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Legolas · 11-08-2003, 10:28 AM

I think it was fairly obvious (most likely) that the orc-killing competition was actually filmed and left out of Two Towers. The silly thing (well, one out of the multitude of silly things that went on) is that they left in a bit where Legolas and Gimli are counting early on in the fight, already just shy of half-way through their numbers in the book. If it's not in the special edition, maybe they will bring it up later on.<P>I didn't like the repeated use of Gimli for comic relief (just as I didn't like some of the other written-for-movies jokes). Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli are running after a band of orcs carrying Merry/Pippin. They know they can't compete with all those orcs in a head-to-head battle. They've had little to eat, no rest, and they just keep going and going. Two of their friends have already died and it seems as if two others were released to go to their own certain deaths. They're trying to save the remaining two friends. The end of the world is imminent, and Gimli has all of this time to crack jokes? Just too much, I think.<p>[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Legolas ]

11-08-2003, 10:28 AM	#7
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	I think it was fairly obvious (most likely) that the orc-killing competition was actually filmed and left out of Two Towers. The silly thing (well, one out of the multitude of silly things that went on) is that they left in a bit where Legolas and Gimli are counting early on in the fight, already just shy of half-way through their numbers in the book. If it's not in the special edition, maybe they will bring it up later on.<P>I didn't like the repeated use of Gimli for comic relief (just as I didn't like some of the other written-for-movies jokes). Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli are running after a band of orcs carrying Merry/Pippin. They know they can't compete with all those orcs in a head-to-head battle. They've had little to eat, no rest, and they just keep going and going. Two of their friends have already died and it seems as if two others were released to go to their own certain deaths. They're trying to save the remaining two friends. The end of the world is imminent, and Gimli has all of this time to crack jokes? Just too much, I think.<p>[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Legolas ] __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.