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Lord of Angmar · 01-05-2004, 07:59 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>If you think Sauron did not fit on top of the dark tower, then i ask you, where would he be better suited in a way that people can understand who and what he is?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I see what you are saying, Squire, but don't you think it is a tad misleading to represent Sauron the Maia as a giant flaming eye when there is in fact no conclusive evidence to say that he is? It seems to me that this does nothing to advance the audience's notions of Sauron's identity ("Is the Eye the same Sauron from the prologue of the first movie?" "Saruman said he could not take physical form, so how is he an eye?"). Sauron as he appeared in the prologue of the first film would have been fine.<p>[ 9:05 PM January 05, 2004: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]

01-05-2004, 07:59 PM	#27
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>If you think Sauron did not fit on top of the dark tower, then i ask you, where would he be better suited in a way that people can understand who and what he is?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I see what you are saying, Squire, but don't you think it is a tad misleading to represent Sauron the Maia as a giant flaming eye when there is in fact no conclusive evidence to say that he is? It seems to me that this does nothing to advance the audience's notions of Sauron's identity ("Is the Eye the same Sauron from the prologue of the first movie?" "Saruman said he could not take physical form, so how is he an eye?"). Sauron as he appeared in the prologue of the first film would have been fine.<p>[ 9:05 PM January 05, 2004: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ] __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.