October 29, 2003

This is Interesting... (Spoilers)
Bob Praz

I went on the official site recently to check out the new wallpapers of Shelob, the Witch-King, etc. To my astonishment, one of the wallpapers was from the shot where Gandalf and Pippin confront the winged Nazgul at the end of the DVD preview, but what surprised me is that instead of the regular, black-cloaked ringwraith riding the fell beast, there was the Witch-King in full armor! So what does this mean, I wonder? I guess Gandalf and Pippin DO confront the Witch-King, but was PJ trying to protect us from certain spoilers in DVD preview; or is this wallpaper an exception or something? What do you all think?

Another (spoilerific) thing, it seems that in the movie, Denethor refuses to light the beacon of Gondor at first in order to summon the aid of Rohan. Of course, those who have seen the pics on TORn (theonering.net) may have seen the picture of Pippin lighting the beacon of Minas Tirith. So I wonder what this story is all about; though it seems like a good idea. Can't wait for december!