Ah. Yes. That would explain a lot of early movie stuff that doesn't make sense

I'll add more to why specifically he doesn't realise where the ring was.

Saruman was the master of the ringlore in the Council of the Wise, as well as being the Head of the Council. So he told the other council members that the ring had most likely washed downstream into the sea and would lie at the depths forever, unable to ever be found. And not a single one doubted him at all.

I love the LotR films but theres a lot that isn't explained properly that is in the books.

the problem here is that American Sign Language (ASL) has a fundamentally different grammar and syntax structure than English (and most other languages). ASL cuts down on many unnecessary words, such as articles, and many adjectives. another problem that arises especially when interpreting music is that ASL is a very literal language, there isn't much in the way of figurative speech that transfers over very well. When interpreting a song, an ASL interpreter will first do what's called "glossing" where the interpreter will break down the lines of the song to their base meaning, and then interpret that base meaning. In my opinion, she did a very good job of breaking interpreting this song.

While I do see where you're going with this, I do have to disagree. Sign language may seem non-complex because of the elimination of superfluous words, however, one could argue, that it is a much more complex language because it can convey just as much if not more than spoken languages using a smaller vocabulary of words.

why are you becoming sad?

why not?

You know mcburd is not kill, she's just going AFK for a while.

Remember, NO ONE leaves FJ.

What happened to McBurd anyways? i was on Hiatus for a good while.
I wasn't able to escape after all.

Yeah agreed. I think Jar Jar Abrams put some real pressure for the next one to start doing what the first one promised and failed to deliver.

By the time this trilogy finishes, it'll be another prequel.

I think the point of that fight was to show that stormtroopers were trained in melee, how the order felt about Finn and that having a light saber doesn't make you a jedi.

I don't think it was unnecessary and I didn't even like the movie. But if necessary, I would've cut those minutes from the nods towards the old trilogy, the Star Trek-moment with the tentacle monsters or from Rey's Strong Womyn I Don't Need No Help-parts. Hell, the whole planet-sized weapon and time wasted on it could've been used to build some actually interesting and logical background story for the new trio.

I was just naming the first scene that came into my head tbh. A lot of the movie didn't actually need to be there and could have been better spent.

Yeah agreed. I think Jar Jar Abrams put some real pressure for the next one to start doing what the first one promised and failed to deliver.

By the time this trilogy finishes, it'll be another prequel.

Well, from what we know Finn only met one squad member, i.e. TR-8R. He does cock his head at the beginning of that fight almost as if he recognizes something about him. And it wasn't Finn that ended up killing him, it was Han, just before TR-8R smacked Finn for good with the stun baton. For all we know, Finn could have just been trying to fend TR-8R off, hence why he lost the fight.

But again, nothing is ever reflected upon. It's like. You get a quick half reaction at the start of the encounter but nothing ever again and it just ruins the development.

I mean, that could just be film time limitations. But you also gotta remember that the New Order did everything they could to stamp out any traces of empathy for your fellow soldier. You were supposed to consider them expendable in the face of achieving the mission goal. Obviously Finn didn't subscribe completely to that but it's hard to believe it didn't have some effect on him. At the very least it would have meant that he didn't really have relationships outside of his squad. Not to mention the fact that, due to the helmets, all of the Stormtroopers are faceless.

Film time limitations is a valid argument when you don't have a bunch of unnecessary scenes in the film already. While the fight with FN-2199 was cool as fuck, it wasn't needed for the story and those 40 seconds of screentime could have been better spent on development for the characters.

And I'd agree with that point IF it didn't say in the book how Finn cared about his team. You can't really have your cake and eat it in this situation. Either he does care or he doesn't.

And eh. I'm not sturck on this idea that he wouldn't recognise them. I mean, I get that they're fully armoured and shit but when you've grew up around those people all your life, I think you'd be able to distinguish them from others even in armour.

I think the point of that fight was to show that stormtroopers were trained in melee, how the order felt about Finn and that having a light saber doesn't make you a jedi.

I don't think it was unnecessary and I didn't even like the movie. But if necessary, I would've cut those minutes from the nods towards the old trilogy, the Star Trek-moment with the tentacle monsters or from Rey's Strong Womyn I Don't Need No Help-parts. Hell, the whole planet-sized weapon and time wasted on it could've been used to build some actually interesting and logical background story for the new trio.

I was just naming the first scene that came into my head tbh. A lot of the movie didn't actually need to be there and could have been better spent.

Yeah agreed. I think Jar Jar Abrams put some real pressure for the next one to start doing what the first one promised and failed to deliver.

By the time this trilogy finishes, it'll be another prequel.

Well, from what we know Finn only met one squad member, i.e. TR-8R. He does cock his head at the beginning of that fight almost as if he recognizes something about him. And it wasn't Finn that ended up killing him, it was Han, just before TR-8R smacked Finn for good with the stun baton. For all we know, Finn could have just been trying to fend TR-8R off, hence why he lost the fight.

But again, nothing is ever reflected upon. It's like. You get a quick half reaction at the start of the encounter but nothing ever again and it just ruins the development.