Originally posted by brownie
I would say the worst they could do is replacing one of the characters with Vin Diseal. LOL, J/K people.
i would #$@% my pants if that happened... and promptly leave the theater and drive my car 85 mph into opposing traffic... and if that didn't kill me... i'd run into the nearest mini mart
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Darn right, I cannot think of anything less appropriate for the movie than the Scouring of the Shire. EXCEPT for Tom Bombadil. Phew!
HOW DARE YOU! TOM BOMBADIL IS AWSOME! HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? ANY TRUE FAN OF TOLKIEN WOULD DRINK A BOTTLE OF BOILING METAL BEFORE SAYING SUCH BLASPHEMY! TOM BOMBADIL AND THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE ARE TWO OF THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS! AND WHAT IS THIS ABOUT PURISTS? I DON'T HAVE TO BE A PURIST TO THINK THAT NOT HAVING THOSE THINGS WAS A BAD THING TO DO!
Okay... calm down... deep breaths... breathe in... breathe out... okay.
Now, where was I? O yes, Tom Bombadil. Now, if you know anything about Tolkien, you'd know that Tom Bombadil and Fatty Lumpkin (Tom's Donkey) were made by Tolkien as a bedtime story for his son, Christopher. Years later, when writing the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien added these things to the story for some reason or another. All I know is that Tom Bombadil meant something to Tolkien, and you making fun of it would have him rolling in his grave. The ONLY reason that Peter Jackson didn't have Tom Bombadil in the films was that there wasn't enough time to do it, that it would make the movie too long, and that there were other things more important to the journey of the ring.
Now, moving along. The scouring of the Shire could easily be one of the best parts in the entire story. I cannot stress this enough. That you could possibly disagree shows me that you are only a fan of The Lord of the Rings for its action and excitement, and you care naught for anything else. To such a person the scouring of the Shire would be dull, and that can be the only explanation to your utter lack of interest. To say such things and still call yourself a true Tolkien fan... I just can't believe it... What madness could possibly drive you so?
I mean not to insult you, Ushgarak, but I am utterly dumbfounded at these turn of events... I just cannot believe that a true Tolkien fan would speak such lies... Have you no shame? Have you no heart? Have you no respect for this literary masterpiece? I find myself disgusted by your sheer lack of sanity, and... and... UH! I cannot believe this... how could you? How COULD you? I cannot imagine how this has come to pass... How anyone could regard so lowly the work of such a genious... 😠 You make me sick! 😘
Saruman will probably die in the tower at the hand of Wormtongue after the Palantir incident with Pippin. That would, in a diminute way, bring closure to the story of Saruman. I supose Wormtongu would then be engulfed by a horde of surviving orcs or something with Gandalf and the rest of his company just turning away...
As to the delivery of the sword by Arwen, it would be a good way to increase the importance of the fact that Aragorn is now ready to embrace his destiny
As it so happens, I am NOT just a fan of Tolkien for the action, I have been a Tolkien fan far longer than you, thank you very much, and I have always appreicated the full depth of the Tolkien universe.
But the fact remains that I believe Scouring is just crap, and that or Tom Bombadil on film would NOT HAVE WORKED.
I am a true Tolkien fan, as is Peter Jackson, and if you start insulting my beliefs like that again I shall consider it a flame and take action. I hope that is clear. Just calm the hell down and don't be so narrow-minded about thinking a 'true fan' has to think just like you.