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tolkien approved art had it with wings
wings in movie were obscured enough by smoke and fire that they didnt stand out
/thread

Maybe it didn't, but I always imagined it with wings.

Another topic:
Legolas' hair color.

>>644624
He was a pure Elven Aryan. Blonde.

>>644627
The only time it was described, it was said to be dark.

>>644627
I thought all of 'pure blood' elves and the royal ones had dark hair

It's kinda cool thinking what it would have looked like without wings, actually

I always imagined it to look like an obese dragon with a ram's head

>>644645
Is that said somewhere? I don't remember hearing anything like that.

>>644631
He was the Hitler of the Elves.

Those looks like wings to me

brb watching fellowship

>>644620

yeah, and faramir wasnt a total faggot and also presented the strongest anti-war sentiments in the book

so w/e

:(

>>644712
He still got owned by his dad though.

Who cares about the Balrog's wings, I was more miffed that Saruman didn't wear his FABULOUS rainbow robe.

>>644717
SAURMAN OF MANY COLORS.

also-- the best line of of movies isnt even in the book

The worst part of the books wasn't in the movie either

>>644740
Tom Bombadil was my favorite character.
I believe he, and the nights the hobbits spent at his house should have been included in the movies. They seemed fairly vital to me.

>>644752

agreed.

>>644752
Vital for what? He did nothing except prance about and allude to being some kind of weird ass god.

Who the fuck cares.

Balrog = plot device.

>>644757

Vital for increasing the homo factor.

Vital for making us jealous of the draught that makes you grow up. Shit's so baller

>>644733
Saruman the Leader of Gay Wizards' Circle

>>644740
Jackson, I am eternally grateful.

>>644717

THIS

>>644757
I understand completely why they cut him. The majority of Tom's part of the book involves him singing and I feel it would be difficult to do justice to the character without making him come across as a prancing asshole. I think a lot of casual movie-goers would have been turned off by his character.

Though, at the same time I do believe he was vital. He helped out the hobbits during their first encounter on their adventure; aka when Merry and Pippin got stuck inside the Willow tree..

"I kept him in, and as he was, because he represents certain things otherwise left out."

Not only that, but I recall Frodo having several dreams while staying at Bombadil's house revealing the danger Gandalf was in while at Isengard.

>>644717
I thought that was some kind of illusion. But Saruman in na rainbow robe would be awesome.

>>644733
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqgPa33mXU
YES. I LAUGH EVERY TIME.

>>644698

Also Sauron is a balrog and should look like a balrog

>>644794
>obvious non-harming troll

>>644794
WTF u talkin bout

No wings

Listen to this

http://www.tolkienprofessor.com/audio/podcast1.mp3

>>644786
and children in the '70s were actually watching such boring thing?

Elves are Asians, prove me wrong faggots.

street fighter is my favourite videogame

>>644796
The dark lord Mprgoth created the balrogs, Sauron was the most powerful balrog and the dark lords second in command. When Morgoth was defeated the few remaining balrogs hide in the darkest, deepest places of the Earth except for Sauron who took Morgoths job. Its in the Silmarillion.

We... we don't care.

>>644849

>>644849
read it once again, this time without watching furry futa tentacle porn every 10 seconds

>>644735
I fukken LOLd