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Here are some comments from some folks who got a twenty-minute preview of RotK.<P><A HREF="http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1066104923" TARGET=_blank>OneRing</A><P><A HREF="http://www.chud.com/" TARGET=_blank>CHUD</A><P>The person at OneRing won't spill much, but the guy at CHUD is more forthcoming.<P>I know there a purists that may hate this but this discription of Faramir facing the incoming orcs sound fabulous to me.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Faramir heads out with his men to charge upon the orc army that is hanging out in the ruins of the city across the future field of battle from Gondor. Inside the great hall - at the same time - Faramir's father continues to eat a sloppy meal of meat and fruits, popping a tomato in his mouth and slobbering out half of it as his son rides to his doom. He turns and, looking at him like a slave, asks Pippin - who ended up there for some reason - to sing him a song. Pippin, feeling the weight of the situation, doesn't feel much like singing, but finally does so anyway, calling forth a tragic sounding dirge that's intercut with Faramir's attack on the orcs. As the riders near the ruins, we see first a handful of orcs rise up with their bows and arrows... <P>...but as they get closer, that "few" turns into dozens which turn into hundreds. Slowly, we realize that it's obviously a suicide mission and always has been, a charging of the cannons in the style of Glory. We watch as the orcs ready their arrows as Merry continues his sad song. As the arrows fly, Pippin seems to feel the pain of loss while the tomato-eater merely continues gorging himself.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It's stuff like this that helps me feel these films are in good hands.<P>H.C.