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Forum: The Books
08-10-2004, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 8,218
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Well, when a nation decides to attack some other...
Well, when a nation decides to attack some other nation, they don't empty out their entire army. They just use how much they think they'll need. Gondor was weak, so Sauron just sent out enough orcs... |
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Forum: The Books
08-05-2004, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,106
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gorthaur_cruel
Tolkien's Mistakes
As flawless as Tolkien may seem to be, he has made some small mistakes in writing his books. The ones I know are merely small technical things, but they're still sort of amusing. Also, all of these... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-02-2004, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 152
Views: 69,529
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gorthaur_cruel
This...
This (http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/bakshi/bakshi.htm) is a good review of Bakshi's cartoon. |
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Forum: The Movies
07-26-2004, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 16,152
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I just saw the RotK EE trailer...u can find it at...
I just saw the RotK EE trailer...u can find it at http://www.hdr-see.de/, if you want. It's got a really bad quality, because it was video-ed by someone. So you can hear all the fans screaming during... |
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Forum: The Books
07-23-2004, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 21,015
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This is my view of what Wormtongue's work was. ...
This is my view of what Wormtongue's work was. He was to feed Theoden some poison-like things that kept him weak and frail(I was rather skeptical about the poisonous drugs, but Tolkien confirmed... |
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Forum: The Books
07-19-2004, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,012
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gorthaur_cruel
I doubt Moria was retaken. There was still...
I doubt Moria was retaken. There was still mithril around in Middle Earth, it was just really rare. Tolkien once wrote an epilogue to the Lord of the Rings, which was never published but can be found... |
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Forum: The Books
07-18-2004, 04:06 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,900
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He said that? :rolleyes: The closests quotes I...He said that? :rolleyes: The closests quotes I can think of is Aragorn saying, “The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-17-2004, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 14,733
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If they just didn't show Sauron at all, we...
If they just didn't show Sauron at all, we wouldn't have that problem. :) Even if they did show Sauron with a body, I think the non-book-readers would realise that Dark Lords are lords, not knights.... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-17-2004, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 17,238
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Hm...somehow nobody commented on the nazguls...
Hm...somehow nobody commented on the nazguls falling off the fell beasts, which was my main point. :p They turned and fled because Sauron summoned them to try to take the Ring from Frodo,... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-16-2004, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 17,238
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Nazguls vs. Eagles in the Black Gate
I was rewatching RotK, and found something rather interesting, and to me, somewhat disappointing. I don't know if anybody else noticed, but in the Battle of the Morannon, the Eagles fight the... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-16-2004, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 14,733
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Sauron was most definitely not an eyeball. I can...
Sauron was most definitely not an eyeball. I can quote many, many sources for this, but I'll quote the two main ones. This is a quote from Tolkien's letter #246, where he's talking about Sauron... |
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Forum: The Books
06-07-2004, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,668
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gorthaur_cruel
You're confusing that with the other battle the...
You're confusing that with the other battle the Valar made against Morgoth, right after the Elves awoke in Cuivienen. There, Tulkas wrestled with Morgoth, and bound him with Angainor, the chain of... |
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Forum: The Books
06-06-2004, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,668
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Sorry...by "greater evil", I meant the "evil...
Sorry...by "greater evil", I meant the "evil being who is greater", not more evil. Actually, he had written about the Valar and the Maiar, as well as balrogs and dragons before he wrote the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-08-2004, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 14,556
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I believe that if Denethor survived, Aragorn...I believe that if Denethor survived, Aragorn would still have been made king. People liked Thorongil more than Denethor, and there would be a lot of people who remember who Thorongil was, if Aragorn... |
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Forum: The Books
05-08-2004, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 28,455
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Well, if anybody wants to hear Tolkien himself...Well, if anybody wants to hear Tolkien himself recite an Elvish poem, here it is (http://media.salon.com/mp3s/tolkien2.mp3). It's this poem from LotR, in case anybody can't be bothered to find it for... |
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Forum: The Books
05-08-2004, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 11,906
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Boromir never said "Gondor". His exact words were...Boromir never said "Gondor". His exact words were I believe by "us", he doesn't mean Gondor, but rather the fighting force of Minas Tirith. He also mentions "much praise but little help".... |
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Forum: The Books
05-08-2004, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,668
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gorthaur_cruel
Dragons and BalrogsWhile I am aware that this discussion is nothing new, and has already been brought up several times, the last post on it was on 2002, unless this forum's search function missed out some. While... |
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