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doug*platypus · 01-01-2003, 07:40 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Frodo & Sam didn't use it before because they didn't know it made them a kind of invisible (but not really, just camouflaged). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Er... I'd have to disagree with you there, kind of, Petit. The way I read it in the books, the cloaks aren't something you consciously "use" as in turn on and off. They're always going, blending in with the greys and greens of the natural landscape. Although rumours abounded about how cool the "invisibility cloaks" would look, the movies deal with the cloaks differently. It would be too hard for them to camouflage the Fellowship all the time - after all, they couldn't even manage to make Glamdring and Sting glow as they should've. I love the scene where we do see the cloaks in action, though, it's freaky - so real! Almost makes up for the 'clumsy Sam' routine. Almost.

01-01-2003, 07:40 AM	#11
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Frodo & Sam didn't use it before because they didn't know it made them a kind of invisible (but not really, just camouflaged). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Er... I'd have to disagree with you there, kind of, Petit. The way I read it in the books, the cloaks aren't something you consciously "use" as in turn on and off. They're always going, blending in with the greys and greens of the natural landscape. Although rumours abounded about how cool the "invisibility cloaks" would look, the movies deal with the cloaks differently. It would be too hard for them to camouflage the Fellowship all the time - after all, they couldn't even manage to make Glamdring and Sting glow as they should've. I love the scene where we do see the cloaks in action, though, it's freaky - so real! Almost makes up for the 'clumsy Sam' routine. Almost. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.