did you like how the "devilry" at helms deep was played ? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

gayare'dion · 12-21-2002, 09:48 AM

i made a post about this a while ago, about what people thought it would be. i didnt think it'd be a bomb, i thought more of a cannon type of thing. what did you expect it to be, and did you like how it was in the movie ?

Fingo · 12-21-2002, 10:14 AM

I liked the way they did it, although I had one issue when they showed Saruman pouring in the black gunpowder stuff. Did he use a bunch of those little bottles to fill that big bomb up? And also I don't think it was too smart to send the guy that was supposed to blow it up into battle with very little armor on. I mean, he had a pretty important job and he was running in there totally unprotected! Of course, despite being hit by Legolas twice he made it. By the Ring, what an explosion! Did you catch the guy that went spirialing a hundred feet up in the air?

engwaalphiel · 12-21-2002, 10:22 AM

I thought it was effective the way they played it , like so many things in the film.

mollecon · 12-21-2002, 11:20 AM

& pretty much as described in the book, too...

Massharpoon · 12-21-2002, 11:51 AM

The slow motion Olympic torch run was TOO MUCH for me, but the explsion was great.

Manwe Sulimo · 12-21-2002, 01:31 PM

Let's see, the only people who survive more than 1 arrow are:Boromir The Olympic Orc Runner The "Winged Beast"Everyone else is apparently a one-hit kill.

Iarwain · 12-21-2002, 02:21 PM

I actually imagined it exactly as they showed it in the movie. I always had the idea that it was some sort of gunpowder.

12-21-2002, 03:22 PM

"The Olympic Orc Runner"That's exactly what I thought. To those who think it was distasteful that a "suicide bomber" was depicted this way, I say nuts. Suicide bombers have been around since way before Kamikazi pilots. They seem to always have an Orc mentality that is timeless.

12-21-2002, 09:48 AM	#1
gayare'dion Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 75	did you like how the "devilry" at helms deep was played ? i made a post about this a while ago, about what people thought it would be. i didnt think it'd be a bomb, i thought more of a cannon type of thing. what did you expect it to be, and did you like how it was in the movie ? __________________ i like pants!

12-21-2002, 10:14 AM	#2
Fingo Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Over the river and through the woods (literally) Posts: 59	I liked the way they did it, although I had one issue when they showed Saruman pouring in the black gunpowder stuff. Did he use a bunch of those little bottles to fill that big bomb up? <BR>And also I don't think it was too smart to send the guy that was supposed to blow it up into battle with very little armor on. I mean, he had a pretty important job and he was running in there totally unprotected! Of course, despite being hit by Legolas twice he made it. By the Ring, what an explosion! Did you catch the guy that went spirialing a hundred feet up in the air? __________________ "We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers- thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."

12-21-2002, 10:22 AM	#3
engwaalphiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The edge of nowhere Posts: 89	I thought it was effective the way they played it , like so many things in the film. __________________ Estel............. Some have it more than others. "Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë!

12-21-2002, 01:31 PM	#6
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	Let's see, the only people who survive more than 1 arrow are:<P>Boromir<BR>The Olympic Orc Runner<BR>The "Winged Beast"<P>Everyone else is apparently a one-hit kill. __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

12-21-2002, 02:21 PM	#7
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	I actually imagined it exactly as they showed it in the movie. I always had the idea that it was some sort of gunpowder. __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"

12-21-2002, 11:20 AM	#4
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	& pretty much as described in the book, too...

12-21-2002, 11:51 AM	#5
Massharpoon Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 12	The slow motion Olympic torch run was TOO MUCH for me, but the explsion was great.

12-21-2002, 03:22 PM	#8
Mathom Guest Posts: n/a	"The Olympic Orc Runner"<P>That's exactly what I thought. To those who think it was distasteful that a "suicide bomber" was depicted this way, I say nuts. Suicide bombers have been around since way before Kamikazi pilots. They seem to always have an Orc mentality that is timeless.