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Old 02-27-2002, 06:41 AM   #1
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1420! The Ents, and a couple of other things.

First: who created them? Was it Eru himself or was it any of the valar, for example Aulë created the dwarfs, didn't he? So if one of the valar created them, it would probably have been Yavanna, she seemed to like plants, flowers and all that [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]. And then another thing: Treebeard proclaims he is the oldest living being in Middle Earth (maybe he doesn't, but Gandalf sais it), and I think Tom Bombadil does too. At least Tom sais he has lived a long time [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]. But if this is right (that they both say they are the oldest living being of Middle Earth) who is actually the oldest living being in Middle Earth (except for the ainur, and Eru himself then)?

And now, a little "wonder":

Gandalf finds Glamdring in the cave of the three trolls that capture Bilbo and the dwarfs when they are heading for the lonely mountain, and he keeps it. So far so good. But in my knowledge, Gandalf bears Glamdring in Moria, doesn't he? And there he follows the balrog down in the deep and the fight at Zirak-Zigil and Gandalf gets picked up by Gwaihir. Still, so far so good. But when Gandalf visits Théoden in Edoras, he sais to the headguard, Háma, that he shall protect she sword well, because it is old and of great worth (I can't quote it right now, sorry). Wouldn't Gandalf have lost Glamdring when he either: fell, followed the balrog in the water, and continued down in the deep of Moria, then pursued the balrog up to Zirak-Zigil and there he fought it, and defeated it. Can you believe the odds that Glamdring wouldn't fell off? He must have a great deal of luck [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Same thing for the staff he carries, but that is probably more kind of attached to it's owner since they provide to the Istari's magical powers.

And now more of a fault in the movie. This is not a change, but a logical gap:

Gandalf sais after they have left Rivendell something like: "We must hold this course west of the Misty Mountains for 40 days. If our luck holds, the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us." Then when they decide to take the pass of Caradhras (might be wrong spelling) up in the snow Boromir sais that they should travel via the Gap of Rohan but Aragon sais: "The Gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard!". Isn't that kind of strange? Even though they discover that the Crébain patrol the way south, that is not Aragorn's motivation for not traveling that way.
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Just a thought: Why do people in movies etc. often run straight ahead when they're chased by a car for example. I know this has nothing to do with Tolkien, but it's an interesting thought.
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