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Eruonen
Half-elven
Aug 14 2014, 8:50pm
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Yes, that aspect of the whip coming back up after
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the Balrog has fallen away a significant distance always
seems a stretch. But, who is to say his whip is not
without certain non physical qualities? Maybe he can extend it as part of his innate power.
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Ethel Duath
Half-elven
Aug 14 2014, 9:07pm
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After all, he is a sort of a Maia, and should by nature have power outside the realm of physics (and I'm wondering if the impossibility of it is what makes it look so cool . . . )
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Eruonen
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Aug 14 2014, 10:10pm
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If you go an read that section 'The Bridge of Khazad Dum"
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you will see that Gandalf's staff breaks when he smote the bridge (implying the power through it was too great).
The Balrog falls, but as he is falling, his great whip curls
at Gandalf's knees, fell, grasped "vainly" at the stone and fell into the chasm...saying "Fly, you fools!"
In the book, the time is not as great as in the movie for the whip to have struck Gandalf.
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Ethel Duath
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Aug 14 2014, 10:19pm
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The movie's timing was for the visual effect. Not necessary in a literary description.
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DwellerInDale
Rohan
Aug 18 2014, 11:59am
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Why our numbers differ somewhat
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As many of you may know, I did a similar physical analysis some months ago (see the Front Page for a link). Professor Allain estimates a shorter falling distance because he did not try to calculate the mass and area of the Balrog; he simply assumed that the Balrog would fall as a human. Given the enormous size of the Balrog I would consider my analysis to be more accurate...that is, if there really were such things as Balrogs!
Don't mess with my favorite female elf.
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
Aug 19 2014, 2:34am
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You don't believe in the Cosmology?  For shame, for shame!!  
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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