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DanielLB
Elvenhome
Aug 31 2012, 8:35am
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I'd always imagined it just to be a normal type key. Never thought anything differently.
And don't forget the 3D glasses 
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macfalk
Doriath
Aug 31 2012, 8:53am
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That first site you linked looks Russian and not German to me 
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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TheHutt
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Aug 31 2012, 8:57am
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The original German site took that article down on Warner's behalf... the Russian one didn't. 
Russian LotR/Hobbit Site: henneth-annun.ru
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macfalk
Doriath
Aug 31 2012, 9:10am
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By the way, notice the TH count-down clock on that site. We should have one of those here, too! (There it says it's 103 days, 12 hours, 49 minutes and 50 seconds left to the premiere!) 
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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TheHutt
Mithlond
Aug 31 2012, 9:28am
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That's probably valid for the keychain, but the inscription on the WETA artwork seems longer...
Russian LotR/Hobbit Site: henneth-annun.ru
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Earl
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Aug 31 2012, 9:31am
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I didn't notice that. I'd love to know what the writing in the artwork means (if they really are real runes).
The Plan 9 Interview... in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of The Fellowship of the Ring.
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dernwyn
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Aug 31 2012, 10:16am
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The runes along the edge of this key do read "DURIN" and "HEIR", in the style of the runes used on the Map.
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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lurtz2010
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Aug 31 2012, 10:34am
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Is this key the exact same design as the one from Bilbo's book in FOTR?
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It looks similar but I'm not sure if there's a diffrerence or not.
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TheHutt
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Aug 31 2012, 10:36am
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No, there all the designs are different.
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In Bilbo's book, the designs of Orcrist, Glamdring and Thorin's Key all look different.
Russian LotR/Hobbit Site: henneth-annun.ru
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Seaber
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Aug 31 2012, 10:48am
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Doesn't Gandalf carry Glamdring with him?
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So the designers would know what it looked like, unless it got a redesign.
Or Bilbo forgot.
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TheHutt
Mithlond
Aug 31 2012, 10:51am
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When Daniel Reeve made Bilbo's book he had no idea how the real designs would look like.
Russian LotR/Hobbit Site: henneth-annun.ru
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lurtz2010
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Aug 31 2012, 10:51am
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If that was an early design of Glamdring then thank god they changed it
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perhaps Bilbo just decided to make it his own, bless him.
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DanielLB
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Aug 31 2012, 10:54am
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Glamdring isn't too disimilar to the actual prop
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I think they look roughly the same. It's the key and Orcrist that look nothing alike. Since Bilbo drew these during FOTR, I'd accept that fact that he had "forgotten". But in reality, it's just a continuity mistake.
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Seaber
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Aug 31 2012, 10:56am
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That's not Thorin's key (unless that is on a diferent page to the one Daniellb posted) it's the key to the Troll's cave
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Seaber
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Aug 31 2012, 10:58am
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Orcrist looks similar to Glamdring does with the curved hilt
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But Glamdring in that book looks nothing like any sword I remember from the trilogy.
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DanielLB
Elvenhome
Aug 31 2012, 10:58am
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That's the only shot of a key in the Red Book.
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DanielLB
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Aug 31 2012, 11:02am
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Don't forget, it's a only a rough sketch of the sword
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Yes the hilt is different, and Glamdring doesn't have the "crown" end, but it's similar. Not a stretch of the imagination to believe they are the same sword. 
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Aug 31 2012, 3:45pm
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That's the key to the troll cave
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And Glamdring does look like a basically accurate simple drawing of the real thing. Orcrist is different (I admit to liking this version better!) but there's a good reason for that...
Now for the real conversation. Will PJ go back and edit FOTR, and add in the new Orcrist design? Will Frodo shoot first?
Discuss!
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Seaber
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Aug 31 2012, 4:28pm
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I still can't see the similarity between the Glamdrings.
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The hilt is curved on the 'real' one and straight on the drawn one.
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DanielLB
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Aug 31 2012, 4:33pm
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Details, details! And memory loss!
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Draw a picture of Glamdring in 60 years, you'll get the same result
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Seaber
Ossiriand
Aug 31 2012, 4:36pm
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I would LOVE to read that book. Bilbo's handwriting is lovely.
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