The Deeper meaning to it all. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nimrodel_9 · 02-02-2005, 04:44 PM

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Legolas for example was cast for the soul purpose of drawing in the ladies ages 10 to 25 and for those older than that, there was always Aragorn

Hey! I'd take Strider over Lego any day and I'm only 14!

Well, me thinks that Gimli was just there so that men would take one look at him and either go out and buy a fancy new razor, or stop shaving all together.

Hobbits are just some scam trying to convince children (like myself) that shoes are not needed.

tar-ancalime · 02-02-2005, 07:15 PM

Those fluffy pillow scenes (Frodo waking up after the flight to the ford and after the quest is completed) are blatant plugs for fabric softener.

The Only Real Estel · 02-02-2005, 07:26 PM

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Well, me thinks that Gimli was just there so that men would take one look at him and either go out and buy a fancy new razor, or stop shaving all together

I think that Rob Zoombie gave Peter Jackson some pressure to encourage people to go for increasingly wacky hairstyles, personally.

And it's pretty obvious that the stark contrast in the films between light & dark was only to encourage people to buy lightbulbs with more voltage--or else they'd turn into a giant, all-seeing (most of the time

) eye. It's also interesting to note that the big battery companies jumped on the same bandwagon & used the you'll-turn-into-a-huge-eye excuse to promote their battery rechargers.

Beanamir of Gondor · 02-03-2005, 07:49 AM

Well I just think it's a travesty that they had to advertise to get in new fans at all. If they'd just done everything exactly as it was in the books there still would have been... several... hundred... tenths of people that would watch the movies.
Anyway, my take on it is the drinking songs. Blantant advert for Budweiser. I can hear the frogs: "Are you hot as a hobbit in the house of Eorl? Have a drink--Budweiser is the sponsor of the Pelennor Fields Games. Watch for our ads on the sides of the Oliphaunts!"

Ainaserkewen · 02-07-2005, 02:49 PM

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Ouch! This Viggo-fancier suddenly finds herself in the "old lady" demographic!

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Hey! I'd take Strider over Lego any day and I'm only 14!

Would you believe me if I said that I just got caught up in it all? I meant no offence to any young Viggo lovers. And if you have bothered to be on this website at all, being able to use the Internet in the first place garentees that you indeed are not at all old. I am 17 and I have spoken.

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Was Arwen's heightened role just a ploy to get us all to buy more hair products, so that we too could dream of having Liv Tyler's super-shiny hair? And I noticed that all the Elves had perfect skin, so maybe this was marketing new make-up products at us, or else photo editing software I for one have certainly been smoking more following the films;

I was thinking the same thing! The elves are so perfect that everyone buys more beauty products to look like them. And not just women either! What approximate year was it that the term "metrosexual" came out? Where did if come from anyway!?

Maeggaladiel · 02-08-2005, 01:47 PM

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We all know the quest of the Ring wasn't really that hard or treacherous. The reason the filmmakers made it so was due to pressure from car manufacturers. A world where people don't have cars is one where you are bombarded by enemies and you turn into a filthy, shrivelling wreck within days.

Use your common sense, buy more cars.

The scary thing is that inside each copy of LOTR, there actually is a gamepiece to win a car.

The Flaming Denethor scene was obviously an advertisement for fire prevention. I guess the budget couldn't allow for a cameo by Smokey the Bear.

Boromir's death scene contained subliminal messages for Capital One cards. Borry didn't HAVE the card, unlike Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, so he was killed by the rampaging mob. All he had to say was "Don't worry about the broken Horn of Gondor, Merry, we'll just put it on our Capital One card." Then the Uruks would stop in their tracks and look very unhappy. Lurtz would say "What's in YOUR wallet?" and the whole shindig would be over. Ta da!

Elves in general are walking Herbal Essences commercials. You throw 'em in a battle filled with mud and flying blood, yet their hair stays shimmery and flowy and perfect.

Nimrodel_9 · 02-08-2005, 04:46 PM

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Would you believe me if I said that I just got caught up in it all? I meant no offence to any young Viggo lovers. And if you have bothered to be on this website at all, being able to use the Internet in the first place garentees that you indeed are not at all old. I am 17 and I have spoken.

*bows to Ainaserkewen*

Gandalf, Strider, and the hobbits are trying to sell tabacco, or worse "weeds!!!"

nooooooooo

Oh yeah, and we can't forget "the pint."

02-02-2005, 07:15 PM	#2
tar-ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: abaft the beam Posts: 303	Those fluffy pillow scenes (Frodo waking up after the flight to the ford and after the quest is completed) are blatant plugs for fabric softener. __________________ Having fun wolfing it to the bitter end, I see, gaur-ancalime (lmp, ww13)

02-03-2005, 07:49 AM	#4
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	Well I just think it's a travesty that they had to advertise to get in new fans at all. If they'd just done everything exactly as it was in the books there still would have been... several... hundred... tenths of people that would watch the movies. Anyway, my take on it is the drinking songs. Blantant advert for Budweiser. I can hear the frogs: "Are you hot as a hobbit in the house of Eorl? Have a drink--Budweiser is the sponsor of the Pelennor Fields Games. Watch for our ads on the sides of the Oliphaunts!" __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."