Lord of the Rings - Movie

[bodhi]

Originally posted by gremlin
Hopefully it won't be a jizz drinking pile of tosh like Someguy.

Yes/Acknowledged.

 

[Speccy]

just saw some clips on film 2001. the troll attacking in Moria looks cool. can't wait to see what they did with the balrog (one of the teaser shots showed a demon like shadow)

 

[Speccy]

hmm. this forum is open to anon posting now? change this plz so we dont get twats like this.

...ah removed. nice one bazer

 

[Sawtooth]

Read TLOTR over summer so I hope its good. I reckon Sheelob in the third film will be something worth seeing (if she's in there)

Anyone know who's playing Aragorn (not Bean) ?

Christopher Lees playin Saruman v Ian Mc'Kellon as Gandalf so thats a good pairing. Ian Holms playing Bilbo...

...thing I'd forgotten was how disappointing the ending of the book was. You think you'll see a showdown at the end put they just chuck the ring in the pit and it kinda fizzles out...



Still ..I'll buy a ticket

Saw

 

[Speccy]

www.theonering.net

the *best* fan site for the films

btw i thought the ending was 'right' after a read a lot of the other books about the first age. the point all through was that sauron couldn't be defeated face to face and he was following in the footsteps of his old master by directing his forces from a remote location that was unassailable. in fact the inconsistency in the story was him losing the ring in battle in the first place!

 

[Testin da Cable]

^^what Speccy said. but he forgets that once apon a time Sauron could take on a -more or less- humanoid form iirc. that's why the ring gets cut from his hand on the fields of Gladden by Gil galad and Elendil [once again iirc -it's been ages since I read the book]
after this, his ability to take the humanoid form is lost

 

[old.ignus]

Oh well done you ruined the ending for me, I must be one of the few people that read it, read the hobbit, but through no choice of my own.

 

[Speccy]

actually he lost the ability to assume a normal human form during the downfall of Numenor (sp?). The form he had when he lost the ring was the one he was stuck in after that.

 

[Testin da Cable]

ah yes of course that was it
I really should brush up on my Sillmarillion [sp heh].
Anyhoo, there's prolly some trick to it. After all, Sauron wasn't trounced by 'just anyone' was he, and both Elendil and Gil-Galad were killed by the touch of the black hand before old firebritches croaked.
Isildur only got the ring because he was smart enough to cut it off Saurons hand with the hilt-shard of Elendil's sword, which wasn't just any old sword.
Remember that the ringwraiths couldn't be harmed with 'normal' swords either.

//edit...also iirc [and I havn't been sneakily reading up heh] wasn't it so that he lost the ability to assume forms pleasing to the eye? I seem to remember that was the reason he fell from grace and got kicked out of Numenor in the first place - because they suddenly saw him for what he was?

 

[Summo]

NYYYEEEEEEEEEERRRDS!!!"!"!1¬¬!`1!!

 

[GDW]

any 1 remember the BBC radio play of LOTR back in about 1980 ish. I bought the tapes and have started listening to them again-very good play (not that Ive listened to any other radio plays) Interestingly Ian Holm played the part of FRodo.

 

[Moving Target]

My friends got the tapes as well :sleeping:

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
NYYYEEEEEEEEEERRRDS!!!"!"!1¬¬!`1!!

the above shouted in a high-pitched squeek by a pasty pimply faced geek bathed in the glow from his monitor, sitting in his stuffy darkend room

 

[Summo]

*slurp full-fat milkshake*

*eat Twinkie*

What are you implying?

 

[Testin da Cable]

hehe
dun worry, you fit right in

 

[Summo]

:uhoh:

 

[Speccy]

...I seem to remember that was the reason he fell from grace and got kicked out of Numenor in the first place - because they suddenly saw him for what he was?

nah. he suceeded in all he wanted to do - ie get the Numenorians to attack the Valar. he just wasnt expecting the entire island to be sucked into the sea where his 'pleasing' form was destroyed. last heard saying as he disappeared into the maelstrom 'this sucks!'

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by Speccy

last heard saying as he disappeared into the maelstrom 'this sucks!'

hehe I can imagine

also I notice that I really should read the Silmarillion again. forgetting most of my lore, me. think it's the only one not on my bookshelf yet. make a good xmas pressie hehehe

 

[Nibbler]

Originally posted by gremlin
Hopefully it won't be a hype driven pile of tosh like Harry Potter.

*cough* *cough*

*cough* *cough*

*cough* Ijustwenttoseeititreallywasn'tthatbad *cough*

*cough* *cough*

 

[Mr_Horus]

I havent read the Silmarillion yet.

What i want to see is the CGI of the big city, whats it called?
The one with 7 levels that one of the hobbits (Pippin) i think, swears loyalty to the King and joins in the army/guard.

Its after the battle for the city that Aragorn goes through the paths of the dead.

Whats the city called again? Someone tell me.

 

[Testin da Cable]

Minas Tirith, tower of the guard.
Aragorn goes through the paths of the dead to save it from the 1st ringwraith, captain of Sauron's army iirc.

Pippin swears loyalty to Denethor, who isn't king but steward, lord of Minas Tirith.

 

[GDW]

Originally posted by Horus^
I havent read the Silmarillion yet.

..I woudnt recommend it, unless you have trouble sleeping:sleeping:

 

[Mr_Horus]

cheers tdc

 

[Testin da Cable]

npiez

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
Minas Tirith, tower of the guard.
Aragorn goes through the paths of the dead to save it from the 1st ringwraith, captain of Sauron's army iirc.

Pippin swears loyalty to Denethor, who isn't king but steward, lord of Minas Tirith.

Whu ?

 

[stu]

I reckon it's going to be poor.

But thanks for telling us the whole story everyone! (esp Speccy). No need to see it now eh?

flids

 

[Testin da Cable]

up yours Stu eh?

 

[stu]

no, thank you. Although you might get a more relevant response from the 'gay porn' thread.

 

[Testin da Cable]

hey, flid me and I'll flid you back baby

 

[Summo]

Your hair seems to be getting longer, Stu.

Nice of you to keep your avatar updated for us.