A HUGE problem with Bombadil's removal. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Odysseus819 · 06-07-2001, 08:16 AM

Amen to that. I've read several posts claiming that there's no plausible way for the hobbits to get swords if the movie cuts Tom. As the Wight says, they cd get them from Rivendell, or a troll hole, or the barrow (just without Tom's rescue) -- who cares? Once you decide that the TB passage is too long and otherwise unimportant (and in my view, just irritating), you are not going to be dissuaded by the minor problem of inventing another way to arm the hobbits. I think it's a good cut, particularly if (as the 2d trailer suggests) the director wants the movie to be somewhat "dark". By practice taught, I have learned patience, having much endured/ By tempest and in battle both. Come then This evil also! I am well prepared.

06-07-2001, 08:16 AM	#3
Odysseus819 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 699	<BR><br><br> Amen to that. I've read several posts claiming that there's no plausible way for the hobbits to get swords if the movie cuts Tom. As the Wight says, they cd get them from Rivendell, or a troll hole, or the barrow (just without Tom's rescue) -- who cares? Once you decide that the TB passage is too long and otherwise unimportant (and in my view, just irritating), you are not going to be dissuaded by the minor problem of inventing another way to arm the hobbits. I think it's a good cut, particularly if (as the 2d trailer suggests) the director wants the movie to be somewhat "dark". <p>By practice taught, I have learned patience, having much endured/ By tempest and in battle both. Come then This evil also! I am well prepared.</p>