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Eol
09-05-2002, 02:14 PM
I was talking with a friend when the opening of the fellowship and something dawned on me.<P>When Merry and Pippin were in the tent with the dragon firework, how did they know that you had to "light" it first? I thought they view the fireworks were magical.<P>My question, did Pip and Merry light the dragon or was that a minor mistake?

Arwen Imladris
09-05-2002, 02:38 PM
I think that they did light it. In the movie, most of the people watching it would nkow that you had to light it, so it wouldn't make sence if it just went up. They made it seem like majic with the dragon, I don't think that even with our technology we can do that.

Eol
09-05-2002, 02:50 PM
I suppose my question is whether Pippin and Merry would think to light the firework? Here and now, we don't even think twice to know that you need to light a firework.

Mattius
09-05-2002, 02:59 PM
in the filmyou can see that gandalf uses both magic and fire to set off the fireworks. wen he first arrives in hobbington, and the lil hobbit children follow him he uses magic to set off the little birdy fireworks yet at the party he uses his staff to light them

Rose Cotton
09-08-2002, 04:01 PM
Ya, I guess we half to assume that Merry and Pippin saw Gandalf lighting a firework and decided to try it out themselves.

Donisile Of Mirkwood
09-09-2002, 09:48 AM
Gandalf lights them aswell, he just uses his staff,the thing magical about them is what happens when they explode..

Eol
09-09-2002, 10:01 AM
thank you for the clarification....