Live From Tolkien Moot 7 - Middle-earth Talk Radio Show 35

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Topics

• Introduction
• Brian Huseland special guest co-host, from the Inland Empire Tolkien Society
• Administrivia
• Using the chatroom (still applies even though Tolkien Moot over)
• Send email to middleearthradio at gmail dot com for questions
• Discussion on The Hobbit films currently in production
• Earlier attempts to bring Tolkien's stories to film
• The Rankin Bass films
• Evolution of getitng the P.J. Hobbit film made, had to make LotR first, before could make The Hobbit due to licensing issues
• The lawsuits over the P.J. Lord of the Rings movies
• P.J. and King Kong, and other projects
• Guillermo Del Toro's comes and goes.
• Tolkien Trust lawsuit settlement
• Picking nits on the Dwarven appearances
• Beards (and lack thereof)
• The hoods
• Andy Serkis, The Hobbit (gollum), King Kong (2 roles), and other roles in other productions
• Serikis also directing unit 2 in The Hobbit
• Sir Ian McKellen reprising role of Gandalf
• Christopher Lee returning in role  as Saruman
• Hugo Weaving as Elrond
• and many of the LotR cast in returning roles
• During the broadcast we maxxed out the server settings (configured for 50 simultaneous users), had to reconfigure on the fly, then stayed around the 50-70 connected users
• Lord of the Rings Radio Show (with Orson Wells? audience member asking)  Anyone know?
• Hobbit cast very international, and wide range of English speaking countries
• Peter Jackson and his horror side and darker side overly darkening The Hobbit
• Hobbit less epic, more focused
• Filming The Hobbit Films - Unexpected Journey and There and Back Again - filming in 48 frames per second, and filming in 3D
• Comments on Thorin
• Where will film 1 end, and film2 begin?
• Filling the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
• The pieces of The Hobbit more than enough to make 2 movies with just the material of the book without needing "filler", Hawke quickly summarizes many of the parts
• How long will the movies be?
• The 3 Trolls need to speak
• Using WETA workshop and many of the same sets
• The White Council
• Dol Guldur
• Galadriel
• Radagast
• The role playing campaign "Against All Their Enemies" and The Necromancer of Dol Guldur's involvement
• Role playing gaming news, Cubicle 7 releasing new Lord of the Rings role playing game Into the Wild, August 31st, 2011 (pre-releases at Gen Con August 4-7, and 175 pre-released via website)
• Campaign of Cubicle 7 set in the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
• Video games
• Figurines
• Games Workshop overpriced, and very ruthless on their license with hobby stores
• What is going on with Mithril Miniatures?
• Most of the Tolkien gamers I know won't buy Games Workshop because they are so overpriced
• Maybe end first film with the attack on Dol Guldur? (Internet chatroom statement)
• Lord of the Rings Monopoly
• The Hobbit board game by Fantasy Flight Games
• PS/2 Games Lord of the Rings
• Lord of the Rings Online - LotrO
• Mithril still doing miniatures based on non-P.J. sources, Games Workshop P.J. based licenses
• United Cutlery losing the license to Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit
• Frank Jones, vendor at Tolkien Moot providing chainmail, and had brought some United Cutlery Lord of the Rings swords
• Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings huge economic impact on New Zealand
• The New Zealand Actors Union guild strike
• Who in the USA had heard much of New Zealand befor ethe LotR PJ movies
•  Xena and Hercules filmed in New Zealand?
• Parodies of Lord of the Rings (many)
• "How the Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended"
• Bored of the Rings
•  Tasteful and tasteless merchandising
• Tolkien Enterprises changed name to Middle-earth Enterprises, less confusing with the Tolkien Estate and Tolkien Trust
•  Tolkien Moot theme "Tolkien & Trees"
• The U.K. Tolkien Society Seminar 2011 "Tolkien & Trees" July 30th, will read Hawke's paper "in abscentia" and publish with the other papers afterwards
•  Last year Tolkien Moot theme - Elves - Rehtaeh Elvish Singer
• 2 years before - Dwarves
• Some years before Numenoreans
• Ents, Huorns, Old Man Willow, White Tree of Numenor, Telperion, etc.
• Tolkien balanced view of man living with nature, against the wanton destruction
• Why does Tolkien's stories set in a "past" like other past stories, why do they have more appeal to many than if the same stories were  placed in a more contemporary setting.
• Lynn Burns made Hawke's Numenorean outfit
• Tolkien Moot VIII 2012 will be at the 1913 English Tudor Mansion April 20-22
• This is the last year of Tolkien Moot for free (7 years). 2012 will no longer be fully free event.
• Incorporating as a non-profit
• Will be accepting interns and dedicated volunteers
• Going much larger next year
• Wrapping up
• July 17th, 2011 show
• The Hobbit will be filmed in 3D
• More comments from local and Internet audience
• John Travolta "Battlefield Earth" film
• Howard Shore creating Hobbit Soundtrack
• Please P.J. keep lots of music and poems and singing and playing instruments!