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  • "The Two Towers" DELETED SCENES!!!

    01/04/2003 8:43:59 AM PST · 73 of 80
    aredhres to HairOfTheDog
    The Isengard storerooms,
    http://www.fantasyplanet.cz/lotr/galeriefilm.asp
    Its on page 6, close to the bottom. The website is in some weird language, but they have lots of pictures.
    Maybe only Ted Sandyman is on in the pipe weed plot.
  • "The Two Towers" DELETED SCENES!!!

    01/03/2003 8:21:47 AM PST · 54 of 80
    aredhres to HairOfTheDog
    I don't know what the deal is with the scouring of the Shire part. I heard it wasn't to be included, but I have seen pictures of Merry and Pippin in the store rooms of Isengard. Shouldn't they just have skipped that part? Since they are kind of connected.
  • Harry Versus the Hobbit ( religious reaction )

    08/21/2002 12:00:20 PM PDT · 34 of 35
    aredhres to maquiladora
    Here are 3 reasons why I think the Lord of the Rings is a better book than Harry Potter;

    1- J.K. Rowling copied key ideas and characters from Tolkiens books (and C.S. Lewis'). Such as the Nazgul and the dementors; they were both robed in black, fed off of evil "feelings",and they both have "weapons" that turn people into wraiths. The Hogwarts train had already been used in one of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books. This lack of originality weakens the story.

    2-Harry Potter presents a watered down version of the battle between good and evil. If you have noticed only about 5 or so wizards are fighting voldemort, the rest are waiting to be saved by Harry. In Lord of the Rings everybody is doing their part, Gandalf was there to lead the men and elves not to save them. This is a more realistic way of how evil must be fought.

    3-In Harry Potter the story was written with the main idea being magic, not the battle of good and evil. The outcome of the battle depended on the wizard's ability to bend magic to their will, instead of purity of heart and will power,as in the Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings speaks more directly to us and our battles with evil, where we can not use magic, our weapons must be purity of heart, will power and faith. Harry Potter focuses more on the weapons instead of the heart of the warrior.