AlnicoV: Seems like a waste of time. Guess I’m not as geeky as I thought. If you want realistic fantasy (I know, seems like an oxymoron), read the Black Company series. BTW, for me, reading The Lord of the Rings was a wonderful experience.
“Eagles are not kindly birds” quote from “The Hobbit”. They wouldn’t let thirteen dwarves and a hobbit ride them all the way to the Lonely Mountain out of the pure goodness of their hearts.
One does not simply fly into Mordor (sorry). The eagles would have been spotted by Sauron very early and would’ve been wrecked by the flying Nazgul. A lone (or two) member of an overlooked species, walking on foot, had a much greater change of succeeding. Give Gandalf some credit for his wits.
Gandalf’s last words before falling into the chasm with the Balrog was “Fly you fools”. He wanted them to take the Eagles to Mordor, but he kept that plan to himself since he never expected that he wouldn’t be around.
Two things I learned from reading the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings back in 1968..Eagles were a lot bigger then….and..It is a good thing for us that spiders are NOT the size of a rottweiler..
Cause we can’t flyyyyyy through Mirkwood, guys. The spiders there don’t eat houseflies, And their webs reach to the skies, so we don’t fly through Mirkwood guys.
Miny Boy about 10 years ago
The eagles can do anything the story requires them. Deus ex machina.
ruairibenmcclintock about 10 years ago
NO, NO, NO the Eagles could not help as orcs would have shot them down. Plus they are lazy :P
AlnicoV about 10 years ago
That has been one of the arguments that geeks get into about those books since shortly after they were published.
Plods with ...™ about 10 years ago
My question exactly.
Cerabooge about 10 years ago
AlnicoV: Seems like a waste of time. Guess I’m not as geeky as I thought. If you want realistic fantasy (I know, seems like an oxymoron), read the Black Company series. BTW, for me, reading The Lord of the Rings was a wonderful experience.
hariseldon59 about 10 years ago
The Eagles will always come through in the long run.
Skywatcher68 about 10 years ago
From oglaf.com (NSFW webcomic): one would not want to be on an Eagle’s back when it got hungry.
matzam Premium Member about 10 years ago
that quote is based on John Hustons film STAGECOACH when he was asked " why don’t the just shoot the horses?"
UniqeUsername about 10 years ago
“Eagles are not kindly birds” quote from “The Hobbit”. They wouldn’t let thirteen dwarves and a hobbit ride them all the way to the Lonely Mountain out of the pure goodness of their hearts.
basstenorman about 10 years ago
One does not simply fly into Mordor (sorry). The eagles would have been spotted by Sauron very early and would’ve been wrecked by the flying Nazgul. A lone (or two) member of an overlooked species, walking on foot, had a much greater change of succeeding. Give Gandalf some credit for his wits.
basstenorman about 10 years ago
bah, sorry Bruno. beat me by 5 minutes lol
dean about 10 years ago
Gandalf’s last words before falling into the chasm with the Balrog was “Fly you fools”. He wanted them to take the Eagles to Mordor, but he kept that plan to himself since he never expected that he wouldn’t be around.
stuartj12 about 10 years ago
The eagles only helped because the Doctor (#7), I mean Radagast the Brown, sent them.
neverenoughgold about 10 years ago
I need to get out more often…
bobviously about 10 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqVD0swvWUDon’t know why the eagle was blindfolded though.
boldyuma about 10 years ago
Two things I learned from reading the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings back in 1968..Eagles were a lot bigger then….and..It is a good thing for us that spiders are NOT the size of a rottweiler..
tsandl about 10 years ago
Cause we can’t flyyyyyy through Mirkwood, guys. The spiders there don’t eat houseflies, And their webs reach to the skies, so we don’t fly through Mirkwood guys.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 10 years ago
I was going to say that I didn’t get this … but then I realized I probably wouldn’t understand the explanation either.