If there's one thing I've learned from the films, it's "never let the bloke who was in the Fellowship be the general". Wandering over hill and dale with a bunch of scruffy stragglers? No probs. Leading troops into battle? Uh...
HELM'S DEEP
Eomer: "Gandalf, me and my lads are the best light and medium
horsemen in Middle Earth! Using our manoeuvrability, I reckon we
fix 'em 'ere, while flanking 'round and hitting 'em in echelon
yonder, then..."
Gandalf: "Bugger that! I've got a better idea. We form lads up on
there 'ill, and charge 'em uncontrollably in one mass down tha' there
scree slope into a phalangitic horde of heavy infantry set with
pikes."
Eomer: "Wha' the... <mutter> Hobbit-fiddler..."
PELENNOR FIELDS Whole Army of the Dead thing doesn't count, as they just kind of went 'WHOOSH' and Aragorn's C3 seemed rather limited.
BLACK GATE
Eomer: "Look, Aragorn, I don't mean this personally, but don't let
that sodding wizard command, ok?"
Aragorn: "No probs, son. I've got a cunning plan."
Eomer: "Grand! Well, I know the gate opens outwards, but if we can
form as close to the gate as possible, we can minimise their wealth
of numbers..."
Aragorn: "Ah, bugger that! Eomer, lad, you've a lot to learn. You
see, what we do is, we let them open the gate, then fall back into a
schiltron, but with no pikes, that's the cunning bit, and let them
surround us. See?"
At the end of the film, when Aragorn is crowned and like, if you notice, everyone lowers their eyes as they bow and he walks past. Not Eomer. I always thought it was because the scruffy impostor thought his sister wasn't good enough for 'im, but now I'm not so sure.
All those Rohirrim in Minas Tirith. Perfect chance to usurp the crown...
Best,
Stu.
P.S. Pippin or Glorfindel, Elrond? Hmmmmmm. Errr... PippinGlorfindel PippinGlorfindelPippinGlorfindelPippinGlorfindelPippinGlorfindelPippin GlorfindelPippinGlorfindel... PIPPIN. Great stuff.
Powered by hypermail