The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2-Aug-21 10:23pm
#1 MrBean
Might be my most looked forward to thing right now!
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#1 MrBean
Might be my most looked forward to thing right now!
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https://twitter.com/...
8-Sep-22 1:31pm
#81 theJaw
Probably because bigger dorks have been following LOTR for a longer amount of time.
#81 theJaw
Probably because bigger dorks have been following LOTR for a longer amount of time.
8-Sep-22 4:09pm
#82 Best1989
LOTR ultra fans are more radical than those from the GoT-iverse, IMO.
Not saying that's necessarily the case here, but it doesn't surprise me. Most opinions I have read from non-hardcore fans are positive.
#82 Best1989
LOTR ultra fans are more radical than those from the GoT-iverse, IMO.
Not saying that's necessarily the case here, but it doesn't surprise me. Most opinions I have read from non-hardcore fans are positive.
8-Sep-22 4:46pm
#83 Feeb
It’s probably a generational thing. Also there is the whitest male badass ever in GoT.
#83 Feeb
It’s probably a generational thing. Also there is the whitest male badass ever in GoT.
12-Sep-22 2:07am
#84 Feeb
Episode 3. Thoughts.
the stranger sounds like Gandalf. He drew a map of stars that is Sauron’s symbol- the mountain range in the south. He didn’t seem to know what it was.
Gonna rewatch because I recall some melding braggery that may be relevant.
#84 Feeb
Episode 3. Thoughts.
the stranger sounds like Gandalf. He drew a map of stars that is Sauron’s symbol- the mountain range in the south. He didn’t seem to know what it was.
Gonna rewatch because I recall some melding braggery that may be relevant.
12-Sep-22 6:56am
#85 bill
People on Reddit mostly agree with you on that, Feeb. Also, Blue Wizard is another semi-popular opinion.
I'm psyched that they're covering Númenor.
They seemed to be teasing the orc leader at the end. Kind of seemed like it might be Sauron. But, I think not.
#85 bill
People on Reddit mostly agree with you on that, Feeb. Also, Blue Wizard is another semi-popular opinion.
I'm psyched that they're covering Númenor.
They seemed to be teasing the orc leader at the end. Kind of seemed like it might be Sauron. But, I think not.
12-Sep-22 11:02am
#86 Feeb
The orc leader is called “Adar” and it’s also the name of the episode. Tried to dig up something on him but he’s created for this show.
-Arondir notes that Adar is an elf word – it probably means “father” in one of the two elf dialects Tolkien created, which we know from Tom Bombadil’s elf name, Iarwain Ben-adar, meaning “Eldest and Fatherless.”-
The elves even say that Adar is another name for Sauron.
Dude looked like an elf or man for sure.
#86 Feeb
The orc leader is called “Adar” and it’s also the name of the episode. Tried to dig up something on him but he’s created for this show.
-Arondir notes that Adar is an elf word – it probably means “father” in one of the two elf dialects Tolkien created, which we know from Tom Bombadil’s elf name, Iarwain Ben-adar, meaning “Eldest and Fatherless.”-
The elves even say that Adar is another name for Sauron.
Dude looked like an elf or man for sure.
12-Sep-22 11:19am
#87 Feeb
“Eldest, that’s what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside.”
They’ve got to, right?
#87 Feeb
“Eldest, that’s what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside.”
They’ve got to, right?
12-Sep-22 11:45am
#88 bill
I think it's also possible that Sauron will be more than one character. He is a shapeshifter.
Found this Second Age timeline on reddit:
https://i.redd.it/t3...
Already, the timeline is being compressed, so it doesn't really prove anything if things seem off or whatever.
#88 bill
I think it's also possible that Sauron will be more than one character. He is a shapeshifter.
Found this Second Age timeline on reddit:
https://i.redd.it/t3...
Already, the timeline is being compressed, so it doesn't really prove anything if things seem off or whatever.
12-Sep-22 11:58am
#90 bill
From reading the wiki, it seems Tolkien didn't say much about the origin of most of the Nazgul. That would be cool to fill that in more.
#90 bill
From reading the wiki, it seems Tolkien didn't say much about the origin of most of the Nazgul. That would be cool to fill that in more.
12-Sep-22 8:35pm
#91 Feeb
Rewatched it. Halbrand is very interesting character. Says he’s a king etc. seems like a secret douche. Wondering if he’s the witch king. Love the mysterious way this is coming out. Fan theorizing feels like matrix or last season of GoT before they destroyed our hearts. Hope it delivers.
#91 Feeb
Rewatched it. Halbrand is very interesting character. Says he’s a king etc. seems like a secret douche. Wondering if he’s the witch king. Love the mysterious way this is coming out. Fan theorizing feels like matrix or last season of GoT before they destroyed our hearts. Hope it delivers.
12-Sep-22 8:51pm
#92 bill
Yeah, Halbrand is hard to figure out. Seems to have well-trained thieving skills. Not outright evil, but willing to bend the rules to get what he wants.
Nori too, I'm not sure what role she will play, gets a lot of screen time, so I assume it's important.
#92 bill
Yeah, Halbrand is hard to figure out. Seems to have well-trained thieving skills. Not outright evil, but willing to bend the rules to get what he wants.
Nori too, I'm not sure what role she will play, gets a lot of screen time, so I assume it's important.
12-Sep-22 9:29pm
#93 theJaw
Ok I wanted to watch but the Feeb/bill conversation is making me feel like I am going to be so wildly out of the loop.
Will I still be able to follow along despite knowing NONE of the names yall keep bringing up, save for those in the LOTR movies?
#93 theJaw
Ok I wanted to watch but the Feeb/bill conversation is making me feel like I am going to be so wildly out of the loop.
Will I still be able to follow along despite knowing NONE of the names yall keep bringing up, save for those in the LOTR movies?
