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you've moved into the realms of sarcasm, which dosen't suit anyone here
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Oh, I'm sure I'm not the only one here who loves sarcasm. But if it bugs you that much I suppose I could cut back a bit.
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I stated 'as much as possible'
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Yes, and the Merry/WK incident is not possible, just as the illustrations I gave.
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You would rather Merry did NOT help defeat the witch king because PJ hadn't explained about the sword of westernesse??
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Possibly. I rather would've seen TWK killed by a stray arrow than doing what he did- fall to his knees and wait to be stabbed in the face. I cannot stress enough how totally stupid his movie death was. Eowyn's cool line and her big "Aargh!!" as she stabs him doesn't make up for it.
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You can't take things explained in the book, that weren't shown in the movie, and say "it doesn't work in the movie." If you want to explain how something doesn't work in the movie, then stay within the movie's context.
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Nice to see that point made, Boro. You are exactly right! You can't say that a movie scene works unless it works entirely within the movie itself, with no supplemental information from outside sources.
Within the movie we have these facts-
1) TWK is very powerful
2) Merry's sword is ordinary
3) Merry stabs TWK in the leg
4) TWK falls to his knees and takes no action to stop himself from being stabbed
Doesn't work. No way.