The Golden Ring Marathon

[Arwen Eruantale]

The Golden Ring Marathon is an annual event we shall try to initiate on October 20th 2005. That is the 50th anniversary of the publishing of Return of the King.
The number fifty is perfect, as it is not only a number that comes around once in a century, but also the age at which both Bilbo and Frodo began their journeys.
On that day we plan to gather with friends, relations, other LotR freaks...or just in the company of our beloved Fellowship, to watch all three Extended Edition Lord of the Rings Films, one after the other. smilies/biggrin.gif

This thread has been posted for suggestions and/or thoughts as to this event. Fill it up and spread the word! The more the merrier! smilies/biggrin.gif

Frodo Lives! Revive the slogan!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Ah! So you started the new thread! Well done! I suppose I shall have to put my last comment on the other thread here, too.

As to holidays, we also have Easter/Spring Break. Brits get a lot more holiday time than we do, don't they? (I used to go to a British international school where we got about twice as many holidays as we have here in the US). But something around Oct. 20... I suppose all anyone can really hope for is a Teacher In-Service Day, or perhaps Mid-Term (the 20th is about the time for that, isn't it?).

There it is. For those of you who are new to this discussion, we were talking about the complications involved with the fact that the planned date of the marathon is a school- and work-day (a Wednesday, right?).

[lore_master]

my friends and i will celebrate this new holiday(maybe i will fake being sick and stay home and watch my LotR movies)

im glad someone thought this up

thanks

[Finwe]

Well, I'm sure if some of you have kind of nice teachers, they will let you borrow a TV or something, and watch part of the movie during lunch. I know some of the teachers at my school will probably let me do that, although, by then, I'll probably be at Uni, since I graduate in 2005.

[arianrod]

Ah, so we finally have a new home... *stretches out and relaxes* Cozy.

I think Oct 20th of 2005 is on a Thursday... dunno though.. could be Friday, but in any case, I'm almost positive it's a weekday. But oh well! This is FAR more important, right? smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Well, a lot of sites on Google seem to think it's Wednesday, but considering that next year is Leap Year, it seems like it should be a Thursday... who knows.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Right on. I definitely plan on participating. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh, and just a note, it's not "First Annual", its "Inaugeral". Let's get our terms correct please.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[ August 29, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ]

[Arwen Eruantale]

Sorry, Sapph. smilies/biggrin.gif I'll have to think about that, not sure that everyone would really know the difference.

Glad you're participating though. It'll be great. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

Why wouldn't everyone know the difference? smilies/confused.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Arwen Eruantale]

I don't know. But,(even being the geek that I am) I didn't... smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Frodo2968thewhite]

I'm definately going to celebrate! It's on a Thursday, so I might have a party that saturday!

[Frodo2968thewhite]

nullFrodo Lives! 1st Annual Golden Ring Marathon! October 20th 2005! Spread the Word!!!!!

[Frodo2968thewhite]

Sorry, I mean Frodo Lives! 1st Annual Golden Ring Marathon! October 20th, 2005! Spread the Word!!!!!!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Why wouldn't everyone know the difference?

Well, you have a point with "inaugural", but I agree that some people might be confused by the term or not know the difference. You see, "inaugural" means by definition "the first" or the one that sets into motion", whereas "first annual" implies that not only is it the first, but it will be repeated every year. So I think that first annual is probably fine as is.

[Arwen Eruantale]

Thanks Luthien, that is exactly what I was trying to say. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Cinderella]

*Marks calendar* smilies/biggrin.gif
I'll have just begun my freshman year of college, hopefully I won't have any classes that day, Can you believe it's already almost 2005!

[Elentári]

You know, I was thinking maybe we should make it tri-annual instead...because who knows, if this thing carries on for 50 years, we're gonna get sick of watching them over and over and over again...aren't we? smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif
Tri-annual could be good, cos there's three films...ooh and three Elven Rings...ok that's taking it a bit far.
And I had never heard of inaugral, let alone being able to tell the difference!

About those holidays...we certainly don't get all those random days off, and we don't get time off for Thanksgiving...obviously Do we really get that much longer? When do you break up for the summer? We break up at the end of July (23rd or so), unless you go to a private school, in which case I think you break up a couple of weeks earlier.
We have Inset days, which are teachers' training days, so I suppose that's the same as your teacher what-nots.
And that was my reply about holidays!

[Arwen Eruantale]

we're gonna get sick of watching them over and over and over again...aren't we?

Your kidding right? smilies/eek.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
Do you think that's actually possible?

[Elentári]

Well...yes actually...*ducks to avoid flying tomatoes* Impossible as it may seem, twenty years hence we will know these films so well we will be able to recite the scripts! Elvish and all! Ooh, wouldn't it be great if this day was made an international holiday?????!!!!!!!
Ok, so I gather a tri-annual Ringday isn't going down too well...oh well...

[arianrod]

twenty years hence we will know these films so well we will be able to recite the scripts! Elvish and all!

And what if we can do that already? smilies/biggrin.gif Well, I'm still working on the Elvish bits (esp. Aragorn's song for Luthien in the FotR EE), but I'm getting there... smilies/tongue.gif

[Elentári]

Good grief...I only know a few words, and that's annoying enough for my friends as it is!!! Not that you reciting all three extended editions at a word's notice would be annoying in any way... smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
But I have got as far as attempting to understand the Elvish...not that I'm any good, I can only understand things like 'galad' and 'govannen' !!! (From the Fellowship that is, haven't got the DVD of TTT)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

And what if we can do that already?

Well, I'm close, and I've got some Elvish engraved on my memory as well. ("Frodo... im Arwen.... tellin lethai... lasto beth nin, tolo dan na ngalad"). But yeah... I was lucky enough to find that written down and memorize it, instead of having to listen really carefully.

I don't think I could ever get tired fo them. I've seen FOTR 14 times and TTT 6 times, and I'm not really tired of those yet. I could watch FOTR EE, in particular, many many times without tiring of it. smilies/biggrin.gif And if I can read the books four times without tiring, than I doubt I'll get tired of the movies, either. Especially not ROTK! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári]

Yeah, ok, ok!!! Well I find I need to read the books over and over again, because for some reason the details filter out of my brain like they pass through a seive. Oh man, I can't wait for ROTK!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

No offense, Elentari, we weren't trying to get after you for saying that or anything, just saying that we wouldn't tire of them. But your opinion is perfectly valid and probably true for some people. No offense taken, I hope? smilies/smile.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

You see, "inaugural" means by definition "the first" or the one that sets into motion", whereas "first annual" implies that not only is it the first, but it will be repeated every year. So I think that first annual is probably fine as is.
That would only be a problem if the word in question meant "the only". Saying something in "the first" automatically implies that there will be subsequent occurances of the event.

Think of it this way: it will impress the really smart people, and force everyone who doesn't know what it means to use their dictionary.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Elentári]

Ah, Lúthien, no offense taken, don't worry!
Is someone going to get back to me about the school holidays you guys have in America or what???

[arianrod]

Is someone going to get back to me about the school holidays you guys have in America or what???

Hmmm... I thought I did. Here's my post from the last thread:
We get a day off for Columbus day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday (Feb. I think), about a week and a half off for the winter holidays and New Year's, a little less than a week for Thanksgiving (in November), Labor Day (September), and Memorial Day (May). I think that's all we take off for, but we also celebrate Verterans' Day and Presidents' Day without taking school off.

Followed by Brinniel's post...
I get President's Day off. And then I get two weeks off in the winter, one week in the spring, and several other days off spread throughout the year, called Teacher's In Service Day (which means there's a slight chance I might have school off Oct. 20, 2005 and I'll actually be able to participate in the marathon).

There ya go, Elentári! ^_^

I just had an idea! We should all invite Tolkien newbies (friends you have that haven't seen the EE yet) over to our houses to experience the LotRness with us. And we can serve Lembas as appetizers! ^_^

[Elentári]

Hehehe, thanks...and when do you break up for the summer hols, and when do you go back?? (For me, it's around the 23rd July, and go back on the 4th September- this year anyway. Private schools break up a couple of weeks earlier and go back a couple of days before us).

How on earth do you make lembas???

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Elentári, for lots of lembas recipes and ideas, just enter "lembas" into the search function box (click on "search", upper right corner of the page).

By the way, everyone, dates of school holidays are not Tolkien related. If you want to know about them, please use PMs.

[Arwen Eruantale]

Hey guys, thanks to everyone who has joined! smilies/biggrin.gif
A suggestion: join all the forums you can and start threads like this one! Spread the Word! Tell everyone!

Oh, and I'm sorry, Estelyn. Shan't happen again. smilies/biggrin.gif *bows respectfully and walks away*

[elfearz1]

yay! I'm excited guys. My friend and I were going to watch all three after they came out on video anyway in one weekend, so now we actually have an exscuse! smilies/biggrin.gif I love making themed food and such too. Lembas are so tasty!

[Sauron_the_Abhorred]

IS this Ring MArathon something like a big event where tons of RINGYS gather, or is it just something that you host in your own home?

[Arwen Eruantale]

Just gather in your home, or a fellow addicts (perhaps with a bigger screen smilies/evil.gif) to do it. smilies/biggrin.gif

I would let you all come here, since my Dad has a dedicated home theatre with a 5x8 foot screen (oh yess, lifesize Gollum.) and a sound system that sounds better than any theatre we've ever ben to... but I don't think my parents would appreciate that too much. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Morgul Queen]

Maybe we could get a certain Mr. Jackson into it!!! Then we could watch all of them in the Embassy together!!! (mmmmm, NZ's best sound giant screen and shaking seats, ohhh yeah!!!)


Lookie, Everyone!!! *points down* Lembas!!!

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Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 Tablespoons cold butter (1 stick)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Honey or maple syrup for dipping

Preheat over to 425 degrees.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
Add butter and mix with a fork or pastry cutter until mixture looks like fine granules.
Add sugar and cinnamon and mix.
Add milk and vanilla and stir with a fork until dough forms.
(You can add a little bit more milk than the recipe calls for if it gets too hard to stir.)

Roll into balls and place on cookie sheet, mashing them out until they are about 1/2 inch thick and 3 inches across.
Makes about 12 – 14.
Bake for about 12 minutes or until insides aren't gooey.

Wrapped in mallorn leaves they will stay fresh indefinitely. Wrapped in plastic wrap they are good for about a week.
Delicious dipped in honey or syrup.

[Sapphire_Flame]

That is so kewl, Morgul Queen! Where did you find that recipe?

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Firstly, read my signature.
Secondly, does anyone know the conversion from Farenheit (sp?) to Celcius? (For the benefit of us Britons, or wherever else which uses a slightly more logical temperature scale smilies/biggrin.gif )

So yeah, PM me about your summer hols, someone! I'm interested!

[elfearz1]

RINGYS hahaha I've never heard anyone refer to ourselves as ringys that's pretty funny.

I am actually Elentári, but I changed my email address and my filter blocked the password. Oh well... A similiar thing happened to me. Hense the 1 in my name.

