Can you believe it?

We're less than one month from the 5th anniversary of the release of Fellowship of the Rings in theaters!

5 years. Wow!







Let's celebrate it and kick off our week of Winter Fun leading up to the great Ball---























By all watching the movie in the chatroom!

Dress in costume if you still have yours, or if you want to throw one together go ahead and do it!

We can all post a pic while we "wait in line" for the movie to "open" all over again. Of course it'll be the theatrical edition. No adds this time, though. Pure PJ magic.
While we wait in "line" we can have movie trivia, watch the theatrical trailer at the same time, and have all sorts of fun.

Bring lembas! Seedcakes! and of course Mushrooms! (there's a delicious recipe for mushroom-shaped cookies here if you don't want the real thing: http://greenbooks.theonering.net/moonletters/recipes/files/w051703_01.html (you'll have to copy/paste it)
OR http://busycooks.about.com/od/cookierec ... ushroo.htm)

While we're all "waiting for Frodo" we might as well sing that great old song too: http://www.electricpenguin.com/waitingf ... /song.html


Okay, how about this:

All Times December 19th
1st Viewing: Line Party Begins 4:00pm DST +1100 UTC
Movie Starts 5:30pm DST +1100 UTC(this is the time for New South Whales, Australia.
If you are going to the 1st vewing, and want to know what time it'll be where you are, see here: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_ ... &h=16&mn=0
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2nd Viewing: Line Party Begins 4:00pm United Kingdom
Movie Starts 5:30pm

If you are going to the 2nd viewing, and want to know what time it'll be for you, see here: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_ ... &h=16&mn=0
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3rd viewing: Line Party Begins 5:00pm Central Time (US/Canada)
Movie Starts 6:30pm Central Time (US/Canada)
This SHOULD give time for all you in Pacific Time to get home from school. We can always delay it half an hour

If you are going to the 3rd viewing, and want to know when it'll be YOUR time, see here: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_ ... &h=17&mn=0




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In the meantime, you can help out:

***Post your memories of the first time you saw FotR

***Pull up old favorite links about FotR and share them with us

***Help us create banners to celebrate. They have to be about Fellowship of the Rings, advertising 5th anniversary on Dec 19, 2006 in the chatroom. You could even simply animate the FotR-ish banners we had for return of the rings 2006.
Here are some favorites which y'all will probably recognize as either your own work or from our summer revival 2006:








Celebrate 5 years of FotR on Dec. 19th in the Chatroom with your fellow Ringers
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5 years.... alas, how the time runs by so fast....
Lovely banners... kudos and compliments to all who made them!
And confetti to the wonderful mods who ... err... make things happen!!!

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Banner credit: Shadowcat & Nurrantiel Mashiara

Wow, has it really been five years already?

Sounds like it will be a fun December!

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going on a journey through my old claims

5 years... it doesn't seem that long, I still remember walking into the theatre to see FotR for the first time, the exhiliration can still be felt running through my veins

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

*gets sentimental*


I remember the very first time I went to see it. I had spent a long while reading the books, and a long while before that wanting too. I was quite young still... FotR was the very first movie that made me cry. It seems both long ago and like yesterday at the same time. I'll never forget the magic that the movie held for me from the very first moment.

I don't think I'll be able to watch it with you all... this computer doesn't have a DVD player (I don't think) and even if it did, I couldn't spend that much time at the computer... but oh well.

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^JF is awesome

There will come a time with no more tears
and love will not break your heart but dismiss your fears</center>

WOW! i'll try to watch it! it'll be so fun! too bad i missed when it came out in theaters. i can't wait!!!

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"Yes, i believe you have. But i'll tell you a secret.... all the best people are."

Hannon Le,everyone for the banners!
Married Khamûl on January the 26th, 2007:bones:

Happy fifth anniversary FOTR!

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Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future.
It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step Joni Erickson Tada

I'm going to try to make it!

Sadly, I never got to see any of the three original LotR movies in the theatre's. That was before fandom struck me. I SO wish I would have. My parents would've never allowed it though...

Three cheers for PJ though, and his amazing masterpiece!!

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They wouldn't have allowed it? Why ever not? The rating? Or the idea of fantacy--I know some people think it's wrong. I hope you can make it, and do tell your friends. THe bigger these things are the better!
I know that for sure.

I've been a fan for a long time. Back before FotR came out I was just chewing at the bit, I could hardly wait to see, both happily anticipating and nervously dreading what PJ/Philippa/Fran had done.
Oh, that day it opened, I'll never forget (I hope:P)

I went with a whole huge group of people. My sister, Arsarniel, and I traveled with some friends of ours, the MGs (Fencing Maiden, they'll be at the Southern Heritage ball in Monroe), in their large van, all dressed up. We first went to their grandparents house, where LOTS of pictures were taken. THen we all went out to eat at some fancy restraunt, where omd, did we turn heads.
I was sooo embarrised, though, when one 10-year-old boy put some Italian seasoning in his "pipe" (he was going as a Hobbit) and actually lit it! The manager came in "I know what marajuana smells like, and there are minors in the room." Ooooh, that was an AWFUL moment, and then there was laughter around the room as the boy explained what he'd done and was told to snuff it out.
*sucks in breath*
By the time we left the restraunt, it was dark and chilly, so I fastened on my cloak. Oh, so nice and warm. We hurried over to the cinema.
It was already pretty full, but (thank Eru) we managed to get pretty close to the front of the line. It quickly filled up behind us. So many people in costume, some great, others silly. So much fun. So much anticipation, so much exitement.
We filed into the room. Lights went out. Husssshhh.

New Line Cinema Presents....Lord of the Rings

CHEERS! Applause! CHEERS!

Oh, what a wondeful feeling!

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Starting October 13th: globe trotting from my kitchen. Follow along on Cook In Fifty-Two

cool idea, wow, awesome idea

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Smile till u laugh, laugh till u cry

^^Ivreniel, that story makes me laugh and get all sentimental at the same time.

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^JF is awesome

There will come a time with no more tears
and love will not break your heart but dismiss your fears</center>

I became a fan in Dec. of '03. The only memory I have of FOTR is watching the trailer and being mesmerized by it.

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Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future.
It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step Joni Erickson Tada

It was a really good trailer, wasn't it? Even as trailers go. Though maybe I'm predisposed to saying that

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Starting October 13th: globe trotting from my kitchen. Follow along on Cook In Fifty-Two

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Oh, I hope to make it too! It sounds like so much fun....

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