Balrogs: Good or Terrible - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

02-17-2003, 11:59 AM

I want to know what you think about Balrogs

Lathriel · 02-17-2003, 12:04 PM

Balrogs scare the crap out of me.No wonder since they were servants of Morgoth(Silmarillion).Especially when I read lord of the Rings the first time and the fellowship was in the mines of Moria a shiver went down my spine as I read about the balrog. Balrogs also helped destroy the fair city of Gondolin. So I am happy Gandalf destroyed the last one. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Meela · 02-17-2003, 12:33 PM

i thought they were cute

eleanor_niphredil · 02-17-2003, 12:35 PM

Yeah, they are cute, right up until you have one in front of you, roaring and breathing fire, intent on making you into an XL Kebab! At that time, I think even a hobbit would scare the crap out of me!

[ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ]

Meela · 02-17-2003, 12:37 PM

lol. ok, so theyre cranky... but wouldnt we all be if we sat in a fire 24/7?

Galadrie1 · 02-17-2003, 03:09 PM

Perhaps all they need is a hug? (Of course, you'd have to wear some sort of fire proof suit to hug a Balrog.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

[ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

Finwen · 02-17-2003, 04:20 PM

I like balrogs. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I find them really scary (second only to the Ringwraiths) and fun to think up mental images of. I do feel sorry for them, being so hated and feared by everyone. They just need a hug, like everyone else. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

And, after all, without balrogs we'd never have that thrilling "Wings or no wings?" debate to ponder over, would we?

[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

the witch king · 02-17-2003, 04:53 PM

I like them, every one has a different mental picture of what they think they look like, unlike say the Nazgul.

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-17-2003, 07:46 PM

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They just need a hug, like everyone else.

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Melkor too? So, that's where the Valar got it wrong!

avarrogion · 02-17-2003, 08:42 PM

It feels so good to be back at the Downs after sometime....
The Balrog is definately a good guy...maybe it`s because i am attracted to [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] LOL

XPhial · 02-17-2003, 08:53 PM

Balrogs need prozac...nuff said

Gorwingel · 02-17-2003, 09:20 PM

I bet under all of that fire and wrath, there is a sensitive being who all they want is to find someone to love them. It is not their fault that they are terrible, it is Morgoth's fault for bossing them around.

Vardamar · 02-17-2003, 09:36 PM

Aww Balrogs are soooo cute. I want a Balrog teddy bear!! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

avarrogion · 02-17-2003, 09:59 PM

Yeah you are right Gorwingel under all that fire and ashes the Balrog is a nice person needing some company and he choose Gandalf but NO Gandalf have to defeat it...long live Balrog.
Balrog teddies anyone? *puts up a table with Balrog teddies*
[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

02-17-2003, 10:00 PM

i think they're awe-inspiring beings though more on the negative sense in that they inspire fear.balrog, i believe, refers to the fire spirits who served morgoth. it was their choice to serve morgoth that earns them my distaste. but not all fire spirits are evil.the one who carries the vessel of the sun in fact is one (the tale is told in the silmarillion), though i remember not her name. she was one of the faithful, one of those who in their integrity glorify the essence of fire [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

avarrogion · 02-17-2003, 10:04 PM

One thing thou i would pay to see Balrog vs
Sauron....ever wonder who would win? Also ever wonder if Balrogs could fly? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

obloquy · 02-18-2003, 01:59 AM

Balrogs don't 'roar'.

Faenaduial · 02-18-2003, 04:12 AM

The tale of how Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, hews down Fingon, High King of the Noldor, always makes me cry. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

the witch king · 02-18-2003, 06:40 AM

Gothmog is realy 'kool' i wish there was more info on him, id love to see Gothmog vs Sauron would be great!

lathspell · 02-18-2003, 12:18 PM

Balrog's are quite cool... to see from an airplane!

Lathriel · 02-18-2003, 03:33 PM

If the Balrog doesn't burn the airplane first!!
Holland(Nederland) would probably be the best place for a Balrog to cool of. All that rain you know. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

avarrogion · 02-18-2003, 08:03 PM

I was wondering can or cannot a Balrog fly....in the movie, PJ`s version of the Balrog was with wings...so can he fly? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

alquadae · 02-18-2003, 08:44 PM

RE: Avarrogion 17 Feb 03 @ 9:42
Balrog wings ????? Balrog wings !!!! What`s this business about Balrog wings ???? Who says Balrogs have wings ??? I just dunno,so confused.

propagandalf · 02-18-2003, 08:44 PM

they're not disgusting
like Shelob.

i think it's cool that they make Legolas very nervous.

