Elijah Wood: The Face of Middle Earth

May 16, 2013
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy was well-received when the films came out with Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, The Two Towers in 2002 and Return of the King in 2003. Many were pleased by these developments, especially those who were long time fans of the original epic by J.R.R. Tolkien as during Tolkien’s [...]

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Baddies of The Hobbit

May 16, 2013
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Well, no film franchise is ever really complete without its own share of bad guys. Heck, most horror films have their entire premise just based on one villain who haunts or outright hunts the protagonists for the rest of the movie or the rest of the film franchise. Anyway, when it comes to fantasy, almost [...]

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Sylvester McCoy: A Truly Magical Man

May 15, 2013
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s work in fantasy literature would modify the style and themes of the genre for generations to come. He gave people ideas on what nonhuman races would be like such as the elves which were Tolkien’s idea of a race free from Original Sin, the dwarves who are cranky and materialistic but nonetheless mean [...]

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Major Sponsor

May 15, 2013
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We’re proud to announce today that BUDK.com has joined as a major sponsor to our web site. We’d never be able to operate this informational Web site for Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fans without the contributions from sponsors such as them. If you’re unfamiliar with BUDK, they have been one of the largest retailers [...]

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Andy Serkis: An Unseen Icon

May 15, 2013
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In all great films, there’s always something or someone who becomes a kind of icon for the whole franchise. There is always an image, if you will, of what the film is actually about or what may actually be in the film proper. In most horror movies, especially of the “slasher” type, it’s usually the [...]

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Beorn: Bear-y Cool

May 15, 2013
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Well, who doesn’t love bears? After all, some of the first plush toys are of course bears and they remain very popular to this very day. But then again, most people are also familiar with the damage that bears can do to both property and the human body. So does it really come as any [...]

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Elves vs. Dwarves: An Ongoing Rivalry

May 14, 2013
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s works have gone a long way in changing the fantasy genre for the 20th and 21st century and one can argue that he solidified a number of elements for how fantasy literature would be written in the modern age. Among these elements of course would be that of dwarves and elves, the most [...]

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Ian McKellen: One Cool Wizard

May 14, 2013
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Well, we’ve seen just how important the wizards of Middle-Earth can be and how powerful they are when they decide to use their powers and unleash their wrath upon their enemies. Yep, old they may look but helpless they definitely aren’t. We’ve seen the conniving and vicious Saruman the White, played by Christopher Lee, as [...]

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Dwarves throughout The Ages

May 13, 2013
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So we’ve seen them in almost every fantasy franchise, from Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft and many, many more. So what is it about these little people that have taken the world by storm? What makes these creatures linger so long in the imaginations and stories of fantasy writers everywhere? [...]

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Orlando Bloom: Fantasy’s Pretty Boy

May 13, 2013
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Okay, we all know that sex sells, that sometimes, in order for a movie to succeed, the leading (or at least supporting) actor or actress has to have some sex appeal in order to attract a larger audience and contribute to the film’s overall success. Of course, most of you know what we’re talking about, [...]

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The Hobbit: Where it All Started

May 13, 2013
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Middle-Earth became a worldwide phenomenon when Peter Jackson finally decided to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s books in film starting with the Lord of the Rings trilogy with Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, The Two Towers in 2002 and Return of the King in 2003. The world rejoiced when Peter Jackson finally got materials he needed [...]

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Christopher Lee: The Man with the Golden Gun, Red Lightsaber and Black Staff

May 12, 2013
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Almost every good film franchise needs a good iconic villain that people from generations to come will be instantly recognized even when just their silhouettes are seen or just their voices heard. Throughout film history, some of the most recognizable include the heavy breathing and menacing aura of Darth Vader from the Star Wars franchise, [...]

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Battling For Middle-Earth in New Zealand

May 12, 2013
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The success of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are undeniable, easily becoming some of the most recognizable films in the beginning of the 21st century. The films managed to rake in crowds of new fans of Tolkien’s work as well as those who are familiar and are long-time [...]

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Richard Armitage: Three Years of the Hobbit

May 12, 2013
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The success of the first installment of The Hobbit, entitled An Unexpected Journey has yielded rather unexpected results, earning as much as $1,017,003,568 in the box office alone, outdoing the first two installments of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers in 2001-2002 which was done by the [...]

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Hobbits, Halflings and How!

May 11, 2013
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Hobbits are an original creation of J.R.R. Tolkien. They are the “little people” of Middle-Earth and are by far smaller than the dwarves as they tend to be more slender and shorter than the latter. Surprisingly however, they are more closely related to men than they are to either dwarves or elves whom they somewhat [...]

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Facing Hobbits

May 11, 2013
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With the undeniable success of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most prominent works, the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, interest in Tolkien’s work has increased almost exponentially. Now there are countless imitations, adaptations and parodies of the great writer’s works with some bordering on being silly (the boggies of Bored of [...]

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Hobbits at School

May 11, 2013
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We all know how successful the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit has become over the years. Ever since J.R.R. Tolkien began his winning streak all those years ago, it seems his work has changed the world of fantasy literature when he introduced his own brand of fantasy with his own take on the [...]

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The Hobbit: Unexpected Issues

May 10, 2013
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Of course we all know just how successful the franchise that J.R.R. Tolkien created all those years ago has become. There have been countless adaptations, imitations and parodies that depict Tolkien’s characters and settings from the animated version of The Hobbit in 1977, to a children’s film in the Soviet Union in 1985 and then [...]

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Luke Evans: One Brave Actor

May 10, 2013
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After the undisputable success of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the first installment of the planned Hobbit trilogy entitled An Unexpected Journey which was released in December of 2012, there is no doubt that the next installment of the Hobbit will be warmly welcomed by the fans of both the original works [...]

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Orcs Will be Orcs

May 9, 2013
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Orcs. We’ve seen them in almost every franchise of fantasy there is. You name it, be it the pig-like thugs of Dungeons & Dragons, the honorable and shamanistic Orcs of World of WarCraft, the boisterous hooligans of both WarHammer and WarHammer 40,000 fare and the very human-like and somehow still attractive (especially the female ones) [...]

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