Anyway to make up for the off-topicness of this post: here are some themed food ideas:

bill the pony cookies (I have horse cookie cutters)
Broken carrots and dip (you know when Merry lands on the carrot)
Lembas!

any more ideas? you can add on here , since I don't want to take up another thread.

[Arwen Eruantale]

Someone suggested lime green Koolaid for Ent-draught in another thread. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

It does sound wonderful, for the Ent-draught. Only...I don't think we have it here in England, so it'll just be you American guys growing a few inches taller smilies/wink.gif
Bill the Pony cookies!!! (As in cookie cookies yes, not biscuit cookies...do you have biscuits?? Ahhh, this language difference thing is fascinating!) Marvellous idea!!!
Sorry, I really can't think of anything else...hmm...

[The Only Real Estel]

Ent-draughts, cool. I like the whole idea myself. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen Eruantale]

Sorry, Elentari.. but I don't know what it would be called over there. It's just a drink mx powder that you put in water and add sugar... if that would help you to find and alternative. Koolaid is a brand name here. smilies/smile.gif

I'm glad you like it, Only Real Estel. Welcome aboard! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

I'm trying to figure out a recipe...thing for miruvor. I'll let you know when I succeed.

Just be careful with that ent-draught; you don't want to be eight feet tall once the movies are over... smilies/wink.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Arwen Eruantale]

Miruvor, would that be a liquor?

And I wouldn't mid being a bit taller, at 5' 1/2" I could certainly stand a bit of growth. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Someone suggested lime green Koolaid for Ent-draught in another thread.

smilies/biggrin.gif That was me. smilies/biggrin.gif I'm with you, Arwen Eruantale, I wouldn't mind growing a bit...

Mmmm... these ideas are making me hungry... We should have plenty of 'em by the time 2005 rolls around. Mua ha ha ha... It shall be a grand party!

Morgul Queen, that recipe sounds delicious! Thanks for that! I've used a different recipe, (posted in the Lembas (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=002228) thread, which has a couple different ones) but it wasn't...well it was good, but not very lembas-like. It was more like a heavy bread... I'm gonna try this one, though. It sounds tasty *yum*

[elfearz1]

(As in cookie cookies yes, not biscuit cookies...do you have biscuits?? Ahhh, this language difference thing is fascinating!) Yes, this is sort of difficult, but I like learning about other cultures. I mean cookie cookies, as in sugar cookies smilies/smile.gif

ooh good idea for the ent-draught, mmm I love kool-aid. you don't have kool-aid??? you poor child!

[Elennar Starfire]

I don't like koolaid, it makes me sick. I guess I'll have to find something else to use for ent-draught. smilies/confused.gif

And we can serve Lembas as appetizers!

I dunno about that...Lembas should be the main course!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

As to ent-draught, the only other green drink I can think of is those nasty health drinks that are made with grass.

[Arwen Eruantale]

The Ent-Draught colour might be different after the EE TTT comes out, Elennar Starfire... So there's still hope for you. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Oh yeah, I hope so...I don't fancy drinking mashed up grass for some reason... smilies/wink.gif

Nah, I'm pretty certain we don't have kool-aid over here. In fact, save tea bags, I can't think of any kind of drink where you add water and sugar...ok, so tea bags aren't powder...oh never mind. Well I suppose that seeing as I have never even seen what I'm missing, I can't really miss it all that much.

But it does leave a problem of what people here and other countries are going to drink for ent-draught.

And how do you convert farenheit to celcius??? I want to know how to make lembas, or whatever recipe it was on the first page.

[The Only Real Estel]

As to ent-draught, the only other green drink I can think of is those nasty health drinks that are made with grass. smilies/eek.gif Yuck. You shouldn't have mentioned that. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Hehehe...

Another point- sugar cookies? What the heck are they? When I say cookies (as a Brit), I mean those round thingies that are kinda firm and crunchy on the outside, and almost gooey on the inside (well not literally). They have bits stuck in them like smarties. When I say bisuits, I mean things like English tea biscuits, digestives, canary creams (I mean custard creams...ahem smilies/tongue.gif), bourbons, jammy dodgers. Cookies as a rule are generally a hell of a lot bigger, and they don't necessarily have a defined shape (like a cuboid or something). Am I making any sense at all? I fear not. Oh well...

[Arwen Eruantale]

Really?! Cookies here are quite different. They are usually round and almost flat (with extremely varying sizes), most commonly with chocolate chips and nuts mixed into the dough. smilies/evil.gif
But there are many different variations, like oatmeal raisin, or white chocolate-macadamia nut, or M&M,... etc. smilies/biggrin.gif

Anyway, lets try and get back on topic, please. smilies/smile.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

No hang on, that's what I meant...thank you Arwen!

Er...I'm afraid I can't think of anything to add to the topic.

So do you have biscuits like the ones we have here? (Chocolate digestives, tea biscuits- to dunk in your tea smilies/evil.gif etc)

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Ah, come on people! You don't have biscuits? Come on, you must have!

[Morgul Queen]

Elentari...just get the site to send your password to your new E-mail, they change it back to a number/letter thing when you change E-mail, so once your back into your original account change it backto what it used to be *reads* hmmmm...I'm making less sense than usual.

I have Weta Workshop's Number so if you lot want me to get Richard Taylor and/or PJ into the Golden Ring Marathon idea, I will. I have a feeling that they'll want something to celebrate after RotK as well!

[Arwen Eruantale]

Morgul Queen, if you are absolutely serious about having that number...

CALL THEM! GET THEM ALL INTO IT!

Maybe they'll advertise it... that would be so awesome
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[ September 23, 2003: Message edited by: Arwen Eruantale ]

[Morgul Queen]

Alright then smilies/biggrin.gif

I'm going to my Grandmother's tomorrow (Its too late to ring now - they all go home at 6.00 pm so I'll post on Sunday which is when I get back.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Well, Morgul Queen, like I said, my filter blocked the password, and by the time I realised it I had switched off the computer so I couldn't do the back button and do it again or whatever. So I can't get them to do that, because it's too late. Darn it man...

And yeah, man, that is amazing!!! It would be such an effective way to advertise the marathon!!!!

[Finwe]

Oh my Eru! That would be so bloody amazing!!!! I'm so excited just thinking about the fact that Peter Jackson will be in something that we've started!

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Hmm, don't get your hopes up too soon...come to think of it, hows the progress going?

[Morgul Queen]

Sorry people, Extended stay at my Nana's (Mum doesn't wabt to drive up to upper hutt in the rain (yay, rain)) so it'll be another two days at the most, and I would call from here but the numbers in my room and No-one can locate anything in my room 'cept for me - it's such a mess, kinda' a mini-security againg burglars, eh?!!!!!

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Okie dokie...


Since when was Boromir the disco king?

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

And talking of biscuits, do you not even have Oreos? And how on earth did you understand the bit in Harry Potter about the 'canary creams'? (ie they were custard creams).

[Arwen Eruantale]

Okay, Elentari, you're gonna have to stay on topic now. Please PM somebody if you wan't to know about the foods and stuff.

Sorry guys, but I don't want the thread to be closed, and if we don't stay on topic that is exactly what is going to happen! smilies/eek.gif

EDIT: Morgul Queen, I think we can definitely hold out... But don't forget! smilies/biggrin.gif

[ September 28, 2003: Message edited by: Arwen Eruantale ]

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Ok...so how would we actually organise this thing? Hang on, if PJ gets involved something might be arranged (being extremely optomistic here...). But would we just be having people we know round our houses or what? That would be easiest.

[Arwen Eruantale]

For now, the plan is just to have people over... but of course (borrowing Elentari's optomism), if Mr. Jackson gets involved... *sigh* *hope*

[arianrod]

Yea, hold a LotR bash at your house I guess. Invite friends, enemies, cousins, distant family members, people you see on the street; y'know, only your closest relations. smilies/wink.gif At least, that's what I'm doing... smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen Eruantale]

Um, Morgul Queen, whatever happened with the Weta guys? Were you able to get ahold of them at all? smilies/biggrin.gif

[Enorëiel]

Hmm... The first page of this thread made sense and I got lost somewhere in the second page... smilies/smile.gif Anyways! I'm going to go back on subject (the rest of you can stay off if you wish) sound ok? I'm defintly doing something on October 20, 2005. I'll be out of high school by then (yay!) so i'll hopefully have the day of of classes (depending on what i take in college and such) and will be doing a definate all day marathon with Lembas (if i can figure out how to make it), Ent draught and the works....

Now that i've said my peace....
continue on with your conversation !

[Morgul Queen]

Ok sorry. First, I just enrolled for a 4 week course at Victoria University in Wellington, so I'm busy with that, and college just started again, so theres that as well.

Second, Richard Taylor is my lecturer in week 4 so I'll talk to him *personally* which will most likely give us a better chance of getting through to him.

sorry about the wait, and I was wondering...is anyone here going to Return of the Ringers? Because, depending on the circumstances, I may be going.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

What is return of the ringers?

Aww Morgul Queen, you're so lucky!!!

[Arwen Eruantale]

The first page of this thread made sense and I got lost somewhere in the second page...

Tell me about it.. I started this thread and even I get lost! smilies/eek.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

In any case, I'd like to welcome you aboard, Enorëiel! Help us spread the word! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Morgul Queen]

Return of the Ringers is a Pre-premiere party hosted by TOR.net in wellington. Depending on the circumstances, I may or may not be going.

[Morgul Queen]

OK here we go, I'll get back to you in about 4 hours with the results of our little chat smilies/biggrin.gif

[Morgul Queen]

WOOO HOOO!!! (C Celeborn),

Richard Taylor said that "It would be highly unlikely that they wouldn't be interested" and that they would consider using their cinema in Mirimar to host a screening of all three movies, one after the other, how cool is THIS!!!!?

So we may have a entire day to our crazy Tolkienite selves. I just have to keep in touch with WETA and keep them updated on anything new that we want to do, and yeah....
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Sooooo...Any ideas people?!!!

[Arwen Eruantale]

WOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Thank you soooo much, Morgul Queen! You are awesome...

Just be sure to keep in touch with them for the next few years.. Which I don't imagine would be too unpleasant. smilies/biggrin.gif

Now, to come up with some official ideas...

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[elfearz1]

YAY! Thanks Morgul Queen!!! you rule

[Helín Anyára]

Can I ask a question? What are we talking about here? smilies/biggrin.gif I take it the whole Golden Ring Marathon brainstorming kinda ran out of... storm smilies/wink.gif And could Morgul Queen explain a little of what she is referring to?

As to the actual *Marathon*, I'm definitely "in". At least I hope I'll be able... smilies/cool.gif

[Arwen Eruantale]

Le abdollen. You've been away too long, M'lady. smilies/frown.gif smilies/tongue.gif
Just read from the beginning of this page and you should be able to catch up.

Then you'll understand why everything has been on hold for a bit. And you'll probably have a few thanks of your own to add to Morgul Queen's newly aquired list! smilies/biggrin.gif

[ArathorofBarahir]

Sweet! I can't wait until October 20th 2005!!!

