Rings of Poser Season 2 Teaser ( arstechnica.com )
Nice teaser. Still comes across to me more as fanfic. I wish we were getting a Silmarillion anthology adaptation, but alas, that may not happen in this universe....
Exclusive: The Hobbit's Richard Armitage looks back on playing Thorin Oakenshield 11 years after its release ( www.hellomagazine.com )
"I have the map and the key to the mountain that was used in the film in a frame," he notes. "And I have Thorin's sword and his oaken shield. It's on my bookshelf!"...
Bernard Hill, who played Theoden in the LotR movies, has died ( www.bbc.com )
Theoden's redemption arc across the second and third movie was one of the most fascinating side-stories for me, and Bernard Hill portrayed him in all stages brilliantly with range and nuance....
Shire-reckoning ( shire-reckoning.com )
On occasion of yesterday's leap day, I remembered that Tolkien had devised his own calendar system, called Shire-reckoning, that I find very elegant....
‘I left the cinema, walked home and announced I was moving’: films that made people emigrate | 'Middle-earth does exist' ( archive.is )
I was binge-watching the DVDs with my wife, Sarah, when it hit me: Middle-earth does exist, and I don’t need a portal. I can fly there in 23 hours. I turned to Sarah and said, “Shall we move to New Zealand?” One of the many things I love about my wife is that she listens to my madder ideas with a careful seriousness. Six...
What The Hobbit Animated Movie Did Better Than the Peter Jackson Trilogy | Den of Geek ( www.denofgeek.com )
What The Hobbit Animated Movie Did Better Than the Peter Jackson Trilogy...
Quiz: Antidepressant or Tolkien Character ( antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app )
“Eucatastrophe”: Tolkien on the secret to a good fairy tale ( bigthink.com )
“Eucatastrophe”: Tolkien on the secret to a good fairy tale...
Is Mordor Based on the Himalayas? ( www.atlasobscura.com )
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s little-known feud with cars ( web.archive.org )
Tolkien couldn't stand cars, and his philosophy of embracing walking and biking might just be the key to a hobbit's happy and cheerful life....
How Tolkien filled Middle-Earth with a “weird realism” philosophy ( bigthink.com )
There is a lot of stuff in Middle-Earth — exquisite gems, magic rings, fabled swords, and ancestral talismans — as well as the more general matter of clothes and armor, megaliths and monuments, food and drink. A supernatural aura suffuses many of these things: stones (standing stones, Seeing Stones, ruins), trees (waking,...
'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Release Date Is Now Confirmed ( www.themarysue.com )
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How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times - The Big Issue | Nick Groom, 26 Aug 2023 ( www.bigissue.com )
Why do we have such an enduring fascination for all things Tolkien half a century after his death? Author Nick Groom believes it’s because his works remains acutely relevant today...