Hey, you know another thing like this post comes to a new light, knowing that aragorn is OLDER than the king
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He's a badass. When your battlecry is "DEATH!" You know some shits about to happen .
So he was hoping for at least 12002 spears.
12001 haha
Or even 12000 + a broken one
Is that Bill Bailey?! https://www.arenaentertainments.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bill-bailey-425x312.jpg
Human slaves! In an orcish nation! Ah ah ah ha ha!
Bernard Hill does look a lot alike in certain angles; never seen it before myself but you pointing it out and now I can't not see it.
This is a good sword.
It's a piece of shit, Aragorn, and you know it. Stop gaslighting people.
Why though? I don't think that Rohans problem was lack of proper swords. Giving it to a boy maybe 12-14 years old, because there is not enough men of fighting age was the problem at the time. But i don't think the Orcs would have made concessions bc. of that.
Think of it more like a placebo pill for bravery.
Nah fuck this army I'm gonna go recruit some immortal ghost soldiers instead. Do whatever you want with these I'm out.
That... That right there made me hate the entire trilogy.. So we're slowly overwhelmed, we're slowly losing and being killed and the situation is so dire and... Oh there is the immortal deux ex machina guys just trampling over the enemy killing them all in a minute aaaaand we're done!
It was so anti climactic
To be fair the entire army itself was just a distraction so that frodo could destroy the ring. The ghosts weren't what caused them to win, they just prevented the death of the bait.
Right but, why bother with smoke and mirrors when you have an immortal unbeatable army in the first place.
Even in the book its not really explained why the oathbreakers only help out for one fight; the only difference is in the books they never actually go to Minas Tirith they just help against the corsairs.
Presumably Sauron could've destroyed the ghosts, he was just a little distracted at that time frame, or not yet able or willing to face them directly. Like the Eagles, they can't really tackle the Sauron problem, so aren't as much of a solve as they appear.
Also the reason they only fight in the final battle I think is because that is the only battle they're bound to fight in, I'm not even sure you could use them to fight any other battle than against Sauron's armies.
Agreed, I had the same thoughts with Oppenheimer. They just invent a big scary bomb and that ends the war? What an anti-climatic ending.
It would be more like, they invented the atomic bomb, use it to take Iwo Jima and then the United States goes back to sulking and wondering how the hell they're going to take the home islands.
In lotr they use the undead to win the battle of pellenor fields but they don't use it to win the war. It's a legitimate plot hole.
Kinda like the war. Island hoping through the Pacific theater for ages, then they just drop two extre spicy bombs and the whole deal is done
For their defense they never had something that spicy
That’s like whipping out a Carolina Reaper when you’re only used to Jalepeños…
Ohhh, I'm about to compete in the Australian chilli eating championship.
We're going well above Reapers.
Tomorrow is going to really suck for my body
What is above Reapers? Pure capsaicin? Resiniferatoxin?
Reapers pull in around 1,500,000 to 2,200,000 SHU Then there is Pepper X which is 2,693,000 SHU.
After that extracts which range all the way up to pure capsaicin which is 16,000,000 SHU.
Nothing can be hotter then that. People claim hotter by saying you can stack two 10m extracts etc but that's just volume not technically hotter.
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Update I pulled out 4th my stomach couldn't handle it. Got the biggest cramps so I'm lying on my bed suffering at the moment waiting for the cramps to pass
pure capsaicin which is 16,000,000 SHU.
Nothing can be hotter then that
Resiniferatoxin has entered the chat: 16,000,000,000 SHU
Got the biggest cramps so I’m lying on my bed suffering at the moment waiting for the cramps to pass
Wishing you a smooth recovery!
Damn I haven't heard of this,
That's insane, but I wonder if it would be similar to 16,000,000 if it's safe to eat.
I have found once you broach the 5m SHU mark I can't tell the difference except in the effects on my stomach.
Though 16billion is a huge leap
if it's safe to eat.
Probably not undiluted:
At 16 billion Scoville units, resiniferatoxin is rather toxic and can inflict chemical burns in minute quantities.
For rats, LD50 through oral ingestion is 148.1 mg/kg. It causes severe burning pain in sub-microgram (less than 1/1,000,000th of a gram) quantities when ingested orally.
Though since it is so potent, it sounds like you can still taste it well below the toxic concentration.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or food science expert, and cannot endorse tasting random chemicals with the word "toxin" in their name.
I'm probably remembering wrong I haven't watched these movies in a while, but weren't the ghosts really hostile to everyone? I had the impression that other than superstition the ghosts really would kill anyone that approached them so nobody thought to. Aragorn was only able to make a deal with them because of some ancient family curse stuff he could free them from... which does sound machina-y, but it might explain why nobody tried to approach them up until that point
Basically, yes.
In the books it was just that they would only answer to Isldur’s Heir. They also scared the Corsairs of Umbar away from their ships, but it was an army of Dunadain (along with a few elves, like Elrond’s sons) that actually ran them off permanently, so they could use the ships to bring some of the Gondorians in the south back north to join the main battle.
Weren't both of the first 2 lines from Theoden?
Not sure, but doesn't sound right. The next actual line "More will come" is definitely said by Theoden
If I don't remember, does that mean it's time for another rewatch?
does that mean it’s time for another rewatch?
Doesn't matter. The answer to "time for another rewatch?" is always yes.
It's never a bad time for that.
It's 2am and all I have are the extended edition DVDs.
Long day ahead of you my friend. We don't stop till nightfall. Enjoy.
Give each guy two spears. Now you have twice the spears and you didn't even have to find more guys.
Contact me for more tips on defeating dark lords.
The Dark Lord summoned 1000 hot naked succubus and my men's about to succumb to the lure, how do i proceed?
Gays to the vanguard?
What would you do if you had 6000 spears and your high maintenance royal friend says it's one third of what he hoped for?
Distribute copies of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue along with each additional spear.
Now that's what I call thinking with spears.
Maybe they have plenty of guys but not enough spears? 6000 spearheads is a lot of work for 3 days. Ask any blacksmith!
TBH it's really easy to find spearmen if you have the spears. They require vastly less training than a swordsman or shieldbearer.
"Keep the pointy end towards the enemy at all times."
"Sir, I'm a seasoned wheat farmer, I know how point sticks work thank you very much."
Good idea, but that still would be less than Aragorn hoped for
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