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Great, isn't it???

[Finwe]

SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWEETNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that I've got all the cheers out of my system! I say this calls for a celebration!

*brings in the lembas, miruvor, Elven band (in tight leather), and dance floor full of Hot Elves in tight leather*

This really calls for a par-tay!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Yay!!!!!!! Thanks so much, Morgul Queen!!!!! That's awesome. Now the question: what will all of us who aren't lucky enough to live in New Zealand do? Just host a party in our homes or something? As to "official" ideas, we shall have to think about that. What could we do? Invite the actors? smilies/biggrin.gif Ummmm..... events? Ideas? Anyone? I'll post if I think of anything.

[Arwen1858]

Ok, I have a few ideas. First off, the Ent draught. What about that new 7up stuff?? The one with caffeine? It's green!!! Perfect for Ent draught!
And I'm thinking about e-mail TORn about this Marathon, and maybe if enough of us e-mail them, they will say something about it on their site. For those of you who don't have it, here's the link: TORn (http://www.theonering.net)
If they would mention it in one of their daily update things, imagine how many people it would reach?? And I'm about to post about it on another really big message board I go to at Council of Elrond (http://www.councilofelrond.com). Let the world know: FRODO LIVES!!!!

[Charmed7202]

I think it's a great idea for everyone to get together, but what about a reading of the books ...
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[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Oh yes! Council of Elrond! I go on there too!!! Who are you on there, Arwen? I'm Leggylass smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Nora]

Heloo All - I'm new here.

Been a fan of "The Rings" , well, since forever.

Cool place you have here.

Just wanted to say I think this is a COOL idea.

Can't think of a better way to celebrate.

Nora

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Hey, enjoy being dead, Nora!!!

Wow, Arwen!!! I just checked TORN and you're on there!!!!!!!! Wahooooo!!!!!!!!

[Arwen Eruantale]

Mae Govannen, and Welcome to the Downs, Nora. smilies/biggrin.gif I like your name...
Nora; Greek: "light" Latin: "honourable" smilies/biggrin.gif

Sorry, got carried away... smilies/smile.gif

Arwen: I haven't tried the new 7up...but if it's good that would be great. And Mountain Dew is also green, so it seems we have quite a few choices there. smilies/biggrin.gif

I'll also be posting a new recipe for lembas that my aunt made, just as soon as I try it out. smilies/tongue.gif

These are awesome ideas everyone smilies/eek.gif, just keep 'em coming. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen1858]

yes!! I did it!!!!! They posted it at TORn for me!! Here's what they said:
The people over at Barrowdowns have come up with an idea to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of ROTK, on October 20, 2005. Basically, to make it a worldwide day to gather with friends, watch the movies, and geek out on Tolkien as much as possible. [More] Thanks to Arwen 1858 for the link
When you click where it says more on the page, it brings you here to this thread. COOL!!! Now lots of people will know!!!! Can ya tell I'm a little excited??!!
Oh, and yes, I am on the CoE forums. I'm Arwen1858 there as well. I posted there about it too, and have a few people answer. Now that it's up at TORn, it will be seen by lots of people!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
Arwen

[Kyle]

This is really really cool! It will likely by in New Zealand, and I will not be able to attend. After all it is expensive. I might do something at my house or something. I will just see what happens then! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Yay! We're on TORN! Arwen, it has your name! Don't you feel special?!?! That is so cool!!!!!! Do you know what we should do? If (or more like when) we get the greenlight or maybe even publicity from New Line (after Richard Taylor mentions it to them), then it will be even cooler! We could take the Tolkien community by storm! Join a million messageboards and promote it there! Get TORN to post something again about how it's backed by New Line! Can you tell I'm having a most excellently happy daydream? Ah, yes. And think of the free publicity the Barrowdowns will get! Maybe people will follow the link and join or something (maybe we'll be famous, wishful thinking there).

[Kyle]

TORN has a lot of power. It is by far the biggest LOTR fanclub/newsite online. If the New Line could release the three movies again in different theaters, it could make a big profit. People in two years would much like to see the movies on the big screen again. It is an absolutely amazing thing, they could even play the extended ROTK. There would also be the "BIG PARTY" spots as well. Or maybe it could be on a limited release.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

*Mega squee* We're on ToRN?! *checks site* We are! Eeeek! Huzzah! Arwen, you must feel so special! You are known world-wide! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh yeah, Morgul Queen, I haven't thanked you yet... *GIANT HUG* Thank yoooooou! Wheeee! I'm in such a happy mood now. Yay! I love you all! smilies/biggrin.gif

*So* excited... I told one of my LotR friends about it, so...heh heh heh. Spread the word!

[THE Ka]

Alright! this is a very cool topic. I also celebrated another holiday other than this one. The Feast of Shu, he who is moisture. Along with this i watched one of my favorite movies the first of the trilogy. For next year i will most likely do the same thing. Except this time i will watch FOTR and TT and possilby if i have this by that time the ROTK. This is sush a cool holiday... also Shu is one too. (Shu is like the rain god).


I love these days! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

"Why did you do that Boromir?"
- Frodo to boromir at the door into Moria
"Hail to thee O Ra in thy rising,
Even to thee who is called Atum at thy dawning.
Yea, great Ra who comes as Khephera, the ever-living."
- The Incantation to Ra, Isis Queen of egyptian magic, Jonathan Dee

[Arwen1858]

I still can't believe they actually put it up!! I keep going back and checking... smilies/biggrin.gif It's like I'mnot sure it's really there... I wrote and told them about it and about us here at the 'downs, and they wrote back and asked for the link to the thread so people could come here for information. I was really excited, but I didn't really believe for sure it would be there until I saw it with my own eyes! Every waking hour I checked TORn about every 5 minutes or so to see if they had put it up smilies/biggrin.gif And I'm still so excited they actually did!! We made it on TORn! And now many, many LOTR fans worldwide will know of the marathon!!
YAY!!!!!
Arwen

[Morgul Queen]

gyeh! *suffocates under the hugs and thank you notes she is getting* Its Arwen's turn for all the thanks, Yay, mellon-nin. We're on TOR.n, We're on TOR.n. *MQ and Celebrimbror hold a mini party and are very high on Bacon grease and Chocolate sauce*

WOOO HOOO!!! *Celebrimbror nips [read: bites a huge chunk out of] MQ's leg* HEY!!! Celebri, STOP IT!!!! Sorry about that, He's looking forward to getting his own mini-abyss *shrugs* I'll go call the decorator, Bye everyone.

[Arwen Eruantale]

That is great... smilies/biggrin.gif Thank you sooo much to Arwen (are we related? smilies/tongue.gif) and Morgul Queen! You guys are awesome! *hugs computer moniter*
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[Morgul Queen]

I've got another idea. How about on the Day, we all go on the chatroom and have a mass internet celebration (heh heh, kelebration..ummm...ignore me please) I'm sure Mr. BW won't mind, and we can all talk and celebrate together, except, us Kiwi's get to do it twice becaus when we finish it'll just be starting for some of you. Cool, huh?!!!

[Arwen1858]

Do you live in NZ, Morgul Queen??? Cool!! Anyways, the chatroom thing would be nice, only how would we have time for that with watching all 3 EE movies, eating a few meals, playing games, and whatever else we're doing?? That would be kinda hard to fit in. We should definitely get on there the next day, though, and talk about what all we did!! This is going to be fun!! Too bad we have so long to wait! Oh well.
Arwen

[Arwen Eruantale]

I'll go with Arwen on that one... The next day would make more sense. smilies/biggrin.gif But that doesn't mean we can't chat during intermissions! (though now that I think of it, that might be kind of rude, if we have guests... Or perhaps the guests could participate too...Anyway...)
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[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Next day sounds good.... but then we could just post on this thread. The guests could either make their own comments, or else just stuff themselves with lembas (can you tell I'm inviting Merry and Pippin? All of my imaginary friends will be there, in fact. All eleven of them. I know, only eleven, well, no, twelve, actually. I'll get more sooner or later. Did anyone read eleven as elven and have to re-read it figure out what I said?). Now, one thing we could do to kelebrate: Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King! Wave kings at Boromir the Disco Squid! We should have weird disco parties with the LOTR Soundtracks or something! (Ignore me as well, if you would be so kind). And one more thing: We should get the BW to put it on the calendar. You know, the little thing at the top of the homepage that has any notable events that occured today.

[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Luthien_ Tinuviel ]

[Morgul Queen]

And that WOULDN'T confuse the guests?!!! Aiyeeee, headache coming, must...avoid...headache...arrrrgh, too...late. (In case you can't tell, I've be re-familiarizing myself with the Elven genologies - guarenteed to bring on a headache).

Do you realise how much in-breeding there is between the descendants of Elwe, Olwe, and *snicker* Elmo?!! smilies/eek.gif smilies/redface.gif smilies/eek.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Yeah, I made a family tree...I can get Edain from all three houses, Elves from all three groups...all on one family tree! It's mad! And how come it's all in threes?!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I've tried to make a mass family tree. Not sure if I ever truly accomplished it, though. And you're right, Morgul Queen, there are a lot of cousins marrying cousins and things, even among hobbits. But then it's generally third cousins or something, so I don't reckon that's quite as bad. Why don't we all try to create mass elven genealogies and hang on the walls as decorations? Along with meanings of all the names, perhaps? Or giving everyone their names in both Sindarin and Quenya (where applicable)? Can you tell I'm trying to scare any potential guests away? Although at this rate, I may not have any guests at all (any guests that a normal person would call real, anyway).

[Finwe]

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is absolutely wonderful!!!!!!! Remember people, when we're all famous, we were friends!!!! smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen1858]

Or giving everyone their names in both Sindarin and Quenya (where applicable)?
Oh, I like that idea!!! We can make nametags for people(find a way to make the look elvish, of course) and put their Elvish names on them!! And people would only be allowed to call each other by those names smilies/biggrin.gif And those of us who want too can pick an Elvish name, if we like that better than the translated version of our name. Oh, this is going to be fun!
Arwen

[Morgul Queen]

NOW what have I done?!!!!! I'll start on the mass Elven and Edain family tree - once I manage to organise the ELVEN one in my mind.

Heh Heh, yes, we're all friends and when we're famous and meeting PJ and the Actors we'll be able to go "We organised the Golden Ring Marathon - and It'll look good on our CV's too.....

