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Arwen_Evenstar · 04-09-2003, 01:43 AM

Hey all, I was just wondering about something, In TTT legolas says: 'They're taking the hobbits north east' or something along those lines, but i was wondering if that was correct, because wouldnt that mean that Aragorn and Leggy and Gimli would have had to pass through the gap of rohan and be on the other side of the mountains for them to heading north-EAST to Isengard? Ive made movie geography mistakes before so im probobly wrong but...i just need clarification. Okie dokie...cya! [ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: Arwen_Evenstar ]

Meela · 04-09-2003, 07:36 AM

It is a bit wonky... they entered Rohan from... the North/North East... it should have been North West... I may be mistaken.

Meela · 04-09-2003, 07:39 AM

Yeh, I checked a map. They were waaaay east of Isengard, meaning that the Uruks were travelling west. Unless the compass points had changed... which i doubt.For the Uruks to turn north east, Ara, Leg, and dwarf-boy would have to be west of the misty mountains, rather than the east side.

mollecon · 04-09-2003, 10:13 AM

Yeah I noticed that mistake the first time I saw TTT - & it is a mistake, no doubt about it. He should have said North-West.. (unless, of course, you think the party of Uruks had gone too far & needed to turn around )

HCIsland · 04-09-2003, 10:37 AM

I've argued about changes and "mistakes" but there is no arguing this one. North-west I would have bought, but north-east, that is a mistake.I wonder if they could overdub it for the DVD?H.C.[ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: HCIsland ]

Manwe Sulimo · 04-09-2003, 02:17 PM

Don't get too mad; the editors had something like 1000 hours of footage to check.

Arvedui III · 04-09-2003, 05:58 PM

Maybe north-east just sounds better, but I agree with Manwe Sulimo that the editors probibly just had too much of Helm's Deep and Aragorn's dream sequences to deal with, plus Gollum.

Carorëiel · 04-09-2003, 06:09 PM

Sorry--somebody should have caught it. With so many of the people working on the movie being fans of the book, it's weird to me that no one noticed it. I mean, look how many of us did.As a bit of a perfectionist myself (it's annoying even to me ) this is the kind of thing that would drive me nuts had I been a part of the movie. It's like that silly typo (ie "hte" instead of "the") in the 100 page draft you swear you've checked a zillion times.

Manwe Sulimo · 04-10-2003, 03:29 PM

We only caught it 'cause it was the only thing that slipped out.

04-09-2003, 01:43 AM	#1
Arwen_Evenstar Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 206	North East Hey all,<BR>I was just wondering about something, In TTT legolas says: 'They're taking the hobbits north east' or something along those lines, but i was wondering if that was correct, because wouldnt that mean that Aragorn and Leggy and Gimli would have had to pass through the gap of rohan and be on the other side of the mountains for them to heading north-EAST to Isengard? Ive made movie geography mistakes before so im probobly wrong but...i just need clarification. Okie dokie...cya! <p>[ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: Arwen_Evenstar ] __________________ 'I am Agarwaen, Son of Úmarth...'-Túrin Turambar. Arwen_Evenstar

04-09-2003, 07:36 AM	#2
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	It is a bit wonky... they entered Rohan from... the North/North East... it should have been North West... I may be mistaken. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

04-09-2003, 07:39 AM	#3
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	Yeh, I checked a map. They were waaaay east of Isengard, meaning that the Uruks were travelling west. Unless the compass points had changed... which i doubt.<P>For the Uruks to turn north east, Ara, Leg, and dwarf-boy would have to be west of the misty mountains, rather than the east side. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

04-09-2003, 10:13 AM	#4
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	Yeah I noticed that mistake the first time I saw TTT - & it <I>is</I> a mistake, no doubt about it. He should have said North-West.. (unless, of course, you think the party of Uruks had gone too far & needed to turn around )

04-09-2003, 10:37 AM	#5
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	I've argued about changes and "mistakes" but there is no arguing this one. North-west I would have bought, but north-east, that is a mistake.<P>I wonder if they could overdub it for the DVD?<P>H.C.<p>[ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: HCIsland ] __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor

04-09-2003, 02:17 PM	#6
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	Don't get too mad; the editors had something like 1000 hours of footage to check. __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

04-09-2003, 05:58 PM	#7
Arvedui III Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In Rohan, with Carolina on my mind Posts: 629	Maybe north-east just sounds better, but I agree with Manwe Sulimo that the editors probibly just had too much of Helm's Deep and Aragorn's dream sequences to deal with, plus Gollum. __________________ I have no idea what you just said, but I'm inspired!

04-09-2003, 06:09 PM	#8
Carorëiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tennessee Posts: 54	Sorry--somebody should have caught it. With so many of the people working on the movie being fans of the book, it's weird to me that no one noticed it. I mean, look how many of us did.<P>As a bit of a perfectionist myself (it's annoying even to me ) this is the kind of thing that would drive me nuts had I been a part of the movie. It's like that silly typo (ie "hte" instead of "the") in the 100 page draft you swear you've checked a zillion times. __________________ "Art is our way of keeping track of what we know and have known, secretly, from the beginning."--John Gardner

04-10-2003, 03:29 PM	#9
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	We only caught it 'cause it was the only thing that slipped out. __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."