Condensed parody version

[mollyringle]

Yes! I saw The Two Towers. And yes! I loved it.

But before I write a "real" review--assuming I ever do; I mean, don't you guys have enough of those on your friends lists right now?--I give you this, a parody version of the script. Condensed of course. And subject to being very wrong in terms of chronology, since I've only seen the movie once so far.

Spoilers on EVERYTHING, and lots of lame slash-implication jokes.


THE TWO TOWERS (condensed)
By Molly Winter

Author's note: I LOVED this movie. Deeply, truly. Please keep that on record. But I have to write parody for everything, so here goes...


CARADHRAS

GANDALF: Isn't it odd how we fell for about three miles, and yet we ended up on TOP of a mountain?

BALROG: Who cares. It's freaking cold up here. I give up.

GANDALF: Cool. I think I'll go buy myself something white. White is supposed to be the new black this year...



EMYN MUIL

SAM and FRODO are sitting together on a rock. SAM stretches, and drops his arm around FRODO's shoulders.

SAM: So, sir. Finally it's just you and me.

FRODO: "Finally"? What do you mean?

SAM: Oh, uh...nothing...

FRODO: Well, you're wrong. We've got company.

GOLLUM flies out of the rocks and pounces on FRODO.

SAM: Hey! Wait your turn!

SAM and FRODO tie up GOLLUM.

GOLLUM: No! Smeagol not into ropes, nassty kinky hobbitses.

FRODO: We just want you to take us to Mordor, you sicko.

GOLLUM: Mordor? Hobbitses having little Goth phase, maybe? Very angsssty, wanting to go to Mordor, yes yes. Can Smeagol offer black eyeliner to angsssty hobbitses?

SAM: You stop talking to Mr.--hmm. (to FRODO) You know, you wouldn't look half bad in eyeliner.



RIDDERMARK

EOMER: Hi! Okay, stop me if you've heard this one. An elf, a man, and a dwarf walk into the Riddermark...

LEGOLAS: Ooh! And the elf shoots arrows through this git who rides up on a horse. Yeah, I HAVE heard it! That's one of my favorites.

ARAGORN: Down, Legolas. Hey, have you folks seen a couple little guys, about this high..?

EOMER: Nope. Oh! Unless they were in that pile of corpses we burned.

ARAGORN: Thank you; that's...useful...

EOMER: Yeah; my bad. Here, have some horses.



FANGORN FOREST

MERRY: Yay! We escaped the Uruk-hai!

PIPPIN: Uh, Merry? That tree is checking you out.

TREEBEARD: Hoom! Furry lawn ornaments!

TREEBEARD picks up MERRY and PIPPIN and carts them off.



FANGORN FOREST (next day)

GANDALF: Hey, kids. Miss me?

ARAGORN: Gandalf! You're alive!

LEGOLAS: I almost had a facial expression from the joy of it!



EDORAS

LEMONLYE: A lot of political maneuvering takes place here. Let's see if I can summarize in ten lines or less.

THEODEN: I have ash all over my face and cannot speak for myself.

GRIMA: That's the way I like it.

GANDALF: Be blinded by my new robes! Recover your smooth complexion and your senses!

THEODEN: Hurrah! I am me again! But, damn, my son's dead.

GRIMA: Hmm. I better run.

ARAGORN: Good work, sire. Now collect your people and skedaddle to Helm's Deep.

EOWYN: Hal-lo, handsome!

ARAGORN: Hi. You handle pointy things very well.

EOWYN: Yes. My only fear is dying a virgin. Hint, hint.

ARAGORN: Okay! Well, let's move along.



EN ROUTE TO HELM'S DEEP

LEGOLAS: Wargs!

LEGOLAS and other warriors start slinging arrows and jumping onto horses.

GIMLI: What was that God-awful noise?

LEGOLAS: I'm guessing...wargs dying.

ARAGORN: Actually, it was Legolas's fangirl contingent, shrieking in delight at his horseback-riding tricks.

GIMLI: Ugh, that's sickening. Ooh, Aragorn, watch out! Cliff!

ARAGORN falls off cliff.

LEGOLAS: No! This is unbearable! I almost had ANOTHER facial expression!



ITHILIEN

SAM: Gollum is such a freak.

FRODO: Yeah, well, you're a jerk.

SAM: What? He IS a freak.

FRODO: Whatever, Sam. Want some cheese with your whine?

SAM: Why are you picking on me?

FRODO: I'm so sick of listening to you. It's always nag, nag, nag. I didn't ASK you to come along, you know.