Hey, Arwen!!! Does Asfoloth wnat to come with Celebrimbror and I to the Premiere in Wellington on the 1st? (I was about to type me and...but Celebri started growling)

[Arwen1858]

Hey, Arwen!!! Does Asfoloth wnat to come with Celebrimbror and I to the Premiere in Wellington on the 1st? (I was about to type me and...but Celebri started growling)
Yes, he does. He's willing to abandon me, leave me here mourning because I can't go, and go with y'all. He doesn't care that I will be missing out... When he read your post, he started drooling, and getting all hyper. And you really don't want to upset a hyper mini-balrog. ok, he's giving me an evil grin now. You're going to the premiere?? smilies/eek.gif COOL!!!
Anyways, it would be really cool if this Marathon got even more widespread, and PJ found out about it. Are there any other LotR news sites out there that should know? I just go to TORn. Who else should we tell? Maybe we could write PJ.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Hi guys! I checked that golden ring marathon article from TORn and it looked so cool!!!
If we all lived in the same country we could go to march on the streets singing songs from the soundtracks (I love singing)...but it may look a bit silly if I went alone to the local railwaystation singing in Sindarin or Khuzdul smilies/rolleyes.gif

I don't know anybody who would willingly share that day with me *sigh*
I'll just lock myself into our house and watch the films 'till my eyes drop off.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Well, I ran a Google search for "Golden Ring Marathon", and it only yields four results! Which is weird. Why does it only show TORN and this thread if you all siad that you had posted it only other Tolkien fora? Indeed strange.

Arwen and Morgul Queen, it sounds like you two know each other. Even though you don't know me as well, can Neal go to the premiere, too? He'd love to accompany you, and he'd only cause minimal trouble (read: be rather annoying unless you think he's funny, be sarcastic all the time, perhaps get rather annoyed if any major changes have been made, and maybe even lecture your friends (I assume that mini-balrogs are very easy to engage in a fight with)). In short, he'd be the perfect companion!

Now back on-topic: Do you think we should try to publicize it now, or should we work out the details and figure out exactly what we want to do, perhaps wait for word to get to PJ, and then adveritze it? It might be a rather premature suggestion, but if we got sophisticated enough in our planning, we might even be able to make a geocities website for it or something.

[Finwe]

I'm sure that if WETA knows about it, word will quickly get to PJ. WETA seems to be taking it seriously (or at least I hope they are) and if they really are, then they will let PJ know if it's to be an event of some magnitude.

[Arwen1858]

I'm sure that if WETA knows about it, word will quickly get to PJ. WETA seems to be taking it seriously (or at least I hope they are) and if they really are, then they will let PJ know if it's to be an event of some magnitude.
cool!! That would be awesome if it could get all the way to him at this early stage. Almost 2 years until it happens, and words getting out pretty good. If we're doing this good already, I wonder how far it will go by Oct. 2005!!
Luthien_ Tinuviel, Morgul Queen and I have writting a bit through pm, but don't know each other 'personally,' as in have ever met face-to-face, or talked outside here. We've become friends because we both have mini-balrogs smilies/smile.gif They're quite fun, but Asfoloth always eats the bacon before I can get any. smilies/rolleyes.gif
I posted about the Marathon on councilofelrond.com's forum, and thought about writing them and seeing if they would put it in their news on the front page. I just haven't done that yet.

[Arwen Eruantale]

Do you think we should try to publicize it now, or should we work out the details and figure out exactly what we want to do, perhaps wait for word to get to PJ, and then adveritze it? It might be a rather premature suggestion, but if we got sophisticated enough in our planning, we might even be able to make a geocities website for it or something.

Personally, I think it would be best to get word out as quickly and widespread as possible. I mean, just this forum could cover the globe....which is an awesome concept.

A website is an excellent suggestion. smilies/biggrin.gif Though the concept of the marathon is still a bit premature for me to see the neccesity of it's own website at this point. Perhaps in the future though... And if Mr. Jackson likes the idea we might be able to tack it onto the LotR offical site. Wouldn't that be great?

Does anyone think it'd be a good idea to contact SotR? They're a pretty popular site as well, and I do believe they too, have a forum...

Arwen

ps: going back a few posts: any credit would go to the cool people in the Down's topic where this idea originated. "A sorrowful realisation..." smilies/biggrin.gif Funny the sadness that such a neat idea was spawned from...

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

I want a mini-balrog! Where did you find them? We could become the fellowship of the mini-balrog owners!!! (Ok, ignore me... smilies/rolleyes.gif )

EDIT: Ooh and I forgot to say...I think the geocities website is a good idea!

[ November 15, 2003: Message edited by: Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 ]

[Helín Anyára]

Okay, now that I've read the entire thread... I suppose that helps if you want to know "what is going on". smilies/rolleyes.gif Sorry. Anyway- I too think the website would be really cool, and useful. It's weird to think that the date for the marathon is still so far away! What are we going to do with all that time? I suppose anticipation is half the experience. smilies/wink.gif

I'm assuming that anything official is going to be held in New Zealand. *sniff* *single little tear*. Which I'm sure is fine with anyone lucky enough to live there. Sigh. Anyway, I think we will have to come up with a worthy alternative, for those doing it in their homes-- although I'm not sure what... smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I'm assuming that anything official is going to be held in New Zealand.I'm assuming that anything official is going to be held in New Zealand.

I would say that anything done by a contributor to this thread is "official". We are the originators of the idea, after all. I'm not sure if there's really any one person who could be said to have created the idea (I actually went back the beginning and looked, it seems that several people mentioned it and it just grew from there). Although credit is definately due to Arwen Eruantale for starting both this thread and the old one.

[Finwe]

I think if we ever get this show on the road (in a figurative sense), we should try to get it done in cities around the world. Perhaps have BDers organize the events in their respective home towns, that way, everyone already knows what they're doing, and even non-Tolkien fans can enjoy themselves too. That would be a perfect idea. If we came up with schedules, deadlines, etc. here at the Downs, then each one of us could go and try to organize it in our hometowns or schools (with the cooperation of the right authorities of course!).

[Arwen1858]

Elentari ~ here's the site where you can get the mini-balrogs: Miss Cam (http://www.misssandman.com/LOTR/lotr.html)
Go to the official Fanfic university, a little ways down the page, and you can learn about them there. It's a lot of fun smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Ah thankyou! I've signed up for one!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Laitoste]

Hey peoples! Somewhere on pg. 1 you were debating between 1st annual & Inaugural. I think it would be cool if we could try to make this an annual convention, too! In more than just my own US, of course! I don't know, I thought that it would be the coolest thing to have a convention. It would probably be implausible, though. Anyway, I LOVE the idea and will definetly be participating!! (Yay freshman year of college!)

[Arwen Eruantale]

Helin: *sniff* *single little tear*

smilies/tongue.gif A lovely Frodo impresssion, M'lady...

I also would love to see it become a yearly celebration, but am not sure how *official* we could make that, as it may not be as easy to organise something of that magnitude in each country across the world.

I am thinking of talking to some of the people at the theatre where I work, when the time comes. And perhaps we could use one, or more of the screens for it, but Arizona is pretty far from most of you I imagine... *hmmm..*

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

If PJ could hear about it and agree that it's a good idea, I think it would be easier to persuade cinemas and stuff...because maybe New Line would do some marketing or something? I suspect the cinemas would take that a lot more seriously than a bunch of freaks like us... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ElentariGreenleaf]

I'm sure that some of the cast & crew from LotR MUST read the barrowdowns. How could they not?

Wow... I finally understand what the advert in people's sigs means... I never new there was a thread. I'll have to bar my doors against my friends and make them pay to see the extended editions at my house. I'm the only one who's gonna own all three EEs! The others all own atleast one non-EE LotR, and I'm pretty sure they won't re-buy it for the EE... unless they are truly LotR freaks! Wait... that would be a good thing!

Elentari I, LotR Freak Extrodinaire, and a bad speller.

[Morgul Queen]

Elentari, I hope you know what you are doing, they require constant supervision (even though they are supposed to be supervising you) otherwise you'll never eat bacon again. Celebrimbror and I (yes, he was baring his teeth again, I actually ended uo writing 'They go to not run...' in an exam because of him, I also wrote 'And the Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in purest shimmering samite held aloft excalibur from the water, signifying that, by Divine Provenance, I, Athur was to be King. THAT is why I am your King!' when asked to define Divine Right *snort*) are currently trying to get a Mini-abyss for him.

Anyway, Back on Topic. I'm sure we'll find some way of publisising this. I'lll ring up my local radio station (91 ZM) nearer the date, and I'll put a note in the 'Paper. Most likely sometime next year.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Morgul Queen: that's so good an idea! I could try doing something like that too. So what are the main points one should know about Marathon (thinking about the adds we could make)?

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Not very many points...basically get your friends around or something and watch the EEs on 20th October 2005...and then every year after that.

(I have my Balrog, he is called Bombur...I've been trying to tame him...at first he would go into a huff if you didn't say hello to him, or if you did he'd burn things up (like my geography coursework...oops). But now he only burns things up if you don't say hello...
But I must say, he does consume rather a lot of food for a mini-Balrog...)

[Morgul Queen]

Don't worry about Bombur, He'll calm down after you feed him for a bit...wait, you are feeding him RAW eggs, aren't you? Cooked ones make them cranky. Fangirls help too. *MQ attempts to grab a few fangirls off of Celebrimbror who then attempts to bite her hands off - see, people, action - reaction - but she grabs some anyway*

Here have some, fangiiiiiiiiiiiirls!!! *MQ runs as Celebrmbror chases her around the computer room*

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Mini-Balrog posts are off-topic on this forum and may be deleted. If this thread is to continue, please stick to the original topic. Thanks!

[middleearthguy]

Greetings to one and all.

I arrive here after meeting Morgul Queen at TOR.net party for return of the ringers this evening.

I am very excited to hear of the planned celebrations for the coming 50th anniversary of the publishing of The Return of the King, and am looking forward to assisting in anyway possible.

[Morgul Queen]

And a cute one he is too smilies/wink.gif

Perhaps I should start telling more people about this now - It'll help with the planning, and the Valar know we need some help with THAT, We're run dry already. Maybe the ZM Morning Crew will have some ideas, and I'll post the link to here on some of my yahoo!groups.

The Morgul Queen,
who recently got back from the RotK premiere and is bouncing over her sweet as photos, autographs and her RotR T-shirt. Do the Wave people!!! *waves*

[middleearthguy]

So we need to figure out the basics who what why when how where etc

When is the Date Oct 20th 2005

Why is the 50th anniversary of RoTK

Who? who is going to attend?

Where? we will do this ?

What? What we will do there?

How? How will we organise things?


Ideas everyone? i'll post someof my own in the next day or so

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Who: Basically all the Ringer friends you have
Where: At your house or whatever, unless by some stroke of amazing fortune we are able to get this at the cinema...
What: Watch the EEs back-to-back!
How we will organise it: I don't know, on this thread?

[Finwe]

Most likely, we'll have to organize it here. I don't think that many of us can meet in RL, and actually plan it. This would be the easiest way.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Wow! This has turned into such a huge deal, I can hardly believe it! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Thanks so much, Morgul Queen, and everyone else who's been working so hard to get the word out! I saw the article on TORn, and could hardly believe it. We're official!

