The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series

Depends on the fan perhaps. Our thoughts took up the first half of the new episode -- we have skepticism on a number of fronts

https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/36

so, I'm going to apologize and ask that nobody watch that Youtube video I posted. a friend of mine who is a Tolkien fan shared it as a good example of people rushing to defend the show and not being versed in Tolkien lore.

....and then I found out Just Some Guy is an anti-liberal/progressive/antifa dude who believes Biden stole the White House.

next time, I am doing my homework on anybody I post. don't give this guy clicks.

also your podcast is great Ned!

Thanks kindly! And yes, we recommend our podcast over guys like that.

don’t you know sauron would be the righteous king if it wasn’t for galadriel and gandalf plotting against him in tom bombadil’s basement

This is a bit much.

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/05/09/113105-the-vibes-of-power-amazon-shares-exciting-rings-of-power-insight/

Also I'm amused at the posting of this without any evident irony:

Invaluably, Amazon has managed to unite Tolkien fandom in a way only they can, with their seemingly infinite budgets.

Promo promo promo PR guff etc.

A whole new era of Middle-earth is about to unfold. Empire’s world-exclusive The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower issue has three collectible covers – first up are the Elves, with Morfydd Clark’s Galadriel. On sale Thurs 9 June

Pre-order now: https://t.co/t8dt25YLDp #LOTRROP pic.twitter.com/71rfKdfBaz

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 1, 2022

Our second world-exclusive The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower cover is the Dwarves, featuring @OwainArthur’s Prince Durin IV and Sophia Nomvete’s Princess Disa, the rulers of Khazad-dûm. On sale Thurs 9 June

Pre-order now: https://t.co/azsfkTYvW5 #LOTRROP pic.twitter.com/i6V21es7vN

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 1, 2022

Our third world-exclusive The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower cover is the Harfoots, with Megan Richards’ Poppy Proudfellow, Markella Kavenagh’s Elanor ‘Nori’ Brandyfoot, and @LennyHenry’s Sadoc Burrows. On sale Thurs 9 June

Pre-order now: https://t.co/ymzviMAgbz #LOTRROP pic.twitter.com/pPcdS3B2LX

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 1, 2022

Etc etc etc

EXCLUSIVE IMAGE 🔥

The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower ‘doesn’t try to compete’ with Peter Jackson’s trilogy or Game Of Thrones, showrunner Patrick McKay tells Empire.

Read more, and see an exclusive snow-troll image here: https://t.co/ZSSDlTnQiE #LOTRROP pic.twitter.com/32BBmvFKyM

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 5, 2022

🚨 EXCLUSIVE IMAGE ALERT 🚨

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

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 6, 2022

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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 tells Empire. #LOTRROP

Read more: https://t.co/0wJf3FNnrD pic.twitter.com/pCr011rpbi

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 6, 2022

Plus a short thing leading into whatever the big promo dump later in the week will be:

https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-power-five-seasons-fully-planned-out-exclusive/

This...is not what I figured Celebrimbor would look like.

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Meet The Lord Of The Rings: The #RingsOfPower's pivotal elf Celebrimbor, played by Charles Edwards. #LOTRROP

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— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) June 7, 2022

this nonsense is going to RULE

Looks more like Celebrimbore.

thinkin baout things

thinkin baout rings

Two months away from...whatever it'll be. Enjoy.

Watch the full sneak peek exclusively for Prime Members on https://t.co/Sw8xN6skP7. #TheRingsOfPower pic.twitter.com/fGkEHtngz3

— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) July 6, 2022

I heard a lot of the budget went to hiring actual wizards and dragons rather than wasting money on computers.

It was either that or just buying New Zealand.

visuals look way better here than they did on that trailer

It's just gonna be a Tekken style fighting game but a TV show

Looks like "Lord of the Elden Ring."

Elden Ring knew what to rip off for a reason.

It does generally work for me better as a trailer, but will want to see what next week exactly brings us.

HMMMM.

https://ew.com/tv/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-numenor-first-look/

My cohosts and I are...pondering. Full trailer tomorrow.

And here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgCqJDI_Nk

cautiously optimistic. tho if the hobbit films didn’t ruin my enjoyment of this whole thing, idk if anything will

I don't think it will be bad in the same way as the Hobbit films. But it looks kind of bland.

Nothing really says "Tolkein" to me about this world except the shot of the guy with the walking stick at the end (and the Welsh names)

Was hoping for something more nuanced than 'oh it will be the end of EVERYTHING'

The Hobbits Take Manhattan

Not impressed at all. Looks expensive and cheap at the same time. That Galadriel repeated line is terrible.

At least we'll finally find out how Galadriel became Spider-man.

Reading up on Númenor this morning, and I think my Tolkien cosmology must be rusty - the world is literally unflattened during the fall of Númenor?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Downfall_of_N%C3%BAmenor.svg/1024px-Downfall_of_N%C3%BAmenor.svg.png

Yup, exactly that.

the tolkien nerd in me can't quite comprehend the fact that sauron's return and the fall of numenor are happening at the same time in the show, when thousands of years should separate those stories

This was brought up in the Vanity Fair articles six months back. Basically they're doing some sort of compression of history which, adaptations happen. There was ALMOST a hint that maybe the first episode is a scene-setter set further back in the Second Age but we won't know until we see things.

I mean, would I like them to start with, say, the story of Aldarion and Erendis, which is an absolutely wonderful and very striking small-scale domestic drama that still portends Numenor's eventual doom millennia in the past? Absolutely. But guess what they don't have the rights to!

they seem to have akallabeth, but not the silmarillion. not sure how that works

They don't even have that! Just the redacted version in the LOTR appendices -- ALL they have specifically are the appendices.

Looking forward to three episodes on the Shire calendar.

HRM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYnQDsaxHZU

Random question for Ned. Do you know if there's any information about Thuringwethil outside of The Silmarillion? Her brief appearance in that book is intriguing.

I just love the name: Woman of Secret Shadow.

I’m trying to remember her appearances in general over his various drafts and rewrites — pretty light in all, but I might be missing a story. Will have to check!

Found it funny that they apparently wanted to film the first season in Wellington, but had to choose Auckland instead, since Cameron was filming his "Avatar"s in Wellington. Dibs!

Would have been great if they filmed this in the Malibu hills, like M*A*S*H.

Am I right that the Lord of the Rings prequel will be on TV the same time as the Game of Thrones prequel? They should have a crossover event.

Yeah the GoT one lands a couple of weeks before this series

For our latest podcast episode we had some thoughts on these trailers. They are not entirely pleased thoughts.

https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/41

*scratches head* This is not a good trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8UAUAuKNcU

Lot of Acting going on there

Some lovely visuals. But my frowning at this just keeps increasing. Guess we'll all find out next week!

if they were jut gonna get rights to ancillary things, they should have just made a show that ripped off LOTR

like King of the Discs

God it looks so dull

dialog is crushingly bad