> When I first read it as a kid I couldn't understand why > they just did not tie Frodo up with the ring, then using > an eagle, dive bomb him into the Cracks of Doom. As for > using an army to ge the ring to Mt. Doom, there's a lot > to be said about inconspicuousness.
I think it was that issue of inconspicuousness... I didn't get the impression that it was common for eagles to fly into Mordor and pass over Mt. Doom just for giggles, since Mordor was always described as a nasty desolate place where the eagles likely wouldn't be finding food, etc. (or if they did find food it wouldn't be food they'd want to eat). Plus the armies of Mordor would be likely to shoot and kill any creature randomly flying toward Mt. Doom. It works at the end to pick them up because by that point the ring is destroyed, Sauron is gone and the armies of Mordor are decimated. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163179 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
