Gandalf rides to a halt upon Shadowfax, Lord of the Mearas, the greatest among steeds running but swifter than the wind, having no true need for rest, yet, upon this vast plain, the White Wizard gazes upon that ever familiar yet unceasingly magnificent sight of the capital city of Gondor, the greatest kingdom of man, and Gandalf, taking a moment's pause, in profound reverence, with a mighty cry, hails the city in utmost honor and deepest respect, for though the gathering to be held within the city walls will decide the very fate of Middle Earth, this brief respite brings a smile to the wizard's face, for his words are not meant for noble Shadowfax, who fully comprehendeth men's speech, nay, but the Valar, who watch upon this most fateful journey from the very heavens upon this day, so that none would be so foolhardy to criticize such a momentous occasion.
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Even I got reincarnated as a slime did a better city than this. What was Jackson smoking?
looks like the art by Ted nasmith to me, blame Tolkien its his city
Gandalf is much further away in that picture. Jackson fricked up the perspective
he's on a hill in the foreground in the OP pic. better to be viewed as a scene and not a still shot.
I've watched the movie, the perspective is fricked. Gandalf should be an ant compared to the city, but he's like 100 feet away and looks like he could jump the walls
That's really nice and much more cohesive with the surrounding land. Jackson's version makes zero fricking sense and the 'what do they eat'-meme is very appropriate.
There are farms but I thought the wall was much further out
chills. how can a piece of work evoke such emotion?
He did a piece for every major city/fort in ASOIAF as well, fantastic work
why didn't the wildings just go around the wall?
Low iq
>put all your farmland outside the city so when under attack it will be destroyed first
BRAVO TOLKSTEIN
erm that's completely normal
>Not having an internal greenhouse connected to hotsprings so you can grow enough food for hundreds even in winter
>Loses the castle to 20 good men despite this
>Minas Tirith held up against an assault by tens of thousands
Lol, lmao even
>castle was taken by a triator when there was no garrison and would have been retaken by the first counter attack if not for a second betrayel by another northern house
>Minas Tirith held up against an assault by tens of thousands
Winterfell probably did that back in the age of Heroes in the first long night (hence why its called Winter fell) since the war of the long night ended there most likely with a pact between men and the others) and may do so again wehn the walkers come south of the wall
>Spouts a bunch of headcanon as a rebuttal
Cope
its kind of crazy how diffrent the seige is from the books in the movie. Although we're spared the details of a prolonged seige and attrition warfare
>seige
Where would you put the acres and acres of farmland, smart guy?
That's an interesting point. So what if a nation relied on another nation that it had no sovereignty over for vital resources? Perhaps that would be a political error?
fun fact : Ted Nasmith had a mental breakdown so refused to allow his art to be used on the LOTR movies but Hackson used it anyway. why Nasmith hasnt sued the shit out of that fat frick remains a mystery
clearly got paid
no he wasnt , see
That doesn't mean they didn't settle out of court and if he waited this long I guess he didn't care
You know Ted Nasmith didn't invent Minas Tirith right? Tolkien did.
do a movie shot comparison with Nasmiths works you moron.
all the other famous Tolkien artists imagined them differently, Hackson raped the shit out of Nasmith more than any other.
Nasmith wanted to be involved in the movies and the Tolkien estate owns the rights to all those official images of LOTR content.
Apparently Jackson worked with Alan Lee and John Howe. Lee's Minas Tirith is my favorite rendition personally. I'm not sure who came first.
I like this one because it looks like a true fortress with each higher level
Nasmith's 'art' is Bob Ross tier tracing of landscape photos, not one single thing that could actually be attributed to him was used, his drawing is absolutely abysmal
Why does the wall at the top look like an aircraft carrier ramp?
it's not a city it's a tower
>it's not a city it's a tower
Minas Tirith also knows as 'the white city'
the White Tower of Ecthelion is the top tower part not the wole thing
It literally means tower of the watch you moron, it was only meant to be a fortress, Osgiliath was the city
One irl city that is even half as beautiful or stfu (I'll say it's not beautiful enough btw).
Cring writing. Back to /lit with your failed aspirations please.
Oh don't spend any more money on writing courses either chump
I thought this was Gondor, not Minas Tirith.
Gondor is the name of the kingdom
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