Lord of The Rings: Rings of Power TV Series - Season 2 (August. 29. 2024/Official Thread)
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KalKal
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So...thanks to this show I'm starting to "get" something about the Lord of the Rings universe that I never could quite understand before.
Whenever people on the internet bring up a "Who Would Win" scenario between Gandalf and other fictional Wizards, LOTR fans always say "You can't compare them...LOTR Wizards are really "angels" not just humans with magic!"
I never really "got" what that meant until this new season.
It finally hit me watching these episodes that what the "wizard" characters on this show are can be better compared to Greek gods in a Greek mythology story. This show isn't really a "medieval times" fantasy, its more like a Greek mythology story, except with technology that seems more advanced than it actually is because its "powered up" by magic.
Sauron is basically an evil 'god' in human/elf form walking around on Earth trying to cause trouble.
Whenever people on the internet bring up a "Who Would Win" scenario between Gandalf and other fictional Wizards, LOTR fans always say "You can't compare them...LOTR Wizards are really "angels" not just humans with magic!"
I never really "got" what that meant until this new season.
It finally hit me watching these episodes that what the "wizard" characters on this show are can be better compared to Greek gods in a Greek mythology story. This show isn't really a "medieval times" fantasy, its more like a Greek mythology story, except with technology that seems more advanced than it actually is because its "powered up" by magic.
Sauron is basically an evil 'god' in human/elf form walking around on Earth trying to cause trouble.
KalKal
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Its one of those silly TV show conventions where characters don't share information with each other that they would have in real life. So, Galadrial basically just says "don't trust this guy" but she never goes into the important details about WHY he shouldn't be trusted. Then, later on the foot messengers sent to spread the word about Sauron get ambushed and killed.
Grand Conde
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Yes. Tolkien was greatly influenced by mythology and Catholicism. Sauron and Gandalf were Maia, basically lesser Gods or angels.
Grand Conde
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...Ciaran Hinds? That isn't Saruman.
Lord_nikon
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Ork brehs than stomped the shyt of sauron lol
Lord_nikon
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They also did a good job in casting the dwarfWench
Usually, they will cast a 20 year biracial Skinny none acting ultra lite bright with California valley girl accent to play that role ( Disney ) lol
At least amazon thought about that,,
Usually, they will cast a 20 year biracial Skinny none acting ultra lite bright with California valley girl accent to play that role ( Disney ) lol
At least amazon thought about that,,
we'll see, if i was casting someone to play Christpher Lee in a movie it would be Ciaran Hinds. and the costume department even made their eyebrows the same. And the greying pattern in his beard matches (whiter on the sides blacker in the middle). clearly intentional...Ciaran Hinds? That isn't Saruman.
KalKal
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we'll see, if i was casting someone to play Christpher Lee in a movie it would be Ciaran Hinds. and the costume department even made their eyebrows the same. And the greying pattern in his beard matches (whiter on the sides blacker in the middle). clearly intentional
If that's Sauruman, then that means he's been acting "evil" for a lot longer than the movies implied. I was under the impression in "The Two Towers" that he had been a "good guy" up until just when the ring was rediscovered.
Grand Conde
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Yep. Don't think the writers will mess with such a big plot point in the LOTR.
voltronblack
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KalKal
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Gollum taking the ring is what I meant by "when the ring was rediscovered". That's literally thousands of years after the TV show.
Grand Conde
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Yes but this is still long after the ROP time.