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[edit] Denethor's palantir in extended edition of film?
An anonymous editor recently added the claim that Denethor's palantir was seen in the extended edition of the Return of the King film. Is this so? If it is, I missed it (which is entirely possible). There is a scene in which Aragorn uses a palantir in Minas Tirith to confront Sauron, but since Denethor's palantir isn't (I think) explicitly mentioned, the implication seems to be that this is Saruman's palantir, brought from Meduseld by Gandalf.
Denethor's line "Did you think the eyes of the White Tower were blind?" is retained, but I don't think they're ever explained; a viewer unfamiliar with the books might just hear that as being about a spy network or some other means of gathering information from afar; that also seems to be the suggestion of the scene with Denethor, Boromir and Faramir in Osgiliath, where he says something like "word has reached my ear that the One Ring has been found".
I'm not removing the addition now, in case I've just missed the appearance of Denethor's palantir, but I'd welcome other viewers' takes on this. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 02:19, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
- Just watched it again, and we don't see it, although the "Did you think the eyes of the White Tower were blind?" hints at it. We do see Aragorn looking into a palantir, but since we never see Denethor's, it seems to be the one he used in the book, which was the palantir from Orthanc. nmw 08:57, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