Oh, and remember earlier, when we were discussing different ideas to make ent draught? I have an idea. Seeing that Tolkien described ent draught as just being water with a "savour" or different taste to it, I came up with this:

ENT DRAUGHT

~1 can white cranberry juice concentrate
~Water
~Sprite, or some similar lemon-lime soda

Prepare cranberry juice as directed on can. Add one extra can of water (this is based on preference; if you want it more watered down or more potent, change the amount of extra water added). Add half a cup of Sprite. Stir, and refrigerate. This is a less, ah, volatile version of the drink; you won't grow unless you drink it all in one go. smilies/wink.gif

Abeditohn le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[middleearthguy]

The ENT DRAUGHT idea sounds great, I will have to try making some of this up.

My basic idea was to see how many people would be interested in coming to Wellington NZ in Oct 2005 to help celebrate?

[Sapphire_Flame]

Welcome to the 'Downs, middleearthguy! Enjoy being dead. smilies/biggrin.gif

So if this does get turned into a big-deal, authentic LotR promotion, do you think we here on the thread will get free tickets, as we were the ones who started it? Just wondering...

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

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[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Hey, Sapphire, that's a good idea! We would all have to prove that we were on this thread, though. But we could issue official badges or something and get in free! Maybe. If it turns into a really big event, such as sanctioned by PJ, showing in theaters, possibly with TORN involved and conventions and so forth, then we could all get in free (and be famous! Everyone start writing your speeches). But so far, it's free for all of us, since it'll be at our houses. Unless you count the cost of the DVDs and food, but that doesn't really count, does it? We'll all have the DVDs by them anyway (most likely).

[Laitoste]

I haven't really contributed much yet...I feel kind of bad, because I think this is an awesome idea and I really want to help! What can I do?

Oh, I was thinking that we could make t-shirts advertising for it. That would be pretty cool. (Yay fabric paint!)

[Sapphire_Flame]

Hey, yeah! Kewl idea, Laitoste! We should have *official* t-shirts or something. What kind of design do you think would work? Or maybe different ones depending on your "alligence": black/silver for Gondor, green/white for Rohan, black/red for Mordor, blue or green/silver for the Elves, green/yellow for the Shire... Anyone else have any ideas?

We should start a committee or something. smilies/wink.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Finwe]

Hmm... perhaps one of us should try to come up with T-shirts or something, and then scan a photo of them. I really wish I could do that, but I don't seem to have enough time to do ANYTHING now, what with evil, tricksy midterms approaching, and my 79.6 in calculus.

[Laitoste]

I was thinking, have something LOTR related on the front, then GOLDEN RING MARATHON, OCTOBER 20 2005 on the back. What to put on the front though...

My allegiance is to Rohan, or Rivendell, most definitely. smilies/biggrin.gif

Anyway, I finally got to see TTT EE. I LOVED IT!!! (major understatemant, I know, but still...)

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Maybe a picture of The One Ring running (yes, the ring would have legs and red trainers) and below it the slogan: Golden Ring Marathon etc. smilies/wink.gif

[Finwe]

Hmm... that is actually an interesting idea. We could change the color of the running One Ring's T-shirt based on the allegiance of the buyer. You could probably choose between dark blue (Elves), black (Gondor), green/white (Rohan), red (Sauron), and brown (Shire).

[Morgul Queen]

Wonderful ideas people!

I hope you don't mind but I'm going to E-mail Weta the stuff from this thread...with our nicks, of course, so they know who to assign tickets to, eh?!

BTB (By the By) I have tickets to RotK....at the Embassy. I'm going on the 23rd, yay me!

But now I have a dilemma...will my T-Shirt be Black, or Red? Hmmm...

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

I would go for the black one.
(btw I have tickets too. I'm going on the 20th smilies/smile.gif )

I't would be so cool if Weta got interested in this Golden Ring Marathon thing!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I've got tickets for the 17th! Go me! I think I'd take a dark blue one, because even though I love hobbitses, I like blue better than brown.

So is Weta seriously interested? Becasue I know you say that Richard Taylor seemed interested, but do you think he'll tell PJ and all of that? I'm looking forward to getting my free ticket. smilies/wink.gif

Now, what else could we do, in the meanwhile? Perhaps someone could advertise it at their school, if the school has a newspaper or a bulletin board or something?

[Finwe]

I think WETA would probably be seriously interested in this. Just read some of the ideas that some people have had on this thread. They are rather excellent marketing devices (i.e. running One Ring T-shirts, matching memorabilia, etc.). If they used our ideas (and gave credit to us of course! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif ) they could probably make a LOT of money.

[Lossentilien]

Sorry if this is totally random, but I don't have time to read over this whole thread.
Thing is, it would be possible for me to get one independant cinema to participate for definate, another independant that would think about it, and the UGC who I can talk to. And as the UGC is a chain, it'd go over the whole country.
This might be totally not what you had in mind, but am willing to go meet with them if it's at all useful.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Lossentilien, that would be great, as far as I'm concerned. At this point we seem to want any publicity we can get, until we have our feet firmly on the ground and a solid foundation of support beneath them.

[Finwe]

Is there any way of contacting the main Cinemark company? Nearly every city in the US has a Cinemark theater, and if either we or WETA manage to reach the main company, who, in turn tell all their theaters, it would save us a LOT of trouble.

[Lossentilien]

Big cinemas will be harder to convince unless you happen to have a contact directly- or through someone else. If you want to contact a major cinema but don't know anyone there it would be best to write up a proposal saying what the idea is and why it'd be great for the cinema to run.
But if WETA did agree they'd have a lot more influence over it.
I'll find out a bit more for y'all and post it when I can.

[Morgul Queen]

I have a friend who just started working at Hoyts, so I could ask her to get me an interview with her Boss. If we got them that would secure us in New Zealand and Australia. I'll try the Embassy too, if I can.

[Finwe]

I have a friend who has a cousin who works at one of the cinemas in my area, so I might run the idea past my friend, to pass on to his cousin. I think it's worth a shot.


I think if we all search for people we know who work at the movies or in places affiliated with cinemas, we might be able to get our ideas across.

[Sapphire_Flame]

I hope you don't mind but I'm going to E-mail Weta the stuff from this thread...with our nicks, of course, so they know who to assign tickets to, eh?!
Right on, Morgul Queen! It's really awesome of you to be working all this out; hannon le!!!

I love the t-shirt ideas, you guys. But should I get black, red, or brown? smilies/confused.gif smilies/wink.gif Anyway, who will be designing the Running Ring for the t's? I'd like to see what you all have in mind.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Morgul Queen]

I could doodle a pic of a running One Ring in my spare time, heck, I've finished college for the year, I have all the time I need. Have to find a scanner though, and when I do, I'll send you lot the premiere pics, 'K? smilies/wink.gif

BTW, if you're allied to Morgoth, what color T-shirt do you get? Urple?

Oh, and everyone, meet Eridor. He's just arrived. Say 'Hi!' Eridor! *Eridor cracks whip and snarls* That's my Mini *huggles Eridor...and Celebrimbror too, don't want him to feel leftout*

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 4:29 AM December 16, 2003: Message edited by: Morgul Queen ]

[Morgul Queen]

We have One Ring Doodle, he's vewy cuute.

Now I need a scanner.

Manwe help me, this is starting to sound like something out of Monty Python; Morgul, Dizzy, and the Quest for the One Scanner; Watch Morgul Queen and Dizzy Brunette as they run around Wellington trying to find someone who actually has a Scanner. But first they must survive such perils as; lack of caffeine, no internet time, AND the upcoming distraction of Christmas!!

Wait, scratch Python, this is Sheep in the Big City!! smilies/biggrin.gif

*turns up the Rammstein music*

[middleearthguy]

I have a scanner, fear not brave lady!

Sometime between now and the 23rd we shall produce an image for you.

[Morgul Queen]

WOO HOO! (C Celeborn)We have Scanner.

Thanks 'Guy! So we'll get the logo-type-thing up in a few days...oh, and 'Guy, we need to get several of my premeire pics up too, especially the one of our Aragorn figurine on the Red Carpet (yes, we stuck the doll on the carpet and took photos smilies/rolleyes.gif FUN!!).

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Hey, so great that we have dedicated and active persons here!!

Can't wate to see that pic. I could have doodled something myself but there's no hope I would find a scanner smilies/confused.gif

[Laitoste]

I wanna see!! I think the running Ring is cute. Yay!!

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

I want the blue t-shirt! My alliegance is with the Elves, quite simply because I am an Elf... smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif Can't wait so see that pic...um, how are we going to get hold of our t-shirts? I mean, I'm in England, Morgul is in New Zealand, there are people in America...

[Sapphire_Flame]

Oh, good question, Elentari. smilies/confused.gif

Any thoughts? Maybe whoever makes them will just have to mail them out...after people pay for them, of course...

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

*EDIT: Hey, my 1111th post! Go me!!! smilies/biggrin.gif *

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 4:09 PM December 23, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ]

[Lossentilien]

Lol, am blue too.
I'd imagine it'd be easier if we could all print out the logo of the ring, buy our own t-shirts in the appropriate colour, and get the ring printed on the t-shirts at a printing shop. Have done it before for local bands and the like, it's cheap and easy. smilies/wink.gif
Unless people wanted to make a profit... smilies/tongue.gif

[middleearthguy]

I just got an Idea , based on what i've been reading the Extended Edition of RoTK will be over 5 hours long, It would be great to hold a Screening of that in Wellington for fans to come from all over for.

[Finwe]

I suppose what we could do is set up "centers" in each country, run by a BDer, who makes the shirts. Then, the other BDers who live in that country can order it from their "local center." That would eliminate the snarkiness of having to order it internationally, because customs declarations, forms, etc. would have to be involved.

[Laitoste]

What I was thinking was that someone could design the t-shirt, somehow send the design to those who want it, and we each could make our own t-shirt with fabric paint, embroidery (If you're really ambitious, not like me smilies/evil.gif ), whatever. I think that would be the easiest. Sorry about my last post, it was cut short because I got kicked off the computer. There was more that I wanted to say, but I forgot.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Ok, that BD 'centre' (yes, it's centre...did you Americans drop your dictionary when you sailed over there?! Nah- just kidding...) sounds scary...not too keen on everyone knowing my address and stuff, and I'm not sure other BD's will want to give out their's...
Laitoste's idea sounds good. That'd be easiest, and our t-shirts would be kind of exclusive then...in the years to come we'll be famous...*sighs*. Ok, I'll shut up now...it's 5:47am on Christmas morning. I ought to be in bed! Only I can't sleep and I forgot to make my parents a Christmas card...

[Finwe]

Oi! It's not my fault that my parents forgot to pack the dictionary! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif


I think that's a better idea too. I suppose we could come up with an official website or something for the Golden Ring Marathon, but I'll have to delegate that duty to someone else because I'm horribly illiterate when it comes to making websites. At best, I can make a Geocities website. That's where my talents end. smilies/biggrin.gif

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

An official website would be cool. Though I can't make such a thing either. If Morgul Queen (or everybody who has doodled/ drawn images) could send a pic or some kind of model of the logo and then we could print it and make our own shirts (or scarves or bags or what ever).
...Pretty much like other people have already said. So I agree that this could be the easiest way to get an own shirt.

