December 14th, 2021Oh, we'll give you an Educrated. The one Educrated...TO RULE THEM ALL!
If you can believe it, last Friday was the 20th anniversary of the London premiere of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. Twenty long years since Peter Jackson began his epic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Or course, then there's the Hobbit...
May 26th, 2020Hey, y'all, you know what time it is. New month, new theme, new Spotify playlist! This month's theme for Loot Crate and Loot Crate DX is LEGACY, so this time around is nothin' but classics! From Ghostbusters, to Lord of the Rings, to Tetris, I got a lil sumn sumn on here for everyone. I also included a couple of songs related to...
March 14th, 2019Join us as we do our best to ensure that you are fully EDUCRATED, via our YouTube channel!
Educrated is a show that dives into some of the franchises we love and would love to share with you. Through fun facts, trivia, and employee interaction, today we’ll show you why Loot Crate is as deeply nerdy as you're gonna get about...
March 8th, 2019Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Looters! We’re celebrating this fortuitous holiday by counting down the seven luckiest duos in pop culture. Four leaf clovers, horseshoes and rabbit’s feet don’t have anything on these “charmed” pairs!
Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Not only were these two the...
February 27th, 2019There are a multitude of elements that make Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings one of the most celebrated film trilogies of all time. Howard Shore's soaring score is near the top of the list.
Over the course of four decades, the Academy Award-winning Canadian composer has garnered a well-earned reputation as one of the big-screen...
April 13th, 2018If you're a movie or TV buff, you may have heard the term "MacGuffin" (alternately "McGuffin") quite a bit in discussions about your favorite titles over the years. It's a word that has taken on a life of its own with regard to how we talk about storytelling... but what is it, exactly?
The short version is: It's that thing that drives...
April 5th, 2018No, this isn’t a quiz about which Lord of the Rings character you are (we are all Gimli in our hearts), this is about memes. Dank, dank memes from a cinematic masterpiece. Let’s go on an adventure!
April 3rd, 2018There are literally tomes of awesome behind-the-scenes featurettes thanks to the massive Extended sets of The Lord of the Rings films! One of my favorites though are the ones that relay things that happened during takes that were a bit crazy for the actors to handle! Check out this awesome video featuring a handful of stories about what...
April 2nd, 2018Spring is in full swing, and plenty of awesome titles are available from the most popular streaming services – and sometimes, they even intersect with the franchises we feature!
We want to give you a round-up regularly of some of the best you can stream to compliment your loot when it arrives, so this month, get psyched with us for...
April 2nd, 2018This month, Looters will uncover #ARTIFACTS from strange worlds and distant lands with April’s Loot Crate!
To celebrate April’s EPIC Lord of the Rings loot, I whipped up a tasty treat PERFECT for “Second Breakfast” or "Afternoon Tea."
(Or… “elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner AND supper.”) Whew.
This...
March 20th, 2018We're huge fans of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and the Middle-Earth stories in general, but the films are masterpieces and introduced a lot of non-Tolkien fans to some of our favorite fantasy fiction! Since we've got Lord of the Rings in April's ARTIFACTS Crate, we wanted to get into the film's behind the scenes trivia!
1. That awesome...
November 17th, 2017The Justice League movie is finally here, one of the most anticipated films of the year that features some of DC Comics' heaviest hitters coming together for the first time on the big screen.
Only time will tell how Justice League will stand up to perennial super hero squad powerhouse The Avengers, but at the very least I know it's...
September 20th, 2017The crown is yours, so it’s time to take a tour around your #KINGDOM! Be forewarned: Your journey alongside August’s Loot Crate will bring you face to face with ancient and powerful items, strange would-be rulers, and fearsome creatures!
Looters embraced their inner “ruler” with August’s royal assortment of loot featuring...
August 15th, 2017It's truly a time to celebrate across the Loot Crate KINGDOM: After a brief hiatus, our themed Spotify playlists have returned!
Moving forward, we'll not only be sharing these out on social but also archiving them right here on The Daily Crate, so you can easily find them! Also, our own Dawn Banks will be curating these moving forward!...
August 11th, 2017Lord of the Rings is unequivocally a cinematic masterpiece full of unforgettable characters, epic battle scenes and beautiful scenery. It truly submerged you into the wonderful world J.R.R. Tolkien created.
I recall falling in love with The Shire for its charming hobbits, lush green hills and of course, the stunning architecture....
