... What that's it?
Those are the things Quan has been relentlessly hyping? 😐
They were ****ing cannon fodder, their speed and agility only marginally above human, if at all.
The only reason they were a threat at all to the "gods" is because the gods were outnumbered, and all were taken out when their attentions were elsewhere.
The Balrog ****ing wrecks these losers if that's really all they have. 😬
It's like an elephant fighting a bunch of humans, only the humans don't have weapons and the elephant has a sword and whip and is on fire.
Originally posted by NemeBro
Yeah...Where are you seeing any signifigant case of super speed?
Seriously, point it out to me.
Most of the fight, the gods for example were much faster than them, so maybe I'm missing something, where was any signifigant super speed demonstrated?
Most of the fight is obviously shot in a perspective that is slowed down.
For example, start from 0:28. One of the Titans get split in half by the chain, he dies and loses his speed, and we see how fast things are really moving from their perspective. The body falling slows down to a crawl yet the gods and Titans are still moving at "normal" speeds. This happens throughout the scene.
In case you're trying to argue its just a slow-mo shot for particular kills - its not because everyone else moves at normal speed.
Yes, the gods are faster, but the Titans still have incredible speed, more than enough to easily evade the Balrog.
Originally posted by Placidity
Most of the fight is obviously shot in a perspective that is slowed down.For example, start from 0:28. One of the Titans get split in half by the chain, he dies and loses his speed, and we see how fast things are really moving from their perspective. The body falling slows down to a crawl yet the gods and Titans are still moving at "normal" speeds. This happens throughout the scene.
In case you're trying to argue its just a slow-mo shot for particular kills - its not because everyone else moves at normal speed.
Yes, the gods are faster, but the Titans still have incredible speed, more than enough to easily evade the Balrog.
Also remember Ares vs the Hyperion forces in the Salt Mine at the monestary.
Easily evade? Seriously?
The whip and sword will be moving around to, a direct attack is easier to see coming than the whip doing what it does, i.e. whipping. Swipes will connect.
Besides, nobody has refuted the "It took a day and a lightning bolt, with a magic sword and staff, and who knows what else magic to bring this thing down" yet. At all.
Ok, take a whip. Now lash it around yourself. Watch the path. They can't dodge it when it is being swung at them all the time. Then think of spacial restrictions. And the sword. They may be much faster than the Balrog had shown, but they can't harm it that well, (watch all the hits on the gods, many made with their weapons were just a stab)
The Titans are working from "Death from a Thousand Cuts" than brute strength. They will be trying to bring it down through attrition because of numbers and an obvious differential in size, strength, and overall hardiness. If they are immolated by the Balrog fanning its own flames, or burned from the heat of its breath (Watch when it roars, you can see the distortion of air from heat)
Originally posted by NephthysYeah that couldn't have possibly been because of Gandalf's magical shield. By the time they actually fought, the Balrog was unarmed. Notably, it did hit Gandalf with its whip, from a pretty good distance too.
The Balrog couldn't even hit freaking Gandalf with it, how do you expect it to hit people with actual superspeed?
Why do you act like this in threads that involve Lord of the Rings?
/waits for Gandalf has no superhuman durability.
At least try to make actual valid points like Placidity, I admit to not noticing that the entire scene appears to be slowed down (Even though the entire fight scene is a massive violation of momentum).
See, Placidity made a valid point.
It doesn't get around the whole "How are they going to injure it with little daggers?" thing, but hey, it's a start.
Originally posted by NemeBro
Yeah that couldn't have possibly been because of Gandalf's magical shield. By the time they actually fought, the Balrog was unarmed. Notably, it did hit Gandalf with its whip, from a pretty good distance too.
You're right, it couldn't have been, because Gandalf didn't have a magical shield up at the time it busted out the whip. Unless you mean during the off-screen duel.
And you are absolutely right. It did hit him. I conceed the point. All it has to do is lull the Titans into a false sense of victory and then attack them from behind and its set to go!
Originally posted by NemeBro
Why do you act like this in threads that involve Lord of the Rings?
I hate Lord of the Rings.
Peter Jackson is a witch. >:<
Originally posted by Nephthys
You're right, it couldn't have been, because Gandalf didn't have a magical shield up at the time it busted out the whip. Unless you mean during the off-screen duel.
You are aware that the Balrog didn't actually swing his whip at Gandalf before Gandalf crumbled the floor, right?
Are you trolling?
And you are absolutely right. It did hit him. I conceed the point. All it has to do is lull the Titans into a false sense of victory and then attack them from behind and its set to go!
I was mostly just mentioning it because the one time it swung the whip, it hit him.
Frankly, the Balrog could just run around. The Titans won't be able to stop it, and it would crush them by moving. They can do not a single thing to it.
I hate Lord of the Rings.Peter Jackson is a witch. >:<
Why do you hate Lord of the Rings?
And explain the second part.