[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (05/08/02)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

ADVERTISE ON THEONERING.NET (SEE BELOW)

TORN #138

Monday August 5th, 2002

Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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Comic-Con Day III Report!
TORN Regular irascian sends along his report from day 3 at Comic-Con!
Breakfast with Dominic Monaghan! Take a look!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028515123]

Comic-Con 2002 Report
Niowen sends along a whole slew of pictures from Comic-Con! Check out Dom
Monaghan and a great pic of the cave troll REAL up-close!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028514793]

TORn Exclusive: Makoare Is The Witch King!
TheOneRing.net can exclusively reveal that Lawrence Makoare, who appeared as
Lurtz in The Fellowship of the Ring, will return in The Return of the King
as the Witchking of Angband, Lord of the Nazgúl! Makoare himself told us
about the casting move which occurred months ago during filming when he paid
the regulars of TORn's chatroom Barlimans a visit from Comic-Con in San
Diego! We hope to bring the transcript of the chat as soon as possible.

TORN Exclusive: Orlando Bloom Interview!
Oscar parties weren't the only thing we were covering that fateful weekend
in March. TheOneRing.net was at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles to
cover the New Zealand celebration of film hosted by the Ambassador of New
Zealand and attended by most of the cast of FOTR! We've got interviews with
Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Peter Jackson, and
Orlando Bloom!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028408041]

Comic-Con Day Two Report!
Ringer Spy Irascian sends along another one of his reports from Comic-Con as
Day 2 arrives. TORn raffles off a bunch of prizes, Weta steal the show with
an incredible make-up demonstration and Dominic Monaghan does the rounds!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028375282]

Comic-Con Day One Report!
Ringer Spy Irascian sends along his report from Comic-Con day 1. The TORN
presentation brings down the house! All of WETA come to see us! And more!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028297307]

Cool LOTR Related Event Happening In Central Park, NYC!!
New Line Home Entertainment and the Creative Coalition are hosting a special
evening to benefit the Creative Coalition and To Launch the DVD and VHS
Release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The
Premiere Screening of the DVD's ten-minute look at The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028219884]

Comic Con Pre-Con Pics!
TORN Regular Ianscian sends along these great pics of our very own Calisuri
and Tookish along with a whole slew of pictures from Comic-Con's opening
gala! Including pics of TORN friends Gino Acevedo (WETA Make-Up guru) and
Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz), good to see you big boys there! Check out all the
pics here!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028218273]

Comic Con 2002
Comic Con 2002 kicks off tonight with preview night at the San Diego, CA
Convention Center. Don't forget that tomorrow, at 5pm PST, we will be doing
a presentation that you won't want to miss! We will also have a booth in the
exhibitor hall for the entire weekend so make sure you stop by , get some
free stuff, win some prizes and just say hello! Look for reports in the
coming days as the festivities commence.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028128961]

Yet Another DVD Review!
Dave sends in another DVD review, some people have all the luck!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028125800]

Barlibash 2002 Report!
Asarina writes: This is my report about Barlibash 2002—I had a great time
and want to share with everyone how much I appreciate TheOneRing.net for
making such a gathering a reality. It was so good of Curunir, Jincey and
Saint to work so hard to create the components of such a great bash. Thanks
guys and gal, especially to Curunir.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1028038175]

Anyone For Bowling?
By the way I bowl you'd NEVER want me on your team, but that didn't stop us
from getting these amazing bowling shirts made from the coolest Bowling
Shirt maker online, BowlingShirt.com. They documented the process for us to
show you just how these masterpieces are put together!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1027971595]

Saruman Signing!
Get your diary out now and put 6 August 2002 in it. Have you done that?
Good, because Saruman himself is coming to London and we hear it's going to
be quite a scrum to meet him.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1027962299]

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Palantir Visions (Things seen from beyond the front page)
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Pre-Order FOTR TODAY!

The time has arrived! You can now pre-order the 208 minute version of
Fellowship of the Ring! Choose from either the standard 4 disc set, or the
super cool Collector's Edition Gift Set, which features figures from
Sideshow/Weta and an expanded National Geographic DVD.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1023434206]

ps - All of these links will allow for a percentage of your purchase to be
contributed to TheOneRing.net. So thanks ahead of time!

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TheOneRing.net is happy to announce we are finally 'selling' our own ad
space on all pages of TheOneRing.net. If you are interested in reaching the
largest audience of Tolkien fans online, visit our advertising page. No
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[http://www.theonering.net/theonering/ads.html]

Do YOU Have Any Cool Contest Ideas?

We're always looking for interesting contests to have fun with all the LOTR
goodies we get everyday. Do you want to submit your ideas and see them come
to life?! Send along any ideas to gamgee@theonering.net and who knows! You
may just win a prize from a contest you invented!

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Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections)
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-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.
GOTO: http://haven.theonering.net/index.shtml

-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!
GOTO: http://tbhl.theonering.net/index.shtml

We have new and updated -Green Books- for July. Quickbeam's Out on a Limb
article features a unique "Conversation with a Newbie". The very clever
Anwyn wonders if there is a right way or wrong way to read Tolkien in her
new Counterpoint article. Go Tookish! He has the ever-so-zany job of running
the greatest Tolkien humor section you’ve ever seen. Moon Letters brings you
new Fan Fiction, poetry, writing and more!
GOTO: http://greenbooks.theonering.net/index.shtml

-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!
GOTO: http://fan.theonering.net/index.shtml

-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!
GOTO: http://shop.theonering.net/index.shtml

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

See anything you want to add to the site? Have any suggestions as to chat
guests, content items, or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at
theonering@theonering.net, do you want to speak with a specific person? just
type in their handle (i.e. Jincey = jincey@theonering.net).

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