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.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:39 pm
by Fang-wa
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.
Which was still an awesome scene, to be sure.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:21 am
by Musical Shutterbug
LOTR is the 3rd best movie series in the world.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:22 am
by Taps
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?
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:23 am
by Trixie Belden
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?
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.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:29 pm
by bookworm
Trixie Belden wrote:congratulating themselves on how smart they are not to get sucked into some crazy mission...quest....thing.
Nice
But SoccerLOTR is right, Elrond should have just pushed Isildur in ring and all.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:26 pm
by 31899
Termite wrote:Except, for the fact, that they greatly respect Gandalf for his true endeavors and are thus willing to help.
Oh shoot, I forgot to respond to this. They also would have been eaten out of the skies of Mordor.
31899
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:21 pm
by Sherlock
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). >_>
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:25 pm
by ric
I think Imrahil was overlooked too. He wasn't that big in the books though.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:27 pm
by Dr. Watson
I'm a little miffed that Tom Bombadil didn't make it to the film.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:38 pm
by Termite
31899 wrote:
Termite wrote:Except, for the fact, that they greatly respect Gandalf for his true endeavors and are thus willing to help.
Oh shoot, I forgot to respond to this. They also would have been eaten out of the skies of Mordor.
31899
...Don't they come in and attack the Nazgul over Mount Doom?
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.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:41 pm
by ric
Dr. Watson wrote:I'm a little miffed that Tom Bombadil didn't make it to the film.
He'd be a very hard character to accurately depict. I think.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:37 am
by Laura Ingalls
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?
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:39 am
by Trixie Belden
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!
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:57 pm
by bookworm
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.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:11 pm
by Taps
That was so funny! Thank you Youtube!
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:04 pm
by SoccerLOTR
Trixie Belden wrote:
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?
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.
LOL, probably true...though I don't think Middle Earth has a Florida...
Dr. Watson wrote:I'm a little miffed that Tom Bombadil didn't make it to the film.
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!
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). >_>
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.
That LOTR part on Jeapordy was depressing. C'mon, Gandalf? AND NO ONE GUESSED MORDOR?! {sighs}
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:28 pm
by Caswin
SoccerLOTR wrote: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.
"Home"... home of the... where was that... wait; wait, hold on... the Black Land... OH WAIT-
Boopboopboop.
Re: Hobbits, Wizards, and Elves, oh my!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:49 pm
by SoccerLOTR
Caswin wrote:
SoccerLOTR wrote: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.
"Home"... home of the... where was that... wait; wait, hold on... the Black Land... OH WAIT-
Boopboopboop.
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!
