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The Only Real Estel · 06-23-2003, 08:51 PM

I'm not bothering to go to this list, so bear with me if I got the site wrong. IF this is nitpickers.com, or something like it. The errors should be trimmed down to about 80 or 90 at least. Most are just observations. Example: 'When Gandalf throws the envelope containing the Ring into the fire at Bag End, the envelope clearly burns along the glued edges, apparently they still had modern envelopes back in those days!' Um...SOOOO! That isn't a mistake, that's an observation. A mistake is something the director & his co. didn't know was wrong ( presumably ). I know PJ made the envelope look old & all, but I think he knew it was a normal envelope. Another example is trigger-happiness: 'When the fellowship sets out from Lothlorien, the boat with Sam, Frodo, & Aragorn in it sits it's riders like this: 1st Aragorn, 2nd Sam, 3rd Frodo. When they are approaching the Arognoth, Frodo & Sam have switched places! A careless mistake.'<BR> The extended version CLEARLY shows them spending the night, & it isn't inconcievable to suppose that they happened to be in different spots the next morning! As I said, at least 20-30 of these are just observat- ions. Oh well...think what you will, I've spent enough time on this subject ( & space ). ( By the way, I STILL can't spot that car scene in the cornfields, try as I might. It may be there, but I sure can't see it... ) . <p>[ June 23, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]

06-23-2003, 08:51 PM	#4
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	I'm not bothering to go to this list, so bear with me if I got the site wrong. IF this is nitpickers.com, or something like it. The errors should be trimmed down to about 80 or 90 at least. Most are just observations. Example: 'When Gandalf throws the envelope containing the Ring into the fire at Bag End, the envelope clearly burns along the glued edges, apparently they still had modern envelopes back in those days!' Um...SOOOO! That isn't a mistake, that's an observation. A mistake is something the director & his co. didn't know was wrong ( presumably ). I know PJ made the envelope look old & all, but I think he knew it was a normal envelope. Another example is trigger-happiness: 'When the fellowship sets out from Lothlorien, the boat with Sam, Frodo, & Aragorn in it sits it's riders like this: 1st Aragorn, 2nd Sam, 3rd Frodo. When they are approaching the Arognoth, Frodo & Sam have switched places! A careless mistake.'<BR> The extended version CLEARLY shows them spending the night, & it isn't inconcievable to suppose that they happened to be in different spots the next morning! As I said, at least 20-30 of these are just observat- ions. Oh well...think what you will, I've spent enough time on this subject ( & space ). ( By the way, I STILL can't spot that car scene in the cornfields, try as I might. It may be there, but I sure can't see it... ) . <p>[ June 23, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]