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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Nov 24 2013, 11:53pm
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Funny observation while watching TTT Helm's Deep scene
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I wasn't sure if this should thread should go here or under Main, but if it's it the wrong place then mods please move it.
I noticed during the Helm's Deep scene in TTT where the uruk hia have started to take over the fortress that this one semi-funny moment happens in the background.
Théoden says "The fortress is taken. It is over." Then Aragorn and Legolas who are helping to barricade the door run over to grab either end of this large plank of wood and Aragorn says "You said this fortress would never fall while your men defend it!" The funny thing I saw is that when Aragorn delivers his line, he lets go of his end of the plank without any notice. You can see in the background that poor Legolas, suddenly having to carry the plank by himself actually half drops it and has to reposition himself to pick it back up again! You can see it very clearly in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51oEk21ax5A if you watch it from the 17sec mark to the 25sec mark.
I don't know if this was intentional or if it was like that riders of Rohan scene where your can see that Eomer's sword is falling out of the sheath as he rides away but the actors ignored it and they left it in the film. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Remus
Lorien
Nov 25 2013, 12:16am
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Look at Legolas. Aragorn talks to Theoden and Legolas is like "hey? What are you doing Aragorn?".
It's definetly not a mistake. Not the way i see it.
But i really wanna see that, i wanna see that scene where we see Sauron walking the steps INSIDE of Bara-Dûr and taking his seat upon his dark throne and summoning the eye, looking into the camera and then BAM! THE END.
-My thoughts on the best ending scene/post credit scene on TABA.
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cats16
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Nov 25 2013, 1:14am
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Not a blooper, from my perspective.
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Legolas, to me, also seems to identify the reason that this happens instantly. He knows what Aragorn must do--and what must be said to Theoden.
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ElendilTheShort
Gondor
Nov 25 2013, 8:27am
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Will have to re-look at Helms Deep
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but.........that @#!"?; sword scence, how could they keep that in. What blew it for me is the fact Aragorn notices and does nothing, it was almost as bad as someone staring at a camera. It just ruined all concept of theatrical reality in that scene for me.
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Nov 25 2013, 3:39pm
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Especially since I didn't notice the sword thing until someone pointed it out. Even then I had to rewind about 10 times to see it. But yeah, once you notice it you're not going to stop noticing it. Actually my mom and I enjoy joking around and adding some extra dialogue to the scene:
Eomer: "We ride north!"
*Riders of Rohan gallop away*
Aragorn (shouting): "Hey, Eomer! Your sword fell out on the ground back here! Aren't you going to need it?"
Eomer: "We ride south!" 
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Barrow-Wight
Rohan
Nov 26 2013, 12:02am
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everyone's got a serious answer geez lol I've noticed it before it's always hilarious to me little elven princeling needs to start lifting weights lol. there's another scene when the Ents break the dam and they brace for the impact of the water, this one Ent is on fire flailing his arms about he dips his head in the water I just find it funny for some reason I can hear his thoughts "OH THANK GOD WATER!!"
there's plenty more background things I've noticed but I can't recall them right now
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Nov 26 2013, 4:27pm
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I glad someone else thought it was funny :)
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I've noticed the Ent thing too and it always makes me giggle during an otherwise serious scene. It seems the two of us have a similar sense of humor!  I also think it's fun to watch Legolas when he's in the background of the scene because he made so many odd facial expressions. It seems other people have noticed it too and have made a bunch of gifs for them. My favorite its the one he does behind Théoden that you can see in the gif at the bottom of this page: http://background-legolas.tumblr.com/ I keep expecting somebody to turn around and say "Legolas, what the heck are you doing back there?!" Lol!
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FaramirAndEowynMorningStar
Rohan
Nov 26 2013, 5:16pm
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That wasn't what cracked me up about this scene.
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It took me a good few times to look but in the background, the bit afterwards [around 41 seconds] when Legolas literally overturns the table with the candles and food (shoving all the things onto the floor with a crash) and just runs with it to the door makes me laugh every time. It's just the way he does it. 
