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BBC Rerunning Radio Lord of the Rings

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the capture-the-streams-baby dept.

Motor writes "I'm not sure if I'm doing the BBC website a favour by mentioning this, but BBC Radio 4 is, from Saturday the 5th of January, running their excellent radio serialisation of The Lord of the Rings in thirteen, one hour weekly episodes. I'm not sure how much load the streaming system can handle though :)" Make a note of it, and save 'em. The LotR radio show is very acclaimed.

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  1. just like the BBC... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    trying to leech off a movie just cuz' its number one at the time.
    I predict it'll be a shoddily put-together broadcast in black and white[1] with phoney British accents to make it sound like Middle Earth.
    Yeah, like that can compare to the years of Elf Training[2] Lord of the Rings stars got.

    LOSERS! Go experience the movie again rather than hear some shoddy imitation.

    -Gonandalf

    [1] "black and white" radio is like AM, but with only two kinds of amplitude...

    [2] relevant quote:

    New Zealand director Jackson was also greatly impressed by the 24-year-old's innate ability to speak the Elvish language. Tyler quite happily drifts into the imaginary guttural singsong tones she learned for the role, sounding somewhat Danish and Viking-like. She took it all rather seriously.

    "The first couple of lines I had to memorise were hard, and then it got easier and I really enjoyed it," she admits. "One day I had to shoot three scenes, all in Elvish, and I'd have to take it in stages, because if I memorised it all at once I'd get confused. After we did it for a while, it became more natural. The thing that makes Elvish hard is that there isn't anything to grab hold of in terms of the rhythms."
  2. i just saw the movie yesterday..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    could anyone explain the significance of the giant flaming pussy that kept appearing? i thought they did a good job in creating a whole new world but i hate elijah wood. i just cant trust a hero with curly hair like that (exception: superman). and elijah wood is absolutley the last person i would have cast for that role. i thought the colors were kind of drab and washed out compared to other movies like cthd and ep1. i never read the book but i wasnt aware that the hobbits were supposed to be some kind of irish race only more leprechanish. im looking forward to the new star wars a lot more than the new lotr. thats for dang sure.

  3. Eat SHIT LOT_R by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How FUCKING STUPID. This fucking movie looks so fucking stupid in the previews. Can I turn LOT_R News for Faggots off? Stupid fucking shit. Go watch Star Trek...at least that isn't (supposed to be) fucking magic and queer superstitions...like fucking ISLAM and CHRISITIANITY and all the other pagan shit written to subdue the poor back in the fucking 0's or some shit like that.!

  4. Re:The old Farts are ? - cash in baby baby-oh ! by bushboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    yeah, well, the radio production is total and utter crap - a couple of 'thespian' sounding pratts. No balls at all.

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