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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:06 PM Original message |
Why wouldn't the Gondorians just dig a big ditch around Minas Tirith? |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, the Rohirrim didn't know... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I know - I was looking at it from the pov of the filmmakers. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I just think you're wrong about it being Jackson's fault... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. In the book, the Dead don't come to Minas Tirith |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Good point... |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Absolutely true |
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ashmanonar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
69. the gray company of the book: |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. This is true! |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Dude, put down the remote and step away from the TV |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. BUT I HAVEN'T WATCHED IT WITH THE POST-PRODUCTION TEAM |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. good God man why not! |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I WATCHED THE OTHER THREE COMMENTARIES! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. we have watched them obsessively |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yup - it's a good insight into the art of filmmaking, |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Apparently, the Gondorians could build massive city fortresses... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's really stupid - |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It's probably just proving I'm a Tolkien geek... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. No, I mean the Rammas Echor, the wall that encloses the townlands |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Jeesus H Christ... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. The children would have no chance, would they? ;-) |
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ashmanonar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. the rammas echor was about 75 years old, made in the days of |
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ashmanonar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. millennia, actually. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. What makes you think they couldn't man it? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. They could man the City, just not the big wall beyond it. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Perhaps it wasn't a defensive wall, but a political one? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Or psychological - make the people in the townlands feel safe. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. Apparently you never noticed that the defense of Gondor |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Orcs could have brought big drawbridges of their own. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It would be very difficult. |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Oh, you dig the moat right up to the wall. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Because orcs are dumb? |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. They looked pretty competent when fighting Gondorians. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. See, now you're thinking!!! |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And Jackson made Gondorians look like Italians. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. This is true - the Anglo/Germanic Rohirrim are worth about 10 Gondorians. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. It's a pretty safe bet that everyone in the Jackson movies who was ethnic |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. LMAO |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That's a great question... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. It is 3000+ years old, has seen sieges before, and is carved from the rock |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. In rode the Lord of the Nazgul underneath the archway that no enemy |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. we are rereading the books, |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Don't get me started on the whole Army Of The Dead thing. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. More clever??? |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I think if you haven't read the books for a while |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Yeah, maybe if you hadn't read the books... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. outer walls, especially at the base, are much thicker |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Orcs retreated well before the witch-king was killed. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I'm pretty sure a couple at least got smooshed |
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ashmanonar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
72. 6000 horses is an army we haven't seen since before the middle ages: |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Or better yet, why didn't they attack the Orcs while they were still |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Now, now - intelligence reports prove the Witch King had all those Scuds. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Ahh, so ~that's~ why the Saudis keep their women in place |
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chickenscratching (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. could it have saved a lot of trouble? |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Look, if we built this large wooden badger... |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. LMAO |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. I've often wondered why the Ringwraithes just didn't carry some orcs... |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. A true wraith, I don't think the orcs woulda survived the ride |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. *cough*its a movie*cough* |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. the moat still wouldn't have stopped the flying Nazgul |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. The Nazgul weren't actually very good warriors.... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. maybe not very good, but |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. I can't be friends with you anymore. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. WHY ARE YOU SCARED OF THE TRUTH????? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I'm not scared of the truth, I'm scared of sci-fi/fantasy dorks. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. And music geeks have the hygienic perfection of a freshly-scrubbed Seraph |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
56. Wait, I thought that happens in the book as well! |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Yup. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. What happens in the book? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Aragorn leads to Army of the Dead to Pelargir, Gondor's biggest city. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Oh I see. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
65. The answer is to have sex with a woman - bt it's VERY tricky to pull off |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. ...and it's so much easier to palm off. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Don't get all Entish on me! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. Three reasons off the top of my head |
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