November 17, 2002

Re: Speculations by Razor
Derin Lorecryer

Obviously you have read the books and my props to you for that (I hate people trying to talk about LOTR when they haven't even tried to do any research) Let me just start out by saying I thought you speculations about Gandalf were very good, that death is only a time of improvement and growth for the sorcerors/ wizards of Middle Earth, however I do disagree with the idea that Saruman who die in TTT. Because I think that it would be a large error by Peter Jackson to edit the standoff between Saruman/ Grima and the new and improved Gandalf the White. First of all it shows exactly how much Gandalf has improved both physcially, mentally, and in power. Second that scene would hold a key part of the movie of the Pilantir being returned to Aragorn (via Grima Wormtongue). I belive that the worst that would happen to Saruman in the movie is to have his status and power as a sorceror/ wizard taken from him and be reduced to a wandering beggar. Just my personal thoughts, but keep up the good posts. And I do echo your question at the end about exactly how TT is goign to end since the classic ending is being reserved for the beginning of ROTK.