One of the things I love most about the Battle of the Pelennor Fields from the books is what actually comes off those black ships. There is no Army of the Dead at Minas Tirith.
Aragorn uses the Dead much earlier, at Pelargir, where the Corsairs of Umbar had been battling Gondor’s strength in the south. The dead don’t sweep through the Corsairs killing everyone either. Tolkien never actually describes the Dead killing anyone. Their presence is so terrifying that the Corsairs break, fleeing or throwing themselves into the water.
Once Pelargir is taken, Aragorn declares their oath fulfilled and releases them.
Aragorn takes the captured Corsair ships and sails north with the Grey Company at his side: the Rangers of the North who had ridden all the way from Eriador to join their Chieftain, along with Elladan and Elrohir, Legolas and Gimli. But most importantly, they bring the reinforcements that Gondor desperately needed.
The Corsair threat had kept thousands of men from the south occupied defending their own lands instead of marching to Minas Tirith. By defeating that threat, Aragorn was finally able to gather those men and bring them north.
So when the black ships appear on the Anduin and the defenders of Minas Tirith initially believe the Corsairs have arrived, the reveal is brilliant. The ships are carrying Aragorn, the Grey Company and men from Lebennin, Lamedon and the other southern lands of Gondor. These are Gondor’s own people coming to save their city.
The living fought the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
You can’t tell me 2020 Damian Lillard wasn’t the best player in the world:
8 game stretch:
- 1 60 point game
- 2 50 point games
- 2 40 point games
- 3 30 point games
Most dominate stretch I’ve ever seen.
Nick Young GOES OFF on Bam breaking Kobe 81 points 😳
“F*CK BAM AND THE WIZARDS! F*ck all that sh*t, records are supposed to be broken, hell naw!… Bam nice but he not 83 nice. Kobe probably rolling over in his grave right now like ‘YOU?’ F*ck that! You see how he was going for it at 74? That was nasty! If I had 81 I would’ve stopped!”
(Via @GilsArenaShow)
Tron: Legacy (2010) is remembered less for its plot than for how it sounds. Daft Punk turn the Grid into a feeling, locking image and music so tightly that the score becomes the film’s spine.
I was curious whether Hollywood movies were actually used in the training of Seedance 2. I couldn’t resist experimenting with my favorite movie. I gave it the first frame, and the rest was done by the model.
To my surprise, it even added almost the same music as in the movie.
My verdict: Hollywood movies were fully used 😂
P.S. Please forgive me if my experiment seems unprofessional; it really is. I’m just playing around, but I can watch this battle endlessly.