Minor Mistakes

[The Saucepan Man]

I would advise a search on potatoes or tobacco or even coffee, as this issue has already been the subject of a number of threads (as has the "real world" location of Middle-earth).

[Kath]

Eomer what's wrong!?! Have you been forgetting to take your pills or has the stress of avoiding lynching been gettin to you that much .

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Kath, careful! (I think you just challenged the rules)

But anyway, it appears obvious that I'm the weirdo here. Look: it's not like I'm particularly fond of the 'real world', just........o nevermind! Go back and speculate without me!

[Kath]

What are rules for but to be challenged? Nah I apologise Eomer - just don't tell anyone!

Back on topic though one thing that gets my attention every time is when Gandalf enters the Golden Hall and there is a shot of him walking towards Theoden, and it just really looks like he is wearing trainers.

[Kitanna]

I don't know if anyone else would consider this a mistake, but when Frodo first picks up the Ring Gandalf holds out the envelope and Frodo drops the Ring in. Well in less then three seconds Gandalf has the envelope sealed and the wax is dry and all ready for Frodo to hide. That has to be some sort of record.

[Nimrodel_9]

As was tobacco (aka pipeweed).

Who says it was tobacco?

I suppose we must draw the conclusion that Middle Earth was actually in the Americas.

How exciting!

When Gandalf and the others are entering the Golden Hall, Legolas is holding Gandalf's arm. In the next shot he isn't and a few seconds later, he's holding it again.

Billy Boyd pointed this out in the commentary. At Minas Tirith when you can see Gandalf smoking his pipe on the balcony, if you look behind him Pippin is in his bed. In a few seconds he is standing just behind Gandy. I wish I could get out of bed that quickly...

[Elianna]

Also Billy Boyd pointed out in the commentary that his Indiana Jones trick of getting the palantir was unscripted and he just asked if we could switch it with the pitcher, and "they just happened to have" a Hobbit scale of that pitcher. But look at the pitcher Pippin uses to pour Gandalf a glass of water in Minas Tirith. It's the same pitcher. That's why they had a Hobbit scale of it.

I guess Pippin and Gandalf decided they had already had such great times with the pitcher that they brought it with them from Edoras.