Author Topic: Peter Jackson question (Read 1799 times)

-tronski- · « **Reply #45 on:** January 11, 2005, 02:04:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Steve
The films didn't need another link. Look, you can spew all the irrelevent rhteoric you want... you're still wrong.

Mate, you've gotta move out of your parents basement and get some sun...your taking this awfully seriously (and take off the wizard hat

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Tronsky

Steve · « **Reply #46 on:** January 11, 2005, 03:11:59 AM »

Hey, my parent's basement is partially furnished and dad is gonna put a shower in this year. Don't touch the wizard hat!

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 11, 2005, 08:36:07 AM »

Steve, what part about that quote do you not understand?

midnight Target · « **Reply #48 on:** January 11, 2005, 09:00:43 AM »

Sorry laser, but the quote only proves that the Barrow Blade had some power. Not that it dealt the fatal blow.

I was only proving to Steve that it was more than just "old".

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #49 on:** January 11, 2005, 09:13:40 AM »

Yes, but the killing blow couldn't have happened without it.

SLO · « **Reply #50 on:** January 11, 2005, 09:55:06 AM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Yes, but the killing blow couldn't have happened without it.

in the movie, the way PJ fashioned it, YES it could...

NO man can kill me, said the WitchKing...

I am no man said Eowyn...

BTW those blades were made by Elves, and did have special hmm hmm powers of sorts, like glowing blue when Orcs are close...

Pongo · « **Reply #51 on:** January 11, 2005, 10:38:21 AM »

No
Gandalfs and Frodos swords were made by elves, the swords the other hobbits have were made by men. They do not glow when orcs are near.

SLO · « **Reply #52 on:** January 11, 2005, 11:17:32 AM »

not too sure Pongo, would have to go back and check, just no time now, sure they had special properties...

midnight Target · « **Reply #53 on:** January 11, 2005, 11:45:57 AM »

Only Frodo (of all the hobbits) had an Elvish sword...

Meriodac's sword caused extra harm to the Witch King because it was wrought by his ancient enemies. Any sword would have hurt him, its just this one was kinda special.

now I gotta go wash off all this geek I got all over me.

Steve · « **Reply #54 on:** January 11, 2005, 11:55:08 AM »

Gandalf's sword Glamdring was the sister sword to Orcrist. Orcrist glowed blue when orcs were about. Don't remember specifically about Glamdring... would have to pull out "The Hobbit". I'm guessing yes, it glowed like Sting.

Pongo · « **Reply #55 on:** January 11, 2005, 12:06:20 PM »

In for a penny.

The Numeroneon faithfull that the Valar allowed to escape the destruction on Numenour settled three realms in Middle earth. One for each of thier leaders sons.
Gondor(from the movie)
Cardolan(sort of west and south of the shire)
Artherdain(north of the Shire)

When Sauron started returning several hundred years into the third age his nazgul gathered to him and long befor he was powerful enough to show himself he sent the lord of the nazgul to the far north of the Misty mountains to create a kingdom to fight the western realms of the Dunadain. That fortress was called Angmar. The Northmen didnt know who the evil leader of the realm was and they named him the Witch King of Angmar.
Over a period of a hundred or more years the Witch King through terror and deciept and open war was able to eventually destroy the two north Kingdoms.

The kings and Nobility of Cardolan where burried on the Barrow downs. The weapons that the hobbits got there where forged in the North kingdom during the long wars with the Witchking.

Those swords where not enchanted to kill the witchking. They were just made at a time when all technology(magic) was supperior to the present time of the movie at the end of the third age and they were very well made even for thier time being made for nobility.

they are in turn far weaker then Glamdring and Sting. Made by noldor elves in the ancient city of Gondolin in the first age in the wars against Morgoth.

Tolkien imagined a world where technological progress was backwards and items and people from long ago where way more advanced then current equivilents.
The son is always weaker then the father. Unless the father breeds with a very supperior blood line to his own.
Tolkien was a racial purist.

SLO · « **Reply #56 on:** January 11, 2005, 01:49:10 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
now I gotta go wash off all this geek I got all over me.

so knowledge is bein geeky?

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #57 on:** January 12, 2005, 06:08:07 AM »

Pongo, are there any direct stories about those wars?

Angus · « **Reply #58 on:** January 12, 2005, 07:05:16 AM »

For all it's worth, I rather thought Jackson did as well as possible on LOTR. Ok, some parts were skipped, and there was a lot of focus on the fighting, but this is the movie world, where the director is perhaps not the boss of everything he wants.
You can see this when looking at the extended versions, there is much more of nice little things in there.
Anyway, I've heard that the Hobbit is a likely project in nearfuture, and much of the LOTR crew and cast are in for the game!

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #59 on:** January 12, 2005, 07:06:32 AM »

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Originally posted by SLO
so knowledge is bein geeky?

Knowledge of whether Frodo's navel lint is elvish or not ... yes it's geeky