What change in the movies ticks you off the most?

[d4rk3lf]

The Uruk-hai helmets not being able to withstand tiny stones tossed on them by the hobbits etc.

 

[Radaghast]

The Uruk-hai helmets not being able to withstand tiny stones tossed on them by the hobbits etc.

And don't forget the Mighty Frying Pan! Of Doom!

 

[The Witch-king Of Angmar]

Maybe Hobbit frying pans are made of some really special Hobbit material that can truly knock someone out 😁

 

[Radaghast]

Cast iron is pretty hardy stuff.

 

[Vorondil]

Cast iron is pretty hardy stuff.

You could probably give someone brain-damage with a cast-iron frying pan.

 

[Server Room Gremlin]

You could probably give someone brain-damage with a cast-iron frying pan.

You'd need to have good strength and endurance to wield it for a longer period of time. The weight distribution is terrible compared to weapons designed for fighting.

 

[Radaghast]

Yeah, you could probably cause a fracture and/or a concussion with a cast iron pan but it's not an ideal weapon. Also, there's the weight factor. I don't think Sam would travel with something so heavy that it could brain an orc. Also, the frying pan kind of makes a serious situation into a farce.

 

[Deimos]

And don't forget the Mighty Frying Pan! Of Doom!

Well, the frying pan is cast iron (then again it might be PTFE lined aluminium 🙄😄) which is likely a heavier gauge than any helm bronze or iron.
(Or maybe it's only urethane hitting urethane..... BOING-BOING! 😁)

 

[Aldarion]

That almost everything is so less effective then it should be. The only fire that was hot enough to burn the one ring seems to be barely hurting Gollum. The ring is supposed to increase the power of the Maia(Sauron) and jet when he blasts the elf's with his maze they don't even seem to die as they fly through the air(you can hear them scream as are tossed out of Sauron's way). The Uruk-hai helmets not being able to withstand tiny stones tossed on them by the hobbits etc. Say what you will about The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey but at least the easily defeated goblins were all in smaller proportions with no armor to cover them at all.

And let's not forget this:

 

[Radaghast]

Well, the frying pan is cast iron (then again it might be PTFE lined aluminium 🙄😄) which is likely a heavier gauge than any helm bronze or iron.
(Or maybe it's only urethane hitting urethane..... BOING-BOING! 😁)

Also, tbf, that particular orc is not wearing any head protection.

 

[Þráinn Þórhallsson]

And let's not forget this:

Actually on a high enough velocity a arrow can get through armor.

 

[Olorgando]

Actually on a high enough velocity a arrow can get through armor.

Precisely the reasons English longbow (copied from the Welsh) troops led the slaughter of masses of French knights in the battles of Crécy in 1346 and Agincourt (the town's actual name was Azincourt - the English were always lousy at foreign languages) in 1415. Those English (and Welsh) longbowmen were highly trained specialists, the bows had pull weights of up to 160 ponds, perhaps more, and those thick war arrows of perhaps three feet of length were small missiles.

 

[Aldarion]

Actually on a high enough velocity a arrow can get through armor.

Precisely the reasons English longbow (copied from the Welsh) troops led the slaughter of masses of French knights in the battles of Crécy in 1346 and Agincourt (the town's actual name was Azincourt - the English were always lousy at foreign languages) in 1415. Those English (and Welsh) longbowmen were highly trained specialists, the bows had pull weights of up to 160 ponds, perhaps more, and those thick war arrows of perhaps three feet of length were small missiles.

Uh, no. It depends on arrow and armor.

But bow arrow will never go through a properly made 15th century breastplate. Even English Longbow can, at best, achieve partial penetration against the sides of the helmet, pauldrons, cuissess... but a good breastplate will stop it.

At Crecy and Agincourt, longbowmen did slaughter French knights... but longbow didn't. Longbow served to disorder and unhorse them... but actual killing was done with daggers, mauls and other close-range thingies.

And sure, this may be infantry breastplate, and mass-produced... but orc is shooting short bow here, and I don't imagine it is a very good one either.

 

[LaurelinBearsFruit]

You could probably give someone brain-damage with a cast-iron frying pan.

You could easily kill someone with a well-aimed cast-iron frying pan blow to the head. I only cook on cast-iron, and boy is it heavy.

But as far as movie change that ticks me off the most, that would be Faramir. Enough said.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

that would be Faramir

Movie Faramir: "We take them to Minas Tirith!" *

well-aimed cast-iron frying pan:

Note: Not sure of the exact quote, not going to look for it. 😄

 

[d4rk3lf]

Someone hits Faramir with frying pan.
Denethor: "From now on, I name you, the master chief cook of all Gondor"

 

[The Witch-king Of Angmar]

Someone hits Faramir with frying pan.
Denethor: "From now on, I name you, the master chief cook of all Gondor"

Well, that way he'd at least finally be useful in Denethor's mind 💀