Volume 112 / Issue 4
Volume 112/Issue 4
- Circulation: One thousand, one hundred and fifty-two. Welcome all!
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- • middleearthnews updates:
Happy Holidays & Best Wishes for a Wonderful New Year! The staff of Middle-Earth News will be taking a short break over the holidays, making this issue our last before the New Year. Meanwhile all of you will preview, see again, see for the umpteenth time ‘The Hobbit: DOS’. We will begin posting again for the Professor's birthday, on Friday January 3rd, so please feel free to continue sending in updates over the break and lot of comments about the movie. Thanks!
• From TORn:
A Feast of Starlight: A Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Editor Note: Our second staff review comes from staffer and author, Kili - Yes, half of the Happy Hobbit team. The Happy Hobbits were TheOneRing.net official representatives at the ‘black’ carpet premiere of ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ this past Monday in Hollywood, CA. (You can see the unedited video coverage in our uStream archive) As a…
Tune In Early This Sunday For A Special ‘TORn Book Club’ LIVE Review of ‘The Desolation of Smaug’! - This week, ‘TORn Book Club’ will be airing early due to a scheduling issue. Instead of airing at its normal time of 3pm PST, it will be airing at 11am PST, and there will be plenty to discuss! We will be reading the winner of November’s Rewrite Tolkien contest, and Sarumann will be doing a…
Hobbit: DOS Line Parties in full swing, get involved - We have just under a week until Tolkien fans around the world will pile into theaters for their first glimpse of the Chiefest of all Calamities, Smaug himself, along with Beorn, the giant spiders, and the treasures of Erebor. We set up Line Parties so that fans can arrange to see the movie with fellow…
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Will Keep Fans Talking For Years - Our third staff review comes from Sarumann, host of our LIVE Weekly Program ‘TORn Book Club.’ He will be hosting a special early discussion at 11am PST today (all timezones) at our LIVE event page as a follow-up to this review. Please note, the LIVE event will be spoiler-free and allow participants to ask those…
Cumberbatch ‘Grab’ Fires Up The Internet - It can be argued that the biggest internet story coming out of the premiere is not spiders and bears, but a playful behind grab caught only by TheOneRing.net cameras! During our exclusive red-carpet interview with Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch sneakily snuck up and shared a pinch and a bird with his Hobbit co-star. Animated gifs…
Collecting The Precious - United Cutlery The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Product Announcements - United Cutlery has announced several new products that are some of the coolest looking prop-replicas you will find for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. These prop replicas range from the Bow of Tauriel to the Mace of Azog all of which allow you, the fan, to rip Middle-earth off the big screen and bring…
TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup - December 9, 2013 - Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the week ending December 9, 2013. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch up on the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the link to some…
Oakentoons reach 1,000,000 views - Our favourite Mirkwood bird has reached an impressive milestone this week, racking up her 1 millionth view of her wonderful Oakentoons. All of us here at theonering.net want to say a big Congratulations Peckish Owl, here’s to the next 1,000,000 and more and more Oakentoons/stills/crossovers! Here’s Peckish Owls celebratory Oakentoon for your enjoyment. Just click…
Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s Thranduil Statue Review - One of the most beautiful pieces at Comic-Con 2013 came to us from our friends at Weta Workshop. This statue is a real eye catcher with a great likeness, amazing detail, and a fantastic mix of grace/power. The character that Weta created that mixes all of these together is the King of the Mirkwood Elves…
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• tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:
-- The Messengers of Celegorm (OCs (Feredwen and others), Rating: T) by lignota
-- Shadow in the East (Sauron, Rating: PG) by silverstarspray
• hobbitfilmfic:
-- Close to Death (Dwalin/Ori, Legolas, Rating: NC-17, Ori had the spider's poisonous venom coursing through his body and unless Dwalin had sex with him, the young scribe would die) by mahmfic
• rgbrsremembered:
On this Side of the Sea (Sam/Frodo, Rating: PG-13, What holds Frodo in the Shire) by vaysh11
• faramir-fics:
Let It Snow (Boromir, Faramir, Imrahil, Rating: G, Boromir really hopes that it will snow because he doesn’t want to have to deal with an upset Faramir) by vix_spes
• From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
-- TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
-- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
-- The Hobbit - All Media Types
-- Lord of the Rings RPF
-- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
- • shire-icontest challenge:
Challenge Twenty Six: "Effulgence" - New Deadline: Saturday, December 14, 2013 9pm [Pacific]
- • rubyelf A Rubyverse Christmas (Boromir, Aragorn, Arwen, children, someone who didn't turn out well and got cut out of the picture because you can't erase pen, RATING: G)
- • From serai1:
Going through very hard times this year, serai1 is having an internet garage sale. Items from my LOTR collection, as well as some other neat stuff, on sale to LJ and other related folks. I will be updating daily with new items, which you can buy direct or request an eBay Buy It Now. If you're looking for gifts for the holidays, or just want to indulge yourself, do stop by my selling post to see what I've got, or friend my LJ to get updates as they happen. Happy holidays!
Link(s) : Selling post for items and info. My LiveJournal
- Today's BOOK question: What is the name of the Lord of the Eagles of the Misty Mountains friend of Gandalf who aided him many times?
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