Mordor via Bank
Posted by Huw,
We've been sent these pictures of Bilbo Baggins and buddies on the specially rebranded Northern Line on the London Underground, produced to celebrate the release of The Hobbit game this Friday.
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They missed the train.
To those not so familiar with the London Underground, the southern terminus of the Northern Line is called Morden, and there are two ways of getting there, via Bank station being one. So regular travellers are used to seeing 'Morden via Bank' on the notice boards. As far as I know, there is no Sauron living in Morden, it's just a regular London suburb.
^ There are, however, a number of Grima Wormtongue lookalikes...;-)
@Richard
They should have photoshopped the display to say "Mordor via Bank". :)
Em, they did...
That's about right, 16 mins between trains! I often go to morden and there is a resemblance.
And when you get to Morden, a man in a grey suit and with slicked-back hair walks up to you and asks, "What do you want?". :)
(Babylon 5 joke)
^ LoL Morden "What do you want?" ........ and at Angel, half way down the Northern line, they say "Who are you?"
Really fun! Thanks richselby for the explanation! (Bilbo and the Hobbit dwarves don't go to Mordor, unless Peter Jackson is really changing the source material, but let's not get all cranky.)
Love it. My new wallpaper.
@Huw
So they did! The change is almost imperceptible on my smart phone. Even now that you've pointed it out, it's hard to see.
Morden - > Mordor is not much of a change so is indeed hard to see!
A useful bit of advice for traveling to Mordor can be found on google maps.
Select 'Get Directions' tab, and type 'The Shire' as your start location, and 'Mordor' as the destination, and select 'WALKING' tab as mode of transport...
@Lordmoral: No they didn't, you can see it coming in the background,in the last photo.