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Rate Reminder: TheOneRing.net Radio Show Sunday 2pm ET

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sat, Jan 23

By xoanon Our next episode of ‘TheOneRing.net Radio Show’ will air on January 24th at 2pm ET. Guests include author J.W. Braun (‘The Lord of the Films: The Unofficial Guide to Tolkien’s Middle-Earth on the Big Screen’). We’ll be taking phone calls, text messages and more! Click on the image above to view...

Rate Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games announce that they are developing The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings® Role-playing Game

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sat, Jan 23

By xoanon Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games are proud to announce that they are jointly developing The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings® Role-playing Game. “We’re tremendously excited about The One Ring,” said Dominic McDowall-Thomas, Cubicle 7 Director. “Our aim is to give our audi...

Rate Lord of the Rings Online Announces Free Play Weekend at Ten Ton Hammer

Original at tentonhammer.com external link    Thu, Jan 21

By Medawky All accounts reactived from January 21-25 Return to Middle-Earth from January 21st-25th and let Turbine pick up the bill.

Rate Today in Middle-earth, January 13

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Tue, Jan 12

By grammaboodawg January 13, 2009; ] The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on January 13th: Attack by Wolves in the early hours. (3019) The Company reaches the West-gate of Moira at nightfall. (3019) Gollum begins to trail the Ring-bearer. (3019 January 13, 3019 (S.R. 1419) 1. Attack by Wolves in th...

Year 2010

 

Rate Avatar Lords Over Rings, Now No. 2 All Time

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sun, Jan 10

By xoanon From eonline.com Looks like James Cameron is the King of Middle Earth, too. With $1.14 billion worldwide and counting, Avatar has now overtaken the $1.1 billion raked in by 2003’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to become the second-highest-grossing film in history. In fact, Avat...

Rate Tobey Maguire Joins Trebek, The Hobbit? - News in Film

Original at newsinfilm.com external link    Mon, Dec 14

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Tobey Maguire Joins Trebek, The Hobbit? Tobey Maguire is the latest A-list actor being rumored for the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, a two-part return to Middle Earth from director ... Tobey Maguire In Line To Play Bilbo Baggins?Cinema Blend

Rate From Spidey to The Hobbit?

Original at IGN external link    Mon, Dec 14

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New Zealand Herald Rumor has it that a certain friendly neighborhood wall-crawler may be headed to Middle-Earth as well. Latino Review claims that Spider-Man star Tobey ... Tobey Maguire Joins Trebek, The Hobbit?News in Film (blog) Tobey Maguire In Line To Play Bilbo Baggins?Cinema Blend

Rate Del Toro on Hobbit Rumours

Original at IGN external link    Sun, Dec 13

The helmer has been on Middle-earth fan site The One Ring and reassured fans that the project won't be delayed, ... and more »

Rate Review: `Lovely Bones' trades soul for spectacle

Original at google.com external link    Tue, Dec 8

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Monsters and Critics.com The visionary filmmaker behind "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy still is in fantasyland, still in the grip of Middle-earth, and the film suffers for it as ... Director Peter Jackson turns Alice Sebold's poetic bestseller into a garish ...Salon

Rate 'The Hobbit' Begins Casting This Week

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Dec 8

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By Elisabeth Rappe Jackson notes that being open to any actor or actress who might wander in is how he discovered Kate Winslet, Orlando Bloom, and Saoirse Ronan, and he has no intention of bowing to big name pressure. "[The Lord of the Rings films] have never been a star-driven vehicle. The star is Tolkien and th...

Rate Save Middle Earth and Take The Lord of the Rings Quizzes

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Mon, Dec 7

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about everything set in Middle Earth. For many of us dorks, Tolkien's seminal work was the introduction to a lifetime fascination with elves, dwarves, ...

Rate 'The Hobbit' Delayed Til Mid-2010

Original at CINEMASPY.COM external link    Wed, Dec 2

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The filmic Middle Earth will get a few more months to shake off the proverbial rust before The Hobbit begins ... Filming on The Hobbit to Start Summer 2010News in Film (blog) The Hobbit' Shooting Delayed, According To Producer Peter JacksonMTV.com

Rate TTT at Radio City Press Release

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Tue, Dec 1

Set in Middle-earth, the story picks up with Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli (John ...

