New Zealand critic blasts LOTR

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ITAA blasts e-voting critic, calls
testimony 'misleading'

ITAA blasts e-voting critic, calls
testimony 'misleading' 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
The Information Technology Association of America, which represents several electronic voting machine vendors, questioned comments made Wednesday by an e-voting critic.

LOTR 3!!!

LOTR 3!!! 12/22/2003 07:48 PM
Oh my god....Lord of the Rings was freakin' amazing. Although everytime I see Aragon, I always think of one of...

LotR furniture

LotR furniture 05/11/2004 01:58 AM
These guys sell (very, very, very expensive) hand-made oak furniture themed on the Lord of the RIngs movie. Link (Thanks, Dominic!)

LotR: The Two Towers

LotR: The Two Towers 12/18/2002 04:12 PM
Here's the Book-A-Minute review: (Gandalf frees THEODEN and overthrows SARUMAN. A bunch of IRRELEVANT stuff happens. Then the PLOT starts up again.) While short and

LOTR fan-art: Gollum rap

LOTR fan-art: Gollum rap 01/01/2004 02:40 PM
Jason DeFillippo casts his gaze upon yonder .swf file and opines, "This shit Rocks!!!!!"

Celebrity Casting For LOTR

Celebrity Casting For LOTR 07/26/2004 09:20 AM

Weta on LOTR tech

Weta on LOTR tech 03/14/2003 12:12 AM

LOTR - Armoury of the Third Age Icons
1.0

LOTR - Armoury of the Third Age Icons
1.0 05/18/2004 09:03 PM
Swords, shields, and other Middle Earth objects.

LotR Costume Exhibit

LotR Costume Exhibit 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
When we were in London late last week and over the weekend for the CPAN meeting we had a...

Updated LOTR Nitpicker's Guide

Updated LOTR Nitpicker's Guide 12/25/2004 04:45 PM
Slashdot Dec 25 2004 3:27PM GMT

LoTR: Return of The King trailer

LoTR: Return of The King trailer 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
A few days ago the new Matrix trailer was exciting. Ha, that was then! The trailer for the last movie in the Lord Of The Ring trilogy, Return of the King, is out! But why oh why is the "large" version a puny 480x208... If I'm going to play these three minutes in loop from now to Christmas, at least they could have made it in a higher resolution. Oh dear, it looks so cool. Where's that time machine...

LotR official body jewelry

LotR official body jewelry 08/01/2004 10:13 AM
There's an official, licensed Lord of the Rings Elvish navel ring. As Diane Duane (author of the "Young Wizards" books) notes, "This takes things just a little too far. What's that high-pitched whining sound I hear? Could it be J.R.R. spinning...? ...There may be the occasional Young Wizards coffee mug or sweatshirt. But there will never be a Young Wizards navel ring."

Adorn your belly with Elven beauty wearing this Arwen Pendant Navel Ring. Weighing 14 grams and made out of surgical steel, this ring features the design motif from Arwen's necklace and earrings set and is sure to turn heads. The bottom ball is cubic zirconium and measures 5mm in diameter.

Link (via Out of Ambit)

Interview with Peter Jackson on LoTR
Bloopers

Interview with Peter Jackson on LoTR
Bloopers 12/18/2003 02:14 PM
erth writes "Newsweek has an interview with Peter Jackson asking him what he thinks about some of the most famous and/or obvious bloopers in the LoTR series. ...

Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit
Cinemas?

Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit
Cinemas? 07/07/2004 06:13 PM

LotR: Return of the King Activity Studio

LotR: Return of the King Activity Studio 05/28/2004 10:51 AM
vnunet.com May 28 2004 3:28PM GMT

New LOTR Easily Available Online, But
Still Had Great Opening

New LOTR Easily Available Online, But
Still Had Great Opening 12/22/2003 12:43 PM
At what point does the movie industry realize that maybe (just maybe) the world doesn't work the way they think it works? I don't know how many folks went to the movies this weekend, but I went Saturday night and there were huge lines of folks to see the final chapter in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy: "The Return of the King". All showings were easily sold out. In fact, it looks as though it's setting records for how much money it took in over its first five days. At the same time, though, the industry is complaining that the movie is available online. It appears that the industry has some blinders on to reality: people want to see these movies in the theater. They're selling out a record number of showings and bringing in a stunning amount of money. If the industry's fears were true, then everyone would just be sitting at home downloading the movie, which is clearly available. Instead, people want to see it at the theater. Going to the movies is a social experience. You go with friends, and watch it on a big screen with a great sound system and lots of others in the audience to enjoy the overall experience. If the industry is really worried about downloads, they should focus on making the movie-going experience even more enjoyable - and not just worry about where the content is available.

LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition
Reviewed

LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition
Reviewed 11/07/2003 09:55 AM
akahige writes "The Digital Bits has just posted an exhaustive review and analysis of extended edition of The Two Towers, everybody that can't wait to get ...

Threepio And LOTR Autographs Now At
TFN's eStore

Threepio And LOTR Autographs Now At
TFN's eStore 10/30/2003 07:11 PM
TheForce.net in conjunction with C2 Ventures is proud to offer 100% truly authentic autographed photos from some of your favorite movie celebrities. This week we are happy to announce our newest autograph additions: Anthony Daniels (Star Wars Saga: C-3PO) and John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones: Sallah, and Lord of the Rings: Gimli). Check out these newest limited run 8x10 photos in the TFN store!

Once More, With Hobbits: Musical Buffy
meets LotR

Once More, With Hobbits: Musical Buffy
meets LotR 12/16/2003 11:12 AM
Chris sez, "In honor of Return of the King we've created Once More, With Hobbits. This combines the Buffy: the Vampire Slayer musical episode with Lord of the Rings.

ORC: I've been having a bad bad day
Come on Gimli put that axe away
I'm asking you please no!
You've my sincere apologies
You've got the killing expertise
You'll cut through my collar like cheese
I'm begging let me go!
You have got me on my knees
You could slaughter me with ease
I really hate those fucking trees

GIMLI:
Forty-two, Master Legolas!

Link (Thanks, Chris)

LOTR: The Battle for Middle Earth New
Video's

LOTR: The Battle for Middle Earth New
Video's 04/22/2004 09:27 PM

"final info on the LOTR - Return of the
King release"

"final info on the LOTR - Return of the
King release" 09/27/2004 02:37 AM

LoTR RoTK Extended Edition Specs
Released

LoTR RoTK Extended Edition Specs
Released 09/26/2004 07:29 AM

LOTR special effects computer turns to
business

LOTR special effects computer turns to
business 09/14/2004 12:54 PM
Electric New Paper Sep 14 2004 4:54PM GMT

Be a Critic

Be a Critic 04/19/2005 09:04 AM
Cast a careful eye upon mutual fund media coverage.

LotR movies remixed as trenchant Russian
political satire

LotR movies remixed as trenchant Russian
political satire 05/18/2004 04:11 PM
Dmitri Puchkov is a Russian ex-cop who goes by the alias Goblin. "Goblin" is his nom-de-edit when he's remixing Lord of the Rings, dubbing in Russian dialogue to lampoon cops, oligarchs, and gangsters. He's working on a re-cut of Star Wars now. (This is old news, but I only just read about it)

Frodo Baggins is renamed Frodo Sumkin (a derivative from the Russian word sumka, or bag). The Ranger, Aragorn, is called Agronom (Russian for farm worker). Legolas is renamed Logovaz, after a Russian car company famed for its Ladas. Boromir becomes Baralgin, after a Russian type of paracetemol.

Gandalf spends much of the film trying to impress others with his in-depth knowledge of Karl Marx, and Frodo is cursed with the filthy tongue of a Russian criminal.

The films - which Puchkov says were originally made for his close friends but have now gone out on the internet - have found cult appeal in Russia's crowded pirate market, where a pirated, high-quality DVD in both Russian and English costs £5. That is all ordinary Russians, who earn only $300 a month in Moscow, can afford. The Russian pirate industry is worth $311 million, and has grown by 25 per cent since last year, pirates making more than 40 million disks a year.

Link

The Computerized Art Critic

The Computerized Art Critic 06/14/2004 03:33 AM
Well, it's now been established that computers can, in certain situations, beat the very best chess players in the world. Now, they're moving on to another arena previously held onto by an elite group of human experts: determining the authenticity of a piece of artwork. New computer systems are being developed (similar to computerized chess systems) that use their ability to comprehend thousands of different attributes among many different paintings to come up with information about what makes certain paintings more or less likely to be by a certain artist. Of course, it sounds like most people involved still don't want these systems to be coming out with a final vote - but, rather are focused on using them to suggest places for further exploration (such as pointing out a specific difference in features between a certain painting and others by the same artist). This may have something to do with an increasingly litigious art world, where lawsuits have been filed by painting owners who weren't happy to have someone suggest the painting they owned was not by the person they thought it was. Still, this raises the same question we asked a few weeks ago in a post about selling fraudulent artwork on eBay: shouldn't a painting be judged on its quality, rather than who created it?

