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doug*platypus · 01-11-2003, 11:27 PM

Good point, Spaceman Spiff, I never thought about how Faramir gets across in the book before. I seem to recall him mentioning watchers near the river with boats. Surely a march north to Cair Andros would have wasted too much of his precious time? Of course, I don't know exactly where Henneth Annûn was in Ithilien.<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> You are a menace and can't be trusted with that thing! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Oh, man, great post Lily! I look forward to plenty more like it.<P>As for the Sam Speech... what ever happened to subtlety?!?! Tolkien manages to get across all these and many more messages without resorting to that favourite Hollywood gimmick, the "cheesy speech". I don't think the scriptwriters give their audience enough credit, here and basically all over the films.

01-11-2003, 11:27 PM	#1
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Good point, Spaceman Spiff, I never thought about how Faramir gets across in the book before. I seem to recall him mentioning watchers near the river with boats. Surely a march north to Cair Andros would have wasted too much of his precious time? Of course, I don't know exactly where Henneth Annûn was in Ithilien.<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> You are a menace and can't be trusted with that thing! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Oh, man, great post Lily! I look forward to plenty more like it.<P>As for the Sam Speech... what ever happened to subtlety?!?! Tolkien manages to get across all these and many more messages without resorting to that favourite Hollywood gimmick, the "cheesy speech". I don't think the scriptwriters give their audience enough credit, here and basically all over the films. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.