Re: CHAT: Best/Worst/Missing Scenes in LotR
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 25, 2001, 0:25 |
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Elliott Lash scripsit:
> Why we're discussing the movie here..I don't know but, while we're at it, I'd
> like to point out that neither Arwen nor Elrond are ELVES!!! Am I the only
> one who's annoyed by that fact? In the book they're Half-Elves, descended
> from Earendil and Elwing! In the movie it looks like we have no clear familly
> relationship between Arwen and Aragorn, which is present at least in some
> form in The Lord Of the Rings.
Well, yes, technically. But as a result of the basic choice, Elrond and his
children live "with the life of the Eldar": they are longaeval just like other
Elves.
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