How about custom speeches.

[Ross141995]

I was thinking that it would be really cool if you guys could do custom speeches Like Aragorn's or Theoden's Just a thought

[Gallus]

I was thinking that it would be really cool if you guys could do custom speeches Like Aragorn's or Theoden's Just a thought

awesome idea!

[Santeri]

awesome idea!

But not new one

[Ross141995]

I know right

[Arminius84]

I agree. That would be awsome.

[Rougeman]

maybe the speach aragorn does at the black gate?

[Shocked]

I'm pretty sure, but not certain, that this cannot be done

[Gallus]

why? you just have to change the "speech file" with a new one.

[WelshDragon]

Theoden's speech before charging the lines of Mordor was epicness.

[Lemoniser]

Theoden's speech before charging the lines of Mordor was epicness.

I much preferred it when it was eomers speech in the book. IMHO the battle was so much better in the book.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Well, with proper audio editing software you could probably do that yourself from the movies, but its probably illegal to put that in the mod itself.

[ccllnply]

Well, with proper audio editing software you could probably do that yourself from the movies, but its probably illegal to put that in the mod itself.

I doubt it's illegal, but it would be a bit stupid. Every speech by a Gondorian general would be Aragorn's one from the Black Gate. The speechs that are there now are fine, and if the team decide to put in new one's, they'll probably record their own ones. But I'd guess that right now, custom speechs are very far down on their list of priorities

[Ross141995]

First of all they use Aragorn, Gandalf's picture in the game so I doubt that it is illegal to use his speech well you could do different ones like boromir's in the extended edition .

[Ngugi]

It might seem cool but honsetly, if you want to pick the movie dialog and wish to keep some kind of realism alive, your lost.

Aragon, Gandalf, Theoden and so on might be the dumbest army leaders in history.
Time after time they are telling or insinuateing to their soliders and brothers in arms there is no hope. Are they DAFT? You are supposed to encourage your men, not make 'em even more afraid and hopeless if you want them to stand and fight. Most guys AINT kamikaze, dont they know that...?
And if they give people a bit hope, it is always after they have given a "your about to die"-look first

[Asterix]

It might seem cool but honsetly, if you want to pick the movie dialog and wish to keep some kind of realism alive, your lost.

Aragon, Gandalf, Theoden and so on might be the dumbest army leaders in history.
Time after time they are telling or insinuateing to their soliders and brothers in arms there is no hope. Are they DAFT? You are supposed to encourage your men, not make 'em even more afraid and hopeless if you want them to stand and fight. Most guys AINT kamikaze, dont they know that...?
And if they give people a bit hope, it is always after they have given a "your about to die"-look first

they assume their soldiers are Spartans :sparta: the soldiers will fight even if there is no hope whatsoever. and they did encourage their men, but they made the men realize the massive terror they were about to face. no lies, no beating round the bush, Aragorn etc. gave their men the reality of their situation. and then they would win. so they must be doing something right

[Shocked]

It might seem cool but honsetly, if you want to pick the movie dialog and wish to keep some kind of realism alive, your lost.

Aragon, Gandalf, Theoden and so on might be the dumbest army leaders in history.
Time after time they are telling or insinuateing to their soliders and brothers in arms there is no hope. Are they DAFT? You are supposed to encourage your men, not make 'em even more afraid and hopeless if you want them to stand and fight. Most guys AINT kamikaze, dont they know that...?
And if they give people a bit hope, it is always after they have given a "your about to die"-look first

Well in the movies they do some stupid things..

Still, the men at that time only had three options,
1. Fight honourably against Mordor
2. Hide and wait for Mordor to butcher them
3. Commit suicide

[eregost]

Well in the movies they do some stupid things..

Still, the men at that time only had three options,
1. Fight honourably against Mordor
2. Hide and wait for Mordor to butcher them
3. Commit suicide

Actually they could surrender and become a protectorate of Mordor, like Harad and Rhun. Thats what Sauron wanted, not total extinction.

