I haven’t seen that one.
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Because Sauron was a giant fuck off eye in the sky. He might just have spotted a few giant eagles carrying some hobbits and thought, “now that is unusual. Should probably put a stop to that.”
Worst movie complaint ever.
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Should’ve flown in from where the sun is, then. He wouldn’t be able to look directly at them until it was too late.
Unless you’re going to tell me that he’s also got a giant, one-eyed pair of sunglasses that he wears JUST IN CASE some eagles might be flying in from that direction. That’s ridiculous. You’re ridiculous.
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What’s in it for an officer of the Galactic Empire?
I do wonder how many times they have to sing the song though. Must be 20+ times minimum. In my defence I haven’t watched the film in decades but I remember thinking it looked a bloody long way when I was a kid.
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Watched Groundhog Day yesterday afternoon. Question I have is: why does the piano teacher look so proud of herself and say ‘He’s my student’ when (in her mind) Phil would only have had one lesson with her that afternoon and he would already have been a very proficient pianist?
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In The Karate Kid, how come so many people are that invested in a regional martial arts tournament for children?
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Not a politician but the best throwaway aside in TTOI is ‘it’s almost as libellous as the Huw Edwards rumour’
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I have similar questions about The Mighty Ducks.
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I dunno if a giant flaming eye would be as affected by the sun as our normal human eyes are tbf. I haven’t spent much time pondering the biology of an eye made of pure flame but I would speculate that it would in fact be alright looking in the direction of the sun.
Checkmate, epman.
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How does the optics of a giant eye made of pure flame work then? Surely it couldn’t absord incident light because it would be blinded by itself.
Also trees can’t talk
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the fucks bing bunny?
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One of the best things on CBeebies, except Bing is too whiny and needs to… bunny the fuck up.
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I don’t know tbh. I expect it’s explained in the Silmarillion, but no one has ever made it all the way through that so we may never know. So I’m gonna go with magic. It’s all magic.
And they’re not trees Eps they’re Ents. Ents. Totally different. I mean, duh.
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really depends whether you accept that the uruk hai are the result of cross breeding between humans and orcs. there are suggestions throughout the lore that this may be the case, but in the FF, gandalf states that they are the result of crossbreeding between orcs and goblin men. in any case, let’s assume for a moment that theory one is correct and that the Uruks of Isengard and possibly Mordor are human-orc hybrids. It stands to reason that these Uruks would have retained traits from both species - ordering food from a menu, for example. Furthermore, one of the Uruks is heard to complain about ‘maggoty bread’, suggesting a considerably sophisticated pallet.
The theory is somewhat clouded by dialogue in the same scene between the Uruk captain and two of the orcs, one of whom asks for a slice of meat off the ‘flank’ of the hobbits whilst the other is seen licking his lips at the prospect of consuming one of the most tender cuts of meat - the leg. You could infer from this that the traditional orc or goblin possesses the capacity for a la carte dining too. Furthermore, the logistics involved in moving an army the size of the attack force at Minas Tirith would have probably necessitated the mobilisation of an orc catering corps or equivalent - the idea that such a force could have lived off the barren wastes between Mordor and Gondor is, in my mind, unacceptable. If the orcs were capable of organising such a corps, it stands to reason that a range of food would have been available at the orc mess, or equivalent, much like a menu.
I mean, I could go on.
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what about the eagle thing though
Actually, why would he even have bothered with a lesson that afternoon. He would have honed his skills over a number of years so one extra ‘lesson’ on the afternoon before playing at the party would’ve been a bit of a waste of his valuable time. Especially when he had loads of other things to do
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the eagles would have come under the influence of the ring, too. evidence for the ring’s capacity to corrupt from a considerable distance can be seen in the demise of Boromir at the battle of Parth Galen. therefore, it is assumed that such a flight would have been ruled out early on (and off camera) during the summit at Rivendell.
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What, so an eagle would have stolen the ring from Frodo, put it on one of its talons, and fucked off with it?
Eagles don’t wear rings, mate.
thats exactly what I’m saying. while the issue of animals coming under the influence of the ring is problematic (the horses ridden by frodo for example, do not turn evil and try to steal the ring), the eagles are clearly of a superior intelligence with the capacity for complex thought (forming alliances, navigation, etc.).
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