LOTR: Fellowship of The Ring-Q

[BaybieGurl22]

Okay i just watched the movie again last night and there is somthing that has been bothering me from day 1.. When Gandolf falls down into the pit.. right before he falls.. he says something... something about "fools" what is it that hes saying ive listened to in 1000x over and cant make it out.. what the hell is he saying?

[chickeneater]

"follow, you fools"

hehe, I had to listen to that about 10x too

[UncasMS]

are you sure he said FOLLOW???

[chickeneater]

either that or "blubber"

[UncasMS]

who would gandfalf advice the others to follow?

didnt he rather say: flee, you fools

[MPS]

from all the subtitles i've seen it's apparent he says "flee, you fools"

[MPS]

U can find evidence at:

http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:8CO7xcPz9qkJ:www.warofthering.net/ahobbitstale/movies/movies_fotr_longscript2.htm+%22flee,+you+fools%22+gandalf&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&inlang=pl

[Jeff Mirage]

Have just seen the clip, and I`m quite sure he says "Fly you fools"

Perhaps you can find it in the books..

[BaybieGurl22]

okay well i didnt know this would be such a debate lol... but from what MPS found im pretty sure it would be corrct unless the ppl who created that script sight were wrong to, bottom line none of us could really understand what the hell he was saying so at least i know im not crazy.. lmao thanks for the help guys

[Oriphus]

Well, just to clear it up, here is the LOTR script. I cant be arsed reading it, so i am relying on one of you lot to do it for me

http://blake.prohosting.com/awsm/script/LOTRFOTR.html

[shiny#3]

to mps:

the quoting of the movie is already wrong in the very first line.

here is an excerpt of the subtitles I have made for the LOTR
the fellowship of he ring and as I remember my sindarin grammar well it must be:

00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,600
Tolo dan na ngalad.
(Come back to the light!)

and not :Tolo dan nan galad

so it can not be trusted!!


to oriphus:

that transcription is very incomplete!!!

[MPS]

the quoting of the movie is already wrong in the very first line...
Tolo dan na ngalad.
and not :Tolo dan nan galad

this is not WRONG it's just a misspelling shiny.
'na ngalad' vs. 'nan galad'? common...

look at the context of this sentence in the scene. gandalf wants them to get the f**k outta there, so saying "flee" is perfect for that purpose. "fly" could refer to running away, but since they dont have wings, then whats the point? using poetic language? if someone hangs above an abyss with a fiery monster going after him, this is definitely not time for damn poetic language - no matter how wise a man you are and no matter the fantasy character of the whole thing.
in a word - i vote for "flee". wanna make a poll?

[Oriphus]

To Shiny - It probably is, but who really cares anyway?? Thats why i didnt read the transcript, just posted it!! I have better things to do than search for discrepincies with subtitle/transcripts of LOTR. Havent you?

[Jeff Mirage]

According to the book "Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Ring goes South: The Bridge of Khazad Düm page 152"

Gandalf says "Fly you fools" as well as in the subtitles of the DVD realease.

[Oriphus]

I thought it was fly you fools as well - the subtitles are unlikely to get it wrong