The Ent/Huorn assault on Isengard -
This is going to look totally awesome.
Gandalf's journey from the deep earth and subsequent battle with the Balrog -
The vague way he describes his journey leaves much to the imagination, and, in the hands of the right imagination, could make for some truly amazing visuals.
The kinship between Legolas and Gimli- While it's not essential, I'd like to see it better expounded in TTT than it was in FOTR.
Now, an item of confusion:
Aragorn - In the movie, did he take up Isilidur's sword, or leave it broken in Rivendell? I mean, isn't that important to the plot of TTT? ISN'T IT?!?!?
So yeah. I'm starting the hype two months ahead of time. What do you hope to see in TTT?
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Aragorn - In the movie, did he take up Isilidur's sword, or leave it broken in Rivendell? I mean, isn't that important to the plot of TTT? ISN'T IT?!?!?
NO HE DIDN'T AND YES IT IS
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NO HE DIDN'T AND YES IT IS
THEN WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO, MARADON? AND WHY ARE WE TYPING IN CAPS? [ 10-18-2002: Message edited by: Karnaj ]
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Gandalf's journey from the deep earth and subsequent battle with the Balrog -
The vague way he describes his journey leaves much to the imagination, and, in the hands of the right imagination, could make for some truly amazing visuals.
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So yeah. I'm starting the hype two months ahead of time. What do you hope to see in TTT?
I can't remember if it's in TTT, or RotK, that Strider gathers his army.
But I wanna see that.
(If you know what I'm talking about, then you know why.)
Have you seen any of the preview, Mightion? They're making her and the other elves a minor plot-point as they prepare to leave and Arwen's father tries to pressure her to go.
Their departure is given significant weight in this version, even though it really wasn't even mentioned in the book.
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Aragorn - In the movie, did he take up Isilidur's sword, or leave it broken in Rivendell? I mean, isn't that important to the plot of TTT? ISN'T IT?!?!?
It's not noted in the film that he took it up (maybe it's in the new edits that come out with the uber-super-special-edition in November) though if you take a look at the sword he's using during the last half of the film, it's definately Narsil.
It's about 24-25 seconds into the first preview they released.(No, I didn't study it THAT much. I went and looked again to show people what I was talking about, and I don't have the second preview downloaded. )
are they both telling the same story? yes, but i won't try to compare the way they're told between the two. i just hope it's a good movie.
Expect the fact that he does have the sword to come as sort of a revelation.
Also, what I want to see in TTT:
MORE LEGOLAS
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Expect the fact that he does have the sword to come as sort of a revelation.
yeah, i'm thinking the same thing. it's just better artisticly (in the sense of movies) to leave some things like that to the imagination until they're explained upon further. more effective, at least most of the time.
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Also, what I want to see in TTT:MORE
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Also, what I want to see in TTT:MORE LEGOLAS
Hell yah!!! 
Another possibly huge error they made in FotR is that the Hobbits all got their swords from Aragorn instead of from the Barraow Wights. THis is important, because either Merry or Pipping, I forget which, uses one of those swords to kill the lead Nazgul. The only reason he was able to kill it was because it was a sword from the first war forged by one of the master smiths.
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He took the sword, they just didn't show it in FOTR because the director obviously felt it would be too blatant as foreshadowing to Aragorn's future greatness.Expect the fact that he does have the sword to come as sort of a revelation.
Also, what I want to see in TTT:
MORE LEGOLAS
*Gives a mental high-5 to Drysart for being a Tim and a Legolas freak!*
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I would definitely like to see the a few things in the movie:The Ent/Huorn assault on Isengard -
This is going to look totally awesome.Now, an item of confusion:
Aragorn - In the movie, did he take up Isilidur's sword, or leave it broken in Rivendell? I mean, isn't that important to the plot of TTT? ISN'T IT?!?!?
Well for one the attack on Isenguard by the ents never even went into detail. In fact the only thing we know about that battle is that is happened. Never did Tolkien make a big scene over it so why should they in the moives?
Yeah the sword is important and I wish it were being used by Aragorn in the movies but, in the movies they show the sword as broken so I doubt he'll be using it. [ 10-18-2002: Message edited by: Error ]
Aragorn doesn't start his army until RoTK.
