***** The Lord of the Rings: Official Thread *****
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Last: 9 days ago by Brian Earl Spilner
Gonna pin this, I'm about 15 minutes in and surprisingly hooked, but I have work to do
Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed listening to that.
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Fantastic Christopher Lee anecdote...
To be fair, you've been a bit privileged when it comes to air travel. pic.twitter.com/2a4T4JUPnd
— Corey Doiron (@CoreyDoiron) April 20, 2022
Last week, I was invited by the @LOTRonPrime folks, along with a bunch of other internet Tolkien folks, to attend an advanced screening of some footage from the #RingsofPower show and to meet the showrunners. I must say: after meeting them, I feel the show is in VERY good hands.
— Tolkien Professor (@tolkienprof) May 9, 2022
2/ I was excited by the footage and am looking forward to the show even more now. But what really excited me was the opportunity to hear from the showrunners.
— Digital Tolkien Project (@DigitalTolkien) May 9, 2022
First, we spent a full day in Oxford together with the biggest Tolkien content creators in the world. We took a “Tolkien tour” of the city and even attended a wonderful talk with Tolkienist John Garth. ✍🏻 pic.twitter.com/uMUrlO5A5X
— Tolkien Talk (@TolkienTalkBR) May 9, 2022
@LOTROnPrime had me and @tolkienprof to London last week to see bits of the #RingsofPower, Tolkien’s Oxford, & to meet the show runners, who kept up with the best of us. Their passion & knowledge made me feel like they were one of us;they get it. I’m feeling very optimistic! pic.twitter.com/dBWq3x4v9w
— Dr. Maggie Parke (@MaggieParke) May 9, 2022
…The footage shown was encouraging with the scale and scope of this production truly shining through, but still left me with a few lingering concerns left unanswered. The day in Oxford was amazing and meeting all the other content creators was just pure joy!
— Fellowship of Fans (@FellowshipFans) May 9, 2022
2/2
Alan and Shawn were invited to London by Amazon Prime Video to view a sneak peek of footage from The Rings of Power, and to meet the showrunners! We can say that we have moved from 'cautious optimism' to 'restrained anticipation', and are looking forward to telling you more!
— The Prancing Pony Podcast (@prancingponypod) May 9, 2022
Well played, Amazon. Now I'm excited.
The chatter from attendees was that the footage looked good: sound, production, acting, etc, but they are under embargo at the moment so they cannot talk about what they have seen. One of them did drop that it was all original material. Considering the state of the Second Age, its not surprising, but seems odd to invite a bunch of Tolkien influencers and not show them anything thing from Tolkien's own hand.
Also, the show runners knowledge of Tolkien lore, etc impressed them. However, these are the same groups responsible for Meteor Man and other ****, so we shall see.
Edit: And of course the attendees are now being accused by some of being shills for Amazon.
Also, the show runners knowledge of Tolkien lore, etc impressed them. However, these are the same groups responsible for Meteor Man and other ****, so we shall see.
Edit: And of course the attendees are now being accused by some of being shills for Amazon.
Well, they were paid by Amazon to go out there, probably treated like royalty.
Only time will tell
Only time will tell
Also excitement creates clicks and views, I would definitely take it with a grain of salt. Talking with show runners I'm sure has them hyped and they might be really enthusiastic and good people but make a crap product.
I'm sure the WoT show runners were very positive too.
I'm sure the WoT show runners were very positive too.
AtlAg05 said:
Well, they were paid by Amazon to go out there, probably treated like royalty.
Only time will tell
All expenses were paid.
From talking with two of the attendees (reddit, discord, etc) they've said the production values are great, but they have no idea how much it aligns with the second age.
We already know amazon is taking some creative liberties: dramatically condensing the timeline, removing dwarven reincarnation, beardless dwarf women, some major character is crashing into the world via meteor, etc.
That mustache.
I wonder if the four of them ever make an effort to get together outside of events where they have to
ChipFTAC01 said:
I wonder if the four of them ever make an effort to get together outside of events where they have to
Where do all 4 live? Gotta imagine that's pretty difficult to coordinate for 4.
Dom Monaghan and Billy Boyd have a podcast. (Friendship Onion)
Is that Sean Astin? If so, he needs to skip the second breakfasts and elevensies
In other news, Fellowship came out 21 years ago.
I just became a much bigger fan of Galadriel. En fuego.
Didn't know Tim Meadows was in this thing.
Looks like the set of many rap videos.
Didn't know Tim Meadows was in this thing.
Looks like the set of many rap videos.
Life is better with a beagle
By the way, there is a strong likelihood of a trailer in the next ten days or so.
Some stills from Empire:
This from Tar-Harad, which is speculated to be Mordor before Sauron shows up.
Some Hobbits, I mean Harfoots.
The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower’s five seasons are fully planned out: ‘We know what our final shot will be,' showrunner JD Payne via @empiremagazine 😱 pic.twitter.com/6DJcijaPMD
— Fellowship of Fans (@FellowshipFans) June 6, 2022
This from Tar-Harad, which is speculated to be Mordor before Sauron shows up.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE IMAGE ALERT 🚨
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 6, 2022
Lenny Henry plays 'Harfoot' Sadoc Burrows in The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower: 'We're the traditional Tolkien little guy,' he tells Empire. #LOTRROP
Read more: https://t.co/196ws3y4ms pic.twitter.com/xZDJIX5q42
Some Hobbits, I mean Harfoots.
So I guess in this fanfiction that all of the black hobbits are genocided at some point? I mean no other explanation makes sense at all.
The Harfoots are described as "browner in skin" than the other types of Hobbits, and were the first to migrate into Arnor, where the Dunedain first described them as Haflings.BAP Enthusiast said:
So I guess in this fanfiction that all of the black hobbits are genocided at some point? I mean no other explanation makes sense at all.
So it's possible that at some time in the past, there were Hobbits with darker skin in the made-up world of the fantasy novel.
Not to break it to you, but even the white Hobbits aren't really Hobbits. They are taller and have less hairy feet. So, not really accurate to the books.
Life is better with a beagle
Shouldn't be, I don't think. Mordor was a volcanic ****-heap long before Sauron came along. Not sure about Tar-Harad, but the lands of Harad is well south of Mordor.Solo Tetherball Champ said:
Some stills from Empire:The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower’s five seasons are fully planned out: ‘We know what our final shot will be,' showrunner JD Payne via @empiremagazine 😱 pic.twitter.com/6DJcijaPMD
— Fellowship of Fans (@FellowshipFans) June 6, 2022
This from Tar-Harad, which is speculated to be Mordor before Sauron shows up.
Great watch.
TXAG 05 said:
Is that Sean Astin? If so, he needs to skip the second breakfasts and elevensies
If you're going to get called fat hobbit, you might as well enjoy eating!
Lol... I think your YouTube recommendations are the exact same as mine, because every time you post any video in any thread, I immediately go, "oh yeah, I just saw that in the top 10 of my recommended YouTube videos."
First look at the Orcs in Amazon’s ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER’ series.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 21, 2022
(Source: https://t.co/xRF8mVbmM7) pic.twitter.com/CJtNmynFQI
Orcs look way better than the hobbit
Which isn't saying much.
But yes, absolutely.
But yes, absolutely.
Eh. I thought old world orcs (not Uruk-hai) were supposed to be just one step up from goblins.
Brother is definitely tapping the female. Oh wait, this isn't HBO.
I'm referring to the fact that most of the Orcs looked like PS3 level CGI in The Hobbit trilogy.OnlyForNow said:
Eh. I thought old world orcs (not Uruk-hai) were supposed to be just one step up from goblins.
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