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Re: LoTR: The Two "Towels"
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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:30:55 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
*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 thug
culture evalgelized in today's underground,
in which some are convinced of invincibility.
Perhaps I took that context at an angle in which
the author did not imply? My apologies to the
converted tolkeinists, but I'm just too realistic
to believe something to that extent.
There's just so fine a line between reality
and fiction...
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Fellow lego enthusiast
O s p r e y
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| (...) But it's only five antagonists, and they are sort of blind due to the color process which separates them from the real world so they really only have eyes for nabbing Frodo on the ground. While Aragorn is on home ground, has a big sword and a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Quite a bit. That's why they call it fiction. ;) (...) While the Black Riders may appear weak or useless on some levels, don't forget that they are strong in other areas. They can almost 'smell' the ring... and the power that it carries. Not (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Did you mean "it", not "if"? And which, the book or the movie? The answer would be no and neither, since both clearly indicate five. (...) He gets the drop on them while their attention is focused on Frodo. And as explained, they were simply (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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