Good Bye Christopher Lee

What a life, what a career in acting.  This man was not only an amazing actor who has over 280 acting credits to his career.  He also fought in World War II.  In the special features on the Lord of the Rings and he talked about being stabbed in the back and how it should sound, which makes me wonder how many people he may have stabbed in the back.  Was Christopher Lee a British assassin?  That may be, but he is also Dracula.

Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth in Video Games

Part of the reason this post is going up, the first trailer for Lego’s  The Hobbit was released today and it looks to be just as good as the other Lego games.  Well honestly they get better and better.  The Lord of the Rings Lego game is based on the three film released by New Lime Cinema.  The game itself is terrific.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn5uIBUr6EE.

But other than the Lego games, there are many others that are a lot of fun to play, here is a list of Lord of the Rings games I can suggest, most recent.

Rayzor’s Review: The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug

Yes, the second Hobbit film came out this weekend and I went to see it.  The film is about the band of 13 dwarves along with a Hobbit, trying to make it back to the Lonely mountain to reclaim their home the dragon Smaug.  In this installment it we meet Beorn the skin shifter, who we see as a giant bear and then finally a very tall, strange looking man who hates dwarves.  The dwarves eventually have to pass through Mirkwood and fight giant spiders.  I actually loved this part of the film.  But everything after seemed to kinda of drag along.  It brings me back to something a friend said about making these films a cash grab.  I can somewhat see now what he is talking about.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor: Open-World Lord of the Rings Prequel?

I found this the other day just searching through my usual channels.  It is being developed by the same developers that brought us F.E.A.R. , Condemned: Criminal Origins and the terrible Guardians of Middle-earth developer Monolith Productions and produced by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that they’re making a new open-world action game called Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Shadow is a brand-new story set between the events of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

Rayzor’s Review: The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey

Oh yes, finally it only took 9 years following the extreme success of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy for the next installment in the middle earth saga.  It has been an interesting trip from Return of the King to An Unexpected Journey, from rumors to fan request, but the best are the people who are unfamiliar with the book.  So I will begin with a little history of Middle Earth or the Lord of the Rings.