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Re: LoTR: The Two "Towels"
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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:24:10 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > They bravely turned their tails and fled, brave, brave, brave Sir
> > Ring-wraiths...
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> I guess the beauty of the book is that it doesn't actually describe the
> scene. In my mind, I see Strider leaping out, warding off the lead Nazgul,
> who backs off unscathed. Strider *can't* leave Frodo's side to attack the
> Nazgul (not that it would make sense to anyway, since all he's got are two
> flaming sticks), so he instead stands next to Frodo with his sticks while
> the 5 just stand there looking at him from a 'safe' distance, wondering if
> they should bother attacking or not. Then they walk away.
I think a little more active defense of Frodo is implied, and Aragorn
already stated that the Nazgul don't like fire, but surely they gave ground
quickly because they felt they could afford to be patient. At the same
time, I rather imagine Jackson felt he could give the scene more action and
not be completely out of line since it all happens while Frodo is
unconscious and not truly stated in the book.
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> But granted, since the book doesn't give details, it's entirely possible
> that it happens more similarly to the movie. On the other hand, maybe all
> the hobbits jump to life, and beat the Nazgul senseless. I spose we'll never
> know...
Tolkien likes to leave things unsaid many times. Or implied. Or left to
the reader's imagination. Such as the great Balrog wing debate: I don't
believe for a second that the Balrog has wings, but others choose to
literally believe the "wings of shadows" as meaning it had wings.
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> > Yeah, Jackson went for cheap visuals and bad continuity - I mean, where do
> > you rent a replacement wraith costume in The Wild after your previous one
> > got burnt to a crisp? Yet there are all nine in the morning. Shoulda stuck
> > to what Tolkien wrote, but clearly he felt he needed more screen splash (the
> > movie was an incredible finicial gamble, so I try not to scream too much
> > since they were brave enough to do it as a trilogy).
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> Yeah, that was kind of odd-- I didn't really worry about it too much. Maybe
> he stopped, dropped, and rolled :)
Duck and cover and duck and cover...
-->Bruce<--
(who as a child was always curious as to what that "bright light" was when
they said you needed to duck and cover - then I found my dad's book "The
Effects of Atomic Warfare. Sheesh!)
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| (...) Yeah, in the book, it's really the only acknowledged 'harm' that comes to the Nazgul in the scene-- the one swipe that Frodo takes at them. In the movie, it's all Aragorn... (...) That's my guess as well. It was a great chance for Jackson to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I'll agree on the computer game part-- those almost always need LOTS of liberties. Unless you want a boring game... (...) I guess the beauty of the book is that it doesn't actually describe the scene. In my mind, I see Strider leaping out, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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