Current Events > Lord of the rings doesn't explain half the shit going on.

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If you were unfamiliar with the book..I can see why it would be hard to get into.

Also Fellowship > Return of the King > Two Towers
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Are you talking about the movie ?

I dont think thats the case if you just pay attention
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IINM, Frodo had to wait for years before Gandalf returned to the Shire after discovering the ring.
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AlCalavicci posted...

Are you talking about the movie ?

I dont think thats the case if you just pay attention

Yes the movie.

That or the first half is rushed. Like here comes Arwyn and she has magic that can call horses?. You have to take a lot is..let's explain The Wringwraiths once and then show them as spectres that pierce frodo.

I think I'm just being picky.
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St0rmFury posted...

IINM, Frodo had to wait for years before Gandalf returned to the Shire after discovering the ring.

Decades.

I like that he made the female characters stronger..Arwyn is just a bride to be. Elrond conjures the water in the book..

Stuff like Tom Bombadil wouldn't have made sense in the movie.
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Ryetoast posted...

That or the first half is rushed. Like here comes Arwyn and she has magic that can call horses?.

Well, we're already told that elves have magic powers. It's true that the movies don't explain as much as the books, but that's because the movies and the books aren't related. The only similarity is that some characters and places across them share names.
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Reminds me of the birds at the end of The Hobbit, most of my friends went (so why they didn't they use them from the beginning). I got pissed when the movie couldn't even explain it.
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Oh and it was 17 years.
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Prestoff posted...

Reminds me of the birds at the end of The Hobbit, most of my friends went (so why they didn't they use them from the beginning). I got pissed when the movie couldn't even explain it.

The Nazghuls could probably take them.

scar the 1 posted...

Oh and it was 17 years.

Been awhile.

Movies 3 hours and I'm watching the theatrical.
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Ryetoast posted...

Stuff like Tom Bombadil wouldn't have made sense in the movie.

Tom Bombadil doesn't make sense in the book
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pegusus123456 posted...

Ryetoast posted...

Stuff like Tom Bombadil wouldn't have made sense in the movie.

Tom Bombadil doesn't make sense in the book

I think he's there to explain the ring doesn't have influence on everyone..but yeah that part is weird.

Also let's take several pages describing scenery.
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Ryetoast posted...

The Nazghuls could probably take them.

It's not explained in the movies and not very well explained in the books, but essentially the biggest argument against it IMO is the Ring itself. The more powerful someone is, the more tempted they will be. This is why Hobbits are so resilient, they have no great ambitions to feed. The Eagles are very powerful and would likely be tempted by the Ring. That, and Sauron would see them coming and just shoot them.
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Man some of these miniatures have not aged well...

scar the 1 posted...

Ryetoast posted...

The Nazghuls could probably take them.

It's not explained in the movies and not very well explained in the books, but essentially the biggest argument against it IMO is the Ring itself. The more powerful someone is, the more tempted they will be. This is why Hobbits are so resilient, they have no great ambitions to feed. The Eagles are very powerful and would likely be tempted by the Ring. That, and Sauron would see them coming and just shoot them.

Interesting.
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Ryetoast posted...

Man some of these miniatures have not aged well...

scar the 1 posted...

Ryetoast posted...

The Nazghuls could probably take them.

It's not explained in the movies and not very well explained in the books, but essentially the biggest argument against it IMO is the Ring itself. The more powerful someone is, the more tempted they will be. This is why Hobbits are so resilient, they have no great ambitions to feed. The Eagles are very powerful and would likely be tempted by the Ring. That, and Sauron would see them coming and just shoot them.

Interesting.

There's that, and there's also that they're actually servants of a god with their own mission. So they're busy doing stuff. Gwaihir saved Gandalf because he was passing by and owed him a favor or something like that. They're not just Gandalf's pets at least.
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Oglaf explained it well.
Dont ride the eagles when they are hungry.
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Ryetoast posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

Ryetoast posted...

Stuff like Tom Bombadil wouldn't have made sense in the movie.

Tom Bombadil doesn't make sense in the book

I think he's there to explain the ring doesn't have influence on everyone..but yeah that part is weird.

Also let's take several pages describing scenery.

I've had a special interest in Tom Bombadil for a while there are a bunch of interesting essays about him.

this one is cool:
https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html

I personally like this one more though:
http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html
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averagejoel posted...

Ryetoast posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

Ryetoast posted...

Stuff like Tom Bombadil wouldn't have made sense in the movie.

Tom Bombadil doesn't make sense in the book

I think he's there to explain the ring doesn't have influence on everyone..but yeah that part is weird.

Also let's take several pages describing scenery.

I've had a special interest in Tom Bombadil for a while there are a bunch of interesting essays about him.

this one is cool:
https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html

I personally like this one more though:
http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html

That first one was way too much for 5:45 in the morning.

I'll read the second one later. I need to copy it to a word document because of that background.
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