Anyone Feel like LOTR Trivia?

[Minor Axis]

Lord of the Rings- If so, feel free to post questions! Here are mine:

1. What significant character was left out of LOTR- The Fellowship of the Ring?

2. In the movie Return of the King, how were the post war events misrepresented regarding the Shire?

3. How was the participation of The Dead (Dead Men of Dunharrow) misrepresented in the movie Return of the King?

 

[dkwrtw]

1. What significant character was left out of LOTR- The Fellowship of the Ring? Tom Bombadil?

 

[AUFred]

2. In the movie Return of the King, how were the post war events misrepresented regarding the Shire?

Sauruman & WormTongue had enslaved the Shire. Wormtongue murders Sauruman

 

[Minor Axis]

Both right. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays (if you prefer)!

I think this is the only fantasy movie I've seen where the wizards hardly cast any spells. My favorite Middle Earth location is Beorn's Farm in the Hobbit. No surprise to the observant.

 

[Dana]

Sorry I'm not that kind of geek

 

[Peter Parka]

3. How was the participation of The Dead (Dead Men of Dunharrow) misrepresented in the movie Return of the King?

They wern't green in the book.

My questions - Why does Frodo get all the credit when Sam is the real hero who keeps saving his arse?
Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to mount doom when they could easily take down the Nazgul and Sauron, lets face it, does fuck all violent himself, in it?

 

[Minor Axis]

They wern't green in the book.

My questions - Why does Frodo get all the credit when Sam is the real hero who keeps saving his arse?
Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to mount doom when they could easily take down the Nazgul and Sauron, lets face it, does fuck all violent himself, in it?

It's possible that whomever carried the ring for a long period of time would have suffered like Frodo did. So if Sam had been carrying the ring, Frodo would have been saving him, maybe.

Good point about the Eagles, but maybe that would have been contrary to keeping the ring secret? Maybe if the ring approached in this manner it would have been easily intercepted? Who knows, it's a story, dude.

 

[skyblue]

the dead marshes were based on what?

 

[HK]

Birmingham?

 

[skyblue]

Birmingham?

close i suppose:24:...it will be tomorrow when 6'000 of us go there in the cup anyway

 

[Peter Parka]

close i suppose:24:...it will be tomorrow when 6'000 of us go there in the cup anyway

A lot of LOTR, especially the shire was based on the landscape in the village where Tolkien lived then though a lot of it is all swallowed up by Birmingham suberbs now.

Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to mount doom when they could easily take down the Nazgul and Sauron

Holy crap! I forgot, I found this last week, someone, independantly on youtube came to the same conclusion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoSJKQmloVg

 

[skyblue]

yea...the hobbits are long gone now.....to be replaced by lowlife brummie chavs

but thats not the answer

 

[Minor Axis]

the dead marshes were based on what?

It's been speculated that the dead marshes were based on Tolkien's experience of seeing dead men on the field of battle.

 

[skyblue]

It's been speculated that the dead marshes were based on Tolkien's experience of seeing dead men on the field of battle.

yes...he was at the somme

 

[skyblue]

pity about tom bombadil though,robin williams would have been perfect

and farmer maggot was by and large omitted

 

[Peter Parka]

Brian Blessed would have made a great Tom Bombadil.

 

[Minor Axis]

Brian Blessed would have made a great Tom Bombadil.

He was my second favorite peripheral character in the series. The first was Borne.

 

[TenaciousDave]

Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to mount doom when they could easily take down the Nazgul and Sauron, lets face it, does fuck all violent himself, in it?

The eagles were servants of Manwe, of the Valar. Long before the War of the Ring, the Valar decided against getting involved with the wars of Middle Earth. However, sending an eagle after the ring was destroyed would not contradict that pact as it would be after the fact, plus at that point Sauron and the Nazgul were destroyed, so the skies were safe.

 

[TenaciousDave]

When Sam said to Frodo 'One more step and this is the farthest I've ever gone from home', what was there behind him?

 

[HK]

Erm.... god I just watched this. He was in a cornfield or something?