The Hall of Fire

Empire Magazine March 2009 Hobbit Cover Story Ok, well first off, there's no new news...but that doesn't mean it's not worth getting your hands on a copy. It's great to have all the gossip we've heard so far brought together in one neat bundle. Plus, the article is beautifully presented, with Alan ...

Di wrote:

Empire have always been mad keen supporters of the LotR films.

Don't forget the "LotR -A Celebration" special supplement, with the great photos of the actors doing their thing with the Ring - such a gorgeous piccie of Viggo

Axordil wrote: I think in very few cases does someone wake up in the morning knowing they're going to kill their child. Usually in those cases it's precisely because they're going to do in the whole family and themselves. But that's not how most kids get killed by their parents. In my first post her...

Obviously, some women do have stronger maternal instincts than others, and it's quite possible that the women who commit these murders failed to bond with their child. It's far more common than one imagines.

I'll take a look tomorrow, & let y'all know !

(There are some benefits to being British, I guess )

Don't think it's worth starting a thread just for this, but feel free to move it wherever :) http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24081 NEW EMPIRE HOBBIT COVER MARCH 2009 ISSUE pride of place – on our cover and in our hearts – is our big special on The Hobbit. What’s that, you say? It’s no...

Thanks, sf. Out of that lot I would want to see Fellowship of the Ring Additional footage from the Battle of the Last Alliance in The Fellowship of the Ring prologue. Dialogue from the Council of Elrond, such as Gandalf explaining how Sauron forged the One Ring. An attack by Orcs from Moria on Lothl...

"Dawn Treader" is considered to be a more family film-friendly book, and the goal is to get back to the magical aspects present in the first "Narnia" pic but mostly absent from "Prince Caspian." Definitely good news - I know PC was more 'grown-up' but I missed the magi...

Di wrote: we are traditionally the nurturing sex (and I happen to be a very nurturing kind of woman). There are plenty of women who abuse, and even kill, their own children. There are plenty of women who collude with the abuse of their husband/partner against their child. I think one of the reasons ...

CT does discuss the conception of their relationship in Peoples of Middle Earth. This from Wikipaedia: The speed of the relationship of Faramir and Éowyn reflects a culture which Tolkien describes to be "less corrupt", and nobler in which the "petty fencing and approaches" of cou...

A very disturbing story, Di. Of all violent crimes, those where a parent takes the lives of his or her children are the most baffling. Most parents would die to protect their child. So for a mother or father to look at their son or daughter, perhaps hear their cries, and see their uncomprehending fa...

I found this response on Yahoo! Answers, when someone asked for the meaning of the phrase "All's fair in love and war" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080406185238AAvtKXt Here is the relevant part: ....sometimes when a nation is intent on genocide, then the rules of war are i...

I too find I get teared up over classical music more these days, as opposed to my teenage years, when I used to sob over Nilsen "Without you" and the like! Our church choir had us sing John Ireland's "Greater Love" one Remembrance Sunday and I just chocked before the end & co...

sf wrote: What about "all's fair in love and war"? War is legalized murder. The details matter little to me. Especially in a movie. :devil: I know the SOB deserved it, but if the good side sinks to the level of the other then they are no better than the bad guys. It would have been better ...

Di wrote: I now very much want to get The Sixteen's recording of Messiah: I can't praise The Sixteen highly enough. I was lucky enough to attend a workshop run by one of their members, bass Eamonn Dougan, on Treasures of Tudor England, as part of the Brighton Early Music Festival. He taught us some ...

sf wrote:

I greatly prefer the EE of all three films and watch that version whenever I watch the films.

I do have the theatricals, of course, but I let my kids have those to watch so they don't get grubby fingers on my collectors' editions.

Solicitr wrote: On the whole, I found the FR/EE to be an improvement, largely because it fleshed out the Council and Lórien; but the additions to TT added little if anything,* and those to RK nothing (save the Voice of Saruman, and even that was ruined by moronic dialogue). I would agree mostly, but...

Yes, Al - any deleted material that contains actual Tolkien dialogue should be ours, precious!

Di wrote: From an adaptational POV, PJ's films can sometimes drive me crazy but I do really like the films for their own sake. You expressed my feelings perfectly. They really did exceed expectations, on the whole, and could have been so much worse - Boorman, anyone? ;) As for The Hobbit, I am sure ...

Di wrote: I was about ten when I was allowed to watch Doctor Who and that was when Jon Pertwee was the Doc. I really liked him and it took me some time to get used to Tom Baker. But during my teen years, the Baker/Sladen era (the Golden Age!) was totally my era. Jon Pertwee was my first Dr, too! I l...