Paths of the Dead? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eruwen · 08-17-2003, 03:23 PM

I was just searching on theonering.net a while ago, and came across this picture...<A HREF="http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/7847.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Possiblitities???</A>It said on there that the figures in the background behind PJ might be a possible thing from the Paths of the Dead scene. What do you guys think?

Imladris · 08-17-2003, 03:39 PM

I think I read a year ago in The Making of the Trilogy that they were going to include the Paths of the Dead in ROTK. Also there was that picture of Legolas comforting Aragorn about his decision to travel there.

Corwyn Celesil · 08-18-2003, 12:53 AM

They had better include the Paths of the Dead!! It is one of the most magnificent parts of the book!

Eruwen · 08-18-2003, 09:17 AM

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear on this, but I'm not asking if you think they are putting in the Paths of the Dead because we are all almost positively sure that they are including it. What I want to know is if you all think that the picture is FROM the Paths of the Dead or if it's just some other thing that has been left out of the movie.

Aethelwine · 08-18-2003, 09:42 AM

Well, I do have to say that that looks a lot like a death Numenor to me... Yeah, I think that it's most likely to be from the paths of death... I can't think of anything else were it may have come from...Aethelwine.

Meoshi · 08-18-2003, 10:43 AM

It looks like some sort of animated corpse. Maybe a potential Barrow-Wight before that scene got cut?Unless I'm mistaken, the Dead Men of Dunharrow were ghosts with no physical bodies.

dragoneyes · 08-18-2003, 11:16 AM

That's very intriguing. Is it me, or is his stomach cut open? It's a good dead-person's costume though, they could easily make them look see through later of course.

Eruwen · 08-18-2003, 02:13 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Unless I'm mistaken, the Dead Men of Dunharrow were ghosts with no physical bodies.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It's a good dead-person's costume though, they could easily make them look see through later of course.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, I agree. I mean, look how they did the Ringwraiths in the first movie. That was real people playing those parts, they just put some of their expert computer animators to it and afterwards they looked see-through. And dragoneyes, I'm not sure if that's his stomach cut open, or just the first layer of his skin {or whatever you would call it} cut off. Either way, someone's been cutting through that guy.

Earendil Halfelven · 08-18-2003, 02:48 PM

If that is a dead body costume, which I think it is, than it might be what they'll use for the old corpse that Aragorn and company come across in the Paths of the Dead.

kboleen · 08-21-2003, 07:50 PM

Yeah, I see what you're saying. It does look like the figure Aragorn finds in the Path of the Dead. With the gold armor and all.Persoanlly speaking, I just finished reading the Paths of the Dead portion in ROTK since last reading LOTR over 20 years ago and I had goosebumps on my arms as I read it and was able to imagine the dead closing behind the Grey Company and following them and then traveling through the towns followed by the legions of the dead and Aragorn hailed or cursed as the King of the Dead, God I can't wait for the movie. It will be unbelievable.

Arwen Eruantale · 08-21-2003, 07:52 PM

Welcome to the Downs, kboleen! "O happy to be dead!"

08-17-2003, 03:23 PM	#1
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	Paths of the Dead? I was just searching on theonering.net a while ago, and came across this picture...<P><A HREF="http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/7847.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Possiblitities???</A><P>It said on there that the figures in the background behind PJ might be a possible thing from the Paths of the Dead scene. What do you guys think?

08-17-2003, 03:39 PM	#2
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	I think I read a year ago in The Making of the Trilogy that they were going to include the Paths of the Dead in ROTK. Also there was that picture of Legolas comforting Aragorn about his decision to travel there. __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.

08-18-2003, 12:53 AM	#3
Corwyn Celesil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The House of the Fountain, Gondolin Posts: 57	They had better include the Paths of the Dead!! It is one of the most magnificent parts of the book! __________________ Then came there from the south of the city the people of the Fountain, and Ecthelion was their lord, and silver and diamonds were their delight; and swords very long and bright and pale did they wield . . .

08-18-2003, 09:42 AM	#5
Aethelwine Wight Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In Anórien, just outside Edoras, on a horse I "borrowed"... Posts: 150	Well, I do have to say that that looks a lot like a death Numenor to me... <P>Yeah, I think that it's most likely to be from the paths of death... I can't think of anything else were it may have come from...<P>Aethelwine. __________________ Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind--not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. - Catherine to Nelly, Wuthering Heights

08-18-2003, 10:43 AM	#6
Meoshi Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atop the peak of Kalormë Posts: 163	It looks like some sort of animated corpse. Maybe a potential Barrow-Wight before that scene got cut?<P>Unless I'm mistaken, the Dead Men of Dunharrow were ghosts with no physical bodies.

08-18-2003, 09:17 AM	#4
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	Sorry if I didn't make myself clear on this, but I'm not asking if you think they are putting in the Paths of the Dead because we are all almost positively sure that they are including it. What I want to know is if you all think that the picture is FROM the Paths of the Dead or if it's just some other thing that has been left out of the movie.

08-18-2003, 11:16 AM	#7
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	That's very intriguing. Is it me, or is his stomach cut open? It's a good dead-person's costume though, they could easily make them look see through later of course. __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

08-18-2003, 02:13 PM	#8
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Unless I'm mistaken, the Dead Men of Dunharrow were ghosts with no physical bodies.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It's a good dead-person's costume though, they could easily make them look see through later of course.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes, I agree. I mean, look how they did the Ringwraiths in the first movie. That was real people playing those parts, they just put some of their expert computer animators to it and afterwards they looked see-through. <P>And dragoneyes, I'm not sure if that's his stomach cut open, or just the first layer of his skin {or whatever you would call it} cut off. Either way, someone's been cutting through that guy.

08-18-2003, 02:48 PM	#9
Earendil Halfelven Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: the dark recesses of the mind Posts: 223	If that is a dead body costume, which I think it is, than it might be what they'll use for the old corpse that Aragorn and company come across in the Paths of the Dead. __________________ In nomini domine saboath sui filique ite ad infernos.

08-21-2003, 07:50 PM	#10
kboleen Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Northwest Florida Posts: 27	Yeah, I see what you're saying. It does look like the figure Aragorn finds in the Path of the Dead. With the gold armor and all.<P>Persoanlly speaking, I just finished reading the Paths of the Dead portion in ROTK since last reading LOTR over 20 years ago and I had goosebumps on my arms as I read it and was able to imagine the dead closing behind the Grey Company and following them and then traveling through the towns followed by the legions of the dead and Aragorn hailed or cursed as the King of the Dead, God I can't wait for the movie. It will be unbelievable.

08-21-2003, 07:52 PM	#11
Arwen Eruantale Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: My Field of Paper Flowers Posts: 282	Welcome to the Downs, kboleen! "O happy to be dead!" __________________ And he became somewhat grim to look upon, unless he chanced to smile... Will you pay attention?