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Originally Posted by Essex

I remember the days and fun we had 'discussing' this scene. Without doubt the most fun I've had on these forums. If ever a scene has been done to it's death it's this one!!! But hey, as you said, if PJ had not done the scene this way we wouldn't have you here to grace this forum, and the Downs wouldn't definately be a duller place! Keep it up!

Much agreed with all of that. Had you not been so 'proPJ,' I wouldn't have had to research (well, somewhat) and refine my position, and so could have left it at a few posts, but no! you just wouldn't agree that my point of view was the only correct view.

Thanks for all of your past and future posts.

Something that I forgot to mention, but isn't it interesting that Gothmog didn't see the need to post scouts atop the rise upon which the Rohirrim collect. Did he feel that the Rohirrim wouldn't come (surely Sauron saw the signal fires), or did they come by an unexpected path, like in the books?

To me Gothmog was just negligent, but that's what you get when you have major operations conducted by a mere orc chieftain...

Elladan and Elrohir, to me there's no way to 'pretty up' the fact that Gandalf sought to kill the Steward. Contrast the Gandalf here with the one in Moria who counseled against slaying Gollum.