I just realised that they could have flown the eagles to Mordor.

>Fly, you fools!
Why didn't they take Gandalf's advice? He clearly told them to fly to Mordor on the eagles.

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>>85925029

>>85927122
This doesn't make sense. Nobody can fire an arrow that high

Why didn't they just send the ring to Aule?

>>85927173
shut the fuck up nerd

>>85927173

Valinor is closed off to mortals after the fall of numenor

There's a no-fly zone above Shrek's swamp, and the automated onion launchers make sure it stays that way.

>>85927152
A troll can

>>85925029
>take eagles to Mordor
>when eagles don't give a fuck about the affairs of the lesser races
>only aid when a demigod wizard coerces their eagle king to action

The eagles didn't want to help, lad. They were content to sitting on their chill ass eagle perches in the mountains until they realized that Sauron winning meant the end of their lives as well.

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>>85925110
This.

>>85925029
The eagles wouldn't carry Frodo if their lives depended on it

>>85927453
So then what about the end of rotk when the eagles carry frodo?

>>85927491
The war was over.

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>>85925029

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>>85927536

>>85927597
We should've seen Hackson fucking up Smaug a mile away from this wyvern design.

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>>85927536
>Implying you can siply fly into mordor

Plus what if that dipshit frodo misses? Or it lands on a rock, or whatever?

You just delivered it straight to sauron

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>>85925029
Why didn't Jack just fly the eagle back to the past?

>>85927401
>only aid when a demigod wizard coerces their eagle king to action

which of course he only does when a bunch of dwarves need a lift for a treasure heist, but not when the fate of the whole world hangs in the balance

brava, tolkien! brava!

why didn't they trick a beetle or a flea into wearing the ring? it would presumably change size to fit on their fingers. then even when the bug died it would be small and impossible to see.

>>85925029
the demigods wanted to test Frodo

>>85928245
fly the eagles to mordor, high above the range of any archers
deploy gandalf's moth with the ring, send it to the crack of doom. chances of its being detected are astronomically slim

>>85928310

using a moth would play straight into salmon's hands. moths are attracted to big glowing things.

think before you post. this is a serious thread.

>>85928372
I'm sorry but stream of consciousness posting is the only way I roll.

We realised that you are functionally retarded long go.

>>85928612
Wow, rude.

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In the second movie, in a scene shortly following the return of Gandalf, Gandalf and Aragorn are talking during the night:

Gandalf: "Do not regret your decision to leave him. Frodo must finish this task alone."

Aragorn: "He is not alone. Sam went with him."

Gandalf: "Did he? Did he indeed? Good. Yes, very good."

...Where teh FUCK does he think Sam went? Just turned the other way and went home again all on his own? Or did he simply assume he was killed and nobody actually gave a fuck. I read the books but I can't remember how it played out in text

Why didnt they just send the ring into space using magical fireworks?

>>85928778
Probably thought he was captured with the other hobbits, or died. This scene is lifted almost word for word from the books, and Gandalf was a huge dick in those.

>>85925029
>Well you see my dear Frodo, it's like this.
>*Gandalf folds a leaf in half and pokes a hole through both sides with his pipe.*

>>85928372
but it's been established that this specific moth follows gandalf's precise travel instructions

>>85928778
do you think that sam gets embarrassed when he poops in front of frodo
sorry if this offends anyone but i thought it was a funny thing haha

>>85928918
>This scene is lifted almost word for word from the books

Couldn't be more wrong.

>Gandalf was a huge dick in those.

Yes, but not in this scene.

>>85928778
In the book, that conversation takes place immediately after they meet Gandalf again after he comes back to life, so they're explaining to him where everyone went, and one of them tells him that they think Sam went with Frodo but they're not sure. The movie actually kind of fucks up that scene because Gandalf says "Frodo must finish this task alone" when there's every implication that Gandalf never intended and really doesn't believe it's possible for Frodo to do it alone.

>>85929125
It wasn't funny the first time you posted it, either.

>>85929158
yes very nice and all but did Gandalf ever have diarrhea?

