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So I'm on Fark a few minutes ago and come across this picture of Ian McKellen. I see Ian McKellen joined in the anti-Pope march in London to... on Twitpic The guy who posted it clearly states it's photoshopped. Even though it's fake I think Ian McKellen is awesome so I go to youtube and pull up one of my favorite Ian movie scene, the battle between Gandalf and Balrog. Only this time I realize something I either missed or blocked out. Watch the video around the 3:08 mark.



Gandalf is hanging onto the bridge for dear life. Frodo starts to run onto the bridge to assist Gandalf and I am assuming he could have easily made that short trek and hoisted Gandalf to safety. Instead of letting Frodo help Aragorn grabs Frodo and holds him while the group watches Gandalf struggle and eventually fall. I can't come to any other conclusion as to why Aragorn would have done this except Aragorn is a dick. Anybody got any other reason he would do this?

maybe because Aragorn looks just like Boromir, and didnt want to risk the RingBearer for freaking Magneto.

Maybe because it was Boromir?

Also, if you look at the shot where Gandalf actually falls, it's a walk to the bridge, and a bit of a length to the opening spot. Frodo's little legs probably wouldn't have made it, and he probably would've been dragged over by Gandalf's normal-sized weight, so Boromir stopped him from running off to die.

well... That wasn't Aragorn that held Frodo back, that was Borimier. At least from the brief moment it seems to be Borimier. I don't remember Aragorn wearing red tunic with studs. Now of course we didn't see where is Aragorn at the time. Maybe he did try to move but Gandolf has already fallen so pickup Frodo and go.

Chibibar said:

well... That wasn't Aragorn that held Frodo back, that was Borimier. At least from the brief moment it seems to be Borimier. I don't remember Aragorn wearing red tunic with studs. Now of course we didn't see where is Aragorn at the time. Maybe he did try to move but Gandolf has already fallen so pickup Frodo and go.

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Well that explains it. Borimier was a dick and he made no bones about it. Mystery solved.

Oh yeah. Boromir was a prick. But that was kinda his reason for existing. At least he came through where it counted.

--Patrick

There were orcs firing arrows along the bridge. Frodo gets nailed by arrow, falls off the bridge. Bye bye ring.

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I saw when Amy had it without the "looked like Boromir." Pretty sneaky, Amy.

Chazwozel said:

There were orcs firing arrows along the bridge. Frodo gets nailed by arrow, falls off the bridge. Bye bye ring.

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This was always the reason I figured they didn't run back to help Gandalf. Plus, Gandalf is the only one who knows anything about the Balrog, maybe they were afraid the Balrog would suddenly swoop up from the chasm and incinerate them all.

That scene annoyed me as there was no reason why Gandalf shouldn't have just fallen way faster...

@Li3n said:

That scene annoyed me as there was no reason why Gandalf shouldn't have just fallen way faster...

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Magic

In this case a wizard really did do it.

Elves, dwarves, wizards, magic rings, enchanted forests, eldritch horrors, an immortal being who put his soul into a ring, wraiths who are attuned to if somebody puts a ring on, swords that glow blue when ugly monsters are nearby, rings that can only be destroyed by throwing them into volcanoes, and all that other fantasy stuff? I can accept that.

But two objects accelerating at different rates in freefall? Yeah, like that could ever happen.

Allen said:

Elves, dwarves, wizards, magic rings, enchanted forests, eldritch horrors, an immortal being who put his soul into a ring, wraiths who are attuned to if somebody puts a ring on, swords that glow blue when ugly monsters are nearby, rings that can only be destroyed by throwing them into volcanoes, and all that other fantasy stuff? I can accept that.

But two objects accelerating at different rates in freefall? Yeah, like that could ever happen.

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Actually i was talking about the fact that he had a Balrog the size of a house hanging on his foot... Frodo shouldn't have had time to get to him.

Allen said:

Elves, dwarves, wizards, magic rings, enchanted forests, eldritch horrors, an immortal being who put his soul into a ring, wraiths who are attuned to if somebody puts a ring on, swords that glow blue when ugly monsters are nearby, rings that can only be destroyed by throwing them into volcanoes, and all that other fantasy stuff? I can accept that.

But two objects accelerating at different rates in freefall? Yeah, like that could ever happen.

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ummm... the Balrog's wings was slowing him down... yea... umm.. yea..

Chibibar;439832][QUOTE=Allen said:

Elves, dwarves, wizards, magic rings, enchanted forests, eldritch horrors, an immortal being who put his soul into a ring, wraiths who are attuned to if somebody puts a ring on, swords that glow blue when ugly monsters are nearby, rings that can only be destroyed by throwing them into volcanoes, and all that other fantasy stuff? I can accept that.

But two objects accelerating at different rates in freefall? Yeah, like that could ever happen.

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ummm... the Balrog's wings was slowing him down... yea... umm.. yea..[/QUOTE]

Don't tell anyone, but Balrogs are actually empty on the inside...

@Li3n;439879][QUOTE=Chibibar;439832][QUOTE=Allen said:

Elves, dwarves, wizards, magic rings, enchanted forests, eldritch horrors, an immortal being who put his soul into a ring, wraiths who are attuned to if somebody puts a ring on, swords that glow blue when ugly monsters are nearby, rings that can only be destroyed by throwing them into volcanoes, and all that other fantasy stuff? I can accept that.

But two objects accelerating at different rates in freefall? Yeah, like that could ever happen.

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ummm... the Balrog's wings was slowing him down... yea... umm.. yea..[/QUOTE]

Don't tell anyone, but Balrogs are actually empty on the inside...[/QUOTE]

Well, he WAS full of hot air...