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Re: LoTR: The Two "Towels"
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Date: 
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:57:42 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:


That was kinda saddening in the 1st movie-- where Aragorn fights off the
Nazgul all by himself. Kinda dimunes the Nazgul. I mean, you can fight 'em
*ALL* off, let alone just one? How pathetic does that make them? IIRC in the
novel, they stab Frodo, and then just go away. They've done their job well
enough-- he'll turn into a shadow-- why bother sticking around? Movie made
them seem like wooses.

Actually, that was exactly from the book: Aragorn fights them off
single-handed (and it was not *all* nine of them in either the book or
movie).  But Tolkien made it clearer that the Nazgul felt their work was
being down by the morgul-blade and that they could afford to be cautious and
retreat until all nine were present.

-->Bruce<--



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(...) *if implied that the protagonist fights nine enemies at once* Sorry to say, but how fictitious can it get? One person to fend off against nine opponents single handedly, and still miraculously emerge prevalent? Sounds deftly similar to the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) From the book: ---...--- [Strider speaking:] 'Let us take this wood that is set ready for the fire as a sign. There is little shelter or defence here, but fire shall serve for both. Sauron can put fire to his evil uses, as he can all things, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)

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(...) Yeah, Theoden was a bit different and less likeable in the movie. The one part I really didn't like concerning Theoden was Gandalf et all's entrance into the throne room. Zillions of armed guards, but Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas can fight 'em (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)

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