The YouTube channel Film Theory (which is run by "MatPat," who also runs a few other "Theory" channels, e.g., Food Theory, Game Theory, etc.) has a video about one of the biggest "plot hole" questions from The Lord of the Rings: why not just use the Eagles to fly the Ring of Power to Mordor to be destroyed? Wouldn't that have saved everyone a great deal of unnecessary time, effort, and death? MatPat dismantles this notion, claiming that it would almost be worse than just giving the Ring directly to Sauron:
I like MatPat's various Theory channels, but the lack of a vocative comma in "Fly, you fools!" is driving me fucking nuts.
That was really good. I hadn't actually heard the Eagle theory before, and as a big fan of Tolkien's work, I'm ashamed to admit I wasn't aware of the near-God status of the Eagles.
ReplyDeleteFly! You fools!