Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Pre-Order The Hobbit at Wal-Mart AND Amazon AND Barnes & Noble

  By chance today I went to Wal-Mart and saw one of their small in-store billboards advertising The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for pre-order. I then come home to check online and YES we can pre-order The Hobbit right now from the price range of $19.96 for the DVD + Ultraviolet in Widescreen to $29.96 for the 3-D Blueray+ Blueray+DVD+Ultraviolet in Widescreen. If we order now our preciousss will be shipped on March 19th and shipping is free to our homes.

  Now there is still no pre-order at Amazon in the States. So I'm guessing that there is not going to be a pre-order event of The Hobbit at Amazon and that Warner Bros. and Wal-Mart are in a partnership for the release. But like I said I'm just guessing. I'm not that thrilled that Wal-Mart is the one doing the pre-order but at least SOMEONE is having The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey on pre-order.


Quick update! I don't know when Amazon did it because I checked an hour ago and it wasn't up but we NOW can pre-order The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  from Amazon, so please disregard the afore mentioned paragraph. Also add Barnes & Noble to your places to buy The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey.

So I guess it's safe to say: Hobbit and Richard Armitage fans lets go shopping!









Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Calling all ARmy chefs

A dear Twitter friend has started a blog in conjunction with FanstRAvaganza, which I am taking part of here and on Tumblr, March 11-17. Anyway, my friends blog is called army of chefs and her post is titled Calling all ARmy chefs  and in it we can send recipes, inpiRAtional pictures and food picture until March 10. Afterwards there will be a daily posting.


Monday, February 18, 2013

Tuchus Tuesday #10

This photo comes courtesy of The Armitage Effect, a lovely blog about a lovely English subject and has kindly told me that the lady that took the wonderful tuchus picture of Richard is HeatherRA, who was lucky enough to go to last year's Comic-Con.The subject has nice broad shoulders to rest a head upon and a tuchus casually covered in black jeans with a zipper on each back pocket to make things interesting.




Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentine's Day RA Style


My first Valentine's Day as a Richard Armitage blogger and I just wanted to thank everyone for stopping by and I hope you have been enjoying It's an R A World .

Lucas as your Valentine's dinner date and he just saw you walk in the room.





The King of Hearts



Lucky Daniela Denby-Ashe!



"I loved you the second I laid eyes on you. And I just know that we were meant to be together,...and we will always be happy." Harry Kennedy



Our Naughty Valentine Guy, such a tease.



Can't forget sweet Ricky to get our motor runnin'



Thorin with the key to our hearts


Almost forgot Porter. Shame on me I can't do that.


And now Valentine's Day would not be complete with a box of chocolates and we know how Richard is about chocolate.


Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Richard III: King in the Car Park


For those of us that have no way of viewing the Channel 4 documentary
Richard II: The King in the Car Park I found it uploaded for "Research & Educational purposes"on youtube. I for one would like to be educated on the finding of Richard III and thought that others that have not stumbled across it may like to be educated on the subject matter as well.  Also there is going to be a follow up documentary made by the same people that produced Richard III: King of the Car Park. It is said to be called Richard III: The Unseen Story and will tell the tale of the archeological work that led to the identification of Richard III.

Here is the full program and I hope you enjoy it.



Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Love, Richard

Just in time for Valentine's Day a new  photo of Richard has been released, which I think is nice of Richard and the photographer. He has a peek-a-boo of lovely chest hair showing and his pose reminds me of a pose I think Alexander Skarsgard would try and that is why I think Richard would make a good vampire. I've already heard from a friend on twitter saying 'No' a few times on that subject manner. But Richard biting your neck or maybe just below on the shoulder, I don't know about y'all but for me... Oh Man! But then I'm an Aries and the neck and above is supposed to be the most erogenous zone for us, so I've read. But Richard? Yeah, well, I think he does something for all of us. *SIGH*

Happy Valentine's Day:


Saturday, February 9, 2013

A Lucas Gift

   This Lucas North gif came my way yesterday on Tumblr via Morrighan's Muse . With the first one and maybe even the second one, I thought Richard has such a nice smile and then I got to the third gif. Then my thought was Holy F S (put in a blank for the "F" and "S") that smile, OMGuy! That last one, still squeeing and thudding over it. And it's not just Lucas' mouth with a wonderful smile it's his eyes too. A friend on Twitter was nice enough to ask if I wanted to know if I wanted to know what the question Lucas asked and naturally I said...Yes.And so for those that were like me here and wants to know here is the answer...Lucas & Ros are setting up a fake bomb. Lucas says "so ...what are you best at? The real thing or faking it?" If I wouldn't get flustered I would hope to say "Wouldn't you like to know?"








