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arianrod · 07-02-2003, 10:10 PM

I'm sorry if this is old news to some of you, or if a thread has already been made on this, but I couldn't find one. As I was looking through a gallery of RotK pics, I came across <A HREF="http://www.ninecompanions.net/gallery_pics/rotkpics/rotk_fellowship_1.jpg" TARGET=_blank>THIS PIC</A> that had the three hunters (Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli), Gandalf, and Theoden standing in the Golden Hall in Edoras. I didn't think too much of it, until I saw Merry and Pippin in the lower left courner. Is it just me, or are they not supposed to be there?<P>According to the book, Theoden's company traveled from Isengard with the two hobbits and stopped for the night at the hill of Dol Baran on the river Isen. During the stop, Pippin took and used the Palantír. Gandalf woke up and took him immediatly to Minas Tirith, leaving Merry behind to go on with Theoden. Pippin doesn't see Edoras until the Ring is destroyed and the hobbits begin their travel back to the Shire. This picture can't be from then because Theoden is present. Unless PJ cast the plot completely out the window, Theoden would be dead by the time Pippin passed through Rohan.<P>What, then, does this picture mean? In my opinion, it means that Pippin's Palantír scene was pitched and left on the cutting room floor. I hope you all weren't holding your breath for it, but I know I was certainly looking forward to it. However, it could also mean that Pip used the stone, but Gandalf decided not to take him to Minas Tirith right away (despite the Nazgûl flying and screaming above them). Or it could mean something completely different. Any thoughts?<p>[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: arianrod ]

07-02-2003, 10:10 PM	#1
arianrod Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wandering Hobbiton, smiling at the hobbits & trying to sell them vacuum cleaners Posts: 215	Merry and Pippin in Edoras? I'm sorry if this is old news to some of you, or if a thread has already been made on this, but I couldn't find one. As I was looking through a gallery of RotK pics, I came across <A HREF="http://www.ninecompanions.net/gallery_pics/rotkpics/rotk_fellowship_1.jpg" TARGET=_blank>THIS PIC</A> that had the three hunters (Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli), Gandalf, and Theoden standing in the Golden Hall in Edoras. I didn't think too much of it, until I saw Merry and Pippin in the lower left courner. Is it just me, or are they not supposed to be there?<P>According to the book, Theoden's company traveled from Isengard with the two hobbits and stopped for the night at the hill of Dol Baran on the river Isen. During the stop, Pippin took and used the Palantír. Gandalf woke up and took him immediatly to Minas Tirith, leaving Merry behind to go on with Theoden. Pippin doesn't see Edoras until the Ring is destroyed and the hobbits begin their travel back to the Shire. This picture can't be from then because Theoden is present. Unless PJ cast the plot completely out the window, Theoden would be dead by the time Pippin passed through Rohan.<P>What, then, does this picture mean? In my opinion, it means that Pippin's Palantír scene was pitched and left on the cutting room floor. I hope you all weren't holding your breath for it, but I know I was certainly looking forward to it. However, it could also mean that Pip used the stone, but Gandalf decided not to take him to Minas Tirith right away (despite the Nazgûl flying and screaming above them). Or it could mean something completely different. Any thoughts?<p>[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: arianrod ] __________________ Eenie, meanie, Samwise Gamgee, Staring after pretty Rosie, If she calls, watch him blush, then turn and leave in a rush. You want to join the Citadel... You know you do... Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King!