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AinurOlorin
Valinor
Feb 10, 3:12am
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And there was the matter of that Balrog.
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Out of sight. . . maybe. . . but not to be counted out all together. Durin and a kingdom of dwarves couldn't stand against him. . . half an army of wounded and weary dwarves would have been doomed before they started if they had passed beyond the gate. Erebor, nope.
Well, a dragon is a different situation altogether. If they were being chased by a dragon the whole movie, I would support them running away.
Azanulbizar, well, yeah, they technically won, but lots of dead dwarves, and they aren't living there, are they?
The numbers weren't exactly equal. If Azog had hundreds of orcs with him I'd support running, but it doesn't look like an army, just another company.
Trolls--even though they seemed to hack, stab and whack them at length, all I saw were a few troll teeth go, no wounds to speak of.
Missing teeth are wounds? To be fair, the dwarves didn't have wounds either. They could have kept fighting had it not been for Bilbo.
With Azog in the trees--when they did finally attack, it didn't go well.
Thorin fought the only competent orc by himself and lost. When the other dwarves (and even Bilbo!) decided to help, they held their own.
They were surrounded until, well, eagles. I think running away is a good plan for this group.
They were very nearly all killed, and it's a problem that could have been solved long ago. Also, don't forget the possible help of the Elves in coordinating a nearby ambush.
"Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!"
"Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
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Why didn't they fight Azog?
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stoutfiles
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Feb 8, 2:59pm
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They are stuck on trees
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Eowyn3
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Feb 8, 3:06pm
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Not referring to the tree scene
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stoutfiles
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Feb 8, 3:10pm
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Sorry, got the wrong scene.
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Eowyn3
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Feb 8, 4:38pm
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Fighting wouldn't have guaranteed they'd all survive would it?
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Earl
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Feb 8, 3:23pm
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The dwarves generally run away a lot
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Kimtc
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Feb 8, 3:39pm
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no more running!
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stoutfiles
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Feb 8, 4:18pm
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And there was the matter of that Balrog.
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 10, 3:12am
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Some thoughts...
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Owain
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Feb 8, 9:00pm
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well said //
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Rostron2
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Feb 8, 9:19pm
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not a hole in logic
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irodino
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Feb 9, 5:10am
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Agreed.//
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Owain
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Feb 9, 5:37am
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