They never once went into detail about journey from the deep and him defeating the Balrog, but only stated that he had done such.
Gimli and Legolas didn't start a kinship until TTT while they were on the hunt for the orcs.
The whole thing about Isilidur's sword confused me, but I dont remember in the book them stating until later that he got it reforged.
The new unedited version thats rated R is supposed to have 2 hours of extra footage. I've seen parts where they tell about what the gifts were they received from the elves.
The gifts actually have alot of merit in the books because they use them throughout ( or at least up as far as I am in RoTK.)
Since Nae and I will be getting that version when it comes out, we will let you know about it. =)
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THis is important, because either Merry or Pipping, I forget which, uses one of those swords to kill the lead Nazgul. The only reason he was able to kill it was because it was a sword from the first war forged by one of the master smiths.
I honestly didn't pay much attention to the third book, as the books had bored me to death by then and I was just forcing myself to finish it, but I thought that one Rohan chick killed the head Nazgul after dressing as a man because they wouldn't let her go with them to fight.
*drops unconcious after passing out from hyperventilation*
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I honestly didn't pay much attention to the third book, as the books had bored me to death by then and I was just forcing myself to finish it, but I thought that one Rohan chick killed the head Nazgul after dressing as a man because they wouldn't let her go with them to fight.
She was fighting him at first, then one of the hobbits did sneak attack and he went poof.
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She was fighting him at first, then one of the hobbits did sneak attack and he went poof.
As I recall, the hobbit got him in the leg, and hamstrung him. He fell forward, and she finished him off.
Anyway, the fact that it was a magic blade from the first war can be forgotten, if I'm remembering correctly. Because, while it does do some damage, it's not the thing that kills him.
As for what I'm looking forward to, which hasn't already been mentioned: Shelob. I loved the description of Shelob in the books, it's inspired a lot of my own artwork. I can't wait to see Shelob in all her spidery hideousness. [ 10-18-2002: Message edited by: MorbId ]
1. Aragorn had the re-forged sword in the novels from LotR onward. They commented on how the blade flashed and seemed to gleam. They commented on the design on the blade.
In the movie, they had the significance of the original sword laid out by that scene where Aragorn's reading and Boromir comes in and cuts himself (which never happened in the book). But Aragorn had the re-forged sword from Rivendale onward.
2. There was never a "scene" where Gandalf's battle with the Balrog was objectively stated. Gandalf tells the story in a flashback. Nonetheless, I agree it would be very very cool to see it, especially the final conflict on the mountains' peak.
3. They never show the Ent/Huorn battle objectively in the books. You see them march on Isengard (I want to see how the Ents look, seeing as how you DO see the three trolls turned to stone in LotR), then afterwards the rest of the heroes come and see how the place has been lain to waste. Merry and Pippin tell the story of what went down...again...a minute or two for a flashback would be most...satisfying.
4. I hope they don't turn the Gandalf/Saruman confrontation into some sort of cataclysmic wizard duel. Saruman was creepy in that scene because of his enchanted charisma and how it settled into almost everyone's minds, not because he was a badass.
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I wonder, chronological-wise, if they'll do the movie the same as the book. Isengard was toppled halfway through the book, and the epic fight at Helms Deep/Hold/Wherever was done. Are they going to end the movie where the book left off? Sam at the gates? (Which wouldn't be too bad, nice cliffhanger.)
Shelob won't be introduced until RoTK, it's offical.
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Shelob won't be introduced until RoTK, it's offical.
Awww. That would make the BEST ending. EVERYONE who hadn't read the book would've been screaming at the screen.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Awww. That would make the BEST ending. EVERYONE who hadn't read the book would've been screaming at the screen.
Yeah but either way people are going to scream at the screen anyway, and either way I'm going to laugh at them. I'm just curious to see if they can come up with a better cliffhanger than how it's done in the book.
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Yeah but either way people are going to scream at the screen anyway, and either way I'm going to laugh at them. I'm just curious to see if they can come up with a better cliffhanger than how it's done in the book.
I don't think it's possible. When I finished TTT I read the first half of RoTK as fast as I possibly could, so I could find out what happened. 
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
