Barad-dur - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

02-24-2007, 11:43 AM

The Dark Tower was well portrayed in the LOTR as a place of immeasurable power, fear & malice. It seemed almost as scary as the Dark Lord himself! But what did Tolkein have to say about it in letters & other sources?

Elmo · 02-24-2007, 11:46 AM

I actually feel that after the first film, Sauron on Barad-Dur resembled an angry lighthouse. In Lord of the Rings isn't Barad-Dur cloaked in darkness so Frodo could not have seen Sauron so I think it was poorly done in the films.

Rhod the Red · 02-24-2007, 07:42 PM

Jackson had a good portrayel, I think. Well suited.

The 1,000 Reader · 02-24-2007, 10:17 PM

Barad-Dur did its job of being a frightening tower in the movies, and a lot of the pictures people drew of it before stunk, so PJ did something amazing (Well, all of the movies were amazing.)

Elmo · 02-25-2007, 04:05 AM

I thought it was immense in the first film but I don't know why Peter Jackson had to change the eye...

02-25-2007, 04:01 PM

Perhaps the tower could have looked broader, instead of being so narrow. I liked the illustration in the hardback copy of LOTR best.

Rhod the Red · 02-25-2007, 05:34 PM

Broader? I hate the square/rectangle styled 'mansions' of evil charachters. That's very stereotypical, a tower is better.

02-24-2007, 11:43 AM	#1
Mansun Guest Posts: n/a	Barad-dur The Dark Tower was well portrayed in the LOTR as a place of immeasurable power, fear & malice. It seemed almost as scary as the Dark Lord himself! But what did Tolkein have to say about it in letters & other sources? Last edited by Mansun; 02-24-2007 at 11:55 AM.

02-24-2007, 11:46 AM	#2
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	I actually feel that after the first film, Sauron on Barad-Dur resembled an angry lighthouse. In Lord of the Rings isn't Barad-Dur cloaked in darkness so Frodo could not have seen Sauron so I think it was poorly done in the films. __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.

02-24-2007, 07:42 PM	#3
Rhod the Red Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 257	Jackson had a good portrayel, I think. Well suited. __________________ Head of the Fifth Order of the Istari Tenure: Fourth Age(Year 1) - Present Currently operating in Melbourne, Australia

02-24-2007, 10:17 PM	#4
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	Barad-Dur did its job of being a frightening tower in the movies, and a lot of the pictures people drew of it before stunk, so PJ did something amazing (Well, all of the movies were amazing.) __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains

02-25-2007, 04:05 AM	#5
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	I thought it was immense in the first film but I don't know why Peter Jackson had to change the eye... __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.

02-25-2007, 04:01 PM	#6
Mansun Guest Posts: n/a	Perhaps the tower could have looked broader, instead of being so narrow. I liked the illustration in the hardback copy of LOTR best.

02-25-2007, 05:34 PM	#7
Rhod the Red Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 257	Broader? I hate the square/rectangle styled 'mansions' of evil charachters. That's very stereotypical, a tower is better. __________________ Head of the Fifth Order of the Istari Tenure: Fourth Age(Year 1) - Present Currently operating in Melbourne, Australia