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turimel

Suggestions for Making Sense of This LJ and the Titanic of Wanks:

Dec 31, 2020 14:59

If you are just getting started at exploring the massive fraud that was Bit of Earth, Welcome. These suggestions might help you find your way through this morbidly fascinating recap of the schemes, scams, etc. that hoodwinked half the cast of the LOTR film trilogy.
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thickets July 18 2004, 09:14:23 UTC

Hi Jeanine (I hope it's all right if I call you that ( ... )

Well, I'm sort of waffling still... turimel July 18 2004, 10:36:44 UTC

One creep to rob them all...I don't know, it's almost too easy to use the Ring inscription, ya know? A little trite, even.

I talked to my publisher and he says that true crime/documentaries usually need something descriptive in the title, if you want to appeal to people that don't actually know the story already. That's why I've not been inclined to use "Chasing Amy" references or things that mention Bit of Earth--for people that don't know at least a little of the story already, those really won't mean anything.

So far I think I like "Tentmoot Crash: The rise and fall of a phony charity." Tentmoot is Ringsy, the rest is descriptive. What more could I ask for? I think that's what I'm going to go with, unless something utterly brilliant comes up before Sept. 5.

Re: Well, I'm sort of waffling still... thickets July 19 2004, 10:18:42 UTC

I think you're right there. It would probably be best for the title to be as explanatory as possible.

I'm sure you've probably answered this before, but why are you deciding to not include much about the Victoria Bitter aspect of the story? I know that you weren't present at the time, but in some ways it does possibly shed some light (or then again, maybe just makes the whole thing more confusing) what with all the craziness about channelling hobbits and learning Westron, the Shire being Ancient Hungary, them pretending to be Elijah Wood's friend and confidant in his 'relationship' with Dom (I mean, for chrissakes).

Oh, and what I always wanted to ask was if you ever found out why the police were using the photo manip of Amy as a girl during the missing persons search -- I know I read that you and your husband recognized it as being a manip. Do you know how they got it? To be honest, I can understand why you didn't take Myers seriously at first if he gave you that!

turimel July 19 2004, 12:29:51 UTC

Well, I DO want to include some of the VB background--I actually just wrote to mpoetess from FW today and asked if I could use her stellar summary. There's just so darn MUCH stuff here I'm going to be hard pressed to whittle it down to 180 pages ( ... )

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That remains to be seen... turimel July 18 2004, 19:34:49 UTC

They paid a $500 fine to the state of Oregon for their mischief but other than that, they haven't been punished in any way (except that TheOneRing.net refused to let them into their Oscar Night party, which was probably more painful to them than having to pay that fine). They're living in LA now doing celeb impersonations on Hollywood Blvd (see pix in several entries below). They were continuing to use the charity line for a little while, as in "pose for a photo and make a donation to charity," but they appear to have given that up (although I'm not sure about that). But I don't think Sean Astin will ever speak to them again...

corykawos July 17 2008, 11:26:56 UTC

If the scores of officials who ran this criminal enterprise otherwise known as the Bush Administration are not brought to justice they will be back, and they will be twice as mean and exponentially more determined to work their right-wing will on the country.

cultscomics July 19 2004, 17:48:49 UTC

Hi! I found this story through some friends in a fan club in Dallas (so word is getting around) and I've done my part to try and spread the word about Amy and Abby.

Well, it's not the first time I've heard of wankers like this in fandom. I recall several years ago in Star Trek fandom that the President of one of the large international fan groups arranged a big convention and ended up screwing the talent out of their money and embezzeled a wad of cash from the organization. While the whole transexual angle was absent, it's safe to say fandom is just as prone to grifters as anything else.

On the upside, those in fandom are pretty smart and don't let themselves be victims twice. Plus, with the internet and the very interelated nature of lots of the various media fandoms, word gets around really quick. I expect the despicable duo are probably going to find themselves stuck with their tourist geeking gig for quite a while.

mischa July 23 2004, 17:17:08 UTC

Hi! I found your site from a link on another LJ, and from the WW story.

It's especially creepy because...I think I saw them last night. In the mall by the Chinese theatre. I'd seen a Legolas character before, but I hadn't known the story (i just thought the company that usually employs the costumed characters were so desperate they hired a girl to play Legolas), but after seeing the pictures and reading the story, I'm pretty sure it was them.

So - one more sighting for you!

vasaris December 10 2004, 20:37:51 UTC

Hey, Turi, I know that you're a bit leery of fandom-charity things, but, as a fair number of people peruse your journal I thought I'd give you a heads up for fandom_help and (I fully expect you to check this out first, of course) sapphireisle, sapphsmum, and http://www.4christina.org/. Your journal is watched by quite a few people and I'm hoping you'd be willing to use your powers for more good (unlike some we know) by promoting the 4christina site (and/or, for that matter, fandom_help which has been started by the glorious ari_o.

Sure, V. turimel December 11 2004, 22:09:59 UTC

I'll make it an entry. I could donate a book for auction on Ebay--oooh, maybe one of the mega-signed ones. Lemme think about that.