SAM: What the HELL?

FRODO: Shut up. Screw you. Go away.

SAM: What happened to the magic, Mr. Frodo? We used to stay up till dawn, laughing, talking, sharing...

FRODO: Oh, spare me.

FRODO stomps off.



RIVENDELL

ARAGORN finds himself in RIVENDELL with ARWEN lying on top of him.

ARAGORN: Hmm. This must be a dream.

ARWEN: Why do you say that?

ARAGORN: Because you're not even supposed to be IN this book.

ARWEN: Don't be mean. I'll tell Daddy.

ARAGORN: Whatever. Wake me up, would you? Since it's not really you licking my face, I have the awful suspicion it's a horse. Or maybe Gimli.



HELM'S DEEP

ARAGORN arrives and collides with LEGOLAS.

LEGOLAS: Oh, good HEAVENS. You look TERRIBLE. You are NOT wearing THAT to the battle tonight, are you? And your HAIR! What will we DO with you?

ARAGORN: Nice to see you, too.



RIVENDELL

GALADRIEL: Hello? Is this Elrond?

ELROND: Yes, speaking.

GALADRIEL: Hi Elrond; it's Galadriel.

ELROND: Hey, girl. Where are you?

GALADRIEL: In Lothlorien; where else would I be? Listen, I really wanted to talk to you about Frodo.

ELROND: Yeah, I've been wondering about him lately.

GALADRIEL: He and Aragorn have SO much stuff to do.

ELROND: I know! And Aragorn's being such a wiener, I'm not even sure I want him to marry my daughter...

GALADRIEL: Did you see his hair the other week? Hello, greaseball.

ELROND: And does he, like, only have that one shirt? Humans are so gross. Hang on; I'm getting another telepathy call.

GANDALF: Hello? Hello? Elrond?

GALADRIEL: Gandalf? Is that you?

ELROND: Gandalf! Hey buddy!

GANDALF: Do you have me on three-way telepathy calling? I hate that.

ELROND: Yeah, sorry. I was talking to Galadriel. Hey, didn't you die or something?

GANDALF: No, you twit. Now quit gossiping and listen. There's a war about to start at Helm's Deep.

GALADRIEL: Yeah, and?

GANDALF: And they need your help, moron.

GALADRIEL: (exaggerated sigh) Fine, whatever. I'll send Haldir or something. He's expendable.



HELM'S DEEP

LEGOLAS: This is going to be most unpleasant. Hundreds of people will die.

ARAGORN: Thank you, Captain Obvious.

LEGOLAS: You're just jealous because I'm pretty.

ARAGORN: You're just jealous because I'm going to be king.

LEGOLAS: You can bite my ass.

ARAGORN: Hey, blow me.

(Ten minutes later)

LEGOLAS: I didn't mean that.

ARAGORN: It's okay. Me neither.

LEGOLAS: Kiss and make up?

ARAGORN: How about I squeeze your shoulder in a very special way?



FANGORN FOREST

PIPPIN: So we're STILL riding on this tree bloke's shoulders...

MERRY: Uh-huh. I have splinters in places you don't even want to imagine.



ITHILIEN

SAM seasons their rabbit stew as GOLLUM watches.

GOLLUM: Ssstupid fat hobbit! Using sage in stew like thisss!

SAM: What's your problem? Sage brings out the flavor.

GOLLUM: Smeagol would use nice mix of rosemary and lavender, yess, precious.

FRODO: Hey, you guys? Something's out there in the forest.

SAM: Rosemary? Hm, maybe. But you know what WOULD be good with this, is a basic bechamel sauce with some dill.

GOLLUM: Sssimple hobbit; anyone makesss bechamel. Vichyssoise much tastier and more difficult; yes...

FRODO: Hello? Guys? Seriously, someone's coming.

SAM: Now, if you only found us some eggs, I could make crepes, wrap up the meat, drizzle the juices over it with a little bit of blackcurrant chutney...

FRODO: Hey, you guys, look! It's Martha Stewart!

GOLLUM: Where?

SAM: Where?

FRODO: Now that I have your attention, may I point out the Oliphaunt that's about to step on us?

FARAMIR: Look! Strange little men! Let's take them home.

FARAMIR blindfolds SAM and FRODO and hauls them away.



HELM'S DEEP

ROHIRRIM GUARD: Sire, there are some really femmy people at the gate. They have bows.

ARAGORN: Those are Elves. Let them in.

