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ElendilTheShort
Rohan
Nov 23 2012, 10:37am
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A very simple exercise but to the point.
JRRT wrote in canon literature that the orcs bore curved swords and never wrote that elves did apart from a single character in an outdated version of the fall of Gondolin. So it is a more than reasonable assumption that elves generally or exclusively bore straight swords in JRRT's canon works.
SIR PJ's vision has elves predominantly bearing swords with curved blades.
20 years from now a studio exec in a career killing move gives me $2 billion to remake LOTR. I have been driven mad by all the changes/commercialisation/debate/confusion surrounding the previous 7 movies ( 3 LOTR & the eventual 4 Hobbit movies) and have no real rememberance of the books and interpret the glowing elven swords to be made of energon taken from a big metallic rock falling from the sky, is my vision at that time as valid as JRRT's or Sir PJ's.
The point being not everyones vision is as valid as JRRT's. The more changes that are made from known facts within the story, the less valid the vision becomes. If unknown aspects are filled in, fair enough. This is why I don't mind Tauriel in principle, who is to say there is no female elf guard. Her romance with Kili if it eventuates, complete bollocks as far as valid vision is concerned, but completely acceptable if it is noted as a change of the film makers will, which is what they have indicated.
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Simon Tolkien comments on the film adaptations on BBC radio....
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dormouse
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Nov 22 2012, 1:09pm
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doesn't he rather say...
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Elthir
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Nov 22 2012, 2:07pm
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Yes, sorry
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dormouse
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Nov 22 2012, 2:44pm
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No problem...
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Elthir
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Nov 23 2012, 1:06am
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He likes the one i like the best :)
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 3:34pm
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to be fair...
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 4:10pm
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fair minded sit with you better?
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 4:31pm
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third attempt
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 5:35pm
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hmm not sure how to respond to this, lol
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 5:52pm
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It's possible there is a cultural context to terms like 'irrationality' ...
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 6:17pm
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oh sorry i didnt mean it that way at all
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 6:27pm
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you got the point I was trying to make!
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 6:53pm
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I finally got there in the end, haha!
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 8:12pm
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wow i have totally derailed this thread! Sorry! //
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 6:29pm
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Thank you! //
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sador
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Nov 22 2012, 6:41pm
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I was interested in the question
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Elenorflower
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Nov 23 2012, 1:40am
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Validity by degrees
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ElendilTheShort
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Nov 23 2012, 10:37am
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Sword straightness
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Noel Q. von Schneiffel
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Nov 23 2012, 3:19pm
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fair enough
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Elenorflower
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Nov 23 2012, 5:24pm
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I don't understand how your imagination can be at fault?
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ElendilTheShort
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Nov 23 2012, 10:37pm
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