Comments on: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" poster by artist Aaron Horkey, for Mondo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: oswarez http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1471210 oswarez Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1471210 Within a week? Try minutes. Within a week? Try minutes.

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1471185 chris coreline Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1471185  Its symbolic, The Nazgul is Sauron, the Eagle is the unified free peoples, the tree is the Numinorian legacy and the single flower is the destiny of Aragorn. also, why arn't all these words in the default dictionary for spell checking in firefox... deeface D:  Its symbolic, The Nazgul is Sauron, the Eagle is the unified free peoples, the tree is the Numinorian legacy and the single flower is the destiny of Aragorn.

also, why arn’t all these words in the default dictionary for spell checking in firefox… deeface D:

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469928 benher Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469928 I agree. I have yet to successfully order a print (esp. something from Aaron) since they are usually snapped up within a week. Good for them though. I agree. I have yet to successfully order a print (esp. something from Aaron) since they are usually snapped up within a week. Good for them though.

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469644 rocketpjs Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469644 Mondo isn't so bad if you sign up to their twitter feed when you want a poster. This one is being sold in their B&M gallery - sometimes they sell leftovers at a random time online.  Twitter is the only way to catch them (they don't announce them any other ways). That said, great unicorn farts would I love that poster. Mondo isn’t so bad if you sign up to their twitter feed when you want a poster.

This one is being sold in their B&M gallery – sometimes they sell leftovers at a random time online.  Twitter is the only way to catch them (they don’t announce them any other ways).

That said, great unicorn farts would I love that poster.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469461 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469461 <blockquote>the Eagles showed up in the battle and took out the Nazgul, just before the Ring was destroyed.</blockquote>The Nazgul were caught in a pyroclastic event.  The eagles were attacking the orcs, who are famously aetophobic (?).

the Eagles showed up in the battle and took out the Nazgul, just before the Ring was destroyed.

The Nazgul were caught in a pyroclastic event.  The eagles were attacking the orcs, who are famously aetophobic (?).

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469446 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469446 That is so not what the flowers of Telperion/Galathilion/Nimloth look like. That is so not what the flowers of Telperion/Galathilion/Nimloth look like.

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469432 corydodt Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469432 I know about the damn eagle battle, whippersnapper. I probably read that book before you were born. I didn't <i>see</i> the eagle. In the painting. Not sure how I missed it now. I know about the damn eagle battle, whippersnapper. I probably read that book before you were born.

I didn’t see the eagle. In the painting. Not sure how I missed it now.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469415 Mister44 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469415 Gawd I hate Mondo. Their posters are too nice that you want all of them, but so limited that unless you watch it all day to order them when they go onsale, they are sold out. Gawd I hate Mondo. Their posters are too nice that you want all of them, but so limited that unless you watch it all day to order them when they go onsale, they are sold out.

]]> By: ǝɔʎoſ ʇʇɐW http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469382 ǝɔʎoſ ʇʇɐW Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469382  Try reading the book.  Still say Jack Black as Tom Bombadil would have been EPIC.  Try reading the book.  Still say Jack Black as Tom Bombadil would have been EPIC.

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469371 corydodt Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469371 Oh wow, didn't even see the eagle. Oh wow, didn’t even see the eagle.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469354 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469354 We need an epic metal guitar riff in this thread, please... We need an epic metal guitar riff in this thread, please…

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469281 Xeni Jardin Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469281 BUNCH OF FUCKING NERDS UP IN THIS THREAD LOL BUNCH OF FUCKING NERDS UP IN THIS THREAD LOL

]]> By: Geoduck http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469283 Geoduck Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469283 More accurately, the Eagles showed up just the Nazguls left the battlefield and went zooming off towards Mount Doom to try and keep the Ring from being destroyed. Still a nice picture.. More accurately, the Eagles showed up just the Nazguls left the battlefield and went zooming off towards Mount Doom to try and keep the Ring from being destroyed. Still a nice picture..

]]> By: michael b http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469272 michael b Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469272 ...over what I'm guessing is the 3rd White Tree of Gondor.  LOTR geek time. …over what I’m guessing is the 3rd White Tree of Gondor.  LOTR geek time.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469262 awjt Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469262 It could be a three-legged mole fighting a used diaper... IOW, doesn't matter if it's arted-up like this guy does it! Holey Moley, that's talent.  WANT. It could be a three-legged mole fighting a used diaper… IOW, doesn’t matter if it’s arted-up like this guy does it! Holey Moley, that’s talent.  WANT.

]]> By: Andrea http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469253 Andrea Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469253  Took me a minute, but I think it's an Eagle vs. a Fell Beast, Battle of the Black Gate. I think we only hear about it in flashback ("The Field of Cormallen", possibly?), how the Eagles showed up in the battle and took out the Nazgul, just before the Ring was destroyed.  Took me a minute, but I think it’s an Eagle vs. a Fell Beast, Battle of the Black Gate. I think we only hear about it in flashback (“The Field of Cormallen”, possibly?), how the Eagles showed up in the battle and took out the Nazgul, just before the Ring was destroyed.

]]> By: Nizaris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469250 Nizaris Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469250  That's an eagle and a Nazgul, and it happens in the final battle. :)  That’s an eagle and a Nazgul, and it happens in the final battle. :)

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-r.html#comment-1469233 corydodt Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169793#comment-1469233 It is gorgeous, but.. was there an epic battle between an ent and a nazgul that I'm not remembering? It is gorgeous, but.. was there an epic battle between an ent and a nazgul that I’m not remembering?

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