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Pretty pictures?

At Quintessential Web Sites there are some RotK screencaps gleaned from the Herr Der Ringe site. Some are fair quality, some not, but all are interesting.

Peter Jackson the 27th most powerful man in Hollywood!

According to Forbes, Peter Jackson, director of ‘The Lord of the Rings’, is the 27th most powerful man in Hollywood! He is the third most powerful director in Hollywood, accoring to the poll coming behind Steven Speilberg, who came 4th, and George Lucas who came 17th! At the site, scroll down, click on the “Directors” star, and leaf through the listing. Or, instead of the star, click on Name at the Order by category, and then after that screen, on the alpha listing. Well done PJ!

Pre-Order The Two Towers Extended Edition!

Amazon is now accepting orders for The Two Towers Extended Edition DVD, which will be released on November 18th. The 4 disc DVD includes 43 extra minutes of the movie (on the first two discs), and two discs of appendices. Order your copy at Amazon–and help your *favorite* LOTR web site when you order via this link! And, for the LOTR connoisseur, the gift box set here–again, support your *favorite* LOTR site, order it via this link!

Rings timeline row settled

The estate of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has allowed the publication of a Tolkien ‘chronology’ written by the owner of a one-man publishing house … The book is entitled Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings.

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Server Downtime

Sorry about the downtime, folks. Our sysadmin is working on things to make the server work better, and had to take the system down for a little while. Things may still be a little out of whack for the next day or two as we continue to work on things. Thanks for your patience!

Indiana here I come!

Not really–though there is good reason to go! Sean Astin and John Rhys-Davies will be at GenCon, a fantasy and sci-fi gaming convention in Indianapolis, on July 26th and 27th.

Crichton College Offers Tolkien Courses

In the winter of 2003, Crichton College will have a discussion on J.R.R. Tolkien and his prose works.

Windows on the Life and Work of Tolkien

Chris Armstrong and Steven Gertz from Christianity Today wrote an article about different aspects of Tolkien’s life and writings. Read about Tolkien’s ideas of hobbits, C.S. Lewis, the origin of Sam Gamgee’s name, and even Tolkien’s dread of having his stories made into film.

Note: You are reading this at your own risk. Some of the views on this website are religious. If you do not wish to read them, don’t click the link. If you do not agree, please refrain from badmouthing those who do.

A look at EA’s Return of the King game

EA Games has the trailer for their Return of the King, available in Fall 2003. Go to their site and check it out in high res or low res.

More Details on RotK

The Straits Times has more info on what details we’ll be seeing in December for Return of the King!

Spoilers! If you wish to avoid any and all RotK spoilers, do not click this link.