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Iarwain · 07-21-2003, 08:01 PM

You ask if he would have "needed" to know. No, he would not. As previously stated, Gandalf read the "riddle" to the company. Frodo was staring (perhaps blankly) at the text as he repeated it to himself. Ultimately, the question is whether or not you want it to be a mistake. It can be explained, because we must realize that Jackson's "artistic vision" takes place in a wholly different universe than the one Tolkien created. This allows space for Frodo to be the corny, fake, blubbering idiot that we see in the films, and it could easily deprive him of any knowledge that he ought to have (it has already given him knowledge that he shouldn't have at all). So, do you want it to be a PJ inconsistency, or a PJ "interpretation"? That is the question.<P>Iarwain

07-21-2003, 08:01 PM	#16
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	You ask if he would have "needed" to know. No, he would not. As previously stated, Gandalf read the "riddle" to the company. Frodo was staring (perhaps blankly) at the text as he repeated it to himself. Ultimately, the question is whether or not you want it to be a mistake. It can be explained, because we must realize that Jackson's "artistic vision" takes place in a wholly different universe than the one Tolkien created. This allows space for Frodo to be the corny, fake, blubbering idiot that we see in the films, and it could easily deprive him of any knowledge that he ought to have (it has already given him knowledge that he shouldn't have at all). So, do you want it to be a PJ inconsistency, or a PJ "interpretation"? That is the question.<P>Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"