- Jack
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Showing posts with label End Of All Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label End Of All Things. Show all posts
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Public Announcement - The Roxy is showing the LOTR trilogy on Sept 21,21, 22
Just to let everyone know - the LOTR trilogy is once again being shown by Miramar's The Roxy cinema. They'll be shown one movie at a time, and they're "only" the theatrical cuts rather than the extended versions, but to make up for that, they'll be projected in glorious 35mm film format. They do sell out quickly, so book in as fast as possible.
Get your tickets here: https://www.roxycinema.co.nz/the-lord-of-the-rings
- Jack
- Jack
Friday, March 11, 2016
Ultra-marathon update - LOTR-only tickets available as well now.
Quick event update - there are now also LOTR-only tickets available, for those who can't get Thursday 24th off, or aren't up to a 24 hour marathon (weaklings!).
The tickets get you all three LOTR (Extended Editions) at the Roxy Cinema, with breakfast and lunch as well. This starts from midnight (straight after The Hobbit Trrilogy) and is $150 for all three LOTR films plus breakfast and lunch.
You may purchase here: http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/movies/10770.php
Or call the Roxy, or visit them. As always, no refunds or unpaid bookings.
The tickets get you all three LOTR (Extended Editions) at the Roxy Cinema, with breakfast and lunch as well. This starts from midnight (straight after The Hobbit Trrilogy) and is $150 for all three LOTR films plus breakfast and lunch.
You may purchase here: http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/movies/10770.php
Or call the Roxy, or visit them. As always, no refunds or unpaid bookings.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Shoutout to our Japanese followers!
As lots of you have already discovered, the tickets to the Ultra-Marathon are now on sale! Check the Roxy's ticket office website,
A quick message from Alex to any Japanese LOTR fans who are interested in joining the movie marathon on the Welly-moot website: http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/page-event-3.php
(English translation)
And obviously this message applies to any other nationalities as well, but the communications will have to be in English I'm afraid. :)
A quick message from Alex to any Japanese LOTR fans who are interested in joining the movie marathon on the Welly-moot website: http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/page-event-3.php
Dear Japanese friends ー 日本のみなさんへ
今回のこのイベントー Movie Marathon にご興味がある方で、日本語で質問や問い合わせをされたいは方は、是非私Alex Ishikawaに直接メールして下さい。メールアドレスはalex@welly-moot.comです。できるだけお手伝いさせて頂きます。いつでも気楽にメールして下さいね！
(English translation)
Dear Japanese friends - to Japanese people - If you are interested in joining us for this event - Movie Marathon - and wish to talk or send any enquiries in Japanese, please contact me, Alex Ishikawa, directly. My email address is alex@welly-moot.com. I will try to help you as much as I can. Please feel free to contact me anytime!Can I ask our Japanese friends to share this on your social media please, as much as you can?
And obviously this message applies to any other nationalities as well, but the communications will have to be in English I'm afraid. :)
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Welly-moot #5.1 Report - ("Faramir & Eowyn")
The Welly-moot group met today at the Embassy Cinema, to discuss another aspect of Tolkien's world - the relationship between Faramir and Eowyn.
It was a lively discussion, with all sorts of wonderful points being raised. Did Faramir think he would be the reigning Steward (until Aragorn showed up), and how far was Eowyn from taking up the mantel thrust upon her by King Theoden, before they both met?
The group, which consisted of thirteen committed members, had a great cultural variety amongst us - New Zealand, England, Scandinavia, USA, Japan, Germany, Polynesia, to name a few backgrounds. We talked about child-naming traditions for Middle-earth, and how they relate to the real world, as well as the stranglehold that misogyny has over Eowyn, and how it affected her life choices. From there we somehow covered the subject of hair-cutting traditions on Rarotonga, and how that was also reflected in some ways in the reverence Gimli held over the locks of Galadriel's hair. From the real world to Middle-earth, and straight back again indeed.
In the group today were a number of members who return to us after long absences, including Ryan, Jennifer, and Hawk - welcome back guys! One particularly long absence was from Jens Goetz from the German Tolkien group. Jens has been to the moot once before, way back in 2012, dressed as our German Gandalf! As before, he brought a song for us!
Today he was in "normal" clothes, but tomorrow I have the honour of driving him around the Middle-earth locations of Wellington in my other job as a LOTR tourguide. Looking forward to it, Jens!
