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Post subject:  Posted: March 13th, 2007, 11:36 am |
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In the movie the Balrog has winges, but I can't remember he has in the books.
Antother fact, I don't think he can fly although he has winges. I think he's too heavy! 
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Post subject: Posted: May 12th, 2007, 10:28 am |
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Maybe they added the wings to make it look more scary.
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Post subject: Posted: December 20th, 2007, 7:52 pm |
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We were talking briefly about Balrogs on another thread and the subject came up if they had wings, so I posted my reply and thought that I would post it on the proper thread, so here is is:
Some have taken this passage with Gandalf facing the Balrog in Khazad-dum literaly: 'His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings.' but this was Gandalf's take on what he saw. Notice the wording, 'like two wings', not that it had two wings!!!!
If we look at the movie Balrog it certainly had wings. And the art work of John Howe illustrator working along with Alan Lee on the LOTR movies, it had wings.
Do Balrogs have wings? It might seem a simple question, but (as so often with Tolkien's work) the more we examine it, the harder it is to answer. It's a question, too, that divides Tolkien's more avid readers into two distinct camps - those who believe in Balrog wings, and those who deny their existence. As for me I like how the movie Balrog was pictured, but after all what's so important if it had wings or not. 
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Post subject: Posted: December 21st, 2007, 6:32 pm |
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I always thought that the balrog had wings. Don't remember if he had them in the books.
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