Silly things to look for in RotK

[The Only Real Estel]

Another thing; when Elrond and Aragorn are talking in the tent, there is a line that goes "I give my hope to Men; I keep none for myself." I can't remember who says it, but I believe that's a quote that Professor Tolkien himself said. It made me happy to see it in there.

Elrond says "I give hope to men." (in Elvish, of course), and Aragorn follows with "I keep none for myself." (in Elvish of course) I'm not sure if the Professor himself said it, but I'm pretty sure that Aragorn's mother said it to Aragorn before she died. I thought it was pretty cool to include it, too.

[Rilwen Gamgee]

When Aragorn and Co. ride up to the Black Gate, in one shot, look over Aragorn's right (his right) shoulder, and look at "Pippin's" face behind the helmet. If you look closely, you will notice that it is not Billy Boyd's face, but the face of his female double!

[Sapphire_Flame]

Ah, the irony of being crushed by a piece of the city you're trying to invade.

That's my new quote of the week, I've just decided.

When Aragorn and Co. ride up to the Black Gate, in one shot, look over Aragorn's right (his right) shoulder, and look at "Pippin's" face behind the helmet. If you look closely, you will notice that it is not Billy Boyd's face, but the face of his female double!

I noticed that too, Rilwen! Hopefully they'll get that fixed for the EV. I was thoroughly annoyed by that.

Sapphire_flame, you are starting to scare me with all the things that we have in common; "Weird Al" is one of my favorite artists.

Alright, this is getting creepy. You must be my long-lost twin or something.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Elianna]

Since they were talking about it only a few posts back and it's a simple yes/no answer: Did they subtitle the "Onen estel i-Edain..." lines at first in the theatres? I seem to remember hearing the the Elvish and not seeing subtitles then trying to translate it myself (only getting that they said something about hope.) I also seem to remember my mom asking me what they said. My mom has poor eye-sight so it could've been that she couldn't read the sub-titles but it could also be that they weren't there the first time. But then, the last time I went to see it, I was already to make sure they were saying the linnod thingy, and it was all the sudden sub-titled. Did they go back and add it sometime? While it was still in theatres? Didn't they do something like that in TTT too, with "To the keep!/Nan barad!"?

[The Only Real Estel]

Since they were talking about it only a few posts back and it's a simple yes/no answer: Did they subtitle the "Onen estel i-Edain..." lines at first in the theatres?

Yes. (simple answer)

I know they did because I remember noticing my name (here at least) in it twice. (a short explanation I couldn't help adding )

[Roccotari Eldandil]

EEEP! I thought my friends and I were the only people in the world who knew what a trebuchet was...You have just made me extremely happy.
My question about the trebuchets is, where's the cradle/track thing to guide the pieces with? We made models of them for Science Club (yes, I'm a geek) and there's supposed to be a shallow cradle between the legs to guide the loaded sling. I didn't see any in the movie, and trebuchets don't work too well (in my experience) without one. Without the sling, you have to put it right where the cocked throwing arm sits, and the slack in the sling is taken up all at once, which does "interesting" things to the accuracy and power of your missle.

[Nimrothiel]

Relax, they're in there. It's easy to miss, they only show one good shot of a piece of the city being launched with the sling following through; I almost missed it myself. Um, yeah, nothing new; check out the "What Happens When I am Bored" thread, I posted an interesting link.