12-Sep-22 9:51pm
#94 Feeb
This series is for lore nerds first and casuals second. It might make a difference for sure.
#94 Feeb
This series is for lore nerds first and casuals second. It might make a difference for sure.
12-Sep-22 10:04pm
#95 Sid_Ceaser
I just watched the first three eps tonight with the wife.
I purposely avoided reading anything about the series, other than with the understanding that it took place thousands (?) of years before LOTR or Hobbit.
So that said, I'm a little sad to see Galadriel pop up and be one of the main characters, as well as Elrond. And to see Sauron in LOTR character design already pop up, though briefly.
There was a lot of dialogue re-usage from LOTR, in the first ep alone two quotes of Boromir were used practically word-for-word and Elrond also said something that he said in LOTR. It's weak writing to have the same dialogue. We get it, it's tied to LOTR, you don't have to say the same damn dialogue, even if is an "homage".
I do thing Galadriel is badass, and the actress is absolutely adorable.
I'm also fearing that the fallen star is Gandalf, but I'm really hoping it isn't. But watching how the actor moves (especially when he's talking to the fireflies) it's the same movement mannerisims of Gandalf in LOTR. So, again, I just don't get why we can't have a story that is free from throwing LOTR characters in there. If you have a completely blank slate, go off in all kinds of new directions. You don't need to tie it so hard into what has come before. Actually, you do, because with this much money on the line you want everyone who knows LOTR both book and movie to be able to watch this and keep going "Look! Gandalf!", "Look! Look! I get these references!"
I'm invested in the series and will keep watching it, but I was hoping they wouldn't have to tie it so much to LOTR. I mean, I know they have to tie it so closely because they want the broadest viewership possible, but, yea.
Thank GOD it doesn't have Game of Thrones-style sex in it. That would have ruined it.
#95 Sid_Ceaser
I just watched the first three eps tonight with the wife.
I purposely avoided reading anything about the series, other than with the understanding that it took place thousands (?) of years before LOTR or Hobbit.
So that said, I'm a little sad to see Galadriel pop up and be one of the main characters, as well as Elrond. And to see Sauron in LOTR character design already pop up, though briefly.
There was a lot of dialogue re-usage from LOTR, in the first ep alone two quotes of Boromir were used practically word-for-word and Elrond also said something that he said in LOTR. It's weak writing to have the same dialogue. We get it, it's tied to LOTR, you don't have to say the same damn dialogue, even if is an "homage".
I do thing Galadriel is badass, and the actress is absolutely adorable.
I'm also fearing that the fallen star is Gandalf, but I'm really hoping it isn't. But watching how the actor moves (especially when he's talking to the fireflies) it's the same movement mannerisims of Gandalf in LOTR. So, again, I just don't get why we can't have a story that is free from throwing LOTR characters in there. If you have a completely blank slate, go off in all kinds of new directions. You don't need to tie it so hard into what has come before. Actually, you do, because with this much money on the line you want everyone who knows LOTR both book and movie to be able to watch this and keep going "Look! Gandalf!", "Look! Look! I get these references!"
I'm invested in the series and will keep watching it, but I was hoping they wouldn't have to tie it so much to LOTR. I mean, I know they have to tie it so closely because they want the broadest viewership possible, but, yea.
Thank GOD it doesn't have Game of Thrones-style sex in it. That would have ruined it.
13-Sep-22 5:41am
#98 bill
It's like the Star Wars prequels. Obi-wan, Anakin, & Palpatine were a supporting/side-character in Ep IV,V&VI, but the main character in I,II,&III. Elrond, Galadriel, and Sauron were supporting/side characters in LoTR, but main characters in Rings of Power.
#98 bill
It's like the Star Wars prequels. Obi-wan, Anakin, & Palpatine were a supporting/side-character in Ep IV,V&VI, but the main character in I,II,&III. Elrond, Galadriel, and Sauron were supporting/side characters in LoTR, but main characters in Rings of Power.
13-Sep-22 5:46am
#99 bill
theJaw wrote:
Will I still be able to follow along despite knowing NONE of the names yall keep bringing up, save for those in the LOTR movies?
I'm not really that expert in it. Rings of Power has stuff in it that I find intriguing and I wonder at the connection it has to LotR. So, I go look it up in a wiki or read Reddit. Then, I post about it because it's exciting to guess about what's going on.
#99 bill
theJaw wrote:
Will I still be able to follow along despite knowing NONE of the names yall keep bringing up, save for those in the LOTR movies?
I'm not really that expert in it. Rings of Power has stuff in it that I find intriguing and I wonder at the connection it has to LotR. So, I go look it up in a wiki or read Reddit. Then, I post about it because it's exciting to guess about what's going on.
17-Sep-22 7:40pm
#100 Feeb
Episode 4 yikes. So slow. Nothing happened of any importance. I’ll try to watch it again but it’s really bummed me out.
#100 Feeb
Episode 4 yikes. So slow. Nothing happened of any importance. I’ll try to watch it again but it’s really bummed me out.
17-Sep-22 9:05pm
#101 theyrhere
Feeb wrote:
Episode 4 yikes. So slow. Nothing happened of any importance. I’ll try to watch it again but it’s really bummed me out.
Really? I liked it. I guess not much happened but the relationship building was good IMO. I'm not a lore nerd, but I know trilogy inside and out (even have a Nazgul tattoo), and I think the show slaps.
#101 theyrhere
Feeb wrote:
Episode 4 yikes. So slow. Nothing happened of any importance. I’ll try to watch it again but it’s really bummed me out.
Really? I liked it. I guess not much happened but the relationship building was good IMO. I'm not a lore nerd, but I know trilogy inside and out (even have a Nazgul tattoo), and I think the show slaps.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power