The Piper Cub Crosses a Major Literary Milestone

[D18]

Dude! Ever heard of spoiler boxes? Hello!

[Sunny_Daze]

@Northern_Piper

His favourites in the movie were Legolas and the ‘guy with the sword’. The Cub is a bit weak sometimes on names, but picking out the ‘guy with the sword’ in a set of movies full of sword play was actually easy: Strider/Aragorn. (Although each time I referred to Strider or Aragorn, he would say “Who?”)

Interestingly, when the Witch King Naz Gûl is facing Éowyn and says “No man can kill me”, the Cub immediately said, gleefully, “But she’s not a man!” Then Merry stabbed him in the leg and I said, “Neither is Merry”, which he found humourous.

I think you had to be there.

Now I feel like watching them again. I believe I shall, in fact.

[DSYoungEsq]

@mbh

Cool. Now, start reciting the hymn of Elbereth, in Elvish, and see if he finishes it for you.

A Elbereth Gilthoniel
Silivren penna miriel

O Mennen mylar Muriel
With a hey derry tum gardol
O Yuban necco glamorene?

[Dendarii_Dame]

@DSYoungEsq

O Mennen mylar Muriel
With a hey derry tum gardol
O Yuban necco glamorene?

Wait a minute–what happened to the slithy toves?

[Northern_Piper]

They gyred and gimbolled, of course.

[Senegoid]

@Northern_Piper

And then in horror in the climax: “He bit off Frodo’s finger?!?”

The film as released to the theaters cut out the “Mouth of Sauron” scene, but I think the Director’s DVD (or whatever they called it) includes it, and you can find it on YouTube.

See what Cub thinks of that!

(BTW, off-topic: How soon do you plan to introduce Piper Cub to a real Piper Cub?)