ROHIRRIM GUARD: Oh! Elves! Wow, I didn't expect that.

PEOPLE WHO READ THE BOOK: Neither did I...

GIMLI: Arr! I'm funny because I'm short.

LEGOLAS: I'm funny because I make fun of how short you are!



HENNETH ANNUN

FARAMIR: So, who are you, exactly?

FRODO: I'm Frodo. This is Sam.

FARAMIR: Your...image consultant?

SAM: His gardener.

FARAMIR: Ohh, like in a 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' kind of way?

SAM: Exactly.

FRODO: Righ—What??



HELM'S DEEP

ARAGORN: This siege is lasting forever. These poor people...

LEGOLAS: We will fight to the death. We will not fail you.

ARAGORN: Oh, not you guys--I meant the audience.

GIMLI: Aragorn! Toss me!

ARAGORN: Um, is this really the time?

GIMLI: Yes! Toss me!

ARAGORN: Look, I don't think about you that way...

GIMLI: No, you freak, throw me onto the Orcs!



FANGORN FOREST

TREEBEARD: We have opted, hoom, not to do a damn thing.

PIPPIN: I didn't expect that.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: Neither did I...

MERRY: Don't you even CARE? This is your planet too!

PIPPIN: You're very handsome when you yell at trees, Merry.

MERRY: Am I? Thanks.

TREEBEARD: Hoom, don't care. Taking you home.

PIPPIN: (to MERRY) Wait! I know. I'll bat my eyelashes at him.

MERRY: Good plan. I know *I* sure can't resist you when you do that. (winks at PIPPIN)

PIPPIN: (to TREEBEARD) Mr. Tree, sir, could you take us south, pleeeease?

TREEBEARD: Ooom....Damn it, hoom...how can I say no to those eyes.



OSGILIATH

FRODO puts on some black eyeliner, climbs to the top of a ruined building, and holds up the Ring. SAM pounces him and brings him tumbling down the stairs.

FRODO: Ow! Hey! That's it—this time I'm cutting your throat.

SAM: But Mr. Frodo...I was saving the world...you were going to give the Ring to that Nazgul...

FRODO: No, I wasn't. I was doing a lightning experiment.

SAM: Well, that's pretty stupid too, now isn't it.

FRODO: Hmm. I suppose so. Sorry, dude.

FRODO puts down the sword. SAM gets up and starts a speech.

SAM: There are good things in the world. And that's what we're protecting. And up there, it's their time, but down here, it's OUR time...



ISENGARD

TREEBEARD finds a field of stumps near SARUMAN's place.

TREEBEARD: What the bloody... ENTS! ATTACK!

MERRY: Once again, Pippin's wily eyelashes save the world.

PIPPIN: Aww, you're just saying that.

SAM (V.O.): ...And I have a dream that my eighteen children will one day live in a Shire where they will not be judged by the color of their teeth but by the content of their character...


HELM'S DEEP

GANDALF and EOMER and a few thousand ROHIRRIM come charging down and wipe out the rest of the ORC army. EOWYN and ARAGORN and LEGOLAS and GIMLI and THEODEN all cheer.

ARAGORN: Gandalf, finally!

GANDALF: Yes, my boy, I have come back.

ARAGORN: Took you freaking long enough.

SAM (V.O.): The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced...

FRODO (V.O.): Um...Sam...

ARAGORN: You know what would have been really cool, though...

EOWYN: What?

ARAGORN: An army of flesh-eating trees to destroy the Orcs who are running away.

AUDIENCE: Yeah, that would have been cool.


ISENGARD

TREEBEARD: Hey. We're busy flooding Isengard here. We can't be two places at once.


OSGILIATH

SAM: ...let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to-

FRODO: SAM!!

SAM: What?

FRODO: They're letting us go. Come on.

SAM: Oh. Oh, good.



EN ROUTE TO MORDOR

SAM: They're going to tell stories about you. Frodo the Incredibly Cute.

FRODO: Ordinarily I would tell you to stop hitting on me, but you've saved my life so many times now, I guess I'll settle for being uncomfortably flattered.

SAM: Cool. Oh, and by the way?

FRODO: Yes?

SAM: The tortured look really does work for you. Very hot.

FRODO: Aww, thanks. You deserve a special shoulder-squeeze for that.

SAM: Did you learn that move from Aragorn?

FRODO: Yeah. You like it?...

