Movies My First Impressions of the Blu-ray LOTR Trilogy Extended Edition Set draconicverses, December 27, 2013 Greetings from Middle-earth, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon got some nice Tolkien–esque goodies from under the tree. I was fortunate to get the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (which I gave a brief review of, earlier today), as well as the soundtrack of same. In addition… Continue Reading
Movies First Impressions of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition on Blu-Ray draconicverses, December 27, 2013 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! This isn’t going to be a full-blown exhaustive review at this time. I’ve been through the movie twice now, once with the commentary track. I’ve also only been through the pair of Appendix discs once each. I’d really like to go through each disc at least… Continue Reading
The Dragon Remembers... Price Sirki Escorts a LOTR Production Alumni Into the West for the Third Time This Year. draconicverses, December 31, 2012 It was learned early this morning that Oscar winning Sound Editor, Mike Hopkins, was killed in a rafting accident. Mr. Hopkins won Oscars for Sound Editing on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers (2002) and King Kong (2005). He did sound for all three of… Continue Reading
Books Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien draconicverses, January 3, 2012 Today marks the 120th birthday of Prof. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. As the world knows, he created the world of Middle-earth with its Hobbits, Rangers, Orcs, Ringwraiths and such. It’s a testament to this quiet man’s brilliance that THE LORD OF THE RINGS was the most read book of the… Continue Reading