Cheering For Shane!

(last updated Jan. 22, 2003)

First of all, many thanks and congratulations to everyone involved in the making of the Lord of the Rings movies!

I'm singling out Shane McEwan simply because he's Rosie's Cute Weta Guy. :-) The following are those who cheered or clapped when Shane's name came up in the Weta Digital credits at the end of The Two Towers (he's listed as Systems Manager, left-hand column, tech credits section), in the order that I received their news.

Navah, in New York City, USA

Vendela, in Helsinki, Finland

Emily, Sam, Dorothy, Laila, Alexis, Melissa and Nelle in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

Corey and Aubrey in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Melanie & friends at Filmstaden in Uppsala, Sweden
(said some others clapped in the theatre as well)

RoseErin in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

Debbie, Jeff, Parki, and David in Toronto, ON, Canada
(Here's my line report, saw/cheered again with my sister Ruth)

James in South Florida, USA
(saw the movie & cheered Shane three times, third time with Jennifer)

Clare, Ali, and Sammy in Gerrads Cross, in England
(also cheered for Evan)

Kevin in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Helen and Ashley in Christchurch, New Zealand

Elan from Chicago, IL, USA

Nadine, Susanne, Rebekka, Lauritz and Fabian from Fribourg, Switzerland
"When Shane's name came up, the theatre had almost emptied, so it was a bit surreal, but we cheered anyway!"

Starla and friend from Reno, Nevada, USA
"Gollum was adorable!!!!!! *Claps once again for Shane!*"

Tricia, Kyle, Lara, and Brigit in McHenry, IL, USA
"My friends and I clapped for Shane... *swoons*"

Laurie in Dallas, TX, USA
"I clapped...and clapped...and clapped :)"

John A. in Atlanta, GA, USA
(said about 8-12 other people were cheering in the theatre as well)

Magalie and Serge in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
(Saw it in French at the midnight showing, cheered, will cheer again when they see it in English in Quebec city with six friends)

Eric from Rockford, Illinois, USA
(saw movie twice by end of Dec. 18, cheered both times)

Carl and Barbara from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Michelle & Michael of Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA

Marie in Kirkenes, Norway

Res in Bellingham, WA, USA

Setenay from New York, NY, USA

Julia in Arlington, Virginia, USA

Elizabeth and Emma from Leicester, England

Annie-Marie in Manchester, England

JohnO at Century Union Landing, Union City, CA, USA
(said others were cheering in the theatre as well)

Stefan and Guido in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Kimmie in Fort Worth, TX, USA

David, Erin, Ted, Mark and Emily from Minneapolis, MN, USA
"You can add John and Nate to the list since we're going tomorrow and will also be cheering!!!"

Set in ??

RDI and Abigor in Toronto, ON Canada

Anna and husband in Cranford, NJ, USA

Kay in Los Angeles, CA

Ali and friends in the Hereford, Midlands, England
"Had an amazing time at the movie! my 2 friends dont go on waitingforfrodo.com so i told them we all had 2 cheer 4 shane. at the end one of my friends wanted 2 go so she was waitin by the door but me and Lizzy insisted me stay. he were a bit hyper by then and were totally peein ourselves at nuthin in particular. wen the cast credits were over we were lookin carefully but they were goin so fast..... we watched 4 ages but then lizzy was like we must hav missed him so lets just cheer now so we just cheered 4 every1. then we were about 2 leave wen suddenly we both went THERE HE IS!!!!!!!! and we both went mental!!!!!! we jumped up and down clapping and cheering and shouting 'GO SHANE GO SHANE!!!!!' there were only a few people and some cinema staff there and they gave us very strange looks! we werent embarassed tho coz i hav a habit of doin strange things in public so we r used 2 gettin stared at. just thought i'd share that with u and tell u i had an amazin time!!!!!!"

Relisys and Clare in Norwich, England

Caitlin in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
"I got out of school and drove straight to the theater, where I sat down and desperately tried to finish reading the book before the movie started. I sat spellbound through the entire three hours, and gave Shane a little round of enthusiastic applause, all by my lonesome self. I'm going back sometime this weekend with my friends, and i'm going to make sure that everyone cheers with me."