[Finwe]

If we somehow got the time and resources, I bet that we could come up with a whole line of Golden Ring Marathon memorabilia (stationary, T-shirts, hats, scarves, sweatshirts, etc.).

[Lathriel]

Website? Sounds cool. Sure I will spread the word around my school and by annoying my friends untill they want to strangle me!!!!!!!!!
Frodo Lives!!!!!!!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Golden Ring Marathon scarf! Excellent! I think a Geocities website is about all we would end up with anyway. I mean, it would be kind of costly for someone to buy a domain for our project that doesn't really have any backing.... yet. The making and distribution of the image ofr everyone to personalize and use on memorabilia sounds like the best approach. Oh, and I still love the Golden Ring Marathon idea, but if you all don't mind, I'm going to stop advertising it in my signature for now. In summer 2005 we can all put it back in, but for the meantime I think we need to get some major planning underway before we do anymore advertisement.

[Finwe]

Good idea. What exactly do we start out with, since we should start planning early?

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I don't know. I guess we should try to get theaters interested, if possible. Hopefully Morgul Queen will be able to contact PJ and all. We could maybe think about various activities or something that could give a kind of unity to the event. Maybe we could have some sort of moment where everyone in each timezone does something at the same time, or else at the same time in each time zone (ie, at three o'clock Greenwich Mean Time, three o'clock US Central Time, etc).

Has anyone realized how much of the day the marathon will take up? It might end up being as much as 12 hours, maybe more, counting all three EEs, breaks between them, and possible events.

[Finwe]

I have an idea.

Couldn't we ask one of our local universities if we could "borrow" or "rent" a lecture room for a day, so that we could do the Golden Ring Marathon? Many of us are going to be in uni by then, and thus, might be able to get to the "people in charge." I suppose if we offer to turn over part of our profits (if we get profits from selling tickets, refreshments, etc.) to the university, they might let us use a lecture hall. That way, we can show the movies and do other activities (board games, anyone?). I know that the seats in some lecture halls are notoriously uncomfortable, but I'm sure we could figure something out.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Good idea, Finwe. Thing is, do may of us have many friends we would want to invite? I only have a few. But would a university allow the general public to come in for the showing? Depends on which one, I guess.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:24 PM December 28, 2003: Message edited by: Luthien_ Tinuviel ]

[Finwe]

I suppose they might, once they see the magnitude of our idea. It would give them a LOT more publicity and perhaps some extra profits on the side if we sell things there.

If we asked some English professors (the ones involved with Medieval English, Medieval legends (Beowulf, etc.), Anglo-Saxon languages/peoples, etc.), I bet they might even give short presentations/lectures on some of the influences on Tolkien's mythos.

[Lossentilien]

Wow, that'd be amazing. If this really gets off the ground, maybe some of the cast/crew would be willing to participate. Assuming they had the time that is...
Plus if cinema's are involved, there's bound to be a few people with contacts, there are here anyway, so I'd imagine places like London would as well. And they could possibly run some kind of film talks about book to screen adaptions etc. technical process. There'd be a lot of interest in that...

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Thing is, in lecture halls, anyway, I don't think we'd be allowed to charge admission, because we're not New Line, and there are all of the copyright laws and stuff. So we'd have to sell refreshments, and maybe take donations to help pay for the rent of the room or something like that.

[Finwe]

Oh, right, that's true. I suppose we could make some money selling refreshments. But I bet if we manage to talk to New Line, we could work something out. It's not as if the money is going for our personal profit or anything. It's going towards the rent of the room. Another possibility is, if we manage to scrape up the money somehow, we might be able to get one of those convention places. There's PLENTY of room there.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Erm...what are convention places? (I'm sorry I sound so ignorant...but there aren't any around here as far as I'm aware). There's a University near me, and plenty of people in my school are into LOTR, though the number into it on my scale are...um...non-existent. Except maybe one? But yeah...there's a Uni near us, so if we could get this up and running it'd be cool. But how would we project the films? Would we be using projectors like in a cinema, or just a tv screen?! I think we should keep the number of places few to make more chance of actually meeting the costs of renting the hall. If we get too many places then participation will be low and we'll all lose out. So key areas with high accessibilty are important. I.e. motorway and rail links are darn useful...man, this could get to be a very big project! As long as we get it off the ground, that is...but also, coming to think of it, it'll be a weekday. And there is no way everyone is going to bunk off school... smilies/rolleyes.gif I think we might have to push it forward to the weekend or something. What say you?

[Finwe]

That's true.


The places that I was referring to are actually called Convention Centers, and most big cities usually have them. They're like auditoriums (sort of), and things like ComicCon are held there.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Yeah, I know what you're talking about, Finwe. I wasn't actually aware of them until I heard about one on the radio the other day, and thought, "Oh, so that's where they hold all of the conventions!" smilies/redface.gif (Embarassed smiley). But wouldn't it cost a lot to rent a convention center? And Elentari's right, it might be better to do it on the preceeding weekend (or the following one), even though the date is a great idea, because we'd probably end up with a large percentage of high school and college students, who won't be able to easily take a day off school.

[Lathriel]

Another reason why you would want to move it to a weekend. Some people who live farther away from a certain location do have to get there.
As a highschool student you always have the parent problem.
They are probably thinking, oh why has my child gone so crazy? What have I done to deserve this.
I actually think my mom is getting to this point!
besides my mom would never let me go during a school day.

[Sapphire_Flame]

I'd be out of school by then, so that's not an issue for me. smilies/biggrin.gif It would be a good idea to move it to a weekend though; although Trilogy Tuesday did have a really good turnout, I heard. smilies/wink.gif

There's a LotR/fantasy store at the mall near where I live; I could probably talk to the owner and see if I could put some posters up in the store. And he could definitely help spread the word too! We can use all the help we can get!

Can't wait to see the Ring design!

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Morgul Queen]

Alright, I just got back from holiday and have several things to say:

* I have the premiere pics on my computer!
* I have got the Running Ring scanned!
* And I have several pics of the Tongariro National Park, which is where they filmed Mordor
* I don't know how to get pics from my PC onto this Forum. Help!

Oh..ummm....sorry girls, the ones of Viggo and Orli are slightly out of focus, they were too close to us smilies/evil.gif

[Finwe]

Hmmm... quite true. Perhaps what we could do is have the nice, big, "commercial" one on the weekend (preceding or following, we can decide that later), but have a small, private one, individually, on the actual weekday. That way, we can feel like we've celebrated in a group, but still celebrated on the day itself. We could issue Middle-earth-ish "guides" or something, for the individual Golden Ring Marathons.

[Orominuialwen]

Is it to late for me to join? (I hope not!) I would love to get involved with this, and I can do some basic web design, although nothing too fancy, if we want to have a site. Actually, domain names aren't that expensive- I've seen where you can get them for around $15/year (US). Also, the guy who did all the elvish, Khuzdul, Adunaic, Old English, etc. translations for the movies, David Salo, lives in my city. I've met him once and could possibly get him to help.

Rather off-topic, I would like to wish a very happy birthday to J.R.R. Tolkien, who is eleventy-two today, and my friend Rebecca, who is 32 (it's still the 3rd in my time zone). smilies/biggrin.gif

Edit:I saw RotK again today. It was absolutely beautiful. A true epic.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:04 AM January 04, 2004: Message edited by: Orominuialwen ]

[middleearthguy]

Hey Welcome back Morgul Queen if you email me any pics you want posted to guy@jmicafe.co.nz i'll host them on my website and add links here to them for you.

[The Great Shadowfax]

Darn the weekdays! i wont be able to get out of school (my parents cant get off of work) and my teachers wont understand the importance of such a date! what is a fan to do? am i doomed to wait until the following saturday? it seems that is my fate...oh well. if i must wait then that saturday will be the grandest one i can make! i'm just sad i will have to substitute the weekend for the actual date...*sigh* smilies/rolleyes.gif
See you on the Great Plains in the sky!
-=all hail the Lord of the Horses=-
~Luindringiel~
~Pennsarnien~

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Excellent...once you've sorted out getting those pics onto the forum, I WANNA SEE THE RUNNING RING PIC!!! (Read: the Orli pics... smilies/evil.gif ). But of course I want to see the Running Ring pic too...so important to our little group.

I think we should make a list of people who are involved in this now.

EDIT:
Ok, here we go:
People who have expressed an interest:

 ArathorofBarahir
 Cinderella
 Elennar Starfire
 ElentariGreenleaf
 Enorëiel
 Frodo2968thewhite
 Helín Anyára
 Kyle
 Lathiriel
 lore_master
 Nora
 Sauron_the_Abhorred
 The Great Shadowfax
 THE Ka
 The Only Real Estel

People who have contributed in some way to the running of this event and should be interested in continuing to do so:


 Aramantha_Daisy
 arianrod
 Arwen Eruantale (are you still out there?!)
 Arwen1858
 dancing spawn of ungoliant
 Elentári (me)
 elfearz1
 Finwe
 Laitoste
 Lossentilien
 Luthien_Tinuviel
 middleearthguy
 Morgul Queen
 Orominuialwen
 Sapphire_Flame

I've put both lists into alphabetical order, so as not to offend any one- sad to have to do so, but still.

If anyone wants to swap lists, just say. Not that this is in any way binding or something- it's just that we really ought to get organised...

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:37 PM January 04, 2004: Message edited by: Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 ]

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I'm viewed as a contributor? I'm flattered! smilies/biggrin.gif Elentari's right. We really do need to get organized. I hope this doesn't turn out like so many other projects I've participated in: great ideas, and nothing is ever done about them. Morgul Queen, any more word from New Line and all that? I know Richard Taylor expressed an interest, but have you actually been able to follow up and get ahold of PJ & Co? I think the posters would be a good idea, Sapphire. I wish I had a store like that in my neighborhood.

[Finwe]

Hmmm... if we somehow got in contact with David Salo, through Orominuialwen, would that help? I have a feeling that having the backing of a recognized Tolkien "expert" would shoot our credibility up quite a few points. Of course, the more experts the better, and if we can get WETA into this as well, it would be absolutely perfect.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Thanks Elentári about that list! So there are quite many people in this project smilies/smile.gif

If WETA got interested in this idea, they could maybe advertise it on their own homepage. I have put a link to this thread to a Finnish Tolkien site so I hope we can get more people involved.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Yes! If we can get as many Tolkien sites interested as possible, and that David Salo guy...*smiles hopefully*

Right, we need to get hold of Morgul Queen. Morgul, where are you?! I'm glad people like the list. *Breathes a sigh of relief*.

[Sapphire_Flame]

V. good list, Elentari! Thankies! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oro, that would be really cool if we could get David Salo interested; a Tolkien expert backing could definitely help credibility.

To the people considering a website, I also know a few things about web design (not like I'm an expert or anything), but I could help out if need be. smilies/smile.gif

Maybe we need to arrange some committees for this: Advertising, Web Crew, Contacts, etc. Could help things run smoother, you know.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Finwe]

Committees are definitely a must. Oh Luthien, where are youuuuuu?????

