Gandalf looks the same f**king age like in LotR. Didn't bother me too much, but hell, the story happens 60 years before. Isn't he supposed to be at least a little younger? I mean, it's not like he's an elf who doesn't age.
And the part where he teleports into the goblin cave randomly made me rage. Since when can he do that?
Of course Gandalf looks the same -- he's not human. The wizards, known as the Istari by the elves, don't age. They were Maiar (angels) sent to Middle Earth to contest Sauron's growing power
Aragorn was 87 years old when he first met Frodo in The Prancing Pony in Bree
I do realize a lot of the scenes that made no sense were in the book; It doesn't change the fact I didn't like them. One of them was the battle of the rock giants, at that point I was "Wtf? No way that scene was in the book", to what my friend answered "it actually was". I still think friggin' mountains coming to life and fighting each other is taking fantasy too far.
87 years old????? He's human, dammit! Unless humans live twice as long in Middle Earth then they do on earth, that would make no sense. He's supposed to be in his forties. I know that Frodo is supposed to be 40-50 in LotR, but that makes sense, since Hobbits live longer than humans, so his "natural" age is around 20.Aragorn is one of the last Numenoreans (essentially the race from Atlantis), who have extended life spans. If you watch the Extended Edition of The Two Towers, he and Eowyn have a conversation about this.
The ones concerned with the trees were the ents. Nature does not care since it is just a small portion of middle earth.
There's also that whole thing about Minas Morgul being turned into a haunted wasteland due to Sauron's influence, and nothing being able to grow on the ground where the Witch-King died.
Hippie naturefags are in just as much danger as everyone else in LotR.