The Way Matt Sees It

THE PURPOSE OF THIS INFOGRAPHIC With Amazon's new show in the works, tentatively titled, "LOTR On Prime", you might be wondering what the show will be about. What content is available for them to use? Where are they getting this from? Will characters from the Lord of the Rings films be in it? This timeline was created to answer and visualize many of these questions, designed with the casual fan in mind. It is an infographic illustrating almost everything that takes place in The Second Age, which is when the show will take place (we say "almost" because, inevitably, there's always something else that could be included). WHAT IF I ONLY KNOW THE MOVIES? The Lord of the Rings takes place during the Third Age of the world. While this is certainly the most iconic story that J.R.R. Tolkien ever wrote, he also built an extensive world beyond that of The War of the Ring. The Amazon Prime show will take place primarily during The Second Age, which many events go on t

It's become tradition at Christmas time that I make a calendar of photos I've taken in NYC with my DSLR camera. Unfortunately due to COVID-19, I only visited the city a handful of times this year and didn't go taking pictures (besides a few quick shots with my iPhone). So for this year's calendar, I took some of my favorite past photos to create my NYC 2021 calendar. COVER IMAGE - Columbus Ave, Broadway & The Lincoln Performing Arts Center Okay so for this first cover image, it's actually a panoramic photo I took with my iPhone 7 (it's the one  exception I made to the DSLR rule, at the behest of others). This view is from The Empire Hotel which we visited for my sister's birthday in 2018. It's a gorgeous view of New York, and you can see the Lincoln Performing Arts Center to the left. JANUARY - Atlas, Rockefeller Center This grand statue with the building towering behind it is an iconic location in NYC, and has appeared in multiple films. I took this