> From: Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > From: Sauron, Lord of all > > << ...That takes liberties. Why does Aragorn sport a ring? Why does > > Glamdring _not_ glow in the presence of globins? But the > > most important > > why I have is why Bilbo _not_ at the council of Elrond? >> > > > > Um... they mentioned that second one in the movie. The sword > > only glows in the presence of orcs. > > Orcs = goblins. After all, JRRT called them goblins in "The Hobbit" when > Sting and Glamdring were introduced. > > I've seen this criticism in several places and I can't specifically remember > it ever saying that Glamdring or Orcrist (Thorin's sword) glowing in the > presence of goblins and/or orcs in either "The Hobbit" or "The Lord of the > Rings". I Think it glowed in _The Hobbit_, but I could be wrong.
