The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series

I know I'll watch this and hate myself for it

same

stupid sexy sauron

I can't remember if I finished this or not... It made the Hobbit trilogy look like Godfather II in comparison.

if you didn't finish it, you missed the key part of the story re: Mordor

and therefore have no idea just how unfortunately literal that sentence is

sauron in his cunning:
https://toytales.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DCS_2201-MT.jpg

lmao omar

that is still one of the funniest scenes in recent memory

Oh god

I will admittedly watch it, and will have a few laughs.

It's always good to remember that JJ Abrams is indirectly responsible for this.

The second age is weird, there's like two epic wars that could conclude this series. Is this show ending on the first one with the fall of Numenor? Or the 2nd one, where Gil-Galad and Elendil get YOU DIED Elden Ring style by Sauron on the slopes of Mt. Doom? Would like to hope it's limited to 3 seasons and you get the downfall of Numenor this year and the final season depicts the established peace afterwards, founding of Arnor and Gondor and then the final battle in Morder...

And then can we get a proper showrunner for the First Age and Fall of Gondolin? Or just make the latter into a sick 3 hour standalone film?

Also now I really want FromSoft to make a game that takes place in Middle Earth.

All I want is a 12 episode Children of Hurin.

Dare to dream

I’m not that invested in LotR so mostly wasn’t bothered by whatever bothered everyone about the first season. Except the last episode, which was really really bad.

“No, REALLY.” https://gizmodo.com/lotr-rings-of-power-season-2-behind-the-scenes-trailer-1851482298

So...it's come to this:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/tom-bombadil-the-rings-of-power-first-look

least laughable fan theory to feature on-screen at last

They seem to be operating with the assumption that Bombadil has to be one of the good guys.

no! NO!!

hearing the showrunners have hired lin-manuel miranda to adapt tom bombadil’s songs for the screen

counterpoint:

TOM BOMBADIL: Old Tom Bombadil is a merry...
[THE BEASTIE BOYS: FELLOW]
Bright blue his [JACKET] is
and his [BOOTS] are [YELLOW]

— 📻 King Boy T #OXO 🇵🇸 (@nailheadparty) August 13, 2021

If they leaned in hard to this, it would automatically become the greatest adaptation yet, but.

I appreciate the article's inclusion of Tolkien's statements over time being exasperated that fans refused to accept that Tom Bombadil was just this guy

just this guy (oldest, fatherless)

Basically, this is him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yC_dkbowus

Even Gandalf says if he was given the ring he'd probably just eat it or something although personally I think he'd just give it to Sauron either because he's the rightful owner, or maybe just to see what would happen.

Even Elrond's like, "Oh yeah, that weird fuckin' guy."