The Lord Of the Rings: How it should have ended

[Sardy]

Well, the idea of using the Eagles to deliver the ring is a debate that's been argued ad nauseum in the literature forums... But to play devil's advocate, in the context of the films/parody cartoon...

Originally Posted by zxcvbn

1.There's no way the Eagles could fly over Mordor without getting shot down or intercepted by Nazgul(especially since Mordor's army isn't concentrated at the Black Gate here)

2.There's no way Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas and Gimli could go anywhere near Mordor's borders in plain sight without getting killed.

3.Near Mount Doom, the One Ring's powers were at their max, and justlike in the book it would have coaxed Frodo into claiming it for himself instead of dropping it.

1. That's far from certain. The Eagles were quite deft at flight and battle. But perhaps more importantly, I don't believe that there would be any Nazgul to encounter. Assuming that the Fellowship (and Eagles) set out immediately from the Council of Elrond, the Nazgul had just recently been dissipated in their failure at the Ford of Bruinen attempting to capture Frodo---at this point in the story they would be in no condition (or proximity) to stop the Eagles from reaching Mount Doom.

2. Why not? And, despite the cartoon's silliness, who says that Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas and Gimli even needed to go? The job might well have been accomplished by gandalf, Frodo and an Eagle or two. In fact, perhaps Elrond or Glorfindel might've been better suited for the job than Frodo...

3. Maybe so, but also the Ring wouldn't have had the amount of time to work on Frodo, and he's quite resilient. But assuming you are right, then, in the case of the cartoon, tragic as it might be, the Eagle would just have to drop Frodo.

[MaultheStoor]

Where did Gollum come from? What, was he just passing by and happened to see a giant eagle over head? It is a funny vidio, though.

[yavanna_kementari]

i think it would have taken the romance out of the story... but it would have worked just as well... hahaha...

but lotr would not have been the classic it is now had that been the case :P