Lara and friends in Illinois, USA

Kevin in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
(Saw the movie twice, cheered twice! Heard someone else clapping at the same time at one of the showings)

Katarina in Stockholm, Sweden
"Sure, I stayed to the bitter end of the credits, and I cheered and clapped!! Though I was virtually alone in the movie theatre by that time. I had warned my company that I was going to behave a bit weird... :-)"

Eowyn in Northampton, England

Rowan West from West Jordan, UT, USA
"I cheered for Shane & can't wait to see it again, but Mom & Dad say, "Not until after Christmas!" Sigh..."

"Mrs. Frodo" from Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

Beth in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Galsan in Alberta, Canada
Here's a photo of Galsan and friends dressed up at the premiere

Amanda and Michelle in Illinois, USA
(Dressed up in costume and were first in line at the Woodstock Theater.) "Michelle and I pulled out the sign we had made the night before, which said: 'Line starts here! Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.' It was followed by the pic of Sam sitting by his sign with Pippin and the adress www.waitingforfrodo.com and Rosie's pic. We taped it to the door of the theater ans stood outsid in the wind as it started raining and people started arriving. A bunch of people were interested in the sign, so of course we told them all about Waiting for Frodo! We called ourselves the offical WFF delegates to Woodstock, IL....(hope you don't mind!) We also had Go Weta and We Love You Shane posters. We got many looks, dressed up as elves, but hey, they were just jealous!"

Kelin in Dublin, California, USA

Meg and 20 friends in Redwood City, CA, USA

Dave in Memphis, TN
"I clapped & cheered for Shane, but my wife Stephanie was too embarrassed to! :) She DID help me by pointing out his name, though!"

Peter in Ashleigh, Florida USA
"hey,just wanted to let ya know that i cheered for Shane in the credits :D all the theatre people were standing there waiting for me and my dad to go out..........its not often that you see an 11year old clapping and cheering at the credits"

Kaydee, Lydia, and Tash in New York, NY, USA

Mylene and Friday Friends in San Diego, CA
"Aaaack! I had a panic attack at the end because I couldn't remember Shane's last name. I remembered the hints that you gave out, but, we were there at the end waiting and waiting and waiting. When we decided to finally leave, reluctantly, it was at that moment that we did see Shane's name, but, we were still unsure, so, 'Oh, there's a Shane, maybe that's him! Yay! We think we found him.'"

Stacy and Jeanine in Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Tilman in Mühlheim, Germany
"Very much to the confusion of my friends, I stood up at the end of the movie when the name of Shane McEwan was shown during the credits and cheered and applauded. Until today they didn't find out why ;-)"

Amber in Atoka, Oklahoma, USA
"I made my mom wait til the end credits so I could clap. Then when I started clapping for Shane, everyone else did. Though I think it was for the movie but still it was good."

Lyanne in Ancaster, ON, Canada
"I tried to cheer for Shane when I went to The Two Towers in Ancaster (ON). The problem was, I'd forgotten his last name. So I made my friends sit through to the very end of the credits, while I clapped and cheered for every Shane. I think there were only three. Still, we were the last people to leave the theatre, and I think the movie theatre staff thought I was a little weird."

Shannon, Marilyn, Frank, other Frank, and Daniel from New Mexico, USA
"We're in New Mexico and we clapped and cheered for Shane. Actually, we were clapping all through the credits!  :)"

Kathryn at Raleigh, North Carolina

Susan in Maui, Hawaii
"It was a very quiet crowd, I was the only one who cheered when the movie started, I was the only one who cheered when Gandalf appeared, I was the only one who stayed to the very end and cheered for Shane!!! My two brothers and two sisters just got here yesterday from the mainland for a holiday visit, so we're all going Saturday to see the movie, and we'll all cheer like crazy!!"

