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Orual · 01-15-2003, 09:23 PM

Cherie, if I'm not mistaken, "Elendil" was his war cry--much like Merry and Pippin crying "The Shire!" Their swords didn't come from the Shire, but it's what they were fighting for and therefore what they said before plunging into battle. I can't recall hearing Aragorn say "Elendil"--though you're probably right, because PJ does like to toss us bones like that--but it probably didn't mean that his sword was Elendil's.<P>Though I'm certainly not arguing your main point, that it's not a huge deal. Personally, I was more aggravated by the lack of the Grishnakh scene--I dearly wanted to hear Pippin imitate Gollum. (Of course, I'd have settled for Pippin doing pretty much anything--he was really shortchanged in the movie, hardly any screentime, and I missed him...) Not everything can be kept. I would've settled for Faramir being in the movie, and maybe even Treebeard. Where were they? <P>~*~Orual~*~

01-15-2003, 09:23 PM	#22
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Cherie, if I'm not mistaken, "Elendil" was his war cry--much like Merry and Pippin crying "The Shire!" Their swords didn't come from the Shire, but it's what they were fighting for and therefore what they said before plunging into battle. I can't recall hearing Aragorn say "Elendil"--though you're probably right, because PJ does like to toss us bones like that--but it probably didn't mean that his sword was Elendil's.<P>Though I'm certainly not arguing your main point, that it's not a huge deal. Personally, I was more aggravated by the lack of the Grishnakh scene--I dearly wanted to hear Pippin imitate Gollum. (Of course, I'd have settled for Pippin doing pretty much anything--he was really shortchanged in the movie, hardly any screentime, and I missed him...) Not everything can be kept. I would've settled for Faramir being in the movie, and maybe even Treebeard. Where were they? <P>~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"