[Folwren]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Folwren, personally I think anything is better than 'They run as if the very whips of their masters were behind them.'

Attend, sir. 'The orcs have run before us, as though the very whips of Sauron were behind them.' That might have pleased you. It comes at least from the book.

And I thought the quote was 'the very whips of their master's will were behind them'? But it makes little difference.

I think Tolkien implies a bit of a campy/corny attitude, yet it is humorous...or at least gets a chuckle out of me. For instance 'A plague on the dwaves and their stiff necks!' is just so campy it's funny. Kind of like when Frodo responds to Gildor's little poke:

Yes, those quotes get laughs out of me, too...but it's not Legolas' fault.

Or even better, reminds me of the 60's Batman episodes and 'Biff!' 'Pow!' 'Kur-plowee' popped up on the TV in bright colors. Just that kind of humour which I get a chuckle at.

I don't know of what you speak.

I admit, it's not really Orlando's fault that he's just given bad and Mr. Obvious lines...and I really don't see how he runs like a girl? However, his lines are just the bad cheese, not the good cheese.

I don't see how he runs like a girl, either. See, I do understand you disliking some of his quotes (even my sister and I laugh at his lack of quotes from the FotR), and I also understand the distain for his outlandish stunt tricks, but it's the jokes about his looks and his running and stuff like that that I don't understand...hence the forming of this thread.

Originally Posted by Morsul

I love legolas's super growing power as seen in rotk on a horse eowyn barely clears its ankles yet leeglas is up to the the thing's knee

Now, that is funny. I'd never even noticed, but then I've only seen the RotK 3 or 4 times, at most.

-- Folwren