What do you think about Halbrand being one of the first kings of Rohan?? (My husband is well-versed in the history so I cannot take credit for this theory lol)
I want to know who fell from the sky! Is it Gandalf? Radaghast? I know there is a lot happening right now but honestly I am most interested in that storyline right now 😂
I’m thoroughly enjoying the show so far! I have read the trilogy and The Hobbit twice through, but not The Silmarillion or the appendices. While I LOVE these books, I don’t consider myself super knowledgeable in Tolkien lore, so maybe that makes me the perfect audience for this adaptation - ha! I love the way they’re fleshing out a new/old story with just enough familiar names sprinkled in to make it feel very “LOTR.”
I’ve been listening to the Rings of Power Deep Dive episodes of the Ringer-Verse podcast. They’re helpful in understanding some of the lore and making connections between elements of the show and Tolkien’s writing that I wouldn’t have otherwise made. They also indulge in wild speculation at the end of the episodes which I find fun. (Warning: they use a decent amount of expletives so I don’t listen when my kids are around.)
-Númenor is beautiful, the scenery continues to be lovely. The ships, also very cool.
-Elendil being introduced was neat, I found his and Galadriel’s interaction quite amusing.
Also curious, is Sauron/the evil/the “spirit” of the ring already calling out to Isildur (I don’t know enough lore about this but still interesting).
-Halbrand does seem very keen to start smithing.. seems a lil suss. But interesting what he shares with Galadriel when she finds out more on who he is, he doesn’t try to save face. Could still be a lying old snook, but keen to see that story play out.
-The Harfoot, I feel we have found their fatal flaw.. literally.
I do love them, but they are so fearful they leave family behind to die if they are injured or too slow, their unwillingness to help another being is sad but also unsurprising for less adventurous hobbit folk.
-Unless I am mistaken in my remembrance, the emotional whiplash from the caravan trek to the warg disemboweling elves I was not expecting.
-The warg.. the face was definitely not what I had expected, considering we have also seen them in lotr, but perhaps they were trying to make their own spin on the creature?
Overall, I’m over the moon to be getting a Tolkien tv series adaptation. Some things I’m curious about choice wise, but the community is so fun and the surge of merch is a nice bonus too. Thanks again for including Rings of Power as a talking point here ☺️
Yes yes! I totally agree with all you've said. I personally was overjoyed during the first episode to have more and more actors of color shown in each new scene. Like you said, it felt to me like it was so right and they should have always been there. I have felt a little twinge of, it's 50 hours of television, can't we just start at the beginning and move slowly through the Silmarillion and build this story like he did? But then I remember that even a huge Tolkien fan as myself, was lost during parts of reading that book the first time so it's probably a little much to expect a wide viewership to want to see the story unfold in the same way 😂
The slow motion, and new things emerging from smoke, are getting ridiculous.
Best line in the comment section: "Release the pug-warg!"
Ah, the Harfoots. "No one walks alone!" Unless you get hurt, fall behind, or offend us at all, and then we leave you to die.
I get what you're saying about the timeline, truly. I know things have to be changed for film. But for having 50 hours, and a reader fanbase who has been looking forward to this for years, they could make more of an effort, instead of making things up for dramatic effect.
It's like the new Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They added drama and storyline that wasn't there, and lost the reader fanbase. They had hopes to make more of the books (I was so hoping to see Magicians Nephew and Horse and His Boy) but they killed the movie by ignoring the readers.
I think my main personal issue is that I still don't have the job of book slapper, and I need to get over that. 😂
I have never agreed with a review more than this!!! Every single sentence YES YES YES! I keep seeing blogposts on how “sad, and horrid” this version is and I don’t get it. Calm down people. Do you even know the stories your watching? No. They’ve never read the series. They’re dazed and confused and have the emotional depth of a lawn chair. Go to the library and live in your head a little.
What do you think about Halbrand being one of the first kings of Rohan?? (My husband is well-versed in the history so I cannot take credit for this theory lol)
I want to know who fell from the sky! Is it Gandalf? Radaghast? I know there is a lot happening right now but honestly I am most interested in that storyline right now 😂
I’m thoroughly enjoying the show so far! I have read the trilogy and The Hobbit twice through, but not The Silmarillion or the appendices. While I LOVE these books, I don’t consider myself super knowledgeable in Tolkien lore, so maybe that makes me the perfect audience for this adaptation - ha! I love the way they’re fleshing out a new/old story with just enough familiar names sprinkled in to make it feel very “LOTR.”
I’ve been listening to the Rings of Power Deep Dive episodes of the Ringer-Verse podcast. They’re helpful in understanding some of the lore and making connections between elements of the show and Tolkien’s writing that I wouldn’t have otherwise made. They also indulge in wild speculation at the end of the episodes which I find fun. (Warning: they use a decent amount of expletives so I don’t listen when my kids are around.)
-Númenor is beautiful, the scenery continues to be lovely. The ships, also very cool.
-Elendil being introduced was neat, I found his and Galadriel’s interaction quite amusing.
Also curious, is Sauron/the evil/the “spirit” of the ring already calling out to Isildur (I don’t know enough lore about this but still interesting).
-Halbrand does seem very keen to start smithing.. seems a lil suss. But interesting what he shares with Galadriel when she finds out more on who he is, he doesn’t try to save face. Could still be a lying old snook, but keen to see that story play out.
-The Harfoot, I feel we have found their fatal flaw.. literally.
I do love them, but they are so fearful they leave family behind to die if they are injured or too slow, their unwillingness to help another being is sad but also unsurprising for less adventurous hobbit folk.
-Unless I am mistaken in my remembrance, the emotional whiplash from the caravan trek to the warg disemboweling elves I was not expecting.
-The warg.. the face was definitely not what I had expected, considering we have also seen them in lotr, but perhaps they were trying to make their own spin on the creature?
Overall, I’m over the moon to be getting a Tolkien tv series adaptation. Some things I’m curious about choice wise, but the community is so fun and the surge of merch is a nice bonus too. Thanks again for including Rings of Power as a talking point here ☺️
Yes yes! I totally agree with all you've said. I personally was overjoyed during the first episode to have more and more actors of color shown in each new scene. Like you said, it felt to me like it was so right and they should have always been there. I have felt a little twinge of, it's 50 hours of television, can't we just start at the beginning and move slowly through the Silmarillion and build this story like he did? But then I remember that even a huge Tolkien fan as myself, was lost during parts of reading that book the first time so it's probably a little much to expect a wide viewership to want to see the story unfold in the same way 😂
Numenor was gorgeous.
The slow motion, and new things emerging from smoke, are getting ridiculous.
Best line in the comment section: "Release the pug-warg!"
Ah, the Harfoots. "No one walks alone!" Unless you get hurt, fall behind, or offend us at all, and then we leave you to die.
I get what you're saying about the timeline, truly. I know things have to be changed for film. But for having 50 hours, and a reader fanbase who has been looking forward to this for years, they could make more of an effort, instead of making things up for dramatic effect.
It's like the new Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They added drama and storyline that wasn't there, and lost the reader fanbase. They had hopes to make more of the books (I was so hoping to see Magicians Nephew and Horse and His Boy) but they killed the movie by ignoring the readers.
I think my main personal issue is that I still don't have the job of book slapper, and I need to get over that. 😂
I have never agreed with a review more than this!!! Every single sentence YES YES YES! I keep seeing blogposts on how “sad, and horrid” this version is and I don’t get it. Calm down people. Do you even know the stories your watching? No. They’ve never read the series. They’re dazed and confused and have the emotional depth of a lawn chair. Go to the library and live in your head a little.
Thanks, Breanne.