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Knight of Gondor · 09-28-2007, 07:58 AM

If you people don't shut up about the glycogen...

Finduilas · 09-28-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Knight of Gondor

If you people don't shut up about the glycogen...

Seriously... start your own glycogen arguement thread...

alatar · 09-28-2007, 11:09 AM

One smile was all it would've taken...

Note that not one molecule of glycogen was harmed during this post.

Finduilas · 09-28-2007, 11:31 AM

That looks terrible!

But I get your point.

alatar · 09-28-2007, 11:43 AM

I agree. But I didn't have a good distortion program to make Ian smile, and so used what I had on hand to make the point.

Plus it looks somewhat like those wax lips you get around Halloween time.

Groin Redbeard · 11-24-2007, 01:37 PM

With this scene I would have liked to have seen Peter Jackson keep more to the books, or at least have Gandalf put up some sort of a fight.

Galendor · 11-25-2007, 12:44 AM

There are probably 20 or so scenes in the movies, this among them, that if redone slighly or cut out entirely, would have greatly improved the movies by better matching the books without losing much or any "mass appeal". I wish it had been done! Certainly if Tolkien himself could have been consulted and obeyed, the movies would have been greatly improved, and I think without necessarily alienating those viewers with little or no knowledge of the books, or reducing profits.

Sauron the White - regarding the glycogen use issue in the runner's muscles, if this is a concern then how do we explain Shadowfax? This horse ran at incredible speeds for very long distances, far beyond the ability of any "normal" horse. This isn't physiologically possible in the real world. If an argument is made that Gimli could not sustain his long run, then wouldn't the same argument apply to Shadowfax's performance? If not, why?

09-28-2007, 07:58 AM	#1
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	If you people don't shut up about the glycogen... __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

09-28-2007, 11:31 AM	#4
Finduilas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Home. Where rolling green hills and clear rivers are practically my backyard. Posts: 595	That looks terrible! But I get your point. __________________ One (1) book of rules and traffic regulations, which may not be bent or broken. ~ The Phantom Tollbooth

09-28-2007, 11:43 AM	#5
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	I agree. But I didn't have a good distortion program to make Ian smile, and so used what I had on hand to make the point. Plus it looks somewhat like those wax lips you get around Halloween time. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

11-24-2007, 01:37 PM	#6
Groin Redbeard Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope! Posts: 1,635	With this scene I would have liked to have seen Peter Jackson keep more to the books, or at least have Gandalf put up some sort of a fight. __________________ I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

11-25-2007, 12:44 AM	#7
Galendor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mirkwood, NC Posts: 66	There are probably 20 or so scenes in the movies, this among them, that if redone slighly or cut out entirely, would have greatly improved the movies by better matching the books without losing much or any "mass appeal". I wish it had been done! Certainly if Tolkien himself could have been consulted and obeyed, the movies would have been greatly improved, and I think without necessarily alienating those viewers with little or no knowledge of the books, or reducing profits. Sauron the White - regarding the glycogen use issue in the runner's muscles, if this is a concern then how do we explain Shadowfax? This horse ran at incredible speeds for very long distances, far beyond the ability of any "normal" horse. This isn't physiologically possible in the real world. If an argument is made that Gimli could not sustain his long run, then wouldn't the same argument apply to Shadowfax's performance? If not, why? __________________ Time is the mind, the hand that makes (fingers on harpstrings, hero-swords, the acts, the eyes of queens).