Going downhill...

WallRocker · 01-13-2003, 11:17 PM

Okay, here's a question... why does, after Pippin tells Treebeard to take them South, Treebeard say 'I always like going South. Somehow, it always feels like going downhill' I know it's not in the book because I just re-read it. Does anybody know why he says this?

Huan · 01-13-2003, 11:21 PM

I think it's because in deviating from the book's storyline and having to convince Treebeard to go in a new direction from where he was headed in the movie, they had to make up some line for him to say that they thought sounded like something Treebeard would say. I dunno. It always gets a laugh.

Shadowfax · 01-13-2003, 11:57 PM

I thought they just added that bit to sound funny or something.

***azalea*** · 01-14-2003, 12:24 AM

I think it's because he's so big and tree-like, and to a tree, which grows out of the ground, going toward the south pole would feel like walking down a hill.
Did that make any sense?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 01-14-2003, 12:37 AM

Well, no. He wasn't a tree. I think when he says "going south is like waking downhill" He means that south is down. Like a map, and the direction.

***Khamûl*** · 01-14-2003, 12:43 AM

My first thought was that because of the way the mountains are related to Fangorn, he could actually be going slightly downhill, but I'll have to take a look at a map to double-check that.

viggosbeard · 01-14-2003, 07:53 AM

south is down !

WallRocker · 01-14-2003, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by viggosbeard
south is down !

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Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
I think when he says "going south is like waking downhill" He means that south is down. Like a map, and the direction.

Yeah, but when going South, it doesn't always mean that you are going downhill. Maybe it was just supposed to be a funny line, like Shadowfax and Huan said.

Falagar · 01-14-2003, 11:23 AM

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Yeah, but when going South, it doesn't always mean that you are going downhill. Maybe it was just supposed to be a funny line, like Shadowfax and Huan said.

He doesn't say "I'm going down" he says "Feels like going down", probably because south on a map is down. But yeah, it's probably just a funny line.

01-13-2003, 11:17 PM	#1
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01-13-2003, 11:57 PM	#3
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	I thought they just added that bit to sound funny or something. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

01-14-2003, 12:37 AM	#5
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Well, no. He wasn't a tree. I think when he says "going south is like waking downhill" He means that south is down. Like a map, and the direction. __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

01-14-2003, 12:43 AM	#6
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	My first thought was that because of the way the mountains are related to Fangorn, he could actually be going slightly downhill, but I'll have to take a look at a map to double-check that. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

01-14-2003, 07:53 AM	#7
viggosbeard Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: the banks of the Royal Blue Mersey Posts: 247	south is down ! __________________ You cant resist her Shes in your bones Shes in your marrow And your ride home You cant avoid her Shes in the air In between molecules Of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Only in dreams

01-13-2003, 11:21 PM	#2
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	I think it's because in deviating from the book's storyline and having to convince Treebeard to go in a new direction from where he was headed in the movie, they had to make up some line for him to say that they thought sounded like something Treebeard would say. I dunno. It always gets a laugh.

01-14-2003, 12:24 AM	#4
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I think it's because he's so big and tree-like, and to a tree, which grows out of the ground, going toward the south pole would feel like walking down a hill. Did that make any sense?