May 15, 2003

Another Thought About Tom
Manofwesternesse

G, what you are saying makes a lot of sense, there might well have been concern about just what race Tom belonged to. For myself I've always thought that there is a very simple explaination for his exclusion (quite apart form the time factor involved).
For those who might not have read the Book (they reputedly exist), how would the Movie explain that here is a character who can do what he likes with the ring, including making it dissappear, & over whom the ring has no hold at all. THEN try to explain why there is such a problem over who should be the bearer/ why not Gandalf/Elrond etc..

I think it would have been very confusing for them, and the only way around it, other than leave it out, would have been to spend enough time on it to explain it fully.