Wuuuuuuuttttt. I’m not sure that’s a failure on your part or not… Either way super jealous of your wife.
I don't get it. I assume that soup is hot or something? Hot like the fires of Mt Doom? What's the soup?
Damn. Rest easy Theoden King, son of Thengel, 17th and last in the second line of Eorl, Lord of the Mark, Horsemaster, wielder of Herugrim, father of the Horse-Men, rider of Snowmane, ruler of all the Rohirrim.
This is a magnificent set of last words - “My body is broken. I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.”
One of my favorite scenes in the books (that Jackson left out, asshole) was when wormtongue told the three they couldn’t bring their weapons into Theoden Kings hall. Aragorn wasn’t having it but eventually laid down Anduril, Gimli and Legolas followed and said “if this great blade shall remain outside then our weapons will be left in great company.” For me it was the first time Aragorn and the others acknowledged he wasn’t a Ranger, he was the rightful King of Gondor. Aragorn stood a while hesitating. 'It is not my will' he said, 'to put aside my sword or to deliver Anduril to the hands of any other man'. 'It is the will of Theoden' said Hama. 'It is not clear to me that the will of Theoden, son of Thengel, should prevail over the will of Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elendil's heir of Gondor'. 'Truly' said Aragorn. 'And i would do as the master of the house bade me, were this only a woodsman's cot, if i bore now any other sword than Anduril'. Slowly Aragorn unbuckled his belt and himself set his sword against the wall. 'Here i set it,' he said; 'but i command you not to touch it, nor to permit any other man to lay hand on it. In this Elvish sheath dwells the Blade that was Broken and has been made again. Telchar first wrought it in the deeps of time. Death shall come to any man who draws Elendil's sword save Elendil's heir'
Lol, that's a pretty liberal usage of the phrase "won 11 Academy Awards throughout his acting career", but still. Was legitimately in 3 different Best Picture winners. What a career.
I think they corrected their phrasing in a subsequent tweet, but you’re right. It was the first announcement that came across the timeline
I love the movies but I reread the trilogy this year and my lord, they’re still so much better than the movies. The scene you mentioned, the Barrow downs, the faithful soldier in Minas Tirith and his kid, I forget their names, the house of healing. And Bombadil of course.
The other thing my nerdy ass got pissed at Jackson leaving out were the Knights of Dol Amroth. I think the quote about them was something like “of the men of middle earth, only Aragorn and the Rangers were finer fighters.” IIRC, when Osgilliath fell they charged in and allowed the survivors to retreat to Minas Tirith.
Yeah, I’m going to have to buy an e-version and reread during down time at work. It’s been at least a decade for me.
I guess I'm gonna have to start another watch of the original trilogy tonight in honor of our fallen king.