Apart from the theme of the day, we also of course had a big excited discussion about our huge event, The End Of All Things; the Ultimate Middle-earth Marathon. Since we have the green light, we know that tickets are selling rapidly, so if you're thinking of attending, please buy tickets as soon as possible. If you leave things too late, you may end up missing out. Please get in touch with either Cinnamon or myself if you need any assistance in any way. We're on facebook, email, blog messages, texts, phones, etc, so no excuses! :)
It very much looks like this event will be an awesome one. Every announcement today was exciting. We're getting sponsored by Mojo Coffee, who will be providing bottomless brewed coffee throughout the event. There will be VIP guests - one has been confirmed, and possible more as well. I will be announcing things as soon as they firm up 100%. It looks very much like Weta is dressing up the Roxy Cinema, possibly with original props. We're doing it in style!
More information to come soon. In the meantime, to book a ticket, please go to...:
http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/page-event-3.php
- Jack
It was a lively discussion, with all sorts of wonderful points being raised. Did Faramir think he would be the reigning Steward (until Aragorn showed up), and how far was Eowyn from taking up the mantel thrust upon her by King Theoden, before they both met?
The group, which consisted of thirteen committed members, had a great cultural variety amongst us - New Zealand, England, Scandinavia, USA, Japan, Germany, Polynesia, to name a few backgrounds. We talked about child-naming traditions for Middle-earth, and how they relate to the real world, as well as the stranglehold that misogyny has over Eowyn, and how it affected her life choices. From there we somehow covered the subject of hair-cutting traditions on Rarotonga, and how that was also reflected in some ways in the reverence Gimli held over the locks of Galadriel's hair. From the real world to Middle-earth, and straight back again indeed.
In the group today were a number of members who return to us after long absences, including Ryan, Jennifer, and Hawk - welcome back guys! One particularly long absence was from Jens Goetz from the German Tolkien group. Jens has been to the moot once before, way back in 2012, dressed as our German Gandalf! As before, he brought a song for us!
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| "What really happened in the Green Dragon" -by Jens Goetz |
Today he was in "normal" clothes, but tomorrow I have the honour of driving him around the Middle-earth locations of Wellington in my other job as a LOTR tourguide. Looking forward to it, Jens!
Apart from the theme of the day, we also of course had a big excited discussion about our huge event, The End Of All Things; the Ultimate Middle-earth Marathon. Since we have the green light, we know that tickets are selling rapidly, so if you're thinking of attending, please buy tickets as soon as possible. If you leave things too late, you may end up missing out. Please get in touch with either Cinnamon or myself if you need any assistance in any way. We're on facebook, email, blog messages, texts, phones, etc, so no excuses! :)
It very much looks like this event will be an awesome one. Every announcement today was exciting. We're getting sponsored by Mojo Coffee, who will be providing bottomless brewed coffee throughout the event. There will be VIP guests - one has been confirmed, and possible more as well. I will be announcing things as soon as they firm up 100%. It looks very much like Weta is dressing up the Roxy Cinema, possibly with original props. We're doing it in style!
More information to come soon. In the meantime, to book a ticket, please go to...:
http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/page-event-3.php
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| Roxy Cinema Events booking |
- Jack
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The End Of All Things - The ultimate Middle-earth Marathon is ON!
So, it looks like we're all go, the event is live, and tickets have gone on sale!
Over the last few days, we've had confirmation that the Roxy Cinema is helping us celebrate the completion of Sir Peter Jackson's in style.
Together with Welly-moot they have arranged for all six of the EXTENDED versions of the movies to be shown in a single extremely long session, starting at 2:00pm on March 24th (Thursday before Easter), and ending around the same time the next day (Good Friday March 25th).
A few weeks ago, we asked people to "like" the facebook event page - now we're asking you to put your money where your mouths are, and go and buy the tickets.
Tickets are on sale online through the Roxy's own website at the follwiong address:
http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/page-event-3.php
...so go and get yourself a ticket to a history event. Tickets are $250, and costumes arecompulsory encouraged! Welly-moot will be providing some cool spot-prizes for the best or funnest costumes!
There WILL be further announcements, so keep watching this space!
If anyone has any questions, send them to me or to the Roxy (through their link above).
And see you all there!
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| We got ours - how about you? |
Over the last few days, we've had confirmation that the Roxy Cinema is helping us celebrate the completion of Sir Peter Jackson's in style.
Together with Welly-moot they have arranged for all six of the EXTENDED versions of the movies to be shown in a single extremely long session, starting at 2:00pm on March 24th (Thursday before Easter), and ending around the same time the next day (Good Friday March 25th).
A few weeks ago, we asked people to "like" the facebook event page - now we're asking you to put your money where your mouths are, and go and buy the tickets.
Tickets are on sale online through the Roxy's own website at the follwiong address:
http://www.roxycinema.co.nz/page-event-3.php
...so go and get yourself a ticket to a history event. Tickets are $250, and costumes are
There WILL be further announcements, so keep watching this space!
If anyone has any questions, send them to me or to the Roxy (through their link above).
And see you all there!
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