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  Posted by Gildor on January 12, 2000 at 18:37:47
In Reply to: Re: Is this for real? posted by Smaug the Magnificent on January 10, 2000 at 11:58:01:



: Good, but I'm particularly worried about the ominous phrase "Eowyn will also kill Grima Wormtongue for having murdered : Theoden". This appears to be a needless monkeying with the text to no apparent purpose and also kills off one of my personal favorite images from LoTR, that of Theoden riding unto great reknown on the fields of the Pellenor. Also one of Tolkien's favorite scenes it appears.

>>>I would be extremely disappointed in the film if Grima kills Theoden. The part when Theoden rides to glory on the fields of the Pellenor is probably my favorite moment in the book; I get goosebumps every time I read it. Why would he change that part? That would look just as good in the movie as it does in the book, and when I see it it might be the first time I have ever shed a tear in a movie. And if the rumor is true, then when will Grima kill Theoden? If he kills him at Edoras, then that will also destroy Theoden's cavalry charge at the Battle of Hornburg. If these rumors are true, then Peter Jackson will get at least one angry letter, and probably many more from fans like me. I can handle getting rid of Bombadil and Glorfindel, but Theoden is perhaps my favorite character, and that is where I have to draw the line. - Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod


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