Lady Alasse · 02-18-2003, 08:59 PM

(Yay, first post)
Balrogs are kinda cool, but man are they ugly. And they have terrible breath. Just look at the Balrog in FotR, he roars, and flames come out. He needs to lay off the hotsauce...

Shy Hobbit · 02-20-2003, 09:48 PM

I'm one of the many who first saw the movie before reading the books. When the fellowship was in Moria and you could hear the balrog coming and see his flame glowing, I was terrified! But when he actually came out all I could think was ehh he's not so bad...kinda looks like a poodle/cocker spaniel. (Maybe I'm weird for seeing that resemblance but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the film's balrog was cute [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

I was sad when he took Gandalf with him though [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

doug*platypus · 02-21-2003, 04:25 AM

Interesting to hear that, Shy, since I'm one of the many people who read the book before seeing the movies. FOTRrog was a bit disappointing, eh? They MORE than made up for that with TTTrog, though. They look so different! It's like that scene in Wayne's World where Wayne replaces the extra at the gas station because he's crap.

Bookrog (wow! cool name!) was much scarier. The anticipation was built up a lot better. And Legolas actually drops his arrow, he's so shocked. I think they'd be fun to go to a pub with, but would probably get into too many fights.

Shy Hobbit · 02-21-2003, 07:50 PM

It wasn't dissapointing, I was just suprised that he wasn't as terrifying as I thought. Now that I think about it, I watch the DVD and go: "Ohhh look, it's a poodle in a REALLY bad mood" [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

02-17-2003, 11:59 AM	#1
Gurlie Guest Posts: n/a	Balrogs: Good or Terrible I want to know what you think about Balrogs

02-17-2003, 12:04 PM	#2
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	Balrogs scare the crap out of me.No wonder since they were servants of Morgoth(Silmarillion).Especially when I read lord of the Rings the first time and the fellowship was in the mines of Moria a shiver went down my spine as I read about the balrog. Balrogs also helped destroy the fair city of Gondolin. So I am happy Gandalf destroyed the last one. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Back again

02-17-2003, 12:33 PM	#3
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	i thought they were cute __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

02-17-2003, 12:35 PM	#4
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 805	Yeah, they are cute, right up until you have one in front of you, roaring and breathing fire, intent on making you into an XL Kebab! At that time, I think even a hobbit would scare the crap out of me! [ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ] __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

02-17-2003, 12:37 PM	#5
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	lol. ok, so theyre cranky... but wouldnt we all be if we sat in a fire 24/7? __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

02-17-2003, 03:09 PM	#6
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	Perhaps all they need is a hug? (Of course, you'd have to wear some sort of fire proof suit to hug a Balrog.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) [ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ] __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

02-17-2003, 04:20 PM	#7
Finwen Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: West Yorkshire, England Posts: 37	I like balrogs. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I find them really scary (second only to the Ringwraiths) and fun to think up mental images of. I do feel sorry for them, being so hated and feared by everyone. They just need a hug, like everyone else. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And, after all, without balrogs we'd never have that thrilling "Wings or no wings?" debate to ponder over, would we? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

02-17-2003, 04:53 PM	#8
the witch king Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Minas Morgul, Morgul Vale, Mordor Posts: 201	I like them, every one has a different mental picture of what they think they look like, unlike say the Nazgul. __________________ 'Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.'~ Che Guevara.

02-17-2003, 08:42 PM	#10
avarrogion Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120	It feels so good to be back at the Downs after sometime.... The Balrog is definately a good guy...maybe it`s because i am attracted to [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] LOL __________________ I might have been a slasher but I never killed children, only real men!...A mistake cannot make right by another mistake... ~Kenshin Himura~

02-17-2003, 08:53 PM	#11
XPhial Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Here, there, and everywhere. Posts: 24	Balrogs need prozac...nuff said __________________ Must we take a life for hateful eyes to glisten once again? For we find ourselves in the same old mess singin' drunken lullabies.

02-17-2003, 09:20 PM	#12
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	I bet under all of that fire and wrath, there is a sensitive being who all they want is to find someone to love them. It is not their fault that they are terrible, it is Morgoth's fault for bossing them around. __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

02-17-2003, 09:36 PM	#13
Vardamar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right over Here!! No Here!! Yoohoo! Posts: 97	Aww Balrogs are soooo cute. I want a Balrog teddy bear!! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Strength without wisdom falls by its own weight.