CheckPoint hits out at critic

CheckPoint hits out at critic 02/11/2004 11:03 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Feb 12 2004 3:18AM GMT

Critic Sites Are Not Commercial

Critic Sites Are Not Commercial 08/06/2004 06:45 PM
Year ago, we wrote about the case of Uzi Nissan vs. Nissan Motors. Uzi Nissan happened to own the domain name Nissan.com, which he used to run his own computing business. In the dispute, Nissan Motors apparently noted that, in talking about the case on the site, Uzi Nissan was engaged in "commercial speech" which was designed to take business away from them, and therefore, he was violating their trademark. However, the Court of Appeals today ruled that sites critical of a company are not engaged in "commercial speech", meaning that any site designed to criticize the actions of a company may not be violating that company's trademark. The court found that a lower court ruling prohibiting Uzi Nissan from talking about the case was an improper violation of Uzi Nissan's free speech.

Terry Eagleton: The self-critic

Terry Eagleton: The self-critic 12/30/2003 01:39 AM
theory is still finished .. more»

boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/12/28/the_self_ critic
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Flash critic to coach Macromedia

Flash critic to coach Macromedia 06/03/2002 12:04 PM

E-Voting Critic and Election Judge

E-Voting Critic and Election Judge 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
Avi Rubin: My day as an election judge. I continue to believe that the Diebold voting machines represent a huge threat to our democracy. I fundamentally believe that we have thrown our trust in the outcome of our elections in the hands of a handful of companies (Diebold, Sequoia, ES&S) who are in a position to control the final outcomes of our elections. I also believe that the outcomes can be changed without any knowledge by election judges or anyone else. Furthermore, meaningful recounts are impossible with these machines. I also believe that we have great people working in the trenches and on the front lines. These are ordinary people, mostly elderly, who believe in our country and our democracy, and who work their butts off for 16 hours, starting at 6 a.m. to try to keep the mechanics of our elections running smoothly. It is a shame that the e-voting tidal wave has a near hypnotic effect on these judges and almost all voters. I believe that after today's experience, I am much better equipped to make the arguments against e-voting machines with no voter verifiability, but I also have a great appreciation for how hard it is going to be to fight them, given how much voters and election officials love them.

Fla. Sheriff Used Records to Find Critic
(AP)

Fla. Sheriff Used Records to Find Critic
(AP) 04/06/2005 12:16 PM
AP - Orange County's sheriff used driver's license records to contact a woman who wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper citicizing his staff's use of Taser stun guns and describing him as fat.

The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic At
Large

The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic At
Large 12/18/2003 03:27 AM
comparing and contrasting the two "rings" - Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" and Tolkein's Ring triology .. a certain conspiracy of silence concerning Wagner .. the current New Yorker .. more» .. comparison

newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/?031222crat_atlarge
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Flash Critic to Coach Macromedia

Flash Critic to Coach Macromedia 06/04/2002 10:14 AM

"The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic
At Large"

"The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic
At Large" 01/27/2004 02:55 PM

Critic pans IRS suggestion on VoIP

Critic pans IRS suggestion on VoIP 07/08/2004 12:24 PM
A 1898 Spanish American War tax must not be extended to Internet phone calls, a key Republican politician says.

New Zealand here we come!

New Zealand here we come! 05/21/2004 07:01 PM
It doesn't cost a lot to come to NZ any more.

Weird feeling - finding an advertisement for cut-price airfares for people to come here.

[Second p0st]

Man oh Man.  Between the Lamb, Weta, Phil, Ben Nolan, Rochard McManus and no nukes or Bush - I gotta say New Zealand is looking nicer and ncier everyday.

Records Counter a Critic of Kerry
(washingtonpost.com)

Records Counter a Critic of Kerry
(washingtonpost.com) 08/19/2004 10:14 AM

Military Documents Contradict Kerry
Critic (AP)

Military Documents Contradict Kerry
Critic (AP) 08/19/2004 02:26 AM
AP - A Vietnam veteran who claims Sen. John Kerry lied about being under fire during a Mekong Delta engagement that won Kerry a Bronze Star was under constant fire himself during the same skirmish, according to the man's own medal citation, a newspaper reported.
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