Thursday, February 7, 2013

Phillipa Langley BBC Radio Leicester Interview on Richard III

 The screenwriter, Phillipa Langley, who essentially launched the search for Richard III remain,s did an interview with BBC Radio Leicester. It was first put up on line by Richard Armitage Central with a snippet but I was able to hear the interview in it's entirety on King Richard Armitage site.  When the interview first started I thought that the inter viewer was our Richard because he too also has a baritone voice. Very lovely to listen too.


Tuesday, February 5, 2013

And the Winner is... Richard III




  News came out Monday morning, February 4 2012, that the skeleton found under the carpark in Leicester is in fact those of Richard III. After 6 months of waiting DNA test results came in late Sunday night with the news that, most of us pretty much expected, that Richard III had been found.


Richard III from the University of Leicester


  Looking at this photo gives me nothing but sympathy for King Richard III. Not only would have one shoulder been jacked-up to the sky because of scoliosis, but left untreated, and in his time that would have been the case, a hunchback, properly known as kyphosis. I imagine he must suffered terrible back pain plus difficulty in breathing because sever scoliosis can affect the lung capacity and the heart because in severe cases the ribcage would push hard against these organs and increasing the chances of pneumonia and heart failure. So with no treatment at that time in history  for his affliction his life span was already shortened. Also,the spinal curve also stunted his growth because he would have been around 5'8" but was considerably shorter.

  So because of this Richard III apparently lived life to is fullest, which did include him stealing the throne, but he wasn't the first to do so, and had his nephews, as children, declared illegitimate and thrown in the Tower of London where they died.Had former friends executed, but that is what happens when you lead an unsuccessful revolt against your king.

  Before the children's death, however, Richard was a popular ruler, but when the boys died on his watch the popularity tide started to turn towards Henry, Earl of Richmond, who would become Henry VII, head of the rival house, the House of Lancaster and the first monarch of the House of Tudor. So in order to seize upon the momentum of popularity Henry Tudor landed in his birthplace of Pembrokeshire,Wales on his way to see to it that Richard III died at the Battle of Bosworth Field so he could claim the throne.



 As is known this mission that Henry VI was successful in the battle for Richard III was killed on August 22, 1485 from one of two fatal injuries to the skull, according to a written statement from the University of Leicester. One of the wounds came from a sword and the other one came from a halberd, a two-handed pole weapon with what looks like an axe in it. "One was a "slice" removing a flap of bone" and "the other was caused by a bladed weapon which went through and hit the opposite side of the skull - a depth of more than 10 cm (4 ins)."  In addition to these two wounds, there were six other wounds to the head were so violent that King Richard lost his helmet in battle . In addition to these wounds King Richard suffered"humiliation wounds" as well and it seems, luckily, that he suffered these wounds after he was killed. As if this kind of humiliation wasn't bad enough , he was stripped naked and laid over a horse to show the people of Leicester that Richard III was dead before being buried at Greyfriars Church in Leicester. This made Richard III the last king of England to be killed in battle.

  After his burial at Greyfriars Church Henry VII had a marble and alabaster monument erected to Richard in 1495. According to a discredited tradition, during the Dissolution of Monasteries (when Henry VIII decided he wanted to be the religious ruler of England and all her lands at the time) Richard III's body was thrown into the River Soar, even though it has been suggested that the marble stone could still be seen as late as 1612, in a garden site of Greyfriars. But because of 400 years of development the burial site of Richard III and the garden were lost...until last year.

  On August 24,2012 it was announced by the University of Leicester and the Leicester City Council in conjunction with the Richard III Society that they were going to begin looking for the king's remains. The experts from the University of Leicester Archeological services then set out not only to find the remains of Richard III, but also to find Greyfriars Church because it had been destroyed by Henry VIII's forces during the Dissolution of Monasteries. They compared fixed points on a map with historical sequence, the searchers located the foundation of Greyfriars Church on September 5, 2012 under a parking lot/car park. Two days later, on September 7, 2012, an announcement was made that skeletal remains had been found in the car park under what had been the area of the Church's choir. On September 12 it was announced that the skeleton might be that of Richard III.

The small black dot shows where Richard III was found. The pink outline is Greyfriars Church superimposed over a map of the modern area.