Rate Viggo Mortensen talks 'The Road' -- and whether he'll be in 'The Hobbit'

Original at seattlepi.com external link    Thu, Nov 26

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Washington Post CH: Would doing The Hobbit, would returning to Middle Earth, be of interest to you? VM: Well, I mean, I would rather finish playing the part if he's going ... Apocalypse, and How: Viggo Mortensen's Road Winds OnWired News

Rate The Hobbit – Guillermo del Toro in, Aragorn Out

Original at BSCreview external link    Mon, Nov 9

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of new for The Hobbit adaptation. Comingsoon talked to Viggo Mortensen (who was promoting The Road) about his possible return Middle-Earth as Aragorn, ... Peter Jackson and the two 'Hobbit" filmsExaminer.com We May See Aragorn In The Hobbit After All!Comic Book Movie

Rate Total War in Westeros and Middle-earthVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Wertzone external link    Mon, May 4

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By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead) First up, and most obviously, is Middle-earth. The Third Age: Total War sees the player fighting for control of Middle-earth, playing as either Gondor, Rohan, Dale, Eriador, Harad, Isengard, Rhun, Mordor, the Silvan Elves, the High Elves, the Dwarves or the Orcs of the Misty Mountains. T...

Rate How To: Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2 1 00 Do it your self Hack TutorialVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, May 4

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Rate Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II User Review ...

Original at uk.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Review of The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth Videopinions are product reviews and demonstrations by the people who use them - in full ... uk.video.yahoo.com

Rate Today in Middle-earth, March 1

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sat, Feb 28

By grammaboodawg 1. Birth of Aragorn II (Elessar) Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 296 TT) Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 111 TT) Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 120 TT) 4. Aragorn meets Gandalf the White.    Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 122 TT) Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 132 TT) Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 338 TT)

Rate How To: The battle guide for Lord of the Rings:Battle for Middle Earth 2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Feb 28

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By rss@youtube.com (how2men) The how2men giving you some info on the battels in LOTR:BFME 2 in a real game battle that dosent look lyk we will win!!! Author: how2men Keywords: how to play lord of the rings Added: February 28, 2009

Rate How To: The basic guide to Lord of the Rings:Battle for Middle Earth 2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Feb 28

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By rss@youtube.com (how2men) The how2men informing you on some of the most important tips and basic skills you will need to succeed in this epic game!!! Author: how2men Keywords: how to play lord of the rings Added: February 28, 2009

Rate John Howe’s Journal: FROM BABEL TO BARAD-DÛR

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sat, Feb 28

By xoanon Or a Tale of Two Towers: Art and Archetypes in Middle-Earth Tolkien’s Middle-Earth is conspicious in that it contains no places of worship. Few fantasy authors resist the urge to have temples and gods (usually malevolent ones with slimy and unappetizing minions, against which the hero u...

Rate Wertzone Classics: The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien

Original at The Wertzone external link    Tue, Feb 24

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By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead) So begins the hopeless war of the Noldor against Morgoth. The Valar, furious with the disobedience and kinslaying of the Noldor, refuse to intervene and the War of the Jewels spills out of control, engulfing the races of Dwarves and Men. The lands of Beleriand, where the war is fought, becom...

Rate Fictional Frontiers Transcript

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sun, Feb 15

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By xoanon Sohaib: Speaking of going to New Zealand, I know Christopher Lee would love to be in the new films, but because of his advanced age it’s going to be quite a trial for him to go down there. Is there still the possibility you think that we might see him in the films in some capacity, maybe if they dec...

Rate REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Original at odt.co.nz external link    Mon, Feb 2

 New Zealand - The idea: Fight - for the good or evil sides - in a series of battles across Middle-earth. Characters: Pretty much everyone from the films. ...

Rate Review of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Original at Zergwatch external link    Thu, Jan 29

Then the forces of evil regain it and begin backtracking across all those places you visited in the first campaign, with big 12-foot-tall Sauron the Bad-Ass stomping all over the free peoples of Middle-Earth and resurrecting his lieutenants one by ...

