I cannot for the life of me recall who points this out but someone mentions the interesting parallels beteen Theoden and Denethor...both old men who have lost their sons and see the alternatives, Eomer in Theoden's case and Faramir in Denethor's, as poor substitutes. Interesting analogy.
But on another note entirely. That bloke from WETA could bore professionally for New Zealand. Pity it isn't an Olympic sport. I hear ONE more sentence about hobbit feet and I swear to God I'll eat my mac
