The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series

Ned otm

So the sword hilt was basically a giant pair of scissors for the Mount Doom ribbon cutting?

why does the big goblin not simply eat the smaller arondir

stop just throwing him around you horrible doofus

watch out teleporno, theo is horny for galadriel

well this took a turn

i like it now

(if they have killed everyone except Galadriel I will tbh be pretty impressed - off Nori next week then "1000 years later: We've named you after Emperor Pharazon who we've excised from the history books")

Also finally a reason for that one significant Southlander!

We were talking earlier today about the fact that no-one is horny (which is kind of true to the Jackson films - horniness is the province of orcs, Wormtongue, Denethor (for cherry tomatoes) and at best Boromir for the ring (provided you feel guilty afterwards). Galadriel is properly horny for a good scrap, at least.

Also no-one is funny, which is obv more of a crime.

King Halbrand, ruled from the third day of Gwirith SA 1503, until half past 3.

eowyn was fairly horny iirc

anyway while i'm not remotely convinced they have the chops to work with it -- the writing in this ep was if possible the worst yet -- the introduction of the moriandor (and galadriel going mask off)* is potentially actually p fvcking interesting

*turns out she's number seven

I'm no geologist but I'm p sure that's not how volcanoes work

just stick in the key & rev up mt doom
i mean of course why not

My understanding (from the noises made by the planetary scientist next to me) is that dumping a load of water in will definitely kill the village next to it - going full Matrix on the skies for 1000 years, maybe not.

waldreg's cunning plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Garita_Caldera

we literally see the water cascading into a caldera so i don't think the idea of a massive explosion is wrong even if the engineering seems a bit hopeful* -- and mount tambora in 1815 certainly caused the "year without a summer" round the other side of the world

(long-term atmosphere shift in mordor would be caused by orodruin not then being turned off again) (the engineering of a long-term plumbing control system more hopeful still tho as much of it is MAGIC as wood-built sluices)

*"we here at Sauron Devices don't just make pretty little rings!"

sorry this is wildly spoilery, i am excite (also amused)

hobbit-era peter jackson wd have made the key a wind-up and the machinery some comically clockwork chitty chitty bang bang shit

turns out i miss that guy :D

The initial "turn the key and the blocks move" reminded me of old-school over-respecter of ancient empires The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

durin's folk just raging at the IP theft going on here

dwarrowpunk

Series has kind of gone full on “Let’s just make up some wild s—-“ and I’m kinda still here for it. Galadriel actress and visuals are carrying this entire thing, let’s be real.

this ep was kinda gorey too with the whole eye thing

idk its all a bit naff but weirdly relaxing

I haven't seen a minute of this show but thanks to this thread I am confident I could summarise it for a fellow non-watcher:

1. Extended history of elves standing on boats
2. Some people get horny
3. Volcano blows up

i think u secretly are watching

A haunting familiarity.

Series has kind of gone full on “Let’s just make up some wild s—-“ and I’m kinda still here for it. Galadriel actress and visuals are carrying this entire thing, let’s be real.

I'd name a couple other actors too but that is about the size of it.

Our next episode is on Monday and we have some initial thoughts as of five episodes in. The full vivisection will yet follow.

I want to like The Rings of Power, I am a huge Tolkien fan, but this deathless guff is making me cheer for the Cockney Orcs pic.twitter.com/tHkqW34PHN

— Bill Bailey (@BillBailey) October 2, 2022

bill b not paying good attention this ep: galadriel is sauron #7

Boooooooooof I watched a single elf take town an entire Orc tower invasion and turned to bf and said "I'm getting off this train" and fell asleep on the sofa

Healthy approach!

This series is Tolkien's New Jersey

eh im tolkin' here

All you do to me is tolk tolk

^one Tolk over the line

Kemen's Gate

Tolkin’ on a doobie

Did I have a new vent thread? I did, though mostly on a point-of-comparison front...

Thanks again to all the responses to my previous _Rings of Power_ thread — some points brought up reminded me there was a further comparison I had wanted to make earlier illustrating a different way of adapting source material over a long amount of time. So, new thread!

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) October 2, 2022

i just started rewatching breaking bad so i'm comparing it to that

ringing bad

ROP is a lot slower for starters

indiana jones and the mount of doom

Our latest podcast episode is up with our initial thoughts -- our next episode will be the full deep dive into the madness.

https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/43

Anyway, I hope you're all happy over there

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-rings-of-power-season-2-filming-1235231978/

where are they setting off the volcano

all yr rings are belong to us

Everybody's Tolkien at me

Anyway

the sound vibration opening credits

Game of Thrones credit sequence: mechanical mapworld comes into being before your eyes.

Vinyl credit sequence: an LP comes liquidly into being before your eyes.

Westworld credit sequence: various biobots come liquidly into being before your eyes.

The Crown credit sequence: molten metal liquidly becomes a crown before your eyes.

Wheel of Time credit sequence: threads become a tapestry that weaves itself before your eyes.

If the Rings of Power credit sequence evolves such that the vibrating grains are - spoiler alert - bits of metal that will become the rings, I will not be surprised but I will heave the weariest of sighs.

mithrillmatic

I'm out for Mumakil to represent me

elf on the lava shelf

eye of sauron says no christmas presents for you

Hobbit barrel scene = dwarf on a wharf