So, a male descendant of Richard III's sister, Anne St. Leger, was found in Canada and  a DNA swab was taken and then the world (to an extent) waited. The results finally came in late on Sunday night February 3, 2013 and it was then announced the following morning that the skeleton was indeed that of Richard III.


  So now we have the long lost King Richard III of England. But what did he look like? We know this is what he looked like when he was found:



But what did he look like alive? This was something that forensic anthropology could work on using craniofacial identification. So Professor Caroline Wilkinson, who is a professor of craniofacial identification, of the University of Dundee analyzed the skull not using the portrait of Richard III, but went on as unknown dead person. This was done by making a 3-D digital bust that when completed, was then replicated in plastic using a rapid prototyping system. That was then painted, prosthetic eyes added and then dressed with a wig, hat and clothing. It was around this time that the portrait of Richard III was used as a guidance.





  So now we have Richard III. May the truth good and bad be known about him.






       

Tuchus Tuesday #9

  In honor of the news of the the release date for The Hobbit to come into our homes I thought this tuchus picture of Richard signing autographs at the BAFTA Awards. And I just noticed his shoe has a buckle  on the heel. Could that be a little bit of Guy of Gisborne making an appearance?



The Hobbit is Coming! The Hobbit is Coming! Release Date for The Hobbit 3-D

Announced today that Warner Home Video has given March 19, 2013 as the release date for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Blue-ray 3-D, Blue-ray and DVD. There is also a combo pack that will contain  Blu-ray 3-D, Blue-ray, DVD and UltraViolet for The Hobbits home video debut. The combo pack will be presented in 2.4:1 1080pvideo and 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Warner Bros. usually do not include extra surround channels, but this release is a special occasion.

  For bonus features, Warner Bros. is including bonus features including 10 video blogs as well as some other nice extras to extend the experience beyond the feature film. They are

- New Zealand: Home of Middle Earth
-Video Blogs
   * Start of Production
   * Location Scouting
   * Shooting Block One
   * Filming in 3-D
   * Location Part 1
   * Location Part 2
   * Stone St. Studios Tour
   * Wrap of Principal Photography
   * Post-production Overview
   *Wellington World Premiere

- Theatrical Trailers
   * Dwarves (Hello Thorin)
   * Letter Opener
   * Bilbo Contract
   * Gandalf Wagers
   * Gollum Path


- Game Trailers
   * The Hobbit: Kingdom of Middle Earth
   *Guardians of Middle Earth
   * Lego The Lord of the Rings



As of yet Amazon does not have a pre-order set for The Hobbit Blue- ray and Blue-ray 3-D. But the covers have been released. My only problem is that Thorin is not prominently displayed on the covers. I guess I should be glad he was even included on one of the covers.




 

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Richard III Update





  the Tudor Tutor posted on her site with news that BBC Leicester will carry live the results of the DNA of the skeleton that was found in the carpark tomorrow  at 10:00 GMT (Greenwich Means Time), which here in the States it will be 4:00 in the morning my time. If you have trouble converting your local time to GMT here is a conversion chart with each time zone and if you're in the military, Bless Your Heart,you should just know to use military time because it is the same as GMT.

http://www.spectrum-research.com/gmt-time-zone/



Saturday, February 2, 2013

Richard Armitage Has Been Lined Up for Richard III



  Pardon my French... Hot Damn! Richard is closer to making his dream a reality by portraying Richard III! Coming from RichardArmitage Net on Twitter from the HeraldScotland, Phillipa Langley, who is the secretary of the Scottish branch of the Richard III Society has persuaded our favorite dwarf king to portray the real life king for which he was named, Richard III.

  Not only has ms. Langley persuaded our Richard to act in the movie, but she has also written a sympathetic screenplay of Richard III that shines a more favorable light upon him. Most of what has been portrayed as Richard III as basically the Hunchback of England is pretty much Tudor propaganda to give them a good reason to have killed Richard III. Now all that is needed is of course financial backing and I guess from the money that can be gathered will determine if the Richard III project will be made for the big screen or a mini-series. Either way I just hope it will make it to the States and that a vast majority will be able to see it. If it's for television, Are you listening PBS?

  By the way, there is going to be a press conference Monday to announce the results of the genetic testing of the skeleton found in the car park in Leicester that is believed to be Richard III.




Friday, February 1, 2013

Late Tuchus Tuesday #8

  It's been one of those weeks when I feel like I just don't have the energy to do to much of anything and sadly Tuchus Tuesday fell into that category. So please let me make it up to you by giving a Friday edition of Tuchus Tuesday.

Say Hello to Precious! 


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