Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule u-Ian Mckelen waphawula kahle iminyaka engamashumi amabili selokhu wajoyina ukwenza lokho okusethiwe "INkosi Yezindandatho". Ngokuhlonipha usuku olukhumbulekayo, wahlanganyela nabalandeli be-franchise ngedayari yomuntu, eyayiholele ekuhambeni kwakhe okuhle ngaphansi kobuholi bukaPeter Jackson.
Eminyakeni engu-20 edlule ngafika eNew Zealand ekudutshulweni kwe- "Nkosi yezindandatho". Ngijoyine iqembu lefilimu ngoJanuwari 10, 2000. Kuzona kulokhu ngalesi sikhathi, ngahola lo magazini, obizwa ngokuthi iBlogi manje. Ungathanda ukufunda ngalezo zikhathi ezisheshayo,
- Umlingisi othunyelwe ku-Twitter.
Ngokusho kwesixhumanisi esishiywe nguMckelen embikweni, wonke umuntu angazijwayela okufakiwe okungu-16 ukuthi ayelalele kanjani, njengoba kwenziwa i-gandalf yesikhathi esizayo ngokuchazwa kwabalandeli bakhe, Kulahla i-Rivendell, futhi cishe okuningi.
OCTOBER 14, 1999:
Ngakho-ke, loluhambo lwaqala ngaphandle kwami. NgoMsombuluko, ngo-Okthoba 11, u-Elija Wood nabanye abafana babuthana eHobbiton. Futhi, njengoba ngizwa, baziphatha kahle.
Umgwaqo oya mordor
JANUARY 25, 2000:
ENew Zealand, ngizizwa ngisekhaya. Kuze kube manje besuka eNgilandi, kodwa ulimi kuyafana, ungakwazi ukuthenga ushokoledi efanayo Marmite futhi-Cardbury, phezu eyiphepha Queen, futhi i-athikili yeliphephabhuku lwabesifazane kwanjalo ngesonto mayelana nehlazo emhlabeni-Prince Edward.
Novemba 27, 2001:
Yini okufanele ngikutshele yona ngo "ndodana yendandatho", engivele ngabheka? Vele, kungaphansi kakhulu kunalokho ongathanda. Esingeniso sokwethulwa, izwi lowesifazane lizwakala (liyacabanga, libenzi), ongenisa isibukeli ezweni laseMeditherane, kube sengathi uPeter Jackson ukulethe ngesandla futhi wahola yena uqobo lapho. Lolu hambo luthathe amahora ama-2 imizuzu engama-45, yize kwakubonakala kimi ukuthi aluzange lube ngaphezulu kwehora, lalijabulisa kakhulu.