Sauron and the Ring - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

O'Boile · 07-24-2002, 12:55 PM

You guys should read some of the history of Tolkien.
1. Isildur cut the ring off or Sauron's mortaly wounded body. The portrayal of the movie is inaccurate (done that way to keep things simple). Elendil (Isildur's father) actually delivers the killing blow. Sauron does not die simply because the ring is cut off his hand (other wise how would he be around trying to get the ring back?). He is defeated because he gets stabed a bunch of times.
2. As mentioned by someone else, the good guys were far more powerful at the end of the second age (first time Sauron is defeated) than at the end of the third age (time of the movies/books). Civilisation is actually less developed as it has been in decline for most of the age. Men reached their hights of knowledge/power in the second age while Numenour still existed.

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07-24-2002, 12:55 PM	#7
O'Boile Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 117	You guys should read some of the history of Tolkien. 1. Isildur cut the ring off or Sauron's mortaly wounded body. The portrayal of the movie is inaccurate (done that way to keep things simple). Elendil (Isildur's father) actually delivers the killing blow. Sauron does not die simply because the ring is cut off his hand (other wise how would he be around trying to get the ring back?). He is defeated because he gets stabed a bunch of times. 2. As mentioned by someone else, the good guys were far more powerful at the end of the second age (first time Sauron is defeated) than at the end of the third age (time of the movies/books). Civilisation is actually less developed as it has been in decline for most of the age. Men reached their hights of knowledge/power in the second age while Numenour still existed.