: A Look Behind the Scenes of The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998583354]

TheOneRing.net sponsorship updates.
Two stories from the charities TheOneRing.net sponsors: Books in Homes and
WorldWide Fund for Nature.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998445684]

Council of Elrond Change?
We received this report from a production insider concerning the council of
Elrond.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998406151]

Tolkien Special On BBC Late Autumn
BBC2 in England sometime in the Autumn (Fall) are showing a profile of JRR
Tolkien. The programme will apparently include rare interview footage with
the great man himself. One can only speculate that there may be some
extracts from the film? Lets hope!

GAMING: Steven Long talks RPG Games
I had a chance to sit down with Steven Long, from Decipher Games about their
upcoming RPG. Middle Earth.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998332860]

LOTR Extra Talks LOTR
Like any extra in the upcoming blockbuster 'Lord of the Rings', Lucy Long
knows all about the glamour of the movies ... and the hard work involved.
Lucy, 26, was plucked from obscurity and thrust into stardom when an old
friend called and asked if she'd like a part in the film. "It was as out of
the blue as that!".
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998332637]

Franklin Mint 2002 Calendar
Gorel sends along some great scans from the Franklin Mint 2002 LOTR
calendar, take a look!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998269775]

Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections)

Barlimans is more than a place to get your mead! There is the Fun Section,
Regulars Map and Photo Gallery, and of course the gateway to our ever famous
MIRC Chatroom!
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Gaming Havens is keeping all you gamers up to date on the latest
RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it out daily for gaming news.
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The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) The Lord of the Rings Director's
very own fanclub! Stop on by to learn more about the man, the myth, the
bastard. If you are a Peter Jackson fan, then 'The Bastards Have Landed' is
the place for you!
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You know the old adage: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait. Check out the
huge August additions to Green Books: Turgon's Bookshelf has a great guide
to "Tolkien Publications Roundup-Fall 2001 and Beyond."  Anwyn's
Counterpoint blows the heralding trumpet, "Tolkien Geeks, Unite!"  Our
Special Guest takes on the ever-burning issue, "Every Time a Bell Rings a
Balrog Gets Its Wings?" I go Out on a Limb to assess the damage of the
recent "San Diego Comic-Con Wrap & Review." More Tributes from the fantastic
Terry Pratchett and Douglas A. Anderson from Meditations on Middle-earth.
Tookish's Ticklers keeps rolling with comics, jokes, and parodies. Yowza! A
rich bounty of 23 new Q&A,  Great Fan Fiction in Moon Letters Green Books
continues to be the most diverse and dynamic online Tolkien magazine on the
web. Come explore the WORDS and WORLDS of Tolkien!
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The Tolkien community never looked so good! Come and check out our listing
of 11 subsites hosted by TheOneRing.net! We've got everything from Rolozo
Tolkien, with almost EVERY Middle-earth image ever created, to our FX
section, devoted to the magic of motion picture special effects. As well as
a host of foreign language sites!
GOTO: http://fan.theonering.net/sites/index.html

Our Tolkien Fan section is just for you! From the site design to all the
stories and text is designed by you the fans of Tolkien and TheOneRing.net!
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Shop.theonering.net is THE place to find all your Tolkien items available
online! From Tolkien cards to weekly ebay items, you should keep clicking on
over to our shop section for all your Tolkien needs!
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Palantir Visions (Things seen from beyond the front page)

!!WETA/SIDESHOW TOYS CONTEST!!

Why did the Balrog Cross the Road?  How many Hobbits does it take to screw
in a light bulb? Have you ever thought of a joke like this? A funny joke
with a Tolkien twist! That's what we're looking for in this Tolkien
Joke-O-Rama!

[http://www.theonering.net/theonering/contests/0801_humorhunt.html]

To obtain information on an international distributor located closest to you
please contact Sideshow sales at sales@sideshowtoy.com


TORN Digital is coming this week!

This week will mark the debut of TORN Digital;  TheOneRing.net's new
exciting venture into the internet/video media: TORN Digital. While we don't
want to give too much away, we would like to show you some of the people
involved in the production.

This week we have a screen grab from our Debut Episode of TORN Digital! Take
a look at it here:

[http://theonering.net/digital/preview/210801-ingridpic.JPG]


We Like to Party!!!

Talking of premieres and celebrations, TORN would like to see Tolkien fans
have their own 'Fellowship' bash on the 19th, right here in New Zealand. It
should be a big glamour event, given that we've got a chance to have the
first public screenings in the world (it's the dateline thing acting in our
favour!) Ideas, suggestions, and expressions of interest to
tehanu@theonering.net. We need to get an idea of numbers. Meanwhile, watch
this space.

That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in those
letters! We love to hear from you!

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