Contributed by Hathaldir
With nearly 400 entries, the Encyclopedia here at CoE is growing at a good rate. Since its opening in September 2002, CoE members have been a wonderful help in making this resource bigger and better. The newest volume we have added is the ‘Events’ volume – for battles, councils, dates and other such things. Our ‘Places’ volume is growing rapidly, thanks to PotbellyHairyfoot, who is working in conjunction with the Maps section.
Not only is our encyclopedia a wonderful tool for those looking for information, but for those who write the entries, there is much to be learned. Writing the entries takes a lot of research, as well as noting details that might have gone unnoticed before. For me, the thngs that set our encyclopedia apart from the rest are the pictures. A picture can be included with each entry, and at the moment about 100 have pictures or illustrations. Of course, not everything Tolkien wrote about has been drawn or filmed, but where possible, there are pictures.
I would like to give a big thank you to everyone who has already comtributed! Give yourselves a pat on the back. Everyone is encouraged to contribute, and an entry can range from 1 – 3 user points (an appropriate picture is a point) for up to 20 points. So get out your books and papers, and help us try to reach 800 when the encyclopedia’s birthday comes around in September!
More Treebeard in the extended version of The Two Towers? 150 new special effects shots? 43 more minutes in the extended DVD? Read an excerpt of Peter Jackson’s interview from the LOTR Fan Club magazine, at Lights Out Entertainment
The Two Towers may yet be released on June 30th.
It’s that time of year again at MTV–time to vote for your favorite movie (hmmm, I wonder which one that could be!) for the MTV 2003 Movie Awards. Vote, and vote, and then vote some more! The awards will air June 5th.
…and now we deliver to you: photos of Ian McKellen’s Fellowship tattoo! He very recently appeared on BBC’s Parkinson and when asked about the tattoos, thought it best to simply show it off.
An interview at Tech TV with Andy Serkis on bringing Gollum to life–you can read the exerpt, or click to the right of the story at their site for the video highlight, which is in Windows MP format–give it a minute to load, it’s a great interview, 13 minutes long!
At Ain’t It Cool News you can read some interesting quotes by Ian McKellen regarding ROTK.
Congratulations to CoE! Today, the site has reached the amazing goal of having 10,000 registered members! Having only been open for a little more than a year, this is a huge accomplishment, and wouldn’t have been possible without all of our members. A special thanks to everyone, and to Rivka especially, for making CoE such an amazing place. Three cheers for CoE!
The Onion, a parody news magazine, has an editorial praising “the intrinsic value” of Elvish.
In the editorial, the writer answers the question of “whether or not learning Elvish is worth the effort.” It can be read in its entirety here.
The Force.net has a great article discussing the Oscar’s repeated snubbing of Fantasy Films. It focuses mainly on LOTR and Star Wars.