>"Sunset found him squatting in the grass, groaning. Every stool was looser than the one before, and smelled fouler. By the time the moon came up he was shitting brown water. The more he drank, the more he shat, but the more he shat, the thirstier he grew, and his thirst sent him crawling to the stream to suck up more water."

>>85929264
I dont remember that part

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Real question for bookfags here. Isnt it kinda strange that Gandalf dont even remember the plan at all when he first meets Merry and Pippin in Fangorn forest? I know hes been fighting the balrog for like a thousand years, but would he just have stayed in the forest chilling if they didnt remind him about the ring, Sauron etc..?

>>85930161
He doesn't forget about the ring or sauron. He forgets his name.

>>85928989
Jesus it's kino

>>85928245
How do you trick a beetle?

thank fuck a lotr thread

going to reread hobbit and lotr for first time in over 10 years after I watched the extended. Should I watch writer commentary while I wait or wait till I re-read trilogy?

>>85931059
Yes

>>85931027

smother the ring in something beetles like.

>>85931059
Remember to read the Silmarillion as well. And maybe unfinished tales

>>85931133
Hmm, the poo ring idea might work

>>85931237
This is what I've been saying for awhile now. If Frodo had eaten the ring and pooped it out, there's no way Sauron would've touched Frodo's poop no matter how bad he wanted the ring.

>>85931348
another thing i am wondering is what do you think the shits smell like haha im just curious for laughs haha i would like to smell them

>>85931846
Probably bad.

Where was Gondor when the West Branch fell?
Where was Gondor when the auditors closed in around us?
No, senior VP of sales
We are alone.

The eagles are a metaphor for Americans in WW1.
Coming late, being almost useless and stealing all the glory.

>>85928164
yes pls explain this tolkein nerds

>>85933653
Americans weren't useless in WW1.

>>85925029
>they aren't a taxi service
>act as taxi service
http://geekandsundry.com/heres-why-the-eagles-didnt-take-the-one-ring-to-mordor/

>>85933653
>The eagles are a metaphor for Americans in human history
ftfy

>>85933692
What's to explain? The eagles do what gandalf asks them to.

>>85933653
butthurt spaniard spooted

>>85933986
This.

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>>85925029
Why didn't Frodo just eat the ring?

>>85933986
Frenchman, actually.

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why not smelt the ring into the center of a big lump of steel and catapult it into the sea?

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>>85927365
not bad faggot

>>85935613
a) You can't smelt the ring
b) The ring would still exist, which is the issue. The ring being lost means Sauron will always survive, and would've won a tactical victory over middle earth eventually
c) The ring has such a hold on you, you can't just throw it into the sea.

>>85925029
The eagles are not fucking taxis.

>>85935697
Get your filthy images out of a LotR thread

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>>85925029
>hee hee

Why didnt frito simply put the ring on his dick?

>>85936079
What the hell would that solve?

>>85931059
why would you even read hobbit, it's pretty much a fairy tale for kiddos

Why didn't Eru just destroy the ring?

Why didn't he wait until the end of the film to nudge gollum in the volcano?

>>85936143
>Why didn't Eru just destroy the ring?

He literally did.

>>85936121
Nothing im just shitposting

>>85936159
But why did he even let the ring be created in the first place?

Why didn't he just destroy all evil in the world

>inb4 muh free will, muh problem of evil

>>85936143
>Why didn't Eru just destroy the ring?
He didn't give a shit about all the woes Morgoth did, why would he even care about his minion and his small time affairs

>>85936274
Literally muh free will, muh problem of evil

Frodo is saved by divine providence. It's his mercy for gollum and curse that leads to the ring's destruction. Grace by faith and works.

Why didn't Frodo just launch the ring into space?

>>85936591
What would that solve?

>>85925029
The eagles are sentient beings tempted by the ring just like anyone else. Same reason Gandalf wouldn't even touch it. It would be disastrous.

>>85936591
>launch the ring into space
>an alien finds it and destroys the earth with its power
nice going there faggot

>>85925029
The best explanation is, that the fell beasts would have spotted them and ripped them apart if they'd try to approach by air.

Sauron was most likely very keenly monitoring the air space, as he knew of the eagles.

>>85937487
>most likely

We see it multiple times.