[Orominuialwen]

I will try to contact David Salo, at some point, although I have finals coming up, so it may not be until after those are done. He and his wife have a website which can be found here (http://www.yarinareth.net/). If you would like to e-mail him, click on Caveat Lector, and then click on Email David. The one time I have met him, I asked whether he had heard of the 'Downs, but he said he hadn't. He does know the guy who runs Ardalambion, though. Oh and btw, for all you mini-Balrog owners, I figured out how to say "Shut up or I'll sic my Balrog on you!" in french. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif It's "Fermez la bouche ou je vais te siccer mon Balrog!" if your Balrog is male, and if it's female, you replace "mon Balrog" with "ma Balrog" PM me if you want to know how to pronounce it (I'm too lazy to write it out phoneticaly at the moment).

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 9:02 PM January 07, 2004: Message edited by: Orominuialwen ]

[Lathriel]

I would really like to help out but I am kinda in the middle of Exams.
You might want to get a location by the way. If we want to invite people (Tolkien experts) they need to know where it is.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Me too, but then we do have a while...

It will have to be more than one location, because we are all scattered across continents!!!

Committees are a good idea. We need a list of things we must do, then assign tasks (or people volunteer- as long as everything gets done).

EDIT: 6th page!!!

And Orominuialwen, thanks for that! I assume you mean vomit...lol, you missed off the 'k' on the end!

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 3:23 PM January 08, 2004: Message edited by: Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Yeah, good point Elentari; definitely need multiple locals. Somewhere central in each country would be best.

Okay, committees. (I'm good at this; my mom has to set up committees all the time for her work.) Here are some we'll definitely need:

Advertising
Web Design
Celebrity/Expert Contacts
Continuity
General Planning

If anyone thinks of any other committees we might need, please post them for consideration. It might be a good idea to "elect" a chairperson too; someone in charge overall to report to and who keeps track of everything. If this is going to be a big deal, we want it to be well organized, not a big mess! smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Finwe]

What exactly do you mean by Continuity and General Planning? I have some inkling of what the General Planning committee would do, but what would the Continuity Committee do?

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Yeah, I think it might be a good start if we actually knew what the different committees are meant to do!
I don't know if I'd be any use...I'd probably be best on the website thing- if someone can teach me how to make a website!!! But I could do writing and stuff and design stuff to go on the site, I suppose.

Ok, chairperson. Any nominations? I think we ought to use the system where one person nominates and another person seconds it- but it is subject to the nominee agreeing to stand. We'll give it a few days, then vote. How does that sound?

[Sapphire_Flame]

what would the Continuity Committee do?
Just keep everything straight, make sure everyone has the correct information. Like the Running Ring; we'll just want the one design, right? Continuity would make sure all the logos and whatnot are kept the same, so people will know the *official* Golden Marathon stuff. Plus, it prevents confusion. smilies/wink.gif

And Elentari, the nominating/seconding thing sounds good for deciding the chairperson. After a few days, people will vote. How about the 16th?

**FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS**

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Finwe]

Due to parental constraints, as of now, I'm not quite sure if I can devote enough time to the project, to see it through to its full potential. In other words, don't nominate me unless you absolutely want to, because I'll probably only be free starting from Aug '05, since that's when I'll start college, and my parents won't be fussing about the time I spend on the computer.

[Orominuialwen]

I would prefer not to be nominated as well, because I have very little free time. I have homework, plus lots of other activities.

Actually, I didn't mean vomit, Elentári. Sic means (according to my dictionary, because I'm really bad at explaining things) to incite or urge to an attack, pursuit, or harassment I had to kind of make up the verb siccer (to sic) because I couldn't find a word for it in french. smilies/wink.gif

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:03 PM January 09, 2004: Message edited by: Orominuialwen ]

[Morgul Queen]

So sorry I've been away people. I have several things to respond to:

Elentari, I'm here, not there.

While it would be extremely flattering if I was nominated, I'm starting NCEA this year and will not have as much time to spend on the 'net unless I stay up 'til 3 am...which I do anyway *shrugs*

I've E-mailed WETA several times but have yet to get a response, so I'll try Ian McKellen. He's always been great at helping us Fans out.

The person who I got to scan the Running Ring Pic, decided to go off on a 2 week holiday before sending it to me. Grrrrrrrr, I'm as annoyed as everyone else.

I've already done some Website Design so I can help out there.

And...I have the Pippin figurine! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Orominuialwen, sorry about that...I had never heard of sic before, save in brackets to signify that a grammatical spelling or mistake was that of the person writing/being quoted...so yeah...excellent sentence anyway.
I guess I am free to be nominated if you wish- I'll have a long summer ahead of me because of GCSEs though I am going on holiday at some point. And I come on here fairly regularly anyway.

And the sooner we get to see the Running Ring the better! Not that it's your fault or anything Morgul Queen! And glad you're back- and good luck trying Ian McKellen.

[Finwe]

Likewise. Good luck in trying to contact Ian McKellen! I sincerely hope we get his backing.

[Sapphire_Flame]

My my, we do beat around the bush, don't we? smilies/wink.gif j/k, thanks for the warnings you guys; I was gonna nominate Morgul Queen, and now I know not to, so thanks.

Speaking of Morgul Queen, good luck in getting in touch with Ian! *crosses fingers and eyes for luck...* >_< smilies/wink.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I, on the other hand, am completely open to nomiantions, since I never really have anything to do. I'd probably be best at General Planning, but you never know. I'm not trying to put myself forward or anything, but I figure since everyone's warning people not to nominate them, it's good for you all to know that I'm free.

I would nominate Morgul Queen for Celebrity contacts anyway, since she lives in NZ, so count this as a nomination if you want, Morgul Queen, or if you really can't do anything, then don't mind me.

[Morgul Queen]

*is very, *very* flattered* Look, see, I'm blushing! I nominate my ActionFigure!Sauron's Ring as Mascot! Can you nominate two people for chairperson, a'cause I think Elentari and Sapphire_Flame are equally deserving, after all, they seem like they can hold it together when the rest of us get confused smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Awww, thanks Morgul Queen!!! *beams happily*
I think Morgul should definitely be on the contacts committee, without a doubt.

I'm in doubt as to whether I should nominate Sapphire Flame or Luthien Tinuviel...hmmm, a toughie. I think either we have two chairpeople, or we have a chairperson and a vice, or two chairpeople and a vice (no hang on, maybe not the latter). That takes a bit of responsibility off the main chairperson if they go on holiday, or if they need a second opinion on deciding something- but we should all chip in where we can.

Ahh, I finally found the original thread where this idea was spawned! This might seem just a tad unnecessary, but not knowing where it was was bugging me, and at least we can have all the info together on one thread...uh, yeah. smilies/rolleyes.gif And if we're especially bored, we can try to work out exactly whose idea this was. (A tough one I can tell you, because it was a developing idea). So here it is: A Sorrowful Realisation (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=002209&p=)

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:00 AM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 ]

[Morgul Queen]

See people, this is why Elentari should be a Chairperson!

Also, no reply yet from WETA or Sir Ian, but must keep hoping, eh?

On a brighter note, got my Mum, who swore a year ago not to read Tolkien, to read LotR and the Silm. Go me! Have also been reading the v. secret diaries. It shows.

[Finwe]

Yes indeed! Go you! I'm still trying to get my mum to read LotR, but so far, my dad has succeeded in persuading her not to, because she apparently has more important things to worry about (like my two-year-old baby brother). The 2 year old can take care of himself! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Morgul Queen]

It was actually through the Silm that I ensnared her. I had drawn a picture that night....of Luthien dancing in Doriath....and had typed out the 'Song of beren and Luthien' that is in LotR. She adored the picture, fell in love with the poem, and before you could say 'Hey dol! Merry dol! Ring a dong dillo!' I had her reading LotR. Now that she knows that the Tale of Luthien and Beren is in the Silm she's reading that, and because the Lay is in 'The Lays of Beleriand' she's buying that...and I'm stealing it smilies/wink.gif

....of course, it was probably the fact that she was drunk when I showed her the poem that made her read it. smilies/biggrin.gif

So what do you lot say about having ActionFigure!Sauron's Ring as a mascot?

[Finwe]

That works wonderful! I completely forgot about coming up with a mascot, but the Action Figure will work rather nicely.

[Sapphire_Flame]

*feels very flattered* Thanks for the nomination! Since it seems to be something of a tie so far, maybe it would be a good idea to have two chairs, or a chair and a vice. *waves to Elentari* Hi! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oro and Morgul Queen will definitely be on Celebrity Contacts. Anyone interested in working on Web Design, please mention so in your next post, just so we can get a count.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Finwe]

I don't mind being on the General Planning Committee. I think I could most likely follow through with something of that nature, I just don't think that I'd be able to live up to my potential if I were chairperson.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I tried a while back to figure out who exactly started the thing as well. Quite hard, really, although I would attribute the choosing of the date and the naming of the project to Arwen Eruantale and arianrod, respectively (who both seem to have disappeared).

I've been giving this a lot of thought recently, and I generally go back and forth from two extremes: I either feel like we can't really do anything much, because we're mostly a bunch of high schoolers, or else I think that it will exceed everyone's wildest expectations and we will have created a phenomenon similar to the Trilogy Showings. I figure that it really isn't an impediment that we're (or will be, by the time 2005 rolls around) a bunch of high school and college students, since that's basically the group which will end up attending.

The other thing is, how will we order the functioning of the committees? It seems to me that it will work out somewhat like this:

Celebrity/Expert Contacts- Top priority, for now. Once we have sufficient backing, we can really get somewhere.

Advertising-This comes next, and it seems that whoever's in charge of advertising will have a lot of responsibility, and need access to a lot of different advertising venues. They would have to be willing to wear t-shirts and such promoting the project, and probably join as many Tolkien messageboards as they could and start threads telling about the project.

Web Design-This would tie into advertising, and we'd need to have a webpage that tells about the project, has a picture of the logo and the mascot, and possibly a way for people to contact the chairpeople, and things about various activities. Eventually it would have info about the various locations and such.

Continuity-These people would end up making sure that everything's running smoothly, and check up on what's happening and making sure that everyone's on track with what needs to be done, possibly goal-setting and calendar-keeping and such.

General Planning-I think this would end up basically as the brain-storming committee, the group that decides what will be done and when, and how and so forth, as well as polishing the project with games and activities and such.



Those are just my ideas on how things would shake out, of course with the chairpeople basically overseeing the project and helping where it's needed. I think the chairpeople would become the "public faces" if this really gets big. And we all might have to become the directors of the project in our area. If anyone thinks differently, feel free to add to my list or whatever.

EDIT: I think we need two or three chairpeople, just to keep everything in order and get some good discussion and different opinions and such. Plus, if there ends up being a lot of work, it would need to be distributed evenly, and having several chairpeople allows for different talents and skills to be employed by each one.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 6:34 PM January 14, 2004: Message edited by: Luthien_ Tinuviel ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Very well said, Luthien! smilies/biggrin.gif Huzzah for such a well thought out outline.

