Today at 5pm ET (note the time switch because of DST changes) the Hall of Fire will be…
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Today at 5pm ET (note the time switch because of DST changes) the Hall of Fire will be detouring from our regular book chats back into movie-land as we head into spoiler territory and pull apart the new trailer for The Battle of the Five Armies in what’s sure to be an entertaining and enlightening discussion.
Saruman: Leave Sauron to me.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies trailer chat and analysis! Continue reading “Hall of Fire today: Hobbit Five Armies trailer chat!”
Today is the big day!
The main (and final) trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be released worldwide at 10am PT (Los Angeles time)/1pm EST (New York time). Continue reading “We’ve got you covered for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies trailer!”
A couple of weeks ago we discussed our Middle-earth heroes on the Hall of Fire. So I thought, why not focus on villains too?
So this Saturday at 6pm we’ll be asking today the question: who is your favourite villain, and why?
“I am the Elder King: Melkor, first and mightiest of the Valar, who was before the world, and made it. The shadow of my purpose lies upon Arda, and all that is in it bends slowly and surely to my will.
But upon all whom you love my thought shall weigh as a cloud of Doom, and it shall bring them down into darkness and despair. Wherever they go, evil shall arise. Whenever they speak, their words shall bring ill counsel. Continue reading “Hall of Fire this weekend: your favourite Middle-earth villain!”
This Saturday at 6pm ET, we’ll be turning our attention back to The Return of the King in The Hall of Fire as the hobbits embark on the final leg of their journey back to The Shire.
‘There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?’
The Return of the King: Book VI, Chapter VII: Homeward Bound
Gandalf and the Hobbits finally reach Bree after a long but uneventful journey. There they find Butterbur largely unchanged… but the news is that things just aren’t quite right in this part of Middle-earth. The companions don’t stay long; they’re anxious to return to The Shire and get to the bottom of things. Frodo also realises that, regardless, The Shire will never again be the same for him. Continue reading “This weekend in The Hall of Fire: Homeward Bound”
Barliman’s chat op Miriel writes to tell us that tickets for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will begin in Finland on November 22.
Ready your elven cloaks and dig out your dwarven armour — it is time to lay siege of the Lonely Mountain! Or in other words, we have the date for the Finnish ticket sales to the Battle of Five Armies. Continue reading “Finnish ticket sales for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies open Nov 22”
In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, heroism appears in all shapes and sizes. But who is your favourite? And why?
Those are the questions we’ll be asking today at 6pm ET in The Hall of Fire.
‘But if you take it freely, I will say that your choice is right; and though all the mighty elf-friends of old, Hador, and Húrin, and Túrin, and Beren himself were assembled together your seat should be among them.’
Elrond half-elven to Frodo Baggins.
Continue reading “Hall of Fire this weekend: your favourite Middle-earth hero”
