What's the point of wizards in movies? they can cast spells like nothing? why didn't Gandalf just kill everyone with his powers?
What's the point of wizards in movies? they can cast spells like nothing...
Ryan Powell
Josiah Ward
He was forbidden to except in certain situations. The idea is that Middle Earth is supposed to save themselves and Gandalf and his kind are primarily there as guides. You can think of Middle Earth and its denizens as a big simulation that has to play out on its own. The programmer has a policy of extremely situational intervention. The Istari are there to guide the simulation along favorably and only in Mount Doom when Illuvatar throws Gollum into the lava to destroy the ring does "God" really directly intervene.
Juan Williams
Tax policy
Bentley Roberts
Not forbidden. They just had a capped mana bar. Gandalf was given an extension when they resurrected him. And he still used it sparingly
Noah Perez
This is why you should never introduce an all powerful being into your universe. Look at these half assed reasons for Gandalf and Eru not intervening more
>I can only help this much
Bunch of arbitrary bullshit
Luis Butler
This. It's literally just "I can't show you my final form even though there is no higher being that could punish me if I did so"
Tyler Richardson
I bet you’re fun at parties...
Michael Diaz
No argument I see
Robert Taylor
This. It's like when you write conflict into your story when no one could punish you if you did so. Like seriously, stories need to stop having conflict, it's not like the antagonists could reach out of the pages/screen and strangle the writer.
Blake Ortiz
>stories need to stop having conflict
What else then?