Rate GT Review: Lord of The Rings Battle For Middle Earth 2 (360)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Jan 23

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By rss@youtube.com (shkdbsahbdlabf) A side of Middle Earth never seen before. I agree with everything on all GT Reviews Author: shkdbsahbdlabf Keywords: GT Review Lord of The Rings Battle for Middle Earth RTS XBOX 360 PC Added: January 23, 2009

Rate LotRO: Mines of Moria Takes 1UP's Best MMORPG - Ten Ton Hammer

Original at tentonhammer.com external link    Mon, Jan 19

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By Savanja Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria has made wave after wave in the MMORPG community. Having impressed players across the globe this underdog has made a lasting impression on the readers of 1UP.com. Subscriber-wise, Warcraft may have a stranglehold on the MMO genre, but that doesn't ke...

Rate The battle for Middle Earth

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Thu, Jan 8

By xoanon Jonathan Dean from independent.co.uk writes: Eleven hours and 38 minutes. That’s how much of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings is available for anyone smitten by elves, dwarves and small things with hairy feet. It’s the same time it takes to fly halfway round the world. It’s a heck of a stret...

Rate Cruise to Middle earth, the review (part 1)

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Sat, Jan 3

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Garfeimao here, finally over my jet lag, mostly unpacked, and sort of caught up at work now. This is going to be a bit of a review of the Cruise portion of the Cruise to Middle earth, with part 2 containing the review of Land excursions and part 3 containing the many thanks I need say.

Year 2008

 

Rate Cruise to Middle-earth off to a rainy start

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Wed, Nov 26

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The next day was a Day at Sea, so we had a party, like any good Hobbit would, and much merriment was had. We had Ents and Elves, Hobbits and a Shieldmaiden and even a Gondorian Guard of the Citadel in our young Pippin. And what is amazing is that the Hobbits were very much hobbit sized and our Elves w...

Rate Fanfiction: Spiced Wine on a Snowy Day by Nieriel Raina

Original at Lord of the Rings Fanfiction external link    Fri, Nov 21

Story Notes:. Disclaimer: The characters and world belong to Professor Tolkien. I just borrow them. Part of the Golden Lord of Gondolin Series. Written for the Middle-earth Express Prompt Challenge # 92: Snow. EXACTLY 500 WORDS! ...

Rate Fanfiction: A Torturous Predicament Called 'Entertainment' by Nieriel Raina

Original at Lord of the Rings Fanfiction external link    Fri, Nov 21

Disclaimer: If this fic doesn’t prove I am not Tolkien, I’m not sure what would. Written for the Middle-earth Express Prompt #84: Entertainment WARNING: This short story contains sexual innuendo and alludes to a male’s reaction to ...

Rate Fanfiction: My Middle Earth Portal by owlett

Original at Lord of the Rings Fanfiction external link    Wed, Nov 19

My Middle Earth Portal I first discovered the Lord of the Rings Fanfiction (a Tolkein loving community) website when I was looking for a place to post my continuing story Arrow of Mirkwood. My friends thought it was well written and a ...

Rate Live Chat with Alan Lee!

Original at TheOneRing.net external link    Mon, Nov 10

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By Altaira The Children of Húrin from Amazon: The first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades–since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977–The Children of Húrin reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, Eagles and Orcs. Presented for t...

Rate Pandemic Sets Date For Lord Of The Rings: Conquest [Release Date]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 30

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By Mike Fahey “Players will finally be able to fight through Middle-earth along the frontlines of good or evil,” says Josh Resnick, co-founder and general manager at Pandemic Studios. “And what ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fan hasn’t fantasized about joining Sauron’s army to slay Hobbits?”

Rate Secrets of <b>Middle-Earth</b> - Inside <b>Tolkien</b>’s “<b>The Hobbit</b>” Review <b>...</b>

Original at basecampcomm.com external link    Wed, Oct 15

By shandroblog5091 Secrets of Middle-Earth - Inside Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” A unique, one-of-a-kind movie! Both Tim Hildebrandt and Greg Hildebrandt (II) has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews and is considered by many to be one of the best films of ...

Rate Discuss: Should 'Hellboy II' Serve as Del Toro's Audition Tape?

