Gandalf Vs. The Witch King - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

obloquy · 01-06-2005, 01:56 PM

Gandalf was Sauron's equal (yeah, argue all you want--I'm right), and Sauron's most powerful servant was not nearly on par with Sauron himself.

The Witch-King was a blind servant. He did what he was commanded to do because his actions were controlled by Sauron, not because he had reason to believe he was unstoppable. In the movie he's quite impressed with himself, and thinks that this prophecy makes him impervious to all, including Gandalf, who was not a Man, and therefore could have slaughtered the Witch-King without proving Glorfindel a phony. Whether WK knew this in the book is up for debate, but he was at least given pause by someone who did not fear him. In the movie, even Gandalf buys into the Witch-King hype.

The worst scene in the movie is when Gandalf gets all dire and says "the one they say no man can kill" or something like that.

01-06-2005, 01:56 PM	#11
obloquy Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: WA Posts: 941	Gandalf was Sauron's equal (yeah, argue all you want--I'm right), and Sauron's most powerful servant was not nearly on par with Sauron himself. The Witch-King was a blind servant. He did what he was commanded to do because his actions were controlled by Sauron, not because he had reason to believe he was unstoppable. In the movie he's quite impressed with himself, and thinks that this prophecy makes him impervious to all, including Gandalf, who was not a Man, and therefore could have slaughtered the Witch-King without proving Glorfindel a phony. Whether WK knew this in the book is up for debate, but he was at least given pause by someone who did not fear him. In the movie, even Gandalf buys into the Witch-King hype. The worst scene in the movie is when Gandalf gets all dire and says "the one they say no man can kill" or something like that.