Angela from Arizona, USA

Ariel from Twin Lakes, Michigan, USA
(11 years old, says she dressed up as Arwen on Hallowe'en) "I was the last one in the theater and stayed through the whole credits. When I saw WETA I clapped and cheered!"

Matt, Pat and their parents from Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Kirsten, from Mountain View, CA, USA

Ashley from NH, Indiana, USA
"I was like the last person in the theatre, besides the clean up crew personnel..then I yelled GO SHANE, WOO HOO! Really loud, and they looked at me funny, and I just laughed. Well, I have to go, but I'll cheer when I see it again next week. :)"

Luisa, Ronnie, and Reid in Scarborough, ON, Canada

Ian, Vicky and Heather in Etobicoke, ON, Canada

Cindy in Hermitage, PA, USA

Jo in ??

Heather and friend in Columbus OH (second time!)

Martijn in the Netherlands
"I went to the early afternoon viewing last Saturday, to a small theatre in the Hague (in the Netherlands), so there weren't many people watching anyway, and especially not by the time Shane's credits came up though. Imagine my surprise when I heard someone else clap & cheer in the back of the room at the same time I did. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find that person... :-\"

Erin, Becca and Clara from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Jordan and Amanda from Santa Clara, CA, USA

Bruce from Rochester, NY, USA

Frodette from San Diego California, USA
"Of course i clapped for Shane! but couldn't find Evan in the credits. LOVED THE MOVIE!!! going to go see it tomarrow.. and the day after... and the day after........ and the day after.....etc....etc......etc!"

Jodie in Grand Rapids, MI and (again) in Muskegon, MI, USA

Ben in Toronto, ON, Canada

Robin and Kate in Toronto, ON, Canada

Sid in Houston, TX, USA

Tricia in Cincinnati, OH

Michelle, Lisa, Marci, Marci's mom, Jessica, and 10 other friends in Heber, UT, USA

Guenevere from PA

George, Janette and Sarah in Leicester Square, London, England

William in Adelaide, Australia
"I'll just say I am a huge fan of the comic strip and never want it to end :) I saw TTT twice opening day (today) as it was only just released in Australia. I live in Adelaide home of the biggest Cinema Complex in the southern hemisphere:) I made The effort to proudly clap in Both sessions I attended, unfortunatly I didn't hear anyone else but I plan of beating my record of 11 times seeing FOTR so hopefully in one of those sessions I will get some support."

Rosy and Amy in Hillsboro, Oregon (several times!)

TO Elf from Toronto, ON Canada
"a friend told me about your site and i thought cheering for shane would be another silly thing to do during the credits. my friend is a fan of ben britton who is production engineer and elf extra who has his own decipher card and action figure, so i clap for ben on her behalf, and today i clapped for shane mcewan as well."

Tim in Toronto, ON Canada

AJD in Wisconsin, USA
"Yes, I thoroughly scared my co-viewers by dressing up and staying till the end to cheer for SHANE!! WHOO HOOO!"

Angel in Ponferrada, Spain
"I am from Ponferrada, Spain, and I have seen the Two Towers three times already, and in these three times I clapped at Shane's name in the credits (Actually, I was clapping at the whole Weta crew... "The Two Towers" has been the first movie where I couldn't actually tell what was computer-generated and what's not!)"

Daniel & Melissa in Marietta, OH

Katti (AKA Skybly) from Kaarst, Germany
"I just came back from my third viewing of TTT and finally managed to spot Shane in the credits - I believe I might have been too distracted looking for another cute Weta Digital guy the other two times ;)"

Nenya and Rosie in Alberta, Canada

Jill in McDonough Ga.

