The Word On The Street Is ....
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"One.. thing you can....always...trust...........word on the street."
tomandshell
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Which street?
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I saw this on another forum. I was kind of hoping for a Gandalf vs Balrog or at least a Aragorn vs Lurtz first.
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tomandshell said:
Exactly, I think I'm in the wrong town!
DannieDarKo
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tomandshell said:
Matt is straight out of Compton!
Rook
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In all seriousness, I can't think of a more iconic (there's that word again) battle in the entire series. The whole kit-n-kaboodle hangs on this very contest, man! It all comes down to the wee little ******* that wins this tussle! 
So, yeah, I think it's a natural choice.
Have they confirmed that all of the dioramas will be of the VS. variety?
So, yeah, I think it's a natural choice.
Have they confirmed that all of the dioramas will be of the VS. variety?
tomandshell
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Well, I would have hoped for a confrontation that existed in the book. But this one will still look pretty cool, I suppose.
Seretur
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It can easily be the one from the book -- their first encounter in Emyn Muil.
That one would have to include Sam as well, though. (Maybe it does, and Matt's street just isn't completely reliable.) As a plus point, it wouldn't only recreate the scene from Book IV, it would also depict the famous Alan Lee illustration, as PJ took great care to reenact it in the movie.
Or it's the one in Sammath Naur, with Gollum biting Frodo's ringbearing finger off. That one is also from the book, so no complaints there either.
It could be the two of them struggling immediately afterwards. Not in the book, and not as iconic as the first two choices anyway, so hopefully that's not the one.
Finally, it could be their fight immediately after Shelob's lair, or on the slopes of Mt. Doom (again with Sam involved). Sort of canonical again...
Whichever it is, I'm glad we haven't gotten another Gandalf vs. Balrog before the plaque has managed to sell out; and I'm ecstatic we're not getting yet another Lurtz piece after all.
First Maul, now this -- I'm stoked, stoked!
That one would have to include Sam as well, though. (Maybe it does, and Matt's street just isn't completely reliable.) As a plus point, it wouldn't only recreate the scene from Book IV, it would also depict the famous Alan Lee illustration, as PJ took great care to reenact it in the movie.
Or it's the one in Sammath Naur, with Gollum biting Frodo's ringbearing finger off. That one is also from the book, so no complaints there either.
It could be the two of them struggling immediately afterwards. Not in the book, and not as iconic as the first two choices anyway, so hopefully that's not the one.
Finally, it could be their fight immediately after Shelob's lair, or on the slopes of Mt. Doom (again with Sam involved). Sort of canonical again...
Whichever it is, I'm glad we haven't gotten another Gandalf vs. Balrog before the plaque has managed to sell out; and I'm ecstatic we're not getting yet another Lurtz piece after all.
First Maul, now this -- I'm stoked, stoked!
tomandshell
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I do know that these will be primarily film based, and that makes sense. But I loved the movies best when they managed to bring to life the book in a way that I had always imagined. There were other parts that changed or contradicted what was written by Tolkien--and while I often understood why PJ did what he did, the changes were just what I had to put up with in exchange for so much that was done right from the book.
While there was a struggle between Frodo and Gollum in the book, PJ kind of expanded on and altered the chain of events. In the book, Frodo puts on the ring and Gollum bites it off his finger, dances for joy, and falls over the edge. There is not a protracted fight between the two of them, nor is there a scene with Frodo hanging over the edge with Sam trying to "talk him of the ledge," so to speak. So it doesn't play out exactly how I have carried it in my imagination after reading and rereading the book over the years.
When it comes to the dioramas, I think I will be most excited about the big iconic moments from the films that also bring to life the events of the book with the greatest possible accuracy. Sam carrying Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom qualifies. Gandalf facing off against the Balrog does as well. There will (hopefully) be a lot of dioramas that will present a moment from the films that also happen to remain faithful to the book as an added bonus for us book lovers.
(At least the first one isn't Aragorn falling off the cliff during the Warg attack.)
Of course, I will be thrilled if it's this scene--straight out of both the book AND film:
While there was a struggle between Frodo and Gollum in the book, PJ kind of expanded on and altered the chain of events. In the book, Frodo puts on the ring and Gollum bites it off his finger, dances for joy, and falls over the edge. There is not a protracted fight between the two of them, nor is there a scene with Frodo hanging over the edge with Sam trying to "talk him of the ledge," so to speak. So it doesn't play out exactly how I have carried it in my imagination after reading and rereading the book over the years.
When it comes to the dioramas, I think I will be most excited about the big iconic moments from the films that also bring to life the events of the book with the greatest possible accuracy. Sam carrying Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom qualifies. Gandalf facing off against the Balrog does as well. There will (hopefully) be a lot of dioramas that will present a moment from the films that also happen to remain faithful to the book as an added bonus for us book lovers.
(At least the first one isn't Aragorn falling off the cliff during the Warg attack.)
Of course, I will be thrilled if it's this scene--straight out of both the book AND film:
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