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Topic The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

MrBean

* 2-Aug-2021(#1)

Might be my most looked forward to thing right now!

https://www.engadget.com/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-...

https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/14222556471...

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Feeb

14-Oct-2022(#121)

Y’all better check your kids candy. Baddies just giving away all their best trinks and drugs.

https://twitter.com/thehiggybaby/status/1579896404...

rayzor6

14-Oct-2022(#122)

MrBean wrote:

> I'm very behind on this but Facebook got me today... I smiled

> https://youtu.be/fwLcV2PipZA

That was hilarious. I love that this thread exists!

bill

14-Oct-2022(#123)

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bill

14-Oct-2022(#124)

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Feeb

14-Oct-2022(#125)

We will learn the truth today!

MrBean

14-Oct-2022(#126)

I feel attacked

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHJqwV9/

bill

15-Oct-2022(#127)

Well, the season finale was fairly satisfying.

How the 3 eleven rings were made was different from how I understood it was to happen. I'm wondering how they will handle the 9 for men and the 7 for dwarves at this point. I thought Sauron basically tricks the Elven smiths into making them first, then the elves made the 3 without him after.

It all seemed more condensed than I was expecting. Though, I could see how drawing it out would be problematic as we'd know too much for there to be much suspense to it. Also, Galadriel's complicity in bringing Sauron to elven forge (oops). She should get 1 of those 3 rings too, though it doesn't seem entirely justified at this point.

I liked how the Meteor man stuff played out. Though, again, not quite how it's suppose to as far as I know. I think he's most likely Gandalf, especially given the Hobbit connection and likely the fan service of adding a beloved character (even if it's an Age too soon). A Hobbit going on a journey seemed to be them using a familiar pattern (no complaints from me, should be a good adventure).

Feeb

* 16-Oct-2022(#128)

Well.

we mostly figured out who the stranger was- a wizard - Istari- he pretty much says so- not sure who. All signs point to Gandalf. And I think we jokingly thought the douchey rogue dude would end up being Sauron. That was a fun ride and I’m definitely happy with how they played us. That scene where he calms the seas is so badass. But now I’m wondering what happens if she would have joined with Sauron- she obviously caught his heart- he may have been different.

Feeb

16-Oct-2022(#129)

Outro song with Fiona Apple was very apropos and spooky.

bill

17-Oct-2022(#130)

Someone on Reddit was saying the reason for Amazon not following canon may be because they don't have the rights to all of Tolkien's works, just LotR.

I like how the show has raised some question of who/what is evil exactly. Adar and Sauron's conversations with Galadriel seemed to paint a more nuanced view of things. Perhaps just giving us a taste of evil's point of view or simply how evil tries to corrupt the mind of good people. But, it's hard to see Galadriel as purely good when her main desire is to genocide the orcs and murder Sauron. Tolkien seemed to take a more black and white approach.

rayzor6

17-Oct-2022(#131)

Found this at this source: https://lrmonline.com/news/what-material-does-amaz...

One burning question fans have had is what material does Amazon have the rights to for The Rings of Power show? Well we know have an answer courtesy of the showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay in a recent interview with Vanity Fair. The trade was asking questions fans wanted to know the answers to and this was definitely one of the questions that was endlessly debating among the Tolkien fan base.

So what did Amazon buy? “We have the rights solely to The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, the appendices, and The Hobbit,” Payne says. “And that is it. We do not have the rights to The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The History of Middle-earth, or any of those other books.”

Feeb

17-Oct-2022(#132)

That’s the best content. There are stories in the appendices that aren’t mentioned in the silmarillion. But most of the relevant silmarillion is covered “broadly” by the appendices. Some of the best Legolas / gimli stories etc in those appendices.

MrBean

4-Mar-2023(#133)

I still haven't gone back and finished the show, been meaning to.

Just stumbled on this today, new movies?!
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/new-lord-of-...

DarkFact

* 4-Mar-2023(#134)

Feeb wrote:

> 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.

Sorry, in retrospect I have to ask, did anyone watching the show not immediately peg him as Voldermort of the Rings

Like, within three minutes of him being on screen?

DarkFact

4-Mar-2023(#135)

New movies by WB. Well! This could go one of two ways.

Feeb

4-Mar-2023(#136)

DarkFact wrote:

> Feeb wrote:

>> 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.

> ...

I didn’t get him that high up.