but here's what actually happened-- aragorn confronts sauron using the palantir of orthanc, so sauronted saruman and taken the palantir for his own as the heir of elendil. but by implication, he's taken the ruling ring, okay? so, what does sauron do? he attacks minas tirith before he's ready, man. he got totally played by aragorn. i mean, aragorn's all up in sauron's head. or giant, you know, flaming eyeball. whatever it is. anyway, i attack with a longsword. 10 points damage. ( laughter ) your initiative. >> the film everyone is talking about. "a gripping mystery... as to why this was made." variety. "there's no movie i won't blurb" says peter travers, rolling stone. "cease and desist," j.r.r. tolkien's estate. a legendary cast, starring stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, frodo, you dropped your ring! i don't know what the big deal is. i'm not being corrupted by absolute evil-- whoop! there it goes! oh, yeah, oh! i, darrylgorn the great, will create a dominion that will rule for all -- i'm just kidding. i'm just joking with you guys. it doesn't actually work th