Legolas and the Balrog - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

doug*platypus · 02-10-2003, 04:25 AM

Obloquy brought up convincing evidence that noone knew that there was a Balrog there. I had forgotten that line, thanks! Although in the context it seems that now Gandalf understands what had been contending with him at the door.

Now there's a funny image they should have used in the movie - Gandalf and the Balrog on either side of a door, one trying to pull it open and one trying to hold it closed! Gandalf should have let it go and it would have hit the Balrog in the head! Birds might have appeared around his head and everything!

Saucepan Man, if Gimli had known about the existence of a Balrog in Moria, Gandalf would definitely have known. And Aragorn would have been very likely to know. Legolas Greenleaf would have been less likely to know, unless the fact had been printed as dwarf-bashing in the Mirkwood Mirror or something. Legolas Greenleaf does know that the Dwarves "awakened evil" in Moria.

I'm off to the Movie Forum to complain about how Saruman ruined the surprise.

02-10-2003, 04:25 AM	#11
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Obloquy brought up convincing evidence that noone knew that there was a Balrog there. I had forgotten that line, thanks! Although in the context it seems that now Gandalf understands what had been contending with him at the door. Now there's a funny image they should have used in the movie - Gandalf and the Balrog on either side of a door, one trying to pull it open and one trying to hold it closed! Gandalf should have let it go and it would have hit the Balrog in the head! Birds might have appeared around his head and everything! Saucepan Man, if Gimli had known about the existence of a Balrog in Moria, Gandalf would definitely have known. And Aragorn would have been very likely to know. Legolas Greenleaf would have been less likely to know, unless the fact had been printed as dwarf-bashing in the Mirkwood Mirror or something. Legolas Greenleaf does know that the Dwarves "awakened evil" in Moria. I'm off to the Movie Forum to complain about how Saruman ruined the surprise. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.