Lord of the Rings Humour: Parodies, Satires and More [3]

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I do have a bone to pick with this one, though. Nothing was ever said in the movies about the eagles being afraid to fly over the lands of men due to arrows (unless I'm mistaken), so I don't think it's a valid criticism here.

And these videos don't point out everything that's wrong either, evidently.

Don't remeber that either.   

I do feel some of the criticism boils down to:

"I don't understand this."

They are great though.  

They're usually pretty good. I wasn't impressed as much by the ones for TTT and TRotK.

Looks like Gandalf ?

Yeah it does Chris, how many legs does that horse need ?

That's Odin on Sleipner and the ravens Hugin and Munin (Google their English names, I can't be bothered right now) on their way to see DOS

Ok, so why does he look like Sir Ian McKellen ?    

The loremasters may either support this or shoot it down, but I thought Gandalf was at least partly inspired by Odin?

Amarië wrote:That's Odin on Sleipner and the ravens Hugin and Munin (Google their English names, I can't be bothered right now) on their way to see DOS

I think those are the names used in English. Marvel uses Odin, at any rate.

Ringdrotten wrote:The loremasters may either support this or shoot it down, but I thought Gandalf was at least partly inspired by Odin?

Indeed he was. Also, his name and the names of most of the dwarves all come out of Norse mythology.

Don't bring marvel into this! they say assgard, as in butgard.. Like a place filled with asses.

  

LOL @ Mockstars

Also, just noticed Stellan Skarsgård looking at those guys

That's pretty great.

That had to be specialist made, must have cost a bomb, its nice tho !

A pleasant relic of the fading days of dial-up:
http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/gallery/gallery.htm

This was delightfully nerdy: http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/theories/grima.htm

Edit: I'm reading through the other crackpot theories in that section, and they're all pretty awesome. Highlight for me was the idea that Tom Bombadil and the Witch-king of Angmar are the same person.     

2nd edit: I may just be really overtired, but this is just too hilarious:

Ten Rejected Lord Of The Rings Plot Twists
Submitted by Todd M. Aglialoro <taglialo-aaaaaaat-com-dawt-mcnet.ch> and Jason Negri <jnegri-aaaaaaat-franuniv-dawt-edu> on 16 April 1997.

1. Balin emerges from the depths of Moria, claiming he "fell asleep in the tub".

2. Galadriel discovers Pippin singing the praises of a bath while he takes one in her mirror.

3. Boromir uses the ring, saves Gondor, destroys Sauron and becomes a wise and benevolent ruler. Book ends 40 chapters sooner.

4. Orc-slaughter competition between Legolas and Gimli becomes so fierce, they take to killing some of the smaller, uglier men of Gondor.
  

5. Farmer Giles of Ham shows up at the Pelennor Fields and saves Gandalf's life.

6. Pippin hits on Eowyn in a dark corner of the Houses of Healing: "The hands of a Hobbit are the hands of a healer too, you know..."

7. In the happy days after the defeat of Sauron, Gimli keeps his promise and visits Mirkwood with Legolas -- where they are eaten by giant spiders, whom everyone had forgotten about.
  

8. Aragorn discovers that he is not, in fact, Elendil's heir. His older brother Mutt, after having lived with Ghan-Buri-Ghan & Co. for decades, lays claim to the throne after all the "dirty work" is done.

9. Ents and Elves dispute over title of "first-born". Elrond has Quickbeam made into an armoire; Treebeard grinds Glorfindel into mulch.

10. The Shire, mobilized by Merry and Pippin and now hungry for vengeance, annexes Bree and slaughters "the big folk".

Comic gold!! ^^

   Special bonus plot twist:

11. Gollum adapts to molten Mt. Doom environment, and later plays a critical role in Fourth Age crisis.

 

In the happy days after the defeat of Sauron, Gimli keeps his promise and visits Mirkwood with Legolas -- where they are eaten by giant spiders, whom everyone had forgotten about.

I always thought it was Fangorn they visited together?   

Dont spoil it Figgy!

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