Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
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That's true. I mean, the eagles came what? 4 times in the LOTR? You'd think that they could really have saved some time by having them fly them into the crack. But then again, we wouldn't have a BOOK. The LOTR would be over with the Council of Elrond.
Which was still an awesome scene, to be sure.Trixie Belden wrote:That's true. I mean, the eagles came what? 4 times in the LOTR? You'd think that they could really have saved some time by having them fly them into the crack. But then again, we wouldn't have a BOOK. The LOTR would be over with the Council of Elrond.
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LOTR is the 3rd best movie series in the world.
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Trixie Belden wrote:That's true. I mean, the eagles came what? 4 times in the LOTR? You'd think that they could really have saved some time by having them fly them into the crack. But then again, we wouldn't have a BOOK. The LOTR would be over with the Council of Elrond.
That is very true. for pure Epicness J.R.R. Tolkien went with an epic quest. Maybe The eagles were busy What is it exactly that eagles do?
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They fly around and look majestic and rescue people on their off days. The rest of the time, Gwahier (sp?) and the others are on a beach in Florida somewhere, sipping lemonade and congratulating themselves on how smart they are not to get sucked into some crazy mission...quest....thing.thegreenringC wrote:Trixie Belden wrote:That's true. I mean, the eagles came what? 4 times in the LOTR? You'd think that they could really have saved some time by having them fly them into the crack. But then again, we wouldn't have a BOOK. The LOTR would be over with the Council of Elrond.
That is very true. for pure Epicness J.R.R. Tolkien went with an epic quest. Maybe The eagles were busy What is it exactly that eagles do?
NiceTrixie Belden wrote:congratulating themselves on how smart they are not to get sucked into some crazy mission...quest....thing.
But SoccerLOTR is right, Elrond should have just pushed Isildur in ring and all.
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Oh shoot, I forgot to respond to this. They also would have been eaten out of the skies of Mordor.Termite wrote:Except, for the fact, that they greatly respect Gandalf for his true endeavors and are thus willing to help.
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I feel obliged to note that Haldir gets painfully overlooked in the film. This is unfortunate given that he is quite possibly one of the better secondary characters.
(Though, I guess the same could be said for Galadriel as well). >_>
(Though, I guess the same could be said for Galadriel as well). >_>
I think Imrahil was overlooked too. He wasn't that big in the books though.
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I'm a little miffed that Tom Bombadil didn't make it to the film.
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...Don't they come in and attack the Nazgul over Mount Doom?31899 wrote:Oh shoot, I forgot to respond to this. They also would have been eaten out of the skies of Mordor.Termite wrote:Except, for the fact, that they greatly respect Gandalf for his true endeavors and are thus willing to help.
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And Treebeard has one of Tom's lines! IN the scene where Merry and Pippin are drinking the water, he bellows "Away with you! You should be sleeping. Dig deep; eat earth; drink water. Away with you!" It was what Tom said when the hobbits got stuck in... ah, the forest. I forget the name now. *facepalm* But the whole scene is kinda for Tom.
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He'd be a very hard character to accurately depict. I think.Dr. Watson wrote:I'm a little miffed that Tom Bombadil didn't make it to the film.
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Did anyone watch Jeopardy last night and laugh when the girl responded "What is the wizard!" when it was supposed to be Gandalf? And how no one knew Mordor?
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Oh my goodness, I can't believe I missed that! They had LOTR questions? Uggh, the ONE night I don't watch Jeopardy, and that happens to be on!
Trixie Belden wrote:Oh my goodness, I can't believe I missed that! They had LOTR questions? Uggh, the ONE night I don't watch Jeopardy, and that happens to be on!
Yay for Youtube, again
LOTR questions are at the end.
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LOL, probably true...though I don't think Middle Earth has a Florida...Trixie Belden wrote:They fly around and look majestic and rescue people on their off days. The rest of the time, Gwahier (sp?) and the others are on a beach in Florida somewhere, sipping lemonade and congratulating themselves on how smart they are not to get sucked into some crazy mission...quest....thing.thegreenringC wrote:Trixie Belden wrote:That's true. I mean, the eagles came what? 4 times in the LOTR? You'd think that they could really have saved some time by having them fly them into the crack. But then again, we wouldn't have a BOOK. The LOTR would be over with the Council of Elrond.
That is very true. for pure Epicness J.R.R. Tolkien went with an epic quest. Maybe The eagles were busy What is it exactly that eagles do?
I'm not a huge fan of Tom Bombadill...didn't really like him in the book, almost glad he wasn't in the movies! And the movie would have been WAY longer with him!Dr. Watson wrote:I'm a little miffed that Tom Bombadil didn't make it to the film.
Haldir WAS overlooked...though I understand why they did it. Kinda stinks, but at the same time, it would have been another character to introduce and develop ina limited amount of time, and it gave Arwen a bigger part.Sherlock wrote:I feel obliged to note that Haldir gets painfully overlooked in the film. This is unfortunate given that he is quite possibly one of the better secondary characters.
(Though, I guess the same could be said for Galadriel as well). >_>
That LOTR part on Jeapordy was depressing. C'mon, Gandalf? AND NO ONE GUESSED MORDOR?! {sighs}
I can understand that, really. I think the issue was the phrasing of "home of the bad guys", which could have conjured up the wrong trains of thought to answer "Mordor" in a few seconds.SoccerLOTR wrote:AND NO ONE GUESSED MORDOR?! {sighs}
"Home"... home of the... where was that... wait; wait, hold on... the Black Land... OH WAIT-
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I dunno...it was the first thing that popped into my head before the question even finished! But I am an avid LOTR fan, of course...it just depresses me that none of them were huge fans...that woulda' been the first category i would have gone for, but everyone was avoiding it like the plague!Caswin wrote:I can understand that, really. I think the issue was the phrasing of "home of the bad guys", which could have conjured up the wrong trains of thought to answer "Mordor" in a few seconds.SoccerLOTR wrote:AND NO ONE GUESSED MORDOR?! {sighs}
"Home"... home of the... where was that... wait; wait, hold on... the Black Land... OH WAIT-
Boopboopboop.
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