Andrew in Allentown PA, USA

Bryony and friends in Canberra, Australia

Sarah and Erin and theatre staff in Thornhill, ON Canada
"the first time i saw ttt (at midnight on dec18) i didn't stay to cheer. yesterday, however, during my second viewing, i waited til his name was onscreen. my friend erin and i both cheered for shane (w00t). we were in a small local theatre, so nobody was left there waiting with us. the boys who were cleaning up asked us what the hell we were doing and once we told them, they sat with us and cheered too. for the longest time we were worried his name already passed because we couldn't read them all so quickly, then finally erin pointed out, "omg! shane mcewan, right there!!!" :D"

Gary in Maryland, USA

Dave in New York, NY, USA

Kayla H, Adam H, and Sarah M. in Auburn, AL, USA

Steve, Herman, Sheryl, and Laurel in Auburn, WA, USA

Erin & Jill in Saskatoon, Canada

Sally in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
"There were still two other people (and ushers cleaning up) in the auditorium when we made a lot of noise."

Sheilla and João in Brazil

Sarah from Québec, Canada

Beth from Sterling, Virginia

Audrée & friend from Québec, Canada

Lucas Wagner from Brazil ("GO SHANE!")

Jo_Took from Singapore
"i love your Waiting For Frodo comics! they rock and i totally love reading them! i'm a huge fan of LOTR too (Pip's my fave) and been to see TTT 8 times. each time i waited for Shane's name, much to the annoyance of the theatre people who kept giving me dirty looks, cos by the time they get to Weta Digital, the cinema's empty and the guys cant start to clean up till i leave too! made most of them jump by suddenly cheering at the sight of Shane's name and got even more dirty looks! LOL!

Marina in NY

Octavia and seven others from Okinawa, Japan
"This may seem late, but the first time The Two Towers played here was yesterday - Jan. 3rd, on the US Marines base. Unfortunately, we did not manage to spot Shane's name.... however....TODAY - we DID cheer for Shane - even though my family of 5, plus 2 friends, were the only ones left in the theater by the time his name came up! You could have warned us as to how far into the credits his name appears! :-) We will be cheering from now on... and we intend to see the movie several more times when it plays at our (Air Force) base, and also when it opens "downtown" in Japan, in late February! :-) I also want you to know that I was the first person in line (5 hours prior to movie time) and proudly wearing my "WaitingForFrodo.com" sweatshirt, which was a Christmas gift from my best friend - who I've also turned on to your strip ! I love your characters, and I can't wait to see what Sam thought of The Two Towers!"

Rosebud from Auburn, California, USA

Erin, Jessie & Jessie's brother from Coopersburg, PA

Marikay and Brian in Colorado, USA

Mallorie in Falls Church, VA (twice)

Jeanine in ???

Kate in Normal, IL, USA

Chrislea in ???
"My sister and her friend wanted to leave, but I made 'em sit through the credits and cheered for Shane! Well, they didn't cheer. They just stared at me funny, but what can you do? I love reading Waiting for Frodo (and singing along with the song!) and can't wait to see what happens next! That to scale tower of Orthanc sounds really cool, but how will Irma make it stand up straight? Ja ne!"

Heather from Philadelphia, PA
"Frodo Lives!!!! Legolas Lives!!!! Haldir....erm...uhh....*whines*"

Nyx in Wisconsin, USA

Christopher Dalley in Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Yasmine, Emily and Mary in Auckland, New Zealand
"The first time we went to see lotr it totally slipped our minds, so of ourse we went back again a couple of weeks later! I had to explain to my friends who shane was. After the movie ended we sat through the credits giggling because everyone was getting out and gave us weird looks as we showed no signs of moving... we were scared that we would miss him so we all kep our eyes on the screen and shouted out every time the word weta came on... searching the screen after some interesting minutes WE SAW SHANE!!!!!! so ofcourse we clapped and cheered and screamed go shane!!!!!! unfortunatly there was no one to give us weird looks or anything as the only person left was a cleaner... but i'm sure every one heard us outside anyway and wondered what the racket was! I'm sure we will go back and cheer again soon!"

Jill Cainey (Shane's girlfriend!) and Shane's mother (Linda) and cousin in NW Tasmania
"We all waited for Shane's name to appear and cheered loudly - much to the amusement of the other three people still in the cinema!"

Lynne in ???
"I cheered! Unfortunately, I didn't spot him until my 8th viewing, but I cheered!"

Paul in Toronto, ON, Canada

Margaret and Clark in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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