Samuri "elf" warriors? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

amyrlis · 01-31-2001, 01:22 PM

<BR>I have a question! First, I must ask for forgiveness because I was visiting another Tolkien site! Sorry BW! Anyway, on that site I was reviewing a frame-by-frame analysis of the movie trailer. There is one scene depicting Aragorn in a battle scene. The analizer(sp?) is assuming this scene is of Helms Deep and mentions that Aragorn is 'backed-up' by some Elf warriors. He/she assumes they are elves because they are wearing samuri-like battle gear, which is what elf warriors were wearing during the filming (so the movie spies reported). My question is this: Were elves a part of the battle at Helms Deep, other than Legolas? Maybe Elrohir & Elladan were there too, can't remember right now. And, aside from the Helms Deep scene, were there elves partaking in battle anywhere in LotR? I don't remember any host arriving from Lorien or Rivendell to save the day. Afterall, LotR took place during the 'waining of elves, Age of Men'. Perhaps I'm just not remembering correctly, or this is one of the differences between the books and the movies. Any thoughts? <p>-amyrlis</p>

01-31-2001, 01:22 PM	#1
amyrlis Wight Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Helcaraxe Posts: 210	Samuri "elf" warriors? <BR>I have a question! First, I must ask for forgiveness because I was visiting another Tolkien site! Sorry BW! Anyway, on that site I was reviewing a frame-by-frame analysis of the movie trailer. There is one scene depicting Aragorn in a battle scene. The analizer(sp?) is assuming this scene is of Helms Deep and mentions that Aragorn is 'backed-up' by some Elf warriors. He/she assumes they are elves because they are wearing samuri-like battle gear, which is what elf warriors were wearing during the filming (so the movie spies reported). My question is this: Were elves a part of the battle at Helms Deep, other than Legolas? Maybe Elrohir & Elladan were there too, can't remember right now. And, aside from the Helms Deep scene, were there elves partaking in battle anywhere in LotR? I don't remember any host arriving from Lorien or Rivendell to save the day. Afterall, LotR took place during the 'waining of elves, Age of Men'. Perhaps I'm just not remembering correctly, or this is one of the differences between the books and the movies. Any thoughts? <p>-amyrlis</p> __________________ "Pull the blinders from my eyes, let me see these endless skies And drown here where I stand in the beauty of the land."