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Theron Bugtussle · 12-22-2003, 06:56 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Shy Hobbit: Frodo going over the edge was a bit remnicsent of Aragorn's tumble in TTT.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That would be the Peter Jackson "if-one-is-good-then-two-is-better" attitude, like when Aragorn died and resurrected (more or less) since Tolkien had Gandalf die and come back. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>...Gollum...should have shrivled long before submerging into the lava, that's hot stuff! And the way he just went down slowly... yikes that was disturbing.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That was an homage (in PJ's mind) to T2 (The Terminator 2). The only thing missing was Gollum/Sméagol giving the thumbs-up sign to his best buddies Sam and Frodo as he sank beneath the surface of the molten rock. * Sméagol sniffs * "We very much regret that we called you a fat, stupid hobbit, our friend, don't we, our Preciouss? And Nice Master, get some medical attention for that finger. Good bye and farewell...think better of me."

12-22-2003, 06:56 PM	#25
Theron Bugtussle Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blowing the froth off a couple in this quaint little pub in Michel Delving. Posts: 147	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><B>Shy Hobbit:</B> Frodo going over the edge was a bit remnicsent of Aragorn's tumble in TTT.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That would be the Peter Jackson "if-one-is-good-then-two-is-better" attitude, like when Aragorn died and resurrected (more or less) since Tolkien had Gandalf die and come back.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>...Gollum...should have shrivled long before submerging into the lava, that's hot stuff! And the way he just went down slowly... yikes that was disturbing.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That was an homage (in PJ's mind) to T2 (The Terminator 2). <P>The only thing missing was Gollum/Sméagol giving the thumbs-up sign to his best buddies Sam and Frodo as he sank beneath the surface of the molten rock. <P>* Sméagol sniffs * <I>"We very much regret that we called you a fat, stupid hobbit, our friend, don't we, our Preciouss? And Nice Master, get some medical attention for that finger. Good bye and farewell...think better of me."</I> __________________ For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. -Gandalf, The Two Towers