[Aratlithiel]

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS!!<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>Q uestions that need answers!<P>OK - I've dealt with the changes from the book in the movies so far and have learned to live with them...although I do reserve the right to occassionally grumble over the loss of Frodo's backbone. Another subject - ANYWAY...<P>SO - the one scene in all of book that is most dear to my heart is Sam's confrontation with Shelob ('Now come, you filth!' Ooh - shivers) and his later rescue of Frodo in the Tower. I've spent admittedly WAY too much time going over the pictures available and studying them to try and assure myself that this scene will be faithful to the book and I am now truly worried. Please follow my train of thought here and assure me that I am, indeed wrong!!<P>1. If you look at this photo (bottom of page), Frodo has Sting in his hand and is still wearing his waistcoat and very obviously in Shelob's lair.<P><A HREF="http://www.kojiroabe.com/rotk/rotk01.html" TARGET=_blank>Frodo w/Phial</A><P>2. This photo shows Frodo without Sting (sheath is empty), his waistcoat or the Phial but covered in webs - however he still has the Ring (you can see the chain around his neck in the second link).<P><A HREF="http://www.warofthering.net/photos/return/imagepages/image14.htm" TARGET=_blank>Frodo Full-length</A><P><A HREF="http://www.warofthering.net/photos/return/imagepages/image14.htm" TARGET=_blank>Frodo Close-up</A><P>Now - this one that Gorwingel posted shows Frodo, no waistcoat, no Phial, presumably alone in a cave that I'm worried is NOT Shelob's lair.<P>(Sorry - I lost this link...you'll have to take my word for it.)<P>OK, here's where my nagging suspicions come in: If Frodo is wearing his waistcoat when the confrontation begins, when do you suppose he had time to remove it? Also, how does he still have the Ring around his neck AFTER he's covered in webs and awake? Book people know that Frodo is stung, appears to be dead, covered in webs, then Sam's scene and then Sam taking the Ring - so the entire time Frodo is covered in webs he should be unconscious and when he regains consciousness, he should be bereft of clothes and Ring and laying in the Tower. How can Frodo be covered in webs and AWAKE and still have the Ring? <P>Am I making sense?<P>This is leading me to believe that the fabulously written Shelob scene will be hacked unmercifully and that Frodo will not be stung or taken to the Tower by the orcs at all.<P>Can someone please, PLEASE lay my fears to rest?