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The Lord of Rings Scene Still Confusing Fans 20 Years Later
ComicBook.comStory by Tyler Fischer
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A famous 'Lord of the Rings' scene continues to confuse fans 20 years later, as the film adaptation fails to fully explain a key book detail.
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- The Palantir, a mystical seeing stone, doesn't react the first time Pippin touches it in Isengard - a detail that's never clearly conveyed in the movies, leaving fans puzzled.
- In the books, the Palantir can only communicate with each other, and Pippin's later vision of Sauron is considered an exception, not the rule - a nuance lost on many casual movie viewers.
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Pippin, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings