"Fell": From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan ‎(“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną ‎(“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‎(“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pōl- ‎(“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch vellen ‎(“to fell, cut down”), German fällen ‎(“to fell”), Norwegian felle ‎(“to fell”).

Usually meaning "of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage. " as in "one fell swoop‎".

The idea is therefore to construct a huge searchlight designed to look like the Eye of Sauron atop the Dark Tower of Barad-Dur, as depicted in the Return of the King. It would use massed low-power laser diodes to generate a glaring red beam that would sweep to the horizon. And it would be assembled on top of a huge latticed metal tower in the centre of paris.

It would be activated by a phone line connected to an old-fashioned answering machine, set to turn it on with just One Ring.
-- 8th of 7, May 27 2016

Don't we have a puns:deserving-of-retribution, category ?
-- FlyingToaster, May 27 2016


// Don't we have a puns:deserving-of-retribution, category ? //

You're just jealous, aren't you ? Go on, admit it....
-- 8th of 7, May 27 2016


Arguably, it should be in Toronto, home of the rather tall "Seein' Tower".
-- FlyingToaster, May 29 2016


Perhaps the supports that flank the eye could be made to look like flasks of saurian brandy.
-- whatrock, May 29 2016


[8th], you do realize that the Lord of the Rings series was not a documentary?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 29 2016


"A foul-smelling blasted wasteland of dirt and stinking ash, inhabited by feral hordes of savage, hideous deformed goblins." ... the 13th Arrondisement of paris is even called "Gobelins" .... proof positive.
-- 8th of 7, May 29 2016


Precious
-- theircompetitor, May 29 2016


// Precious //

Pr. "Precioussss"
-- 8th of 7, May 29 2016


Tolkein about it will only encourage him.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 29 2016


Unless you can Orc-estrate a better form of Ent-ertainment, please keep your ideas to your Elf.
-- 8th of 7, May 29 2016


Pah. You said that just for the hake of it.

Hang on.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 29 2016



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