On June 8, 2010 Hawke Robinson — The Master of Middle-earth Mixing — and Michael Martinez — the Loremaster of Elven Automobile Ornamentation — headed into the Skype-powered studios of Middle-earth Radio to record another legendary episode of Middle-earth Talk Radio. Armed only with a couple of songs recorded by Elvish singer Rehtaeh for the opening and closing credits, the Distinguished Duo of Dynamic Tolkien Talk proceeded to record a historic episode (did you notice how this article avoids saying “an historic”, which looks stupid and clumsy?) filled with topics of Tolkien trivia and top talk topics.
And the topics covered included:
- Additional message from Guillermo Del Torro regarding leaving “The Hobbit” movie project
- Congratulations to Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop
- Discussion of other directors (poll) for The Hobbit
- Further discussion on the impact of MGM’s financial struggles, near $4 billion USD debt
- Miyazaki Tales from Earthsea (and others)
- Scifi channel blocking it’s distribution in North America
- Comingsoon.net movies
- Centurion movie
- Wall Street and MGM sad tale not over yet
- As of 2010, the Turner Entertainment Co. unit of Time Warner owns the rights to the pre-1986 MGM film library, with Warner Bros. handling distribution. Turner acquired the MGM library during its brief ownership of the company in 1986.
- University of Wales Online Tolkien October 2010 course actually available to everyone!
- LotRo MMORPG (Lord of the Rings Online Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) going Free-to-play
- World of Warcraft on Southpark episode (old news to Southpark viewers) (not appropriate for all audiences)
- Mazes and Monsters movie
- More on LotRo
- Looking for additional Game Masters for upcoming Tolkien Moot 2010 August 13-15 in Spokane, Washington, USA
- One responder mentioned game system DragonRaid, turns out to be a fundamentalist Christian RPG (Role Playing Game) system
- Michael on butchering nouns used as verbs, especially discipled
- Swashbuckling press website claiming C.S. Lewis converted Tolkien to christianity (obviously their data is a little confused)
- Who would like to wear garb or props at Tolkien Moot 2010?
- What kind of garb would be “true to Tolkien” to be discussed in next show.
- Rehtaeh now in New Zealand travelling “Middle-earth” and meeting the LotR / Hobbit folks hoping to have her voice in the upcoming movies
- More on language butchering, and misuse of pronouns in English language Ghost Hunters tangent
- Voice on Information Society’s What’s on your Mind (Pure Energy) sample of Leonard Nimoy from Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”
You can download Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 26 or listen it to as a streaming feed from Middle-earth Radio. Middle-earth Talk Radio is a production of Middle-earth Radio.