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One Axe to Rule them All · 06-30-2004, 04:27 PM

Well dang, this thread just got turned into a discussion...

Sorry guys, I digress.

Anyways, I really am wondering how they loaded giant chunks of the city's rubble onto the Trebuchets

Arwen Evenstar · 06-30-2004, 06:15 PM

Isn`t it strange how we get off topic so easily?

I have no idea, One Axe to Rule them All, but Mordor`s army were using trolls.

Sauron_the_Abhorred · 07-01-2004, 06:57 AM

Sorry for going kinda off topic here, but the "I gave hope to Men, I left none for myself." was (I'm 99% sure of this) said by Arwen to Aragorn in the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen. Thanks!

One Axe to Rule them All · 07-01-2004, 04:18 PM

Maybe it's not really stone, but some kind of lightweight substitute, like Paper Mache?
OKay, maybe not paper mache, but how about Styrofoam?

One Axe to Rule them All · 07-05-2004, 12:43 PM

The gondorians were a sneaky lot, maybe they even used adobe walls to further decieve their foes...

ElentariGreenleaf · 07-05-2004, 01:03 PM

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8. When Merry and Èowyn kill the Witch King, it starts shriveling up and makes a noize like when you pull on the sides of a balloon and release the air!

For this they won an Oscar?!?! Gotta love high-budget sound-effects!

I've only watched some of TTT EE behind the scenes beyond where the actors stop being on it, but isn't the something on there about how they did the sound effects?

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Styrofoam was belived to be in short supply in the siege. And the paper was being saved for a drastic last minute plan involving evacuating the populance on paper aeroplanes. I do think it highly possible that they used thin Wattle and Daub walls (which were suitably lowish weight and could actually cause some damage) and merely painted them to look like large lumps of rubble, so as to fool the enemy.

I believe you are correct Lammoth. It is said that the architects did not plan the building of the city well, and they even ran out of Wattle & Daub by the 5th tier of Minas Tirith. They therefore had to continue building their glorious city using parts of the lower levels that weren't in camera shot, whatever a "camera shot" is...

06-30-2004, 04:27 PM	#1
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	Well dang, this thread just got turned into a discussion... Sorry guys, I digress. Anyways, I really am wondering how they loaded giant chunks of the city's rubble onto the Trebuchets __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

07-01-2004, 06:57 AM	#3
Sauron_the_Abhorred Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ephel Duath Posts: 40	I gave hope to Men... Sorry for going kinda off topic here, but the "I gave hope to Men, I left none for myself." was (I'm 99% sure of this) said by Arwen to Aragorn in the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen. Thanks!

07-01-2004, 04:18 PM	#4
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	Maybe it's not really stone, but some kind of lightweight substitute, like Paper Mache? OKay, maybe not paper mache, but how about Styrofoam? __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

07-05-2004, 12:43 PM	#5
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	The gondorians were a sneaky lot, maybe they even used adobe walls to further decieve their foes... __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

06-30-2004, 06:15 PM	#2
Arwen Evenstar Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 131	Isn`t it strange how we get off topic so easily? I have no idea, One Axe to Rule them All, but Mordor`s army were using trolls.