Okay, sometimes, when I walk out of a theatre, and I’ve gotten really engaged with the story, or the characters, and the ending is ambiguous, I might ask, “Huh, what do you think they end up doing?”
And sometimes, when I read a book, I can daydream about what might occur in the days or months after the end of the book.
And sometimes, when it’s a really great tale, and the author comes out with a sequel, or a prequel, I will get totally into it, and tear through anything related. And that’s kind of how I was with “Lord of the Rings” — I mean, I devoured the appendices, and even in junior high, I tried to read The Silmarillion (but it was way too hard).
However, I can’t hold a candle to these people, a worldwide cast who came together to make a feature film, based on a few paragraphs of text, but fleshed out to tell the tale of Arathorn (you may know him as Strider’s dad). It’s called “Born of Hope,” and it looks really, actually, kind of awesome. Here’s a trailer:
I love that the Internet is starting to really kickstart these fan-sourced productions. And computer technology is now getting to the point where serious film-quality CGI is possible on a home desktop.
You can watch the whole film online at their website, bornofhope.com. There’s also a great article about it on The Guardian.
Grant Hamilton
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