Comments on: 20 Lines That Could Have Dramatically Changed “The Lord of the Rings”

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:12:39 +0000

LOL, very good!
And good points Dreadan.
Another point, we wouldn’t have a story if any of those things happened. And I think that THAT was the real purpose, eh?

By: Dreadan

Dreadan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:21:49 +0000

Gandalf: Bilbo, I want you to put that ring right back where you found it. And don’t you ever let me catch you picking anything up if you don’t know where it’s been again! And, someone could be looking for it!

you all thought i was boring huh? =)

By: Dreadan

Dreadan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:15:57 +0000

Also, you shouldn’t assume you can point out mistakes by the author. He worked at that story for years, and would know a lot more about it than any of you.

And you know what happens when you ASSUME?

you make an ASS
out of U
and ME

By: Dreadan

Dreadan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:12:51 +0000

In many of these instances, people are assuming that the characters can see what they see as readers/audience. However, the characters often make the right choice based on their knowledge at the time. I understand most of them are just funny, and I was rotfl, but some other comments criticized the plot. Gandalf had no idea where frodo was, or even whether he was alive. Also, If someone had mentioned Shelob while talking to Faramir, he would have no idea who you were talking about. He had never been in that tunnel! And about the apparently important issue with Sauron sensing the rig’s approach: My theory is, he was too preoccupied with attacking Gondor at the time,and sending his entire army to crush them. He probably figured that the ring would just fall int his control. Arrogant, yes, but that’s the way powerful people think, right? (just look at our president) He probably also didn’t think that his enemies even knew where it was forged. I agree with most of the comments specific to the movie; they really messed it up.

EVERYONE READ THE BOOK!!! IT’S WAY BETTER!!! I READ IT 8 TIMES!

By: Calimac

Calimac — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:00:56 +0000

I just now found this from your “Best of the Blog” list.

These are hilarious, but it also occurs to me that several of them show why the movie messed the story up. #1, for instance - in the book, Gandalf doesn’t dump the choice of route on the innocent Frodo, who has no facts on which to base a decision. Instead, he and Aragorn, who are well-informed about the dangers, argue it out.

And #3 - the reason Sauron doesn’t just guard Mount Doom is because it never occurred to him that his enemies might want to destroy the Ring. To him, the lure of power is too great, and the actions of characters like Saruman and Boromir show why Sauron has a reason to think so.

Also, Middle-earth isn’t a gameboard. It’s not like there’s a dotted line leading to the Mountain, and all you have to do is place your little plastic Nazgul on top of it and you can stop any other player who comes along.

This isn’t a matter of “suspension of disbelief” which some of your commenters seem to be using as a condescending synonym for “I don’t buy the plot, but I’ll go along with it for the sake of the cool sfx.” This is fundamentally built into the story as Tolkien wrote it.

And many of the others. But I’ve hammered on your cute little jokes enough already.

By: airehen

airehen — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:31:58 +0000

Elrond: “I’m sorry, we’re not authorized to perform any Elvish medicine on this wounded Hobbit of yours until we’ve seen proof of insurance. You’ll just have to take him somewhere else.”

Hilarious.

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By: Vance

Vance — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:35:23 +0000

Whispers in the Dark?….No wonder Gulom hate Baggonses!!!

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:12:56 +0000

So, so, so awesome.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:33:26 +0000

Bilbo: No thanks, slimy little creature, I don’t want to play a riddle game with you. But if you’d be kind enough to show me the way out of this tunnel, I’ll give you this little ring I found…