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Lyta_Underhill · 12-29-2003, 12:15 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Didn't Shelob stab Frodo in his back??...I mean, that's what it looks like in the movie, and I don't think her claw went all the way through him.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I had always thought it was a sting in the back of the neck, but I have been to see the movie again, and this time it looked like he was stung by a quick sweep from above and front, so I'm more inclined now to go with the Shelob theory, rather than the brand or the troll. The brand thing was simply my astonishment at seeing something on Frodo that looked VERY much like an eye! Kalimac makes a good point; there is no precedent and no reason for it to be there. I could think of no logical reason for it, but it seemed to be there nonetheless! When I watched it again, the mark does look more irregular when viewed closeup and Shelob could conceivably have swooped in from above, thus getting around the area of protection afforded by the mithril vest. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>If you look carefully enough, you can see another scar, like a long chain going around his neck..sort of like a certain chain... that recently held a certain Ring...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I noticed this too, in other shots; perhaps I should have entitled this thread "The Many Scars of Mr. Frodo Baggins" or some such thing! Cheers! Lyta

12-29-2003, 12:15 AM	#15
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Didn't Shelob stab Frodo in his back??...I mean, that's what it looks like in the movie, and I don't think her claw went all the way through him.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I had always thought it was a sting in the back of the neck, but I have been to see the movie again, and this time it looked like he was stung by a quick sweep from above and front, so I'm more inclined now to go with the Shelob theory, rather than the brand or the troll. The brand thing was simply my astonishment at seeing something on Frodo that looked VERY much like an eye! <B>Kalimac</B> makes a good point; there is no precedent and no reason for it to be there. I could think of no logical reason for it, but it seemed to be there nonetheless! When I watched it again, the mark does look more irregular when viewed closeup and Shelob could conceivably have swooped in from above, thus getting around the area of protection afforded by the mithril vest. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>If you look carefully enough, you can see another scar, like a long chain going around his neck..sort of like a certain chain... that recently held a certain Ring...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I noticed this too, in other shots; perhaps I should have entitled this thread "The Many Scars of Mr. Frodo Baggins" or some such thing! <P>Cheers!<BR>Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”