02-17-2003, 09:59 PM	#14
avarrogion Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120	Yeah you are right Gorwingel under all that fire and ashes the Balrog is a nice person needing some company and he choose Gandalf but NO Gandalf have to defeat it...long live Balrog. Balrog teddies anyone? puts up a table with Balrog teddies [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ I might have been a slasher but I never killed children, only real men!...A mistake cannot make right by another mistake... ~Kenshin Himura~

02-17-2003, 10:00 PM	#15
Tinuviel Guest Posts: n/a	i think they're awe-inspiring beings though more on the negative sense in that they inspire fear.balrog, i believe, refers to the fire spirits who served morgoth. it was their choice to serve morgoth that earns them my distaste. but not all fire spirits are evil.the one who carries the vessel of the sun in fact is one (the tale is told in the silmarillion), though i remember not her name. she was one of the faithful, one of those who in their integrity glorify the essence of fire [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

02-17-2003, 10:04 PM	#16
avarrogion Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120	One thing thou i would pay to see Balrog vs Sauron....ever wonder who would win? Also ever wonder if Balrogs could fly? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] __________________ I might have been a slasher but I never killed children, only real men!...A mistake cannot make right by another mistake... ~Kenshin Himura~

02-18-2003, 01:59 AM	#17
obloquy Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: WA Posts: 935	Balrogs don't 'roar'.

02-18-2003, 04:12 AM	#18
Faenaduial Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mirkwood - 710 miles WtR Posts: 246	The tale of how Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, hews down Fingon, High King of the Noldor, always makes me cry. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ Risk everything, or gain nothing. -- Geoffrey De Charny, 1358 Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.

02-18-2003, 06:40 AM	#19
the witch king Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Minas Morgul, Morgul Vale, Mordor Posts: 201	Gothmog is realy 'kool' i wish there was more info on him, id love to see Gothmog vs Sauron would be great! __________________ 'Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.'~ Che Guevara.

02-18-2003, 12:18 PM	#20
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	Balrog's are quite cool... to see from an airplane! __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

02-18-2003, 03:33 PM	#21
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	If the Balrog doesn't burn the airplane first!! Holland(Nederland) would probably be the best place for a Balrog to cool of. All that rain you know. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Back again

02-18-2003, 08:03 PM	#22
avarrogion Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120	I was wondering can or cannot a Balrog fly....in the movie, PJ`s version of the Balrog was with wings...so can he fly? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] __________________ I might have been a slasher but I never killed children, only real men!...A mistake cannot make right by another mistake... ~Kenshin Himura~

02-18-2003, 08:44 PM	#23
alquadae Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mithlond Posts: 154	RE: Avarrogion 17 Feb 03 @ 9:42 Balrog wings ????? Balrog wings !!!! What`s this business about Balrog wings ???? Who says Balrogs have wings ??? I just dunno,so confused. __________________ Keeper of St. Elmos Fire

02-18-2003, 08:44 PM	#24
propagandalf Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Grey Havens Posts: 29	they're not disgusting like Shelob. i think it's cool that they make Legolas very nervous. __________________ if you don't ask me out to dinner i don't eat. -radiohead

02-18-2003, 08:59 PM	#25
Lady Alasse Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Gondolin, Middle Earth Posts: 103	(Yay, first post) Balrogs are kinda cool, but man are they ugly. And they have terrible breath. Just look at the Balrog in FotR, he roars, and flames come out. He needs to lay off the hotsauce... __________________ He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.-II Samuel 22:35

02-20-2003, 09:48 PM	#26
Shy Hobbit Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In my own little world Posts: 201	I'm one of the many who first saw the movie before reading the books. When the fellowship was in Moria and you could hear the balrog coming and see his flame glowing, I was terrified! But when he actually came out all I could think was ehh he's not so bad...kinda looks like a poodle/cocker spaniel. (Maybe I'm weird for seeing that resemblance but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the film's balrog was cute [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] I was sad when he took Gandalf with him though [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ Make Middle-Earth a friendlier place, hug a balrog today! ~The Fellowship of the King~

02-21-2003, 04:25 AM	#27
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Interesting to hear that, Shy, since I'm one of the many people who read the book before seeing the movies. FOTRrog was a bit disappointing, eh? They MORE than made up for that with TTTrog, though. They look so different! It's like that scene in Wayne's World where Wayne replaces the extra at the gas station because he's crap. Bookrog (wow! cool name!) was much scarier. The anticipation was built up a lot better. And Legolas actually drops his arrow, he's so shocked. I think they'd be fun to go to a pub with, but would probably get into too many fights. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.

02-21-2003, 07:50 PM	#28
Shy Hobbit Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In my own little world Posts: 201	It wasn't dissapointing, I was just suprised that he wasn't as terrifying as I thought. Now that I think about it, I watch the DVD and go: "Ohhh look, it's a poodle in a REALLY bad mood" [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Make Middle-Earth a friendlier place, hug a balrog today! ~The Fellowship of the King~