Utter Desolation - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Arathiriel · 09-17-2002, 01:30 PM

I never truly realized the utter desolation of Mount Doom until I reached that part in the BBC's radio version of The Return of the King...

I just wonder what this part will be like watching it on the big screen next year...

Elenna · 09-17-2002, 02:20 PM

I know - Boromir gave me a pretty good picture with his movie line about "riddled with fire and ash and dust" but I don't think you can ever truly picture something like that until you've seen it.

I have complete confidence that PJ will depict it accurately, though.

Susan Delgado · 09-18-2002, 12:15 AM

Accurate, huh? Seems to me that "accurate", like so many other terms out there (truth, beauty, good, bad. there are many) is subjective, a matter of interpretation. What's accurate for one person may be totally innacurate for another. Your image of Mordor is probably very different from mine and everyone else's, but that's what makes literature so much fun: discussing the differences with other interested people. That's basically what these movies are, PJ's "discussion" of the movie with us, the viewers. The only difference between his "discussion" and that of, say, someone on the Downs, is that he has the resources to "discuss" it with us in a particularly compelling manner, but it all amounts to the same thing. The Mordor in the movie will be PJ's version of Mordor, and whether it matches anyone else's is yet to be seen.

Birdland · 09-18-2002, 12:22 AM

(OK, I guess visual images of the film should be in the "Movie" section, but I'll post anyway.)

It would be very interesting to know where P.J. filmed his "version" of Mordor.

I know I was startled when I first saw pictures of the Dead Marshes. In my mind I had always seen it a more "forest-y", with visions of tall cypress-like trees and such.

But of course, a typical English "fen" would look exactly as P.J. pictured it. Though I also saw the Marshes with a black, night sky, and I noticed in the pictures it was filmed as a "day" scene.

Eh, it's all good. Can't wait to see it.

Susan Delgado · 09-18-2002, 12:32 AM

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Eh, it's all good. Can't wait to see it.

Of course! The desire to know how others feel about LotR is one of the things that keep me coming back here every day, and it's why I enjoy the movie so much. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

09-17-2002, 01:30 PM	#1
Arathiriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Blessed Realm Posts: 284	Utter Desolation I never truly realized the utter desolation of Mount Doom until I reached that part in the BBC's radio version of The Return of the King... I just wonder what this part will be like watching it on the big screen next year... __________________ 'I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.' - Samwise Gamgee

09-17-2002, 02:20 PM	#2
Elenna A Ghostly Light Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My private bubble of innocence Posts: 563	I know - Boromir gave me a pretty good picture with his movie line about "riddled with fire and ash and dust" but I don't think you can ever truly picture something like that until you've seen it. I have complete confidence that PJ will depict it accurately, though. __________________ If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

09-18-2002, 12:15 AM	#3
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Accurate, huh? Seems to me that "accurate", like so many other terms out there (truth, beauty, good, bad. there are many) is subjective, a matter of interpretation. What's accurate for one person may be totally innacurate for another. Your image of Mordor is probably very different from mine and everyone else's, but that's what makes literature so much fun: discussing the differences with other interested people. That's basically what these movies are, PJ's "discussion" of the movie with us, the viewers. The only difference between his "discussion" and that of, say, someone on the Downs, is that he has the resources to "discuss" it with us in a particularly compelling manner, but it all amounts to the same thing. The Mordor in the movie will be PJ's version of Mordor, and whether it matches anyone else's is yet to be seen. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

09-18-2002, 12:22 AM	#4
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	(OK, I guess visual images of the film should be in the "Movie" section, but I'll post anyway.) It would be very interesting to know where P.J. filmed his "version" of Mordor. I know I was startled when I first saw pictures of the Dead Marshes. In my mind I had always seen it a more "forest-y", with visions of tall cypress-like trees and such. But of course, a typical English "fen" would look exactly as P.J. pictured it. Though I also saw the Marshes with a black, night sky, and I noticed in the pictures it was filmed as a "day" scene. Eh, it's all good. Can't wait to see it.