Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—For months, gamers were seeing the trailers and game play for Middle-Earth- Shadow of Mordor and waited with a mild anxiety. For one, the game looked and sounded amazing, but on the other hand, it was a licensed game, and most licensed games fail miserably. Thankfully, Shadow of Mordor not only dispels any worries: […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Apple Valley)—The Hobbit, the prequel story to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, was expanded from 2 to 3 films, with the last film in the trilogy being The Battle of the Five Armies. Many were perplexed by the decision to make a third movie- why was a whole movie needed to finish telling the […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Apple Valley)— The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a runaway hit, leaving fans wanting more from J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe. So when it was announced that Peter Jackson, the director behind the Lord of the Rings films, would be making two films based on the Tolkien prequel, The Hobbit, fans were ecstatic. Then, when […]
Three is better than two. Today, on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page, the word broke that the two film The Hobbit franchise will now become a three film series. Great news for fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as it looks like Jackson and his team will be able to tell even more of the stories we clamor for. […]