Numenor Film Announced! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elmo · 04-01-2007, 05:36 AM

Just heard on the BBC website, New Line have acquired the rights. Not much details have been announced yet, but apparently they've got Jeremy Irons as Ar-Pharazon and David Tennant as Isildur.

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-01-2007, 05:49 AM

As April fools go, this was rather imaginative.

The Sixth Wizard · 04-01-2007, 06:03 AM

Is it a tradition to play a joke on April 1st? I must get into it next year...

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-01-2007, 06:31 AM

Check out this lovely thread from April 1, 5 years ago: Lush's strange encounter...

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-01-2007, 06:41 AM

Whilst Lush is indeed a mistress of April prankery, there are spoof news items going back long before her gulling of the forum.

The BBC started its tradition of April Fool's jokes in 1957, when Panorama reported on the Ticino spaghetti harvest. The involvement of Richard Dimbleby as narrator fooled many people, and a number requests were received for information about buying and cultivating spaghetti bushes.

William Cloud Hicklin · 04-01-2007, 07:43 AM

National Public Radio has been inserting a hoax story into its April 1 news for many years now. The best I recall was a feature piece on 'mouth sounds,' a fellow who could mimic all sorts of things from chickens and horses to steam locomotives and F-16s. Only towards the end, when the sound effects got preposterous and the 'artist' was discussing how hard it was to do stereo did it dawn on me that my leg was being pulled.

Elmo · 04-01-2007, 07:47 AM

Spotted on first post...

...must try harder next year...

I remeber a memorable one in the Scotsman newspaper lastyear when the European Commision was making all the names in Scotland politically correct so like the Black Isle would be turned into the Shaded Isle or something like that. I must admit I got really annoyed at those meddling bureaucrats in Brussels for, oh I say about 2 hours...

Sauron the White · 04-01-2007, 09:09 AM

Cannot wait to see that NUMENOR movie. I favor Adam Sandler as Sauron.

NPR's story today was about New York City abolishing musical phone ring tones in favor of four that were chosen by a committee of sound experts. They said that each year fights start over people being offended at others choice of ring tones and it was costing the city over 1.5 billion $ each year in law enforcement costs and loss of tourism. They played the four selected and they were terrible.

I had to agree with one of the people on the street who said in response "they should ban all these things."

04-01-2007, 05:36 AM	#1
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	Numenor Film Announced! Just heard on the BBC website, New Line have acquired the rights. Not much details have been announced yet, but apparently they've got Jeremy Irons as Ar-Pharazon and David Tennant as Isildur. __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.

04-01-2007, 05:49 AM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	As April fools go, this was rather imaginative. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

04-01-2007, 06:31 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Check out this lovely thread from April 1, 5 years ago: Lush's strange encounter... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-01-2007, 06:41 AM	#5
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Nation shall speak nonsense unto Nation Whilst Lush is indeed a mistress of April prankery, there are spoof news items going back long before her gulling of the forum. The BBC started its tradition of April Fool's jokes in 1957, when Panorama reported on the Ticino spaghetti harvest. The involvement of Richard Dimbleby as narrator fooled many people, and a number requests were received for information about buying and cultivating spaghetti bushes. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

04-01-2007, 07:47 AM	#7
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	Spotted on first post... ...must try harder next year... I remeber a memorable one in the Scotsman newspaper lastyear when the European Commision was making all the names in Scotland politically correct so like the Black Isle would be turned into the Shaded Isle or something like that. I must admit I got really annoyed at those meddling bureaucrats in Brussels for, oh I say about 2 hours... __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.

04-01-2007, 06:03 AM	#3
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	Is it a tradition to play a joke on April 1st? I must get into it next year...

04-01-2007, 07:43 AM	#6
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,324	National Public Radio has been inserting a hoax story into its April 1 news for many years now. The best I recall was a feature piece on 'mouth sounds,' a fellow who could mimic all sorts of things from chickens and horses to steam locomotives and F-16s. Only towards the end, when the sound effects got preposterous and the 'artist' was discussing how hard it was to do stereo did it dawn on me that my leg was being pulled.

04-01-2007, 09:09 AM	#8
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Cannot wait to see that NUMENOR movie. I favor Adam Sandler as Sauron. NPR's story today was about New York City abolishing musical phone ring tones in favor of four that were chosen by a committee of sound experts. They said that each year fights start over people being offended at others choice of ring tones and it was costing the city over 1.5 billion $ each year in law enforcement costs and loss of tourism. They played the four selected and they were terrible. I had to agree with one of the people on the street who said in response "they should ban all these things."