[Lalaith]

Of all the plot changes made by PJ, the Glorfindel/Arwen substitution was the one I minded least. In fact, I actively approved of it. <BR>Sorry, I can't remember who said this earlier, but whoever it was that made the point of Glorfindel having this moment and then vanishing from the story, is right. I also agree with whoever made the sexism point. I fear there is more than a grain of truth there. <BR>However, perhaps Glorfindel could have been used in the Haldir role, and to better effect. WHY is everyone so crazy about Haldir? He's about as impressively elven as my hairdresser...<BR>The TTT Arwen storyline is much more annoying, although I don't blame Liv Tyler for that. The script doesn't make sense. Why establish Arwen as a strong female warrior type in FotR, only to have her bossed about by Elrond as Heavy Patriach Father packing her off to the Havens in TTT? Silly. And it was NOT in the appendix. Elrond did not pull a Thingol. He never tried to break up the relationship, he merely told Aragorn that he had to fulfil his destiny before he married ANY man's daughter.