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Old 01-18-2003, 09:37 PM   #8
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I always pictured the Dunlendings as caucasian as well, especially considering their geographical location. I thought the only dark-skinned people were from Harad? Can anyone actually back up the black Dunlending theory?<P>I fail to see the logic in the Dunlending scene in the movie. They rabbit <B>on</B> and <B>on</B> about 'saving time' (the false idol Saturn), and then introduce the Dunlendings, only to have them not show up at Helm's Deep. Add to this the fact that Saruman's servants are all orcs (apart from Wormtongue), unlike the book, and you're really just portraying him wrongly. I think they should have either use the Dunlendings as they were intended, or not introduced them at all.
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