December 10, 2002

Spoiler Alert
Brett C.

For those of us still looking for answers about the upcoming TT movie, may I suggest picking up, for less than $10 AUS, the Lord of the Rings:Two Towers Photo Guide. The children's phot guide has some fabulous pictures, including a double page spread of Treebeard, Smeagol and Deagol boating, the aged and bent Theoden before his healing by Gandalf, and the Dunlanding horde released by Saruman.

The guide also reveals these plot points; if you don't want anything spoiled, STOP READING NOW!!

1. The book implies the summary of the previous movie will be given in a flashback during a dream sequence of Frodo's as he and sam struggle towards Mordor.

2. Theodred's death will be at least mentioned in conversation between Eowyn and Wormtongue.

3. Elrond and Arwen travel to Lothlorien were Elrond urges Galadriel and Celeborn to aid the forces of men against the coming darkness, though he also councils Arwen against binding herself to Aragorn.

3. Legolas is disappointed his people have seemingly chosen to abandon men to the forces of Saruman and Sauron.

4. While guiding the Edoras refugess to saftey Aragorn and company become embroiled in a battle with Saruman's wolf riders, and Aragorn is seperated from the rest of the force, who are forced to press on to Helm's Deep without him. The Wargs look like they're the size of a baby mumak, and the wolf rider leader is named in the photo guide as Sharku, which may a truibute of PJ's to Saruman's name Sharky among the Shire brigands in the book [Tolkien suggested the name probably come from the Orcish 'sharku', meaning old man.]

And finally, the guide has a sticker set in the back. Not bad for a kid's book, but then the best stuff is aimed at the kiddies [I already have my Gandalf the White on Shadowfax action figure].