GOLLUM: (mumble, mumble)...Kill...(mumble)...death to hobbits...(mumble mumble)...feed them to HER...(mumble, mumble)...pain, suffering...(mumble)...make them cry...(mumble)...kill hobbitses...(mumble) ...she will destroy hobbitses...

PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK: (loudly) "SHE"? Did he say "she", and "her"? Who's "SHE"?

PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: SHUT UP!


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Edit, 2/19/2003:
I intended Legolas and Aragorn's "bite me"/"blow me" exchange to be insult, not invitation. Some people have taken it a different way, but hey, it's up to the reader, right? :)
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Comments

[dreamyemmy.livejournal.com]

LEGOLAS: This is going to be most unpleasant. Hundreds of people will die.

ARAGORN: Thank you, Captain Obvious.

This cracked me up. I've been calling Legolas "Captain Obvious" since FotR. If you go back and watch FotR, 90% of his lines are statements that fall into the "well, duh" category. Such as:

"The ring must be destroyed!"
"Crebain from Dunland!"
"Orcs!"
"Goblins!"

Hehehehehe. =]

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Exactly! I think he's there to help clarify things for the members of the audience who are a little slow...

[kateelvellon.livejournal.com]

LEGOLAS: I didn't mean that.
ARAGORN: It's okay. Me neither.
LEGOLAS: Kiss and make up?
ARAGORN: How about I squeeze your shoulder in a very special way?
Hahahahaha!
This is lovely! Nice job!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

I really thought they were going to hug at one point. But I guess Elves don't hug. (To judge from Haldir's reaction.)

[thetidebreaks.livejournal.com]

ARAGORN: You know what would have been really cool, though...
EOWYN: What?
ARAGORN: An army of flesh-eating trees to destroy the Orcs who are running away.
AUDIENCE: Yeah, that would have been cool.

Bahaha...just one of the many lines I laughed at...quite a good way of summing the movie up, and I haven't even seen it yet! ^^

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thanks - hope you like the film when you do see it! (Hope I haven't ruined all chances of you taking it seriously...) :)

[weetanya.livejournal.com]

How the hell did you perfectly summarize what I laboriously tried to hash out, but with much more grace and humor?

Darn yee. And thanks. I love you.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks...

Very cool Ent icon, btw!

Sorry to intrude, but...

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

A friend directed me here... and I have to say this was absolutely hysterical!

'Tis no intrusion at all :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Glad I'm becoming famous - thank you for the compliment!

too funny...

[sometimesdee.livejournal.com]

ARAGORN finds himself in RIVENDELL with ARWEN lying on top of him.
ARAGORN: Hmm. This must be a dream.
ARWEN: Why do you say that?
ARAGORN: Because you're not even supposed to be IN this book.
ARWEN: Don't be mean. I'll tell Daddy.
ARAGORN: Whatever. Wake me up, would you? Since it's not really you licking my face, I have the awful suspicion it's a horse. Or maybe Gimli.

muah ha ha ha ha!!!

I resent that! ;)

[(Anonymous)]

*sniff* I resent that Gimli pun! LMAO, but DAMN that's a good one!! I'll switch it around and turn it on Legolas when I debate next time with my friends... hehe! If I haven't offended them, my work there is not done! ;)

-Kit ;)
--Pure Gimli Fanatic
---Loathes Nancing Elves *cough* Legolas *cough*

[chiabrit.livejournal.com]

Fantastic and hilarious :) Nicely done.

[coresti.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love it!!! Good job!

laugh!! cough!!! wheeeze!!!

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Was in serious stitches throughout. Brilliant, and the audience partic.-- soo right on!

[sexiluvkittanz.livejournal.com]

haha that was brilliant
All the parts with "PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK" were great.


MERRY: Once again, Pippin's wily eyelashes save the world.

PIPPIN: Aww, you're just saying that

hehe

[alacrity.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that icon is just wrong! *laugh*

[sunnysky.livejournal.com]

oh my freaking god, this is hilarious. but down here, its our time! AHAHAHAHA!! i needed this. i needed to remember the fandom, and the fun we initially had with FotR. damn you, but i think i just changed my mind on the movie. thanks! :o)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yay! Somebody got the 'Goonies' reference.

Yep-- if we can't have fun with it, then what's the point? I'm sure we'll come to love it better through teasing it and kicking it around a little, just as we did with the first one. No harm in trying, anyhow. :)

[alacrity.livejournal.com]

You missed a couple lines:

TREEBEARD: We have opted, hoom, not to do a damn thing.
PIPPIN: I didn't expect that.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: Neither did I...

