The Hall of Fire

PJ has mentioned in recent interviews that he's kept a lot of the sets and would like to make a museum one day, so I guess the closest thing we would get to a theme park would be something like the Harry Potter Studios near London...perhaps combined with the Weta Cave, which would be very cool! Othe...

Nothing to get excited over, but I just found this visualization of a Middle-earth theme park...it's nice to dream!

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Middle-Ea ... -498209880

Most memorable: The barrel ride - for the wrong reasons! Most moving: Since I didn't cry over any of the 3 deaths I'd have to go for Bard telling Bain to "look at me" as he steadies the black arrow on his son's shoulders. Also the look on Thranduil's face at the end when Legolas leaves... ...

And now The British Board for Film Certification (BBFC) lists 3 bonus features for the BOFA home video release which were rated today. •The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: A Seventeen-Year Journey - 8 Min. 26 Sec. •The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Music Video — The Last Goodbye - 4 ...

2 BOFTA Blu ray covers have popped up on the official bluray.com website. No release date as yet... 1. A cover featuring the teaser poster http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Hobbit-The-Battle-of-the-Five-Armies-Blu-ray/121322/ http://images3.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/121322_large.jpg 2. A Targe...

Saw this and thought I'd post it anyway as I wouldn't remember it next year! http://stoneofthehapless.tumblr.com/ http://36.media.tumblr.com/ac176e75b5a07d6fb5883ed1e9f509b2/tumblr_nhm1p4Uh8m1qa0tfoo1_500.jpg "I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmla...

Talking of Elves taking over...the wonderful PeckishOwl wraps up the Trilogy:

http://peckishowl.deviantart.com/art/Oa ... -503211615

Heheh...

courtesy of PeckishOwl

https://www.facebook.com/judefishertolkien


(Okay, I know it's not actually her real name, but still... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Johnson_(writer) )

Those are really lovely, Beutlin! We too sing "Es ist ein Ros" at our Advent carol service most years, and this Christmas we also sang Philip Ledger's arrangement of "Still, Still, Still" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtGr_eWlIU Another recent favourite is MacMillan's "O R...

Speculative article about what to expect in the EE from trailer clips that weren't in the TE - particularly the "everything I did, I did for them"

The Line of Thorin Would Not Be So Easily Cut

Am I right in thinking that at the time GDT was still involved it would have been Itaril? Didn't Tauriel evolve after GDT left? Still an Elf, I know, but originally the love affair was going to be with an Elf of Rivendell, wasn't it? I read recently elsewhere that Aiden Turner actually auditioned as...

Yeah - she said in an interview before that he was very supportive of the idea!

Well, yes...and Doug has tweeted about it recently: https://mobile.twitter.com/Jess5_11/status/554289895423102976?p=v the chorus is singing in Dwarvish (Khuzdul)—but they're singing about Azog and his connection to Mordor and an ancient evil. #HowardShore which prompted one TORn poster to improvise....

PJ & co talk about how much GDT there is left in the TH trilogy, and the possibility of a book or DVD about GDT's work on "The Hobbit" http://news.moviefone.com/2014/12/19/peter-jackson-philippa-boyens-the-hobbit-interview/ Moviefone: Guillermo del Toro was obviously going to do this i...

I'm sad for Costumes and Production Design...they definitely deserved something.

Well, well... only 1 Oscar nomination for BotFA - Sound Editing...

Well, it didn't have the "Nazgûl" theme for starters...

See for yourself - footage with original version restored:

Tracksounds podcast with Doug Adams... http://tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/soundcast/index.htm Episode 78 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Author Doug Adams (The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films) joins Christopher Coleman and Marius Masalar to break down Howard Shore's score for th...

Well...Doug Adams suggests Alfrid's 'comeuppance' will feature in the EE, on the Tracksounds podcast, around the 43m mark: http://tracksounds.com/.../soundcast/index.htm Doug also briefly mentions some differences in the "EE version" of the movie he saw back in October... ...there's a lot ...