The deadline has passed, and we've got a good amount of entries into our competition for a free Marathon ticket plus Hobbit Prize pack, so we're currently judging the best stories. The Welly-moot comittee is reading and voting today and tomorrow, and on Friday night we will announce a winner!
I have my favourite, but I won't tell anyone yet until all the results are in. :)
Some great stories from everyone!
- Jack
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Ultra Marathon - one free ticket to give away!
Heya everyone, I'm not sure if you saw this on TheOneRing.Net, but the Roxy Cinema has donated an amazing prizepack including a ticket to the full event, to give away to one lucky winner!
All you have to do to win it is to send an email to ‘competition@welly-moot.com’ with your best fan-story. It could be anything – the day you met one of the actors; your worst hard-luck story; what got you into Tolkien; – anything. Make it good, in less than 300 words! You’ve got until Wednesday the 16th, midnight (Wellington time). The Welly-moot committee will judge the best story, and they’ll be in touch with the winning entry!
The prizepack includes the following:
So tell us your best story, as soon as you can, the deadline is in the next four days!
Also, please share this one far and wide on your favourite social media.
Finally, keep watching this space - there's still a few more announcements and surprises to come for this event!
All you have to do to win it is to send an email to ‘competition@welly-moot.com’ with your best fan-story. It could be anything – the day you met one of the actors; your worst hard-luck story; what got you into Tolkien; – anything. Make it good, in less than 300 words! You’ve got until Wednesday the 16th, midnight (Wellington time). The Welly-moot committee will judge the best story, and they’ll be in touch with the winning entry!
The prizepack includes the following:
- LOTR postcard set (10)
- Hobbit postcard set (10)
- Middle-earth teatowel (Thorin’s Map)
- Middle-earth key-ring
- Red eye of Sauron pin/badge
- Hobbit Hole collectible
- Middle-earth Location Guidebook (hardcover – Ian Brodie)
- 2 x 1 litre bottles of Hobbiton Gingerbeer
- 1 x Box of Scorched Almonds
- 1 x Bar Whittakers Chocolate
- 1 x Pkt Popcorn
- 1 x Roxy Cap
- 1 x Roxy Notebook
- 1 x Roxy Pin
- 1 x Middle-earth Marathon ticket
So tell us your best story, as soon as you can, the deadline is in the next four days!
Also, please share this one far and wide on your favourite social media.
Finally, keep watching this space - there's still a few more announcements and surprises to come for this event!
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!
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Welly-moot #5.1 Theme - Faramir & Eowyn (January 31st)
If it's not too late to mention it, happy new year, everyone! Get ready for another geeky nerdfest of Tolkien Trivia!
This month we will explore the relationship between Faramir and Eowyn. It's a curious one; they meet, get engaged, and marry despite (or perhaps due to) all the troubles around them.
Both had high hopes for the future, which was dashed on the rocks for both of them by Aragorn (although for different reasons).
So, dig out the books one more time, and make sure to watch the Extended Edition of the Return Of The King (their meeting in the Houses of Healing is fleshed out a lot there), and come and discuss your findings with us at the Embassy Cinema, at 2:00pm, on Sunday January 31st, the first Welly-moot meeting of 2016.
Also at the moot, there will be further announcements relating to our BIG event, The End Of All Things. It looks very much like we've got the green light on it - I heard on the grapevine today that tickets will be on sale via the Roxy Cinema in the next few days. Get ready with your credit cards!
Tickets will be strictly limited, and those who followed the instructions given earlier will be given first preferences to the tickets, so please DO send that email to events@welly-moot.com as soon as you can - I fully expect the tickets to go VERY quickly.
For more information, check out the facebook event page as well.
Meanwhile, see you on Sunday January 31st, for the bi-monthly moot!
- Jack
This month we will explore the relationship between Faramir and Eowyn. It's a curious one; they meet, get engaged, and marry despite (or perhaps due to) all the troubles around them.
Both had high hopes for the future, which was dashed on the rocks for both of them by Aragorn (although for different reasons).
So, dig out the books one more time, and make sure to watch the Extended Edition of the Return Of The King (their meeting in the Houses of Healing is fleshed out a lot there), and come and discuss your findings with us at the Embassy Cinema, at 2:00pm, on Sunday January 31st, the first Welly-moot meeting of 2016.
Also at the moot, there will be further announcements relating to our BIG event, The End Of All Things. It looks very much like we've got the green light on it - I heard on the grapevine today that tickets will be on sale via the Roxy Cinema in the next few days. Get ready with your credit cards!
Tickets will be strictly limited, and those who followed the instructions given earlier will be given first preferences to the tickets, so please DO send that email to events@welly-moot.com as soon as you can - I fully expect the tickets to go VERY quickly.
For more information, check out the facebook event page as well.
Meanwhile, see you on Sunday January 31st, for the bi-monthly moot!
- Jack
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