|
Do you enjoy the 100% volunteer, not for profit services of TheOneRing.net? Consider a donation!
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
dernwyn
Forum Admin
/ Moderator
May 7, 4:27pm
Post #1 of 14
(992 views)
Shortcut
|
Andy Serkis to read "The Hobbit", live, starting Friday!
|
Can't Post
|
|
The BBC article is here: https://www.bbc.com/...inment-arts-52568497
And here's his GoFundMe page, with more details: https://www.gofundme.com/...itathoncovid19appeal
He's using this "Hobbitathon" (with breaks for the loo) to raise funds for NHS charities.
Is anyone planning to listen to all or part of this?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
(This post was edited by dernwyn on May 7, 10:27pm)
|
|
|
grammaboodawg
Immortal
May 8, 4:19am
Post #2 of 14
(909 views)
Shortcut
|
AWESOME! I'm definitely going to do my best to be there! How exciting :D I was just telling someone today I wish Ian McKellen would read LotR and Hobbit for Books on CD; but Andy will do just fine! He'll probably need some of his "gollum juice" by the time he gets to the end of it :D
Thanks for the heads up! HOW COOL!!!
We have been there and back again.
TIME Google Calendar
|
|
|
dernwyn
Forum Admin
/ Moderator
May 8, 11:21am
Post #3 of 14
(877 views)
Shortcut
|
|
It's 7:15 EDT - and Bilbo has just lost the Dwarves
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
and is about to encounter...Gollum!
This is such fun, Andy is marvellous!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
|
|
|
grammaboodawg
Immortal
May 8, 4:55pm
Post #4 of 14
(853 views)
Shortcut
|
RATS! Now if he'd put this into a dvd OR cd and sell with profits going to the fundraiser... I'd be there like a shot! *whimper*
We have been there and back again.
TIME Google Calendar
|
|
|
Lissuin
Valinor
May 8, 5:35pm
Post #6 of 14
(851 views)
Shortcut
|
5:00+ a.m. Sat, NZ time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOF_r_Y5-A
I woke up (way too early) and checked the link, and Andy is now at "Inside Information". Smaug is really p o'd and the company are trapped inside the mountain! Not conducive to going back to sleep.  The Arkenstone! "Now I am a burglar at least!" His torch... went out.
Shoot! How's anyone supposed to sleep through this!
(This post was edited by Lissuin on May 8, 5:36pm)
|
|
|
Glaurung63
Lorien
May 8, 9:11pm
Post #7 of 14
(839 views)
Shortcut
|
Wow!!!
I set my alarm for just before 5am NYC time and watched the first three hours, then sporadically while working and then gave in and viewed until the end, cheering at the final sentence!! So I saw most of it and it sure didn’t feel like twelve hours. Goose bumps during Riddles in the Dark!!! Wow!! He had a large statue of Gollum staring at him as he read. And then Bilbo and Smaug!! Andy really pulled this off, and for a great fundraiser for virus aid, to which I contributed what I could. He’s such a great storyteller, watching him act out scenes was amazing. As are many of us, I’ve been going through some rough times and this was a welcome tonic. If I hadn’t visited TORn yesterday I might have missed it!! I hope this can be released on DVD as part of the fundraising efforts, I had to create a new google account to watch but it worked, but for those who couldn’t view it or want to see it again that would be cool. I suppose you’ll find clips on YouTube but it’s the full reading that made this an awesome experience!!
|
|
|
ElanorTX
Grey Havens
May 9, 6:37am
Post #8 of 14
(803 views)
Shortcut
|
after the broadcast, I got the black screen of death saying "This is a private message"
"I shall not wholly fail if anything can still grow fair in days to come."
|
|
|
dernwyn
Forum Admin
/ Moderator
May 9, 3:07pm
Post #9 of 14
(763 views)
Shortcut
|
|
Yeah, once the live performance was over
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
they cut off the YouTube video. 
I too hope it will be made available, maybe for a donation!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
|
|
|
ElanorTX
Grey Havens
May 16, 10:52am
Post #11 of 14
(518 views)
Shortcut
|
"I shall not wholly fail if anything can still grow fair in days to come."
|
|
|
dernwyn
Forum Admin
/ Moderator
May 16, 12:45pm
Post #12 of 14
(508 views)
Shortcut
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
|
|
|
|
|
