Today would've been J.R.R. Tolkien's 121st birthday (if I count that correctly; if I don't, do correct me). In honor of this great author's birthday, I want to write quotes from his books about the two characters originally his who are not in any of Peter Jackson movies: Tom Bombadil and Glorfindel ( Read more... )

So I'm one The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey screening short of my target of 7 screenings for the movie ( Read more... )

Some days I don't know why I let other people make me feel upset by the small stupid comments they make. I'm usually very good at ignoring things on the internet and not get involved in fandom wank, but there are also times when I feel like I need to say something, because my anger and sadness are too much to bear by my lonesome. So I have to let ( Read more... )

Today was Lord Of The Rings Marathon Day. It was held at Kineforum, a small studio where with a small screen and good projector. My chief editor organized it and invited all of his friends and colleagues. There were about 30 people who came, including me and arancia. The version we watched was the Extended Editions of all 3 movies so it took 12 hours to ( Read more... )

I remember the first time I read J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. It was in 2003, after I'd watched the Extended Edition DVDs of the Lord Of The Rings movies. My dad had bought me the book the year before when he got the LOTR books on box set, with the movie tie-in covers. He'd given it to me while I was still living in Italy, just after I watched ( Read more... )

The governor election was held today and the current governor (the one I hope would lose the election so someone else - anyone - could replace him) decreed it to be a Jakarta-wide public holiday. The majority of offices, I think, took the advantage of a day off, but some were still operational ( Read more... )

I have some interesting movie/fandom news!

The Hobbit filming is wrapped!

So all Peter Jackson has to do now is go into the editing room and hopefully - HOPEFULLY - he will get to editing it and delivering the final cut ASAP so we can actually have the movie by December of this year. If I were the cast and crew, though, I wouldn't relax or go ( Read more... )

Oh god. What have I done. I've stumbled upon How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying's Twitter account and saw the picture of Darren Criss as J. Pierrepont Finch and I just... *shudder*

( He's not rocking that purple bowtie. )

Good evening. So, how did everyone's first day of the new year go ( Read more... )