Rush order : lotrmemes

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 84 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah fuck this army I'm gonna go recruit some immortal ghost soldiers instead. Do whatever you want with these I'm out.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 15 points 4 months ago

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.

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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 65 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they have plenty of guys but not enough spears? 6000 spearheads is a lot of work for 3 days. Ask any blacksmith!

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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."

[–] sigezayaq@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago

Good idea, but that still would be less than Aragorn hoped for

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Dark Lord summoned 1000 hot naked succubus and my men's about to succumb to the lure, how do i proceed?

[–] Longpork3@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 months ago

Gays to the vanguard?

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Distribute copies of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue along with each additional spear.

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Now that's what I call thinking with spears.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is a good sword.

It's a piece of shit, Aragorn, and you know it. Stop gaslighting people.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Think of it more like a placebo pill for bravery.

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 41 points 4 months ago

I mean...the only way you could get more spears in less time is if you made some kind of pact with an army of undead!

[–] frezik@midwest.social 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Théoden: "What do you expect of me? Run down to some cave and conjure up an undead army?"

Aragorn: brb

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So he was hoping for at least 12002 spears.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

12001 haha

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Or even 12000 + a broken one

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

Aragorn you ungrateful bitch

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Weren't both of the first 2 lines from Theoden?

Edit: https://youtu.be/0FtLgOygkJ4?si=qZfrCKvsg5k3gbW2?t=49s

Begins at 49 seconds - can't get the timestamp linking to work.

Or even better - start at 0:00 on the extended edition of Fellowship and work your way there.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If I don't remember, does that mean it's time for another rewatch?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

does that mean it’s time for another rewatch?

Doesn't matter. The answer to "time for another rewatch?" is always yes.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's never a bad time for that.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's 2am and all I have are the extended edition DVDs.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Long day ahead of you my friend. We don't stop till nightfall. Enjoy.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not sure, but doesn't sound right. The next actual line "More will come" is definitely said by Theoden

[+] ssj2marx@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

The Rohirrim were spread out dealing with raiding parties until after Helm's Deep. Contextually we're to understand that about half their available manpower is either dealing with other problems or just didn't answer the muster.

[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The village blacksmith worked as hard as he could ok!!

[–] the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And on top of all that y'all got him sharpening Hobbit swords like they're gonna do anything.

#WasteHisTimeTA3019

[–] DukeAtraedes@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 4 months ago

Hey, you know another thing like this post comes to a new light, knowing that aragorn is OLDER than the king

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Is that Bill Bailey?! https://www.arenaentertainments.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bill-bailey-425x312.jpg

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Human slaves! In an orcish nation! Ah ah ah ha ha!

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

He's a badass. When your battlecry is "DEATH!" You know some shits about to happen .

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