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Jul 15

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By Eric Kohn Filed under: Action, Classics, Drama, Foreign Language, Horror, Casting, New Releases, New Line, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, New in Theaters, Family Films, Comic/Superhero/Geek"While waiting in line for the screening of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, I overhead someone s...

Year 2007

 

Rate LOTRO Book 11: More Cowbell [Lord Of The Rings]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 18

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By Mike Fahey Two New Areas -- Players can now explore even more of Middle-earth. Tâl Bruinen is an extension of the Trollshaws where players can see Gollum for the first time in The Lord of the Rings Online. Players can also trek to the High Pass in the Misty Mountains to combat fierce snowstorms and visit G...

Rate Musical adaptation of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" gets mixed reviews in London

Original at Asbury Park Press external link    Wed, Jun 20

The Lord of the Rings," the most expensive production in West End history, opened to a standing ovation from its audience, and mixed reviews from the critics, with some praising it as brilliant and a wonder, and others calling it "a thumping great flop" and corny. The stage adaptation of J.R....

Rate Book Review: The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jun 12

By Asgard Darker than Lord of the Rings and more mature than The Hobbit, The Children of Hurin takes place several thousand years before the events of The Hobbit, at a time that the Elves were greater and were strongly allied with the nations of Men. Elves and Men have suffered a disastrous defeat in wa...

Rate Book Review: The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jun 12

By Asgard The Children of Hurin is an assemblage of Tolkien's assorted writings, put together in novel format by son Christopher. The story was begun by JRR Tolkien in 1918, but never assembled as a complete novel. Christopher Tolkien has organized the work into novel format without altering his fa...

Rate LOTRO Shores of Evendim Detailed [Lord Of The Dance]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jun 5

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By Mike Fahey The Lord of the Rings Online delivers an interactive experience brimming with life and filled with the familiar people, places and monsters from the most beloved fantasy adventure of all time. From the quaint surroundings of the Shire to Angmar, the vile kingdom of the Witch-king, playe...

Rate PC Game Review: Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, May 16

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By Kaonashi Turbine's long awaited The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO) was released on April 24, much to the delight of Tolkien and MMORPG fans alike. For $14.99 a month, anyone can assist Frodo, Gandalf, and the rest of the Fellowship in preventing Sauron and his armies from enslaving the F...

Rate THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE Is The #1 Selling PC Game Across North America And Europe

Original at TechWhack external link    Tue, May 15

By Sukhdeep Today, Turbine, Inc., Midway Games Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ is the #1 selling PC title across North America and Europe based on the most recent industry reports. The Lord of the Rings Online has outsold all other PC ga...

Rate LOTRO Tops PC Sales in USA and Europe [Hard Hobbit To Break]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, May 10

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By Mike Fahey 10th May, 2007 - Today, Turbine, Inc., Midway Games Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced that The Lord of the Rings Online : Shadows of Angmar is the #1 selling PC title across North America and Europe based on the most recent industry reports. The Lord of the Rings Online has outsold a...

Rate Opinion: The Gates to Middle Earth Swing Wide

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Apr 23

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Computer and Video Games over in the UK gave the game a 9.2 in their exclusive review back on the 12th. Of course there is no real way to review an MMO prior to launch, and their website is now festooned with LoTRo ads, but that's probably just a coincidence.

Rate New at LOTRO Allakhazam database: items, quests, geography, bestiary

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Tue, Apr 3

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By Tim Y. Given that Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar MMORPG is set in the massive world of Middle-earth, expect yourself immersed in all the fascinating adventures and creatures this realm will offer. Now, in case you may find yourself more lost in Middle-earth than the prove...

Year 2006

 

Rate Battle For Middle-Earth II, Rise of the Witch-King Officially Announced

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Jul 28    3 related articles

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By brownlee The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, The Rise of the Witch-king requires The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II in order to play and will be available Winter 2006 for the PC. The game is not yet rated by PEGI or USK.

Rate Review Round-Up: Battle for Middle-Earth II

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Jul 7

By Brian Crecente Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II hit stores today and if you were lucky you got yourself one. I'm sure there are going to be plenty of hardcore computer RTS fans out there who will say you can't do real-time strategy on a console, but I think this game proves you can.

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