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's good! Maybe I'll make that amendment, if it's okay with you... :)

Pointed here by <lj user=chiabrit>

[iceblink.livejournal.com]

ROHIRRIM GUARD: Oh! Elves! Wow, I didn't expect that.

PEOPLE WHO READ THE BOOK: Neither did I...


PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK: (loudly) "SHE"? Did he say "she", and "her"? Who's "SHE"?

PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: SHUT UP!

Among my favorite lines...but the whole thing is truly funny....thank you!

Re: Pointed here by friends, yep.

[hangman.livejournal.com]

Being a LOTR fan since I was old enough to read, it was more like:

PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK: (loudly) "SHE?" Did he say "she", and "her"? Who's "SHE"??

PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: "OHMIFUCKINGGOD, Shelob is going to be SOOOOOO FUCKING COOOOOL!!!"

Whoohoo! Goonies!

[jaynefury.livejournal.com]

I loved the Goonies reference... totally knocked me off balance. All of it was great! ::sets up link on her LJ::

Re: Whoohoo! Goonies!

[themarcinator.livejournal.com]

Hi, random person who was led here by another random person.

And yes, the reference to The Goonies killed me. Thank you for giggles.

brilliant.

[drfaust.livejournal.com]

There's not much else I can say.
This was a work of total genius, and it just makes me love the movie more.

You should think about sending this around to some web sites and net-based humor mags.

Re: brilliant.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks!

I know of a couple fan-fiction sites where it might fit in...haven't looked into humor webzines. Maybe if I could find the agents of some of the actors...hehe...

[lampbane.livejournal.com]

That was fast...

..but rocked!

[iamleaper]

*applauds your summary of Theoden and Grima at Edoras*

sent by a friend who was sent by someone else.

[saisha.livejournal.com]

fantastic! excellent writing! thanks for a good laugh.

[twiee.livejournal.com]

I love you

[burntotears.livejournal.com]

That was good... I want to see that movie too.. lol.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hah! Ooh, I would love to see them act this out.

Having a fit of giggles at the thought of Orlando and Viggo saying "bite my ass" and "blow me" to each other.

[lush-rimbaud.livejournal.com]

ahahaha! this is hilarious.

Especially this:

ARAGORN: Gandalf! You're alive!

LEGOLAS: I almost had a facial expression from the joy of it!

ahahaha. That is, like, the best line ever.

*kisses*

[angua27.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the line I picked out to quote 'cos it was so godsdamn funny! I love it and it was the first TTT parody I read so even more cheers. Plus, I love the icon, lush. v.funny.

[insheepsclothng.livejournal.com]

Have just read this out loud to my boyfriend. We are both highly amused. ^_^

Great work!

it would be

[(Anonymous)]

"carpe canem", case you care

[angelchildr.livejournal.com]

*sneaks in from her friendsfriends page*
*reads*
*giggles*

So very amusing.

ROHIRRIM GUARD: Sire, there are some really femmy people at the gate. They have bows.
ARAGORN: Those are Elves. Let them in.

The perfect description of elves. *laughs*

Thanks for making me laugh. *grins*

BOWS.

[(Anonymous)]

They have BOWS? ^_^ My mind is screwed up. BOWS! *runs off laughing*

Chiabrit sent me

[grey-wolf.livejournal.com]

VERY funny - I am going to see the film this weekend :)
I'm a 'PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK' (and seen the original cartoony one)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm upset that they never finished the animated version like they said they were going to. But anyways, it was a good first half.

This is perfect....

[kev-bot.livejournal.com]

Directed here by a friend. I saw the movie Wednesday. Never read the books (OUT, YE HEATHEN!) Many of the more insane detractors of the film-as-adaptation (rather than the film-as-film) have made me want to read the books less. This made me want to read the books more.

THANK YOU!!!

Buzz

Re: This is perfect....

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. I actually didn't start reading the books till February or March of this year, after seeing "Fellowship" for the second time. All my life I had believed those silly people who said the books were long and boring, and that I shouldn't bother. Well, those people were wrong. The books do meander in parts, but they're beautiful and certainly not boring. So, even though one year ago I was mostly uninitiated in LOTR, I can now spell "Caradhras" and "Osgiliath," and can tell Merry and Pippin apart. :)

[lordreaibn.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! *giggles insanely*

Great stuff! My friend shineyquarter referred me to this post, and I loved it. I am a huge JRR fan and this is hilarious... :D

Oh, and that Legolas = Captain Obvious? Dead on. I couldnt agree more.