[Agamaran]

Minas Tirith (pronounced /ˈmɪnəs ˈtɪrɪθ/; Sindarin: /ˈminas ˈtiriθ/) was the capital of Gondor in the Third Age and the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Originally known as Minas Anor (the "Tower of the Sun"), it replaced the city (later ruined city and stockade of Gondor) Osgiliath as the new capital of Gondor. When the Enemy began to take shape again, Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith, the "Tower of Guard". The city was also called
White City, as the courtyard in the front of the city's Citadel contained the White Tree, and also known as the "City of Kings" because of its connection with the kings and stewards of Gondor (they ruled the kingdom of Gondor from the Citadel of the city). Many important events took place in and in front of the city, such as the coronation of King Elessar, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and the healing of Meriadoc Brandybuck and Éowyn by Aragorn after they had been poisoned after stabbing, and subsequently killing, the Witch-king. white city

Oh wow, lotr wikia, the wiki anyone can edit. What a reliable source. /eyeroll

Let me know when you find a quote from the book ever reffering to Minas Tirith as the White City.

refering to the white city
there have been white imaginations before the films!

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Yes, I am familiar with Ted Nasmith and Alan Lee. Doesn't mean that their adaptations are wrong. In fact Alan Lee renders the Many Meetings scene in Lord of the Rings with Elrond having a beard.

and what I've to ad:
everyone who read the book before he saw the film, has imagined the world of middleearth different!
so it is absolutely unpracticable to make it right for everyone.
look at the two images I attached in the post up^
completely different.

the films offer an imagination for more than everyone himself so it is best to stick near their interpretation.
they develope a common interpretation.
for example the weathertop was something I have seen totally different - but I would not mind if anyone would make a map like in the moovies.
in fact I think this game is based on the movies and if weathertop is made, please like in the movies - but I agree: where there's place for interpretation it must be used!

let us be realistic - the book is now some 50 years old - the idea even older...
I don't think that a mayority has read first and then seen the film - it might rather be the other way round...

The films did not interpret the books, the films changed the books tenfold. Characters were written out, replaced, gutted, and changed. That isn't interpretation, that's a rewrite.

The more this mod comes closer to mirroring everything from the movies, the more it travels away from being about a mod for Lord of the Rings (despite their original mission statement claiming to stay as close to the source books as possible).

[eregost]

These two never go together. If you adapt something from another story, you are doing so for the fans of that story. Aren't you ever curious as to why people who actually enjoyed the books find so many faults with the movies? It's because of what you exactly said: they dumbed it down to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Oh, they are? Like where the Hobbits are trapped in the Barrow-downs and get their Westernesse blades, or Aragorn gets Anduril before he leaves Rivendell, or how Glorfindel saves Frodo from the Ringwraiths, or how Elrond NEVER asks Aragorn to leave his daughter, or how Theoden NEVER leads the common folk to Helm's Deep, or how the Grey Company shows up to accompany Aragorn to gain the allegiance of the Army of the Dead who kill off the Corsair fleets and are then relinquished from their service, or how they portray Faramir as a shining beacon of hope, righteousness, and justice when he welcomes Frodo and Sam with friendly open arms and even scoffs at the idea of ever thinking about taking the One Ring?

All of those plot points are still there, right?

You can't fit everything from the books in 3 movies! You'd have to make a TV series. And they want to make MONEY, not just appease Tolkien fanboys and go bankrupt, so they have to aim for the widest possible audience. If it hadn't been for the exposure the movies gave LOTR, LOTR would NOT be as popular as it is today. Many people including myself read the books as a result of seeing the excellent movies. The MAIN plotpoints and themes are still there. I have nothing more to say to you.

[Ross141995]

First of all who say's Minas Tirith's not white what color would you rather picky picky picky so you think. You could make a three hour movie more accurate http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Minas_Tirith O and here is the Link Agamaran.