Poll: Architects launch crowdfunding to build Minas Tirith, Orcs launch Crowdfunding to destroy it

[Redryhno]

I'm with the Orcs, the movie version of the city was a terrible design. Especially the nice flat featureless plain surrounding the place for orcs to mass armies on.

Nobody thought to dig a ditch of put up some pointy sticks? For that matter, nobody tried growing any crops or anything?

There was a wall built for defence on the plains but Denethor's madness/corruption meant that it was in a poor state of repair and under-manned; as well the Pelennor fields were actually farmland in and of themselves. The film skipped a lot of the practical details of life in the various realms, largely focussing on the major cities/encampments.

Sure, that's why I specified "movie version", Tolkien was very good with that sort of stuff.

The movie had the city in the middle of nowhere...at least when cars are invented they've got a giant carpark waiting for them.

Well, going by the book, Minas Tirith is in the middle of nowhere as well...I mean Dol Amroth is still like a day and a half journey by horse, and that's the closest settlement other than Osgiliath. But it's been like ten years since I read LoTR, so I could be wrong.

 

[Superbeast]

Sure, that's why I specified "movie version", Tolkien was very good with that sort of stuff.

The movie had the city in the middle of nowhere...at least when cars are invented they've got a giant carpark waiting for them.

...oops. My apologies, somehow I missed that when reading the thread. Consider my reply more to Thunderous Cacophany and Redryhno who followed on from your post instead, and as general information for the thread.