Yes, it would be a good idea to have two or three chairs. Elentari, Luthien, and myself seem to be the only ones getting nominated, so we can either 1) keep the nominations open, or 2) just stop here and narrow it to two chairpeople, or 3) just stop here and have three chairpeople, as we have three main nominees.

With multiple chairpeople, it would be a bit easier, as each one would be in charge of one or two specific committees, and then the three would all conference instead of one person trying to handle everything. This would also work better if, as Luthien mentioned, this becomes something really huge and the chairs become the "faces" of the Marathon.

So, unless anyone has any objections, we could stop the nominations here and just go with Elentari, Luthien, and me. Please post your thoughts on this.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

I would have nominated (in alphabetical order) Elentari, Luthien, and Sapphire anyway, so that's okey with me! I think that it's better to have a few chairpeople so one doesn't have to take care of everything alone.

[Finwe]

So do we just join committees right now, or shall we put that off later? I, for one, am perfectly willing to work in both the Continuity and General Planning committees, since I think that my talents could be put to use in both.

What say all of you? Shall we start signing up?

[Orominuialwen]

I volunteer to be on the celebrity contacts committee. Also a possible, but probably highly uphelpful thing, is that one of the teachers at my brother (High King Fingolfin)'s school might be related to one of the carpenters who worked on LotR (the way I know this is that I actually watch all the credits almost every time I see any of the movies smilies/redface.gif ). We have to check up on it though. smilies/biggrin.gif I could also possibly be on the web design comittee.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:25 PM January 14, 2004: Message edited by: Orominuialwen ]

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Very well said, Luthien!

Thankies. smilies/biggrin.gif

So, unless anyone has any objections, we could stop the nominations here and just go with Elentari, Luthien, and me. Please post your thoughts on this.


That sounds like it would work out nicely. In fact, it was sort of what I was hoping for: a nice distribution, so that everyone's happy and no one's swamped with responsibility.

I suppose we might as well start with the ordering of the individual committees, and the signing up and all, since that seems to be what everyone is doing. As long as no one objects and everyone who's really active on the thread has had a chance to comment, I think we might as well proceed from here using Sapphire's idea.

Now, I have some LOTR friends from another corner of the Web that I might draw over, and if things work out, we might have ourselves someone who would be willing and quite able to work on the website (she's really good!). But we shall see about that.

[Morgul Queen]

It's a great idea, guys. I volunteer for the Celebrity Contacts, and I could also help in Website Planning/Design.

I was thinking about E-mailing the Morning Crew on ZM. it's a radio station here in NZ and they have interviewed the Cast several times so I'm sure they'll know some way of contacting them. C'mon, these are the people who rang up Eminem's Gran for the fun of it smilies/biggrin.gif They love stuff like this! And I'll tell www.lawisewoman.com (http://www.lawisewoman.com) about it too. Fun!

*grins evilly all of a sudden* I have just been given the right to protect 'The Hobbit' and 'The Silmarillion' against BadFic. FEAR ME!!! *shakes head* PPC work...just ignore me..

[Sapphire_Flame]

Okay, it seems to be unanimous. I hereby declare Elentari_O_Most_Mighty_1, Luthien_Tinuviel, and myself, Sapphire_Flame the official chairpeople of the Golden Ring Marathon. *thunderous applause* smilies/biggrin.gif

Elentari and Luthien, I'll PM you guys my e-mail address, so we can keep in touch easier. smilies/smile.gif

Okay, so far, this is what we have:

Celebrity Contacts:
Morgul Queen
Orominuialwen

Website Design: Morgul Queen
Orominuialwen
*Luthien's friends she is trying to recruit*

General Planning: Finwe

Continuity: Finwe

Advertising: **NO DECLARED MEMBERS AT THIS TIME**

Go ahead and volunteer wherever you want; let's get things rolling, shall we? smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Wahay! I'm a chairperson! smilies/biggrin.gif I tell you, I got a shock when I checked my PMs and got one from Sapphire saying we were chairpeople...because I hadn't come on here for a few days. Right, so now that's sorted, what exactly do we chairpeople do?! smilies/rolleyes.gif Are we going to divide the committees among us to oversee what happens? Should we sign up for individual committees ourselves? (I think this would be a good idea despite the extra responsibility of being a chairperson because if this is really going to work we will need all the help we can get and it hardly seems fair that the chairpeople should preside and yet hardly contribute to the running of the event).

EDIT: Luthien, your PM box is full!!!!
smilies/mad.gif

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 5:55 AM January 16, 2004: Message edited by: Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 ]

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I think the (us!) chairpeople will most likely end up dividing the committees, each taking one or two. But you're right, Elentari, we'd each have to be members of those committees. I'd always assumed that whoever's in charge of whatever committee would just basically care for the ordering of the committee and set goals and make sure it's going where it needs to go and all that. But we're chairpeople! Yay! smilies/biggrin.gif

EDIT: Luthien, your PM box is full!!!!


Sorry. Not anymore. smilies/smile.gif

[Laitoste]

I can definetly help with General Planning and Continuity, and wouldn't mind helping with advertising. However, I live in the middle of nowhere and pretty much have no idea of what to do, so I would need TONS of help (hint, hint smilies/smile.gif ). Anyway, just tell me what to do, and I'll try, at least!

I go away for a few days (stupid physics project!) and finally we get organized! Geez! This is starting to come together! This is so cool!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Do you all remember when we were trying to figure out what day October 20th, 2005 would be, and I said it seemed like it should be a Thursday? Well, I have a 2004-2005 student planner, which says that it is indeed a Thursday. So I was right! smilies/biggrin.gif I'm not sure how much this would alter plans, not much, I think, but it's nice to know.

[Lathriel]

I think we should try and get some outside help because I think the way this is going it is going to be huge. What about getting some other fan sites interested.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

As to fan sites, I'm almsot positive that that would become the job of the Advertising Team. So if you're interested in joining a couple other forums and leading a discussion about the GRM there, and linking back to here, then you might consider joining the Advertising committee.

Hey, everyone, I found a thread that has scared me a little: 2004 Marathon showing (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=002639#000010). It may be just a rumor (I hope so!), but it may actually be something that's going to happen. If this was the case, what would we do? We could proceed as normal, but our grandness would probably be somewhat dimmed if there had already been an EE Trilogy Showing the year before. And if it's true, then we have much less of a chance of gaining New Line and PJ's support. I'll do some research, and see if I can find any evidence to support the claim.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

That is scary. But no one seems to know anything about it.
You know, I was seriously thinking about my earlier suggestion that this does not become annual but instead bi-annual or even tri-annual...because seriously guys, it's not like they are new flms coming out each year, and I don't think there will be enough of us fanatics to be able to uphold the costs of renting out lecture rooms and the like each year...sure enough we ought to get good attendance the first time round, but I don't think people are going to be willing to do it so often. And the planning is going to be hell anyway. What do you think? Not that I want to put a damper on it, but still... smilies/frown.gif

[Orominuialwen]

Yeah... It would be pretty hard to pay for all the stuff every year unless we find someone who will give us a LOT of money. I guess we should just concentrate on our first one and then see how well it does before deciding about future events.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 2:03 PM January 21, 2004: Message edited by: Orominuialwen ]

[Finwe]

Yes, you've got a fairly good point there. I think that the only way that we could carry through with this, if we do it at all, is if we do one every year, or something like that. Kind of like the way the Tolkien Society does their Entmoot thing. Perhaps some really dedicated folks will come along, and help us out. It could be possible.

[elfearz1]

Hey guys! sorry I haven't been here in a while smilies/redface.gif

What spiffy new ideas have we (or should I say you)
come up with while I was away?

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Well, we're thinking of setting up committees to deal with the different aspects of running this event...and me, Luthien and Sapphire are chair-hobbit/elves!
But that's about it, I'm afraid...we're basically trying to recruit people to the different committees.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Yes indeed. So, everyone: PLEASE VOLUNTEER FOR SOMETHING!!! We can't put this thing together all on our onesies, savvy? smilies/wink.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Morgul Queen]

Well, I posted a thread on LaWiseWoman, so we'll hopefully get some help from there and...um...yeah.

*sighs* I'll try and talk to the manager at Hoyts Theatres. But it may be a bit better if I wait for a while 'til we have the whole thing a little more clearly defined, OK?

[elfearz1]

ooh! I'll be in one of the commiteesd. Any one,you can choose. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Well, Elfearz...is there anything you're particulalry good at? Such as websites or designing...etc. Otherwise we'll dump you in a group that no one wants to be in. smilies/tongue.gif

And that reminds me...what's happened to the Running Ring???!!!

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Hi all! Our "exam week" is starting at school and I'm quite busy next two weeks but after that I could probably do something. Unfortunately I'm not really good at any tasks listed on the previous page. smilies/frown.gif
If I had to choose, I'd pick advertising but there's always this problem that I'm not a native English speaker.

[edit: a typo...]

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 2:50 PM January 24, 2004: Message edited by: dancing spawn of ungoliant ]

[Lathriel]

Well what is your first language? Maybe we can find someone on this site who speaks the same language and he/she can help you out.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

My first languange is Finnish but I doubt that there aren't too many Finns here.
Maybe it's better that I don't join any comittee but if you need general opinions about something, I could tell my view (if anyone's interested smilies/wink.gif )

[Rilwen Gamgee]

I'm sorry, I don't have any contacts with anyone famous and I'm not very "computer savvy" smilies/confused.gif , but I'm pretty good at drawing or designing. I also have a scanner and a computer program that spiffys up scanned pictures a bit, so if you need help with that, I'll be willing. smilies/smile.gif

So the Running Ring is the design we'll be putting on the t-shirts? Maybe we could have the Barrow-Downs symbol on the front and on the back put the Running Ring and:

Golden Ring Marathon!
October 20th, 2005!

That's just an idea...

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:55 PM January 25, 2004: Message edited by: Rilwen Gamgee ]

[Morgul Queen]

*sighs* I know, I know...I'm waiting too, but Robyn hasn't sent it to me yet. But I go back to college on Thursday...and I'm doing NCEA Level 1 now so that'll take up a lot of my time.

Oh, and before I forget, 20th of October 2005. The Golden Ring Marathon is written on the inside of the drawing so we don't have to worry about adding that in...we just have to print 'www.barrowdowns.com' below it and we're all sweet.

BTW, it's nice to see so many Kiwi accents in Hollywood nowadays smilies/wink.gif (Go Hard, Pete)

[middleearthguy]

Heh, you can always drop it off in the city sometime and I can scan it anfd have it up on a website with a link in a day for thee.


As for committeess and such let me know where I am needed best and I shall help out.

[elfearz1]

Well, Elfearz...is there anything you're particulalry good at? Such as websites or designing...etc. Otherwise we'll dump you in a group that no one wants to be in.
well, I have a website. *scratches head* you can check it out and determine if it's good. Otherwise I don't really care what group I'm in. *shrugs*

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:48 PM January 27, 2004: Message edited by: elfearz1 ]