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Tuor of Gondolin · 02-28-2006, 11:16 AM

There is a problem here, touched on above, in the
movie version of Rohan's defense. In the book there
are effective (relatively small) Rohannic forces in the
east and especially in the west (the West Emnet being
partially mobilized). At no time, even after the Disaster
at the Fords of Isen could Saruman's forces roam totally unopposed
thorughout at least western Rohan. Yet in the movie there
are virtually no forces (even Theoden later brings a bare (100?)
or so with him west, but then suddenly later at the muster of
Rohan thousands of fighters pop up! Of course, PJ is trying
the gambit of portraying impossible odds, but in, for
example, Karen Forsted's encyclopedia it's calculated the
odds at Helm's Deep (sorry to jump ahead) are about
10,000 to 2,000 or so, not the upsurd odds in the movie.
As noted above, where's the kids daddy? If off fighting, then
why wasn't the village evacuated?

02-28-2006, 11:16 AM	#7
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	There is a problem here, touched on above, in the movie version of Rohan's defense. In the book there are effective (relatively small) Rohannic forces in the east and especially in the west (the West Emnet being partially mobilized). At no time, even after the Disaster at the Fords of Isen could Saruman's forces roam totally unopposed thorughout at least western Rohan. Yet in the movie there are virtually no forces (even Theoden later brings a bare (100?) or so with him west, but then suddenly later at the muster of Rohan thousands of fighters pop up! Of course, PJ is trying the gambit of portraying impossible odds, but in, for example, Karen Forsted's encyclopedia it's calculated the odds at Helm's Deep (sorry to jump ahead) are about 10,000 to 2,000 or so, not the upsurd odds in the movie. As noted above, where's the kids daddy? If off fighting, then why wasn't the village evacuated? __________________ Aure Entuluva!