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Old 05-20-2003, 05:33 PM   #13
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think in the theatrical version he was smoking. It was after the field scene when Sam was afraid of taking another step. When Bilbo is doing the voice over Sam and Frodo are tending a fire and that's when Sam smokes. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The same thought occured to me Rose. He does smoke while tending the fire in the theatrical version. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>This must be the scene that you are thinking of:<P> <P>I had thought that it was the same scene as the extended DVD one mentioned previously, but it seems to match the one that you are talking about.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> This has got me wondering what other fellowship characters have we not seen smoking. Legolas is the obvious one. Boromir? Merry and Pippin? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I'm pretty sure Boromir was smoking outside the doors of Moria when Gandalf couldn't remember the password, right before they cut to the scene of Aragorn letting Bill go. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I couldn't find one of Boromir, although I am sure that I recall seeing one. Here is Merry smoking his pipe, although it looks like a promotional shot:<P> <P>I agree, HC, that he and Pippin should be enjoying the fruits of the pipeweed cache when Aragorn and co turn up at Isengard in RotK.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Do you think that smoking is as bad for you in ME as it is in real life? If so, the hobbits have very long life spans considering...they seem to smoke a lot. As does Gandalf. Maybe that's why the Elves are immortal. <BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Here is a thread on this point: <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002318" TARGET=_blank>Pipeweed. Good or Bad?</A><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> As for Legolas, I have never heard of an elf smoking ever in Tolkien's books. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, I believe that (in the book) Legolas refers to it as a curious habit when Aragorn and Gimli join Merry and Pippin for a smoke at Isengard. Ironic, really, since Elves are the ones who do not succumb to disease ...
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