The Hype of the Rings

With the Fellowship of the Rings just around the corner, the Slashdot Submissions bin is overflowing with stories about the film since it premiered in the UK already for you lucky brits. If you don't mind a little spoilage, here is the guardian's review, the BBC review, the telegraph review, some pictures from the premiere, and one last review. Also, Scifi.com is reporting that the film has already been pirated. The reviews have their nitpicks, but on the whole its looking good. M : LOTR tattoos!

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[wiredog]

And I did wonder why the elves were represented as keen on polyurethane, garden-centre statuary, but no matter.

and

the Celtic revival tweeness of the Elvish villages

And they trusted him with the One Ring!

[tswinzig]

``All members of the cast have got a tattoo. When we had it done in a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, we all swore never to tell anyone,'' he told Reuters Television at Monday's glittering world premiere.