Changes to LotR? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

WarBringer · 11-20-2002, 07:55 PM

If u coul would u change anything in the trilogy?

Meela · 11-21-2002, 02:56 PM

uh.... thats actually a really good question, and i cant think of an answer...

arwen? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] i know, im biased towards the movie... nah, she only had like, 2 mentions of her name...

nope... i wouldnt change anything... unless there are loads of aragorn-being-perfect-and-wonderful-and-kingly moments... in that case, give someone else a chance! especially boromir

Arwen Imladris · 11-21-2002, 03:11 PM

Are we talking about the book or the movie?

Movie: The hair: no one should have blond hair except for Sam's kids and the Rohirum! It would have been nice to have it closer to the book.

Book: just MORE! More story, more more more! What exactly happens afterwards. Maybe have Frodo and Sam not go off, have them all live happily ever after.

Sleeping Beauty · 11-21-2002, 03:37 PM

I would like to have seen more of what was going on in Frodo's mind. What did the ring tempt him with? I also would have liked to seen some of Aragorn's reign as king. We know he was a good king and Middle-earth prospered under him, but I would have liked to seen more of his coming into his own.

Starbreeze · 11-21-2002, 03:38 PM

I, too, would only change one thing in the book - I need more!
The movie is another matter - but we won't go into that!

Arwen1858 · 11-22-2002, 12:29 AM

book: more!! That's all I would change about it. Maybe make it longer... that's all, though!
Arwen

Bill Ferny · 11-22-2002, 12:41 AM

Book: If Frodo had come back to the Shire with a spine. Depressing people depress me.

Movie: If Frodo had a spine to begin with.

LePetitChoux · 11-22-2002, 10:03 AM

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The hair: no one should have blond hair except for Sam's kids and the Rohirum! It would have been nice to have it closer to the book.

Um, I thought somehow thast most elves had blonde hair, just Elrond and Arwen were weird....
Tolkien never actually mentions what colour Legolas' hair was, so if PJ wants to make him blonde, so be it in my opinion...

I actually love the trilogy as it is, but if there was another book JRRT could write, I'd love it to be about the rest of the world, I mean Sauron is just a tiny, tiny part of the general Evil, and there must have been other attemts to foil it, like Frido Boggins of the Shure casting a wing into a fountain of wire, thus destroying Sairon, Morgoth's second most powerful maia...or not. but you (hopefully) get what I mean...

Also, I'd love to see the map of the whole of ME, not just the part we are given.

I'll shut up now. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Saurannûn the Wood Elf · 11-22-2002, 04:27 PM

I have to go along with LePetitChioux (sp?) on this one: I honestly believed that all elves had variations of blonde hair, except Elrond and Arwen: Elrond is half-elven, which explains the brown hair. And (duh) Arwen got it from her dad!

Anyways, I SO wouldn't change anything about the book, but the movie should have shown more proof of the fact that elves are ALMOST aloof from the troubles of the rest of ME. Legolas should have been a LEETLE more elvish (as in not so much like Aragorn). . .but they sure got the cast right! I don't think they could have gotten a better cast to play the characters: everyone is so perfect! It's GREAT!

11-22-2002, 07:47 PM

I would change nothing at all! I believe that Tolkien was a genius, and his work is what he desired it to be. Some parts of the book are, of course, better than others, but that is all opinion!

11-20-2002, 07:55 PM	#1
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Changes to LotR? If u coul would u change anything in the trilogy? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

11-21-2002, 02:56 PM	#2
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,118	uh.... thats actually a really good question, and i cant think of an answer... arwen? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] i know, im biased towards the movie... nah, she only had like, 2 mentions of her name... nope... i wouldnt change anything... unless there are loads of aragorn-being-perfect-and-wonderful-and-kingly moments... in that case, give someone else a chance! especially boromir __________________ '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.

11-21-2002, 03:11 PM	#3
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Are we talking about the book or the movie? Movie: The hair: no one should have blond hair except for Sam's kids and the Rohirum! It would have been nice to have it closer to the book. Book: just MORE! More story, more more more! What exactly happens afterwards. Maybe have Frodo and Sam not go off, have them all live happily ever after. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

11-21-2002, 03:37 PM	#4
Sleeping Beauty Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somewhere between the back of the chair and the monitor Posts: 115	I would like to have seen more of what was going on in Frodo's mind. What did the ring tempt him with? I also would have liked to seen some of Aragorn's reign as king. We know he was a good king and Middle-earth prospered under him, but I would have liked to seen more of his coming into his own. __________________ "If I knew all of the answers, I'd run for God." ~ Klinger: MAS*H

11-21-2002, 03:38 PM	#5
Starbreeze Ghost of a Smile Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mirkwood - Middle Earth Posts: 389	I, too, would only change one thing in the book - I need more! The movie is another matter - but we won't go into that! __________________ Do not tamper with the affairs of wizards, they are not all that subtle - Terry Pratchett To write is to make dreams, to make dreams is to awaken the fantasy of the mind, to awaken the mind is to be a master.

11-22-2002, 12:29 AM	#6
Arwen1858 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 516	book: more!! That's all I would change about it. Maybe make it longer... that's all, though! Arwen __________________ Will Turner: "This is either madness or brilliance." Jack Sparrow: "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." ~ Pirates of the Caribbean

11-22-2002, 12:41 AM	#7
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 392	Book: If Frodo had come back to the Shire with a spine. Depressing people depress me. Movie: If Frodo had a spine to begin with. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.

11-22-2002, 04:27 PM	#9
Saurannûn the Wood Elf Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mirkwood Forest Posts: 59	I have to go along with LePetitChioux (sp?) on this one: I honestly believed that all elves had variations of blonde hair, except Elrond and Arwen: Elrond is half-elven, which explains the brown hair. And (duh) Arwen got it from her dad! Anyways, I SO wouldn't change anything about the book, but the movie should have shown more proof of the fact that elves are ALMOST aloof from the troubles of the rest of ME. Legolas should have been a LEETLE more elvish (as in not so much like Aragorn). . .but they sure got the cast right! I don't think they could have gotten a better cast to play the characters: everyone is so perfect! It's GREAT! __________________ Purple is a fruit.

11-22-2002, 07:47 PM	#10
Aragorn186 Guest Posts: n/a	I would change nothing at all! I believe that Tolkien was a genius, and his work is what he desired it to be. Some parts of the book are, of course, better than others, but that is all opinion!