 ..The Lord of Silver Fountains
.....The King of Carven Stone
..The King Under the Mountain
.......Shall come into his own
..And the bells will ring in gladness
......At the Mountain King's return
..But all shall fail in sadness
....And the lake will shine and burn
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Nov 26 2013, 6:13pm
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Beginning of ROTK
When riding through the water of Flooded
Isengard..Theoden's Horse
Takes...a Dump?
"Never Trust a Horse?"
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Nov 26 2013, 6:33pm
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Somehow I missed that! Lol! I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to keep out those orcs!
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Nov 26 2013, 6:35pm
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...sometimes you have no choice but to answer!
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FaramirAndEowynMorningStar
Rohan
Nov 26 2013, 7:20pm
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Desperate measures at times like these are always needed.//
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..The Lord of Silver Fountains
.....The King of Carven Stone
..The King Under the Mountain
.......Shall come into his own
..And the bells will ring in gladness
......At the Mountain King's return
..But all shall fail in sadness
....And the lake will shine and burn
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shadowdog
Rohan
Nov 26 2013, 9:46pm
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As long as we are at Helm's Deep
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A more serious question. Did none of the elves survive the battle?
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Nov 26 2013, 10:10pm
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I had wondered about that myself. Of course Legolas survived, but I sure don't recall seeing any other elves around after the battle at any point. I would hope they didn't all die. Perhaps, if there were survivors, they simply left immediately after? I don't know.
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Barrow-Wight
Rohan
Nov 26 2013, 11:47pm
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There's one Legolas facial expreion I always notice is when Haldir comes to the rescue at Helm's Deep "We are proud to fight alongside men once more" Legolas in the background looks really really proud at the moment like he's saying "Aww yeah who just came to save yo butt? elves did!" lol
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Werde Spinner
Rohan
Nov 27 2013, 12:52am
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an interview from an Elf extra (Ben Britton, I think) that, officially, all the Elves from Lothlorien did die at Helm's Deep, which kinda makes no sense statistically to me. Either that, or really only a handful of *all* the people fighting there did make it - just those we see with Théoden there. And that's not a lot.  However, the extra guy noted that you could also see him as an extra in the background at the Grey Havens, so I just prefer to believe that some of them did survive. What they did and where they went after that, though, I haven't a clue.
"I had forgotten that. It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that was broken in the long ages ere the fathers of our fathers rode into the Mark! How shall a man judge what to do in such times?"
"As he ever has judged. Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house."
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Arwen's daughter
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Nov 27 2013, 2:18am
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I think one of the production books (either Weapons & Warfare or maybe the LOTR Companion) confirmed the none of the elves survived Helm's Deep.
When the company rides out of Helm's Deep for their last stand there are two elves with them. One of them is Legolas and the other has been digitally altered to be not-Arwen. I *think* that's the last we see of any of the elves.
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Magpie
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Nov 27 2013, 2:20am
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A long time ago, I ran across an old page put up pre-TTT that dealt with rumors about what was going to be in TTT. Many of them turned out to be true. One was that all the Elves died defending Helm's Deep (except Legolas and ghost-Arwen).
This does make sense to me. We just don't see them after a certain point and not at all when Theoden "rides out to meet them." If there had been any of the Elven army left alive, I believe they would have been in that ride out.
I think they all died putting themselves in the thickest of it... esp. if they had realized how inexperienced the Rohirrim were.
I have often wished I could track down that old webpage. I think I found it researching the horse Brego (since, in the TE, Brego was a bit of a mystery) and I think it was a site that focused on the horses, but I'm not sure.
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Arwen's daughter
Half-elven
Nov 27 2013, 2:21am
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While we're talking about funny stuff at Helm's Deep
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Has everyone seen the elf who has to duck out of the way of his neighbor's quiver full of arrows? It's right around the time that Aragorn shouts, "Ladders!"
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FaramirAndEowynMorningStar
Rohan
Nov 27 2013, 10:41am
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Good elf-eyes, Arwen's daughter. I'll look out for that next time I watch it.
..The Lord of Silver Fountains
.....The King of Carven Stone
..The King Under the Mountain
.......Shall come into his own
..And the bells will ring in gladness
......At the Mountain King's return
..But all shall fail in sadness
....And the lake will shine and burn
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