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Old 01-10-2010, 08:04 PM   #8
Ibrīnišilpathānezel
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Originally Posted by Pitchwife View Post
That's one of the things PJ just didn't understand - that Elves (as I don't know who said so very rightly on I don't know which thread, but it was something to do with Tolkien illustrations) 'aren't just sexy people with pointed ears'. Where, in all of the movie trilogy, is that shimmer, like the light of the moon above the rim of the hills before it rises, which seemed to fall about their feet?
Jackson supposedly "forgot" that Glamdring was an Elven sword that would shine in the presence of evil, too. Seems to me he rather conveniently forgot just about anything that would dignify any race that was not Mortal. *sigh*

And I've got another fan, eh? Good, that makes about... a dozen...?
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