Question: In Shelob's tunnel, right before Frodo lights Earendil, he says something in Elvish. What did he say? The only word I caught was Earendil.
cullothiel
9th Jun 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
27th May 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
14th May 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
24th Apr 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Question: Was Legolas at the Battle of the Last Alliance with Elrond and Co? He is old enough, and a good enough fighter.
Answer: No one actually knows how old Legolas is, but if he is as old as Peter Jackson says (2,963 yrs I think) then that would mean Legolas would have been born in the beginning of the Third Age; years after the Last Alliance took place. His father, Thranduil, however, did fight in that battle.
8th Mar 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Question: Do we know who the guy holding the flag is when our main characters ride up to the Black Gates?
Answer: It's more than likely he's just a higher ranked soldier representing Gondor, as Faramir couldn't go.
26th Feb 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Question: There is a trailer out that ends with a girl knocking on a door and saying "housekeeping," and the door flies open and there is a big shrieking noise. Then as the door slams shut the girl says, "I'll come back later." Has anyone any idea of what part in the books this is?
Answer: That scene is not in the book.
16th Feb 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Question: We know that Saruman and his tower remain standing, despite the flood... so how did the Palantir end up in the water? Did Saruman throw it out of the tower?
Chosen answer: Saruman did throw the palantiri. It's a missing scene that will, hopefully, be edited back in for the Extended Edition.
5th Jan 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Question: At one point in the movie, Pippin has to sing for Denethor. I've heard that while the music was composed by Billy Boyd, the lyrics were actually from the book. Does anybody know which song in the book they were taken from?
Chosen answer: The song is called "A Walking Song." It's in Chapter three (Three is Company) of Book 1 in Fellowship of the Ring. Mainly they used the last stanza in the movie.
26th Dec 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Question: At the end of film, when the hobbits and Gandalf go to the Grey Havens, Elrond, Galadriel, and Celeborn are also there. Behind them is another person who disappears after the others board the ship (I assume he boarded also). He looks to me like one of the elves who received the three rings, shown in the prologue of the first film. Could this perhaps be Cirdan or Gil-galad?
Answer: It would be Cirdan the Shipwright. Gil-Galad was killed in the Last Alliance.
17th Dec 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Question: This is a question for the extended edition DVD. Does anyone have a translation of the insult Gimli says to Haldir in Lothlorien?
Answer: According to Elvish.org, Gimli says in Dwarvish, "Ishkhaqwi ai durugnul." It translates into "I spit upon your grave."
25th Nov 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Question: Gandalf says "three hundred of the lives of men.... etc." does he mean he is that old? I have not read the book, but plan to.
Chosen answer: "Three hundred lives of Men I've walked this earth, and, now, I have no time." That is an implication of his age. This isn't, though, referring to how long he's been walking the earth as the wizard Gandalf. From the book: "Olorin I was in the days of my youth in the West", Gandalf came to Middle-Earth about a thousand years into the third age, yet he was a Maia, and is much older. He has only been in human form for about 2000 years.
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Answer: He says, "Aiya Earendil elenion ancalima" which translates into, "Hail, Earendil, Brightest of the stars."
cullothiel