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Tuor of Gondolin · 09-13-2004, 07:41 PM

A warg attack is part of Saruman's attack on Theodred in "The Battles
Of The Fords Of Isen", in Unfinished Tales. But even there, JRRT makes
a far more realistic use of wargs then PJ's imaginary attack. One of the
plusses of LOTR is Tolkien's detailed internal realism, which PJ frequently
misses (although the movies were better then I expected, especially
FOTR). One of the illogics is (where were the 10,000 Riders before the
muster of Rohan?). There are just a handful at Edoras, very few at Helm's Deep,
apparently none opposing orcs ravaging the Westfold, and only (2,000?)
with Eomer. Oh, and where were Eomer's boys going in the movie, where were
their provisions and families? Did they abandon them? Such internal
inconsistencies are some of the reasons JRRT took so long to write LOTR, to
try to work on them. Recall the effort he took even getting phases of the
moon and travel times consistent for all the scattered characters.

09-13-2004, 07:41 PM	#17
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	A warg attack is part of Saruman's attack on Theodred in "The Battles Of The Fords Of Isen", in Unfinished Tales. But even there, JRRT makes a far more realistic use of wargs then PJ's imaginary attack. One of the plusses of LOTR is Tolkien's detailed internal realism, which PJ frequently misses (although the movies were better then I expected, especially FOTR). One of the illogics is (where were the 10,000 Riders before the muster of Rohan?). There are just a handful at Edoras, very few at Helm's Deep, apparently none opposing orcs ravaging the Westfold, and only (2,000?) with Eomer. Oh, and where were Eomer's boys going in the movie, where were their provisions and families? Did they abandon them? Such internal inconsistencies are some of the reasons JRRT took so long to write LOTR, to try to work on them. Recall the effort he took even getting phases of the moon and travel times consistent for all the scattered characters. __________________ Aure Entuluva!