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re: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers if it was made in 1983
Posted on 8/17/24 at 1:31 pm to MississippiLebowski
Posted on 8/17/24 at 1:31 pm to MississippiLebowski
Stupid sexy Gandalf
Posted on 8/17/24 at 3:02 pm to MississippiLebowski
Legolas and Gimly are probably much more book accurate here. Elves were supposed to be powerful jacked warriors. Dwarves were no supposed to be clowns.
Posted on 8/17/24 at 3:06 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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The Two Towers is never explicitly spelled out.
Is it Isengard and Barad-dur?
Barad-dur and Ecthelion?
Ecthelion and Minus Morgul?
Ecthilion and Isengard?
Isengard and Minas Ithil (Morgul)
Posted on 8/17/24 at 10:32 pm to udtiger
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The Two Towers is never explicitly spelled out.
They say it in the film. Isengaard and Barad-Dur.
The two centers of Sauron/Sarumon's power.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:43 am to Green Chili Tiger
Going for the He-Man look
Posted on 8/18/24 at 6:10 am to Jack Ruby
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They say it in the film. Isengaard and Barad-Dur.
Do they though? Remember where, exactly?
Tolkien was never specific on that matter though.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 6:37 am
Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:50 am to MississippiLebowski
I would love to see the full prompt/input that goes into AI for these types of things.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:01 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Do they though? Remember where, exactly?
I feel like it is a line spoken by Saruman.
Something about the “alliance of the two towers.”
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:03 am to MississippiLebowski
That should get a greenlight... looks amazing.
Would love to have a new Conan movie like that.
Would love to have a new Conan movie like that.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:35 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:Yeah he was; in the books it refers to Orthanc and Minas Morgul. Those are the "two towers" relevant to that particular book. Orthanc for the Rohan storyline, Minas Morgul to Frodo, Sam and Gollum's story.
Tolkien was never specific on that matter though.
In Jackson's movie, they do have Saruman making that cringy line about the alliance between Isengard and Mordor, with the 2 towers being Orthanc and Barad Dur. But that was pure movie crap; in the book there's a couple lines specifically saying Orthanc is just a pale shadow of Barad Dur and not comparable at all.
And there WAS no 'alliance', because Saruman was trying to find the Ring for himself, and not checking in with Sauron anymore. So he was Sauron's shitlist already.
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