What About?: Palantirs. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gil-Galad · 08-25-2006, 02:09 PM

The Palantirs have always been a mystery personally for me.

In the movies, the Palantirs are shown as like they were telephones, you talk to whom ever holds the another Palantir.

While in the Appendixes of LOTR: ROTK, it says that Denethor used the Palantir of the White Tower to know everything that goes on in his realm of Gondor. It even stated that in the movie.

So either the Palantir has two uses, or the movie version was mistaken, the Palantir's use can be elusive.

If someone who watched the movies before reading the books, they may have orignally thought (as i did when i watched the movies) that if Denethor used the Palantir as he said he did, wouldn't he be talking with Saruman and Sauron?

For example, from the movie, Aragorn used the Palantir to talk to Sauron too, yet it showed that he was entering each others minds, like Pippin and Sauron.

my question to you is what do you think is the use of the Palantir? is it a Elvish Telephone? a great seeing eye that lets you explore areas without going there? or does it have many uses?

08-25-2006, 02:09 PM	#1
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	What About?: Palantirs. The Palantirs have always been a mystery personally for me. In the movies, the Palantirs are shown as like they were telephones, you talk to whom ever holds the another Palantir. While in the Appendixes of LOTR: ROTK, it says that Denethor used the Palantir of the White Tower to know everything that goes on in his realm of Gondor. It even stated that in the movie. So either the Palantir has two uses, or the movie version was mistaken, the Palantir's use can be elusive. If someone who watched the movies before reading the books, they may have orignally thought (as i did when i watched the movies) that if Denethor used the Palantir as he said he did, wouldn't he be talking with Saruman and Sauron? For example, from the movie, Aragorn used the Palantir to talk to Sauron too, yet it showed that he was entering each others minds, like Pippin and Sauron. my question to you is what do you think is the use of the Palantir? is it a Elvish Telephone? a great seeing eye that